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3 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

Doubts the Blues would give 3 + 8 and still pay him $1mill+ for the next 5 years. We'd be paying him $300k pa for that to be possible.

They don't have a good Trac record for brining in highly touted players only to watch them become injury prone bench warmers eg. Martin, Williams

Can't see it happening.

Would they consider Clarry?

(ducks head...)

Given how much cap space we have, I would happily, happily pay $300 k a year and probably more to get those two picks in the door. Happily 

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Posted
2 hours ago, Garbo said:

True but they could just draft them no need to pay over that much, reminds me of when Malthouse went to Carlton and got daisy over 

GC do draft them, then they leave for "home" and GC get more draft picks.  They have picks out the ying-yang, they're not as valuable to them as players are, that's why they'll pay what seems to be a high price for other clubs but isn't for them.

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Demonland said:

 

3rd para, 2nd line, 5th word:

I genuinely had to look twice.

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Posted
9 minutes ago, Demonsone said:

Any chance our club will pick up a forward.. it’s only been an issue since 2022!

Van Rooyen, Fritsch, Turner, Petty/Jefferson, Pickett (from Round 4), Chandler, with supply corrections in midfield and off half back.

Compare and contrast with the other 17.


Posted
14 hours ago, DubDee said:

Rioli will be 28 when season starts. that is a crazy price to pay 

Although when do the Suns get good players?? they need to overpay

They also don't need to worry about throwing early picks away due to the production line of their academy.

So they can pay over and still come out winning. 

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Posted
10 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Insane price to pay for Bolton. 

An amazing outcome for Richmond, regarding the totality of their trade period. 

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Posted
1 minute ago, BLWNBA said:

Insane price to pay for Bolton. 

An amazing outcome for Richmond, regarding the totality of their trade period. 

It's all about when you bottom out sometimes. Freo and Suns stacked with picks, Tigers have gotten overs on every deal.

Then you've got the opposite end of the spectrum, with sides like the Dogs soon to be shafted on Baz Smith

Posted
9 hours ago, Demonsone said:

Any chance our club will pick up a forward.. it’s only been an issue since 2022!

Tall forwards … JVR, Petty, Turner, Fullarton, Jefferson, Kentfield

Smart forwards… Fritsch, McAdam, Sestan

Small forwards… Pickett, Chandler, Spargo (Kolt) (Laurie) 

that’s enough 

admittedly Petty should play CHB but fills in at CHF 

admittedly Turner is a forward or a defender 

admittedly JVR yet to fully grab the footy but he’s still young 

admittedly Jefferson shows signs but the ghosts of Weideman remain 

 

Posted
17 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

Freo overpaid for Bolton. A flashy player but he’s no star.   Effectively Freo gave up 2 x first round picks for him.   Wow.  Tigers are Big Winners from this !!! 

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The Tigers have cleaned up in this trade period. Perfect timing with Tassie coming in, the nucleus of their next premiership team should probably kick in to finals gear in time for compromised drafts. 

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Posted
11 minutes ago, adonski said:

It's all about when you bottom out sometimes. Freo and Suns stacked with picks, Tigers have gotten overs on every deal.

Then you've got the opposite end of the spectrum, with sides like the Dogs soon to be shafted on Baz Smith

Don't get me wrong, I agree with that and most of the commentary this trade period is that the majority of traded players have been obtained at 'overs'. Still, I just don't see a world where Bolton is worth that price, even acknowledging Pick 14 coming back their way. 

Bolton is a nice player to have, but I think he's far from a regular match-winner and isn't often the difference between a win and a loss. 


Posted
4 minutes ago, DiscoStu17 said:

Freo WC and GC being molested - lucky if any of those players were worth 1 first round pick, let alone 2 for each of them. 

GC did well out of the Houston deal though. WC and Port are the biggest losers so far.

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Posted
13 minutes ago, layzie said:

The Tigers have cleaned up in this trade period. Perfect timing with Tassie coming in, the nucleus of their next premiership team should probably kick in to finals gear in time for compromised drafts. 

alternatively, all of these players will be coming out of contract simultaenously, just as the taswegian franchise joins the competition

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I wonder how many of the 2024 All Australian team will be wearing Richmond jumpers next year? 

That said, I wouldn't be surprised if Richmond traded at least a couple from the 18-24 bracket for future 1st round picks and use them to poach top level players next year. 

They are going to be an interesting watch.

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Posted
5 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

alternatively, all of these players will be coming out of contract simultaenously, just as the taswegian franchise joins the competition

What if they sign new deals?

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Demonland said:

 

As I mentioned on an earlier thread Richmond will be looking to exchange some of the players drafted with these picks after say two years in the manner of GWS. (Think Tyson and others)

I had thought they might be stymied by the Tasmanian entry but it could in fact be Tasmania itself that is interested in 21 year old players from the Tiges.

Good luck to them. It makes sense

PS Just noticed that Palace Dee posted similar thoughts

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