7 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

I’d like to keep that money set aside for a 5-year deal out for Zac Butters at end of 2023.  

He won’t leave Port Adelaide.

Edited September 25, 20223 yr by CYB

4 hours ago, A F said:

Does the Hawthorn fallout include Karl Amon looking somewhere else other than Hawthorn?

He'd certainly be handy to pair with Langdon's run, Bowey and Salem's ball use.

That would complement us perfectly.

6 hours ago, John Demonic said:

I suppose his foot skills wouldn't really fit in. Here I was thinking we need speed and good disposal added into our best 22. Apparently we just need grunt on the wing.

Edit: Just to reiterate, I'm in favour of getting jack bowes, pick 7 and 13 and keeping gus/Jordan on the wing. But as I said, if the club is so keen on Amon, why not Hill?

Soft as melting butter, you obviously like flakey players!? We are talking about Hill aren't we??

Edited September 25, 20223 yr by picket fence

8 hours ago, CYB said:

He won’t leave Port Adelaide.

Not with that attitude!

9 hours ago, xman97 said:

Hey mate. Has there been any word yet on next years salary cap? I haven't heard anything which is strange seeing there's a trade period coming up. Where did you hear $600k? Cheers.

Heard it on either AFL exchange or Sportsday podcast as ‘insiders say.’

odd that it hasn’t been confirmed 

9 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

That would complement us perfectly.

We were his 2nd choice but he wants to play more midfield which we wouldn’t offer and also we wouldn’t match the Hawks $ 

12 hours ago, adonski said:

Hill has looked shocking at the Saints, genuinely scared of contact 

Yes, agreed and lazy too. Great potential if prepared to go in hard, but he doesn’t. Looks like he’s just coasting.

Ok, now that the season is done there's no reason why @Grand New Flag can't divulge the contracted key forward that we are allegedly in talks with. 

10 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Ok, now that the season is done there's no reason why @Grand New Flag can't divulge the contracted key forward that we are allegedly in talks with. 

Wayne Carey

He was contracted with Channel 7 at the time 

6 minutes ago, adonski said:

Wayne Carey

He was contracted with Channel 7 at the time 

see if he can Duck out of that.

As far as wingers go that wouldn't break the bank. I like Lachie Sholl from the crows. Quick, skillful and a massive tank. He is a bit light but we have enough brutes . Melbourne boy who found himself in the twos towards the end of the year.

20 minutes ago, adonski said:

Wayne Carey

He was contracted with Channel 7 at the time 

Well we know he still has white line fever

37 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

As far as wingers go that wouldn't break the bank. I like Lachie Sholl from the crows. Quick, skillful and a massive tank. He is a bit light but we have enough brutes . Melbourne boy who found himself in the twos towards the end of the year.

Obviously he isn’t great at the contest but I’m shocked by how little playing time he got at the crows this year (unless I missed something). Given their stage of development as a side I’d give every possible game to Sholl to see if he makes it. I’m not sure we have the same luxury, but if he was available free of charge he’d be someone worth a look at. He’s a beautiful looking kick. 

49 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

I like Lachie Sholl from the crows. Quick, skillful and a massive tank. He is a bit light but we have enough brutes .

Averaged 0.82 tackles a game this year.

That ranked him 555th out of 571 players this year for tackling. Of those who averaged fewer tackles, he's the only one to have played more than 6 games and be under 190cm. The only semi-regular non-key position/ruck that tackled less than him was noted defensive hard man, Riley Bonner.

I reckon that's got a fair bit to do with his non-selection in the second half of the year. 

my crom support mate loathes scholl almost as much as he can't stand fish mcasey

he considers the latter emblematic of their first round drafting which has been, quite frankly, abysmal

2021: josh rachele at pick 6 (a winner)
2020: riley thilthorpe at pick 2, luke pedlar at pick 11 (jury out on the latter)
2019: fish mcasey at pick 6 (looks a bust)
2018: chayce jones at pick 9, ned mchenry at pick 16 (both classique good, ordinary afl level players)
2017: darcy fogarty at pick 12 (has taken burgess to get him fit enough for afl)
2016: jordan galucci at pick 15 (a bust)
2015: wayne milera at pick 11, tom doedee at pick 17 (probably their last good first round selections)

as we well know, if you get yr first round picks 'wrong' yr up against it to build a good side

If someone can get through the paywall then we won’t have to worry about the rest of this thread.

How most hectic trade period in history will unfold

15 minutes ago, Elwood 3184 said:

If someone can get through the paywall then we won’t have to worry about the rest of this thread.

How most hectic trade period in history will unfold

Can't get through the paywall, but the headline sure looks familiar. We get it every year and trade period always disappoints 

Edited September 26, 20223 yr by Bates Mate

2 hours ago, Bates Mate said:

As far as wingers go that wouldn't break the bank. I like Lachie Sholl from the crows. Quick, skillful and a massive tank. He is a bit light but we have enough brutes . Melbourne boy who found himself in the twos towards the end of the year.

Lachie hunter might be an option if dogs cover some of his salary ... said to be looking on sen

2 minutes ago, Demons1858 said:

Lachie hunter might be an option if dogs cover some of his salary ... said to be looking on sen

Wouldn't be against it. Improvement on the Jordan / Spargo combo. Still wonder why we never put Brayshaw back to his premiership winning position at some stage during the year

Only problem is Lachie Hunter is allegedly a ****stick.

10 minutes ago, Demons1858 said:

Lachie hunter might be an option if dogs cover some of his salary ... said to be looking on sen

You'd  very much want to dot your i's and cross your t's as they say.

5 hours ago, Deestar9 said:

We were his 2nd choice but he wants to play more midfield which we wouldn’t offer and also we wouldn’t match the Hawks $ 

Would he still want to go to Whorethorn after the developments  and reported toxic culture?

32 minutes ago, A F said:

Only problem is Lachie Hunter is allegedly a ****stick.

Nothing alleged about it.

Absolutely not worth the risk. He is a meat and potato midfielder. 

34 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Would he still want to go to Whorethorn after the developments  and reported toxic culture?

Can't see indiscretions by ex staff from a decade ago weighing on his decision that heavily. Could be wrong

3 hours ago, Bates Mate said:

As far as wingers go that wouldn't break the bank. I like Lachie Sholl from the crows. Quick, skillful and a massive tank. He is a bit light but we have enough brutes . Melbourne boy who found himself in the twos towards the end of the year.

The reason he is playing 2s is because of his skills and defensive pressure.  And in the SANFL finals when the heat turned up he was very average!

Be better of investing in our list and getting a cheap backup like Phillips,  who I think just didn't fit the right age demographic at Hawks.