Butters and Humphrey…imagine that.

Is young enough to be there for our next legitimate tilt, but he may not want to wait so long.

Would rather wait and hold out for Bont to declare his want to come to the Dees 😆

I just can’t see why he would have any desire to join us.

I like where we’re heading, especially culturally and that should help with the retention of our talented lot but I don’t see free agents joining us unless we are offering 30-40% above market price like the Saints which we absolutely should not be.

Locked and loaded at the Dogs I reckon

Imagine Butters and Humphreys come to us that would be such a coup!

Can't see it...but wow I reckon they'd both like the idea if the other came too.

Apparently we are after Zac Bailey too.

The 2 baileys would be nice 😍

Still want Humphrey but would happily pick the eyes out of gold coasts twos. Rogers and Walter high on the list for mine.

Butters is great on field but very pricey and will shape the rest of the list options.

Edited March 18Mar 18 by The end is nigh

Costs too much pick wise and salary wise.

Great footballer, but will command a massive fee which is something that makes it a no from me.

I agree about raiding the Gold Coast instead - Humphrey and Walter please.

I'm going not quite cold but tepid on Butters. He is a very good player but not a structural need. We should be circling like vultures over any unhappy youngish key defenders not getting a game or simply not liking their role.

Moneyballl is a thoroughly overworked cliche but Butters is not worth, say, $500,000 more than your typical $700,000 midfielder, and certainly not that much more than a $700k key defender would be worth to us.

On the other hand... getting a top calibre player without giving up the draft picks is highly valuable, so if somehow Port decide to not match whichever bid comes then it is a very different picture.

For example what would the cash/salary cap space value of three first round picks be? Hypothetically, if you could just trade salary cap space directly to acquire another club's first pick, what price would you set.

59 minutes ago, The end is nigh said:

Still want Humphrey but would happily pick the eyes out of gold coasts twos. Rogers and Walter high on the list

Would love to have a nibble at Walter, but I fear If King goes to the Pies, Walter will stay and if Pies can’t get King they’d settle for Walter

26 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

Great footballer, but will command a massive fee which is something that makes it a no from me.

I agree about raiding the Gold Coast instead - Humphrey and Walter please.

They would be my targets. As great as Butters is, even if you could sell it to him, the salary will be eyewatering and reduce flexibility with cap space.

1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

I'm going not quite cold but tepid on Butters. He is a very good player but not a structural need. We should be circling like vultures over any unhappy youngish key defenders not getting a game or simply not liking their role.

Moneyballl is a thoroughly overworked cliche but Butters is not worth, say, $500,000 more than your typical $700,000 midfielder, and certainly not that much more than a $700k key defender would be worth to us.

Jordan Butts is a FA and arguably not in the crows best side with Murray and Keane fit, a 3 year deal or 4 on a regulation wicket and i rkn u could tempt him without issue, he's a shep lad and his mates r all melbourne based

if the crows were to come for a sparrow say an SA lad himself its nearly a direct swap value wise

then u can trade for humphrey/jake rogers or go FA again with zac bailey or butters and fix multiple list holes in one window

Could be a waste of money

On 18/03/2026 at 22:26, Turner said:

Jordan Butts is a FA and arguably not in the crows best side with Murray and Keane fit, a 3 year deal or 4 on a regulation wicket and i rkn u could tempt him without issue, he's a shep lad and his mates r all melbourne based

if the crows were to come for a sparrow say an SA lad himself its nearly a direct swap value wise

then u can trade for humphrey/jake rogers or go FA again with zac bailey or butters and fix multiple list holes in one window

Sparrow is a free agent

We have a higher and better chance of getting one of the baileys

I think Bailey Humphries better suits our list demographic. He will be 22 in September, whereas Butters 26. Butters would be ideal if we were peaking, but we are a few years off that. Humpries will peak when our list does.