Wade Derksen

[Great Sage 64]

4 hours ago, godees said:

He definitely was not a free agent

Just looked it up. You are correct.

 

[Adam The God 30,026]

On 08/10/2024 at 12:30, rjay said:

They were also using Spencer ahead of him in the ruck at Casey...

Which I was for at the time.

I got Max completely wrong.

Spencer was servicable IMV.

[rjay 24,811]

Just now, Adam The God said:

Which I was for at the time.

I got Max completely wrong.

Spencer was servicable IMV.

It held Max's development back...wasn't a good move by the the FD but then not much was good from them at the time.

 

[Redleg 40,776]

If Giants get Stringer, Wade needs to ring McCartney and say "do you honestly believe I play ahead of these blokes, Hogan, Cadman, Taylor, Buckley, Himmelberg, Riccardi, Brown, Gruzewski, Aleer and now Stringer?" 

If he hasn't got a game in 2 years before Stringer joins, how the hell do his chances improve?

Then say " you are affecting my family and that will affect my footy".

[old55 23,312]

2 hours ago, Great Sage said:

Just looked it up. You are correct.

 

Yes. 44 for Bedford.

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1 hour ago, Redleg said:

If Giants get Stringer, Wade needs to ring McCartney and say "do you honestly believe I play ahead of these blokes, Hogan, Cadman, Taylor, Buckley, Himmelberg, Riccardi, Brown, Gruzewski, Aleer and now Stringer?" 

If he hasn't got a game in 2 years before Stringer joins, how the hell do his chances improve?

Then say " you are affecting my family and that will affect my footy".

"Hey kid, you signed a contract" Might be the response.

I get your point though, I'm still thinking the deal gets done but you're hardly losing sleep not getting Wade Derksen to the club.

[bing181 9,191]

AFL:

"Melbourne has a suite of selections that includes picks No.5, 28, 40, 49, 54 and 65, but it's unlikely the club will have any luck in attempting to change the minds of GWS officials by Wednesday's deadline."

[58er 6,335]

48 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

"Hey kid, you signed a contract" Might be the response.

I get your point though, I'm still thinking the deal gets done but you're hardly losing sleep not getting Wade Derksen to the club.

How good do you know he might be in2/3 years ? 

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Just now, 58er said:

How good do you know he might be in2/3 years ? 

No idea just running the law of averages over a  23 year old mid season selection who hasn’t played a game yet. Always happy to be wrong on these hunches.

[hardtack 10,506]

2 hours ago, Roost it far said:

No idea just running the law of averages over a  23 year old mid season selection who hasn’t played a game yet. Always happy to be wrong on these hunches.

He’ll be out of contract next year, so if we’re still looking for a player of his type, I’m sure we’ll be able to land him. It’ll be interesting to see if GWS play him next year, if for no other reason than to see why they didn’t let him go 😁.

Edited October 13 by hardtack

[old55 23,312]

Looks like end of next year deal now.

[BLWNBA 923]

As many other posters have said, I can't see anyway this now gets done. 

Whilst I completely understand that a club has a prerogative to keep a contracted player, I think GWS' decision here is pretty ordinary. Given the potential ins to the club, i.e. Stringer, and the glut of contracted forwards on their list who are being played or seemingly in-front of Derksen, holding him to the final year of his contract is frustrating.

I'll be keeping a watch on him next year and I think it will be an interesting scenario if we look to re-attempt the trade next year, noting we've traded our future third, or if it now becomes a one-and-done type of scenario. 

A disappointing outcome for both parties IMO. 

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If Stringer lands at GWS which seems more than likely does that open the door for Derksen or is it shut? 

[adonski 11,610]

1 minute ago, Roost it far said:

If Stringer lands at GWS which seems more than likely does that open the door for Derksen or is it shut? 

We only have 1 pick left to trade (excluding 5 & 9 of course), which is apparently for Sharp

Not sure if we're allowed to trade anymore future picks 

Edited October 14 by adonski

[DeeSpencer 25,366]

On 13/10/2024 at 16:59, rjay said:

It held Max's development back...wasn't a good move by the the FD but then not much was good from them at the time.

 

I disagree, Max was in need of an attitude adjustment. Some tough love from Roosy was the making of him. 

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6 minutes ago, adonski said:

We only have 1 pick left to trade (excluding 5 & 9 of course), which is apparently for Sharp

Not sure if we're allowed to trade anymore future picks 

There's always picks if you want them bad enough as we proved today. 

[rjay 24,811]

10 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

I disagree, Max was in need of an attitude adjustment. Some tough love from Roosy was the making of him. 

It was before Roosy's time...he did need an attitude adjustment but was played out of position.

I saw him playing for Casey down at Werribee against Willy I think and he more than held his own against Hudson.

...but will still tried to make a forward of him.

Was never going to be...

[old55 23,312]

44 minutes ago, adonski said:

We only have 1 pick left to trade (excluding 5 & 9 of course), which is apparently for Sharp

Not sure if we're allowed to trade anymore future picks 

We could do a future pick swap. A swap of F2s and/or F3s could probably benefit GWS.

Alternatively we could do 9 for 15 + 21 + Derksen if we wanted to get radical.

[DeeSpencer 25,366]

34 minutes ago, rjay said:

It was before Roosy's time...he did need an attitude adjustment but was played out of position.

I saw him playing for Casey down at Werribee against Willy I think and he more than held his own against Hudson.

...but will still tried to make a forward of him.

Was never going to be...

Might’ve happened at other times too but in 2015 the Russian played rounds 1-5, Spencer was the main ruck at Casey and got next crack at first ruck after Jamar got injured from from rounds 6-9.

Roosy was putting the foot down at Max and not letting him ruck at Casey until he got his fitness up.

The moment he got his chance in 2015 he was a star.

[CHF 2,716]

If we do not get Derksen in this trade period I would keep Tomlinson.

[deelusions from afar 1,768]

18 minutes ago, CHF said:

If we do not get Derksen in this trade period I would keep Tomlinson.

How does it work if he wants to go somewhere else but no one trades for him (and we still want to keep him).  They no longer have the pre-season draft do they?  

[CHF 2,716]

2 minutes ago, deelusions from afar said:

How does it work if he wants to go somewhere else but no one trades for him (and we still want to keep him).  They no longer have the pre-season draft do they?  

I think that we are in a position that if he is not picked up in the next couple of days he could be picked up at a later stage as a UFA by any club. We could make him a contract offer at any time a I understand it.

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,674]

I hope the club don't give up on the pursuit of the DDD (Derk Diggler Deal), looks like an interesting cat.

 

[Supreme_Demon 3,715]

1 hour ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

I hope the club don't give up on the pursuit of the DDD (Derk Diggler Deal), looks like an interesting cat.

 

I dunno how a deal gets done.

But if GWS get Jake Stringer than it may still be a possibility?

[layzie 33,724]

At least I can still call Tholstrup 'Dirk' now.