Discussion Re-Signings, Retirements, Delistings, Trade & Drafting
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So have the media worked out who Collingwood was able to keep on their list by moving on BBQ , Phillips & Stephenson ?
I am assuming JDG was asking too much for output for other clubs so ended up staying , think Darcy Moore was out of contract not sure who else.
Funny how all those supporters who were against Stephenson after his bet are now upset he is gone , funny how quickly things turn.
Surely we have finished paying Beams , Mayne & Wells now
I am assuming JDG was asking too much for output for other clubs so ended up staying , think Darcy Moore was out of contract not sure who else.
Funny how all those supporters who were against Stephenson after his bet are now upset he is gone , funny how quickly things turn.
Surely we have finished paying Beams , Mayne & Wells now
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Collingwood fans have reacted angrily following the club’s fire sale of its best talent during the AFL trade period.
The Magpies offloaded star midfielder Adam Treloar, former rising star Jaidyn Stephenson, winger Tom Phillips and young gun Atu Bosenavulagi, leaving fans outraged.
And now there is a petition started by Collingwood members with more than 400 signatures by Friday evening, pushing for an urgent general meeting to force the board to provide answers for its decisions.
The petition calls the trade period a “dark day” in the club’s history and has had a “destructive and soul destroying” effect on its members.
“Our club is spiralling into shocking territory,” it says.
“Bad press, salary cap issues. From the top the president and board must answer serious questions. They have treated members and supporters with no respect.”
Meanwhile, another group of Pies fans arrived at the Holden Centre on Friday night, waving banners in support of the departed Treloar and Stephenson.
Some of the banners read “The weet bix kid Stevo our No.1 rising star” and “I roar for Treloar”.
On Friday, Eddie McGuire defended the Pies’ actions in the wake of fan retaliation.
“You have to look at the entire list, the demographic of that list, you had to look at the salary cap going forward,” McGuire told Triple M.
“The list numbers are going to come back and we are not getting a whole lot of information from the AFL, but at one stage it was going to go to 35 players this year and I think that it might end up heading that way and the salary cap is coming down by 10-15 per cent.
“It is an imprecise science but we hope that we have got ourselves set up with a really good list and a good team and I am still very excited where we are at as a club to go forward and bring (in) new players and get ourselves set for the next few years.
“Unfortunately it is a finite list and a finite salary cap.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/af...y/news-story/fa30aa9f6eaf3a2d7ee219157c0f3c7f
The Magpies offloaded star midfielder Adam Treloar, former rising star Jaidyn Stephenson, winger Tom Phillips and young gun Atu Bosenavulagi, leaving fans outraged.
And now there is a petition started by Collingwood members with more than 400 signatures by Friday evening, pushing for an urgent general meeting to force the board to provide answers for its decisions.
The petition calls the trade period a “dark day” in the club’s history and has had a “destructive and soul destroying” effect on its members.
“Our club is spiralling into shocking territory,” it says.
“Bad press, salary cap issues. From the top the president and board must answer serious questions. They have treated members and supporters with no respect.”
Meanwhile, another group of Pies fans arrived at the Holden Centre on Friday night, waving banners in support of the departed Treloar and Stephenson.
Some of the banners read “The weet bix kid Stevo our No.1 rising star” and “I roar for Treloar”.
On Friday, Eddie McGuire defended the Pies’ actions in the wake of fan retaliation.
“You have to look at the entire list, the demographic of that list, you had to look at the salary cap going forward,” McGuire told Triple M.
“The list numbers are going to come back and we are not getting a whole lot of information from the AFL, but at one stage it was going to go to 35 players this year and I think that it might end up heading that way and the salary cap is coming down by 10-15 per cent.
“It is an imprecise science but we hope that we have got ourselves set up with a really good list and a good team and I am still very excited where we are at as a club to go forward and bring (in) new players and get ourselves set for the next few years.
“Unfortunately it is a finite list and a finite salary cap.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/af...y/news-story/fa30aa9f6eaf3a2d7ee219157c0f3c7f
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It all looks and sounds a bit like Billy Bean and the Oakland Athletics, when mid season he traded his "best" players, including an All Star.
Billy had nearly the last laugh, soon after winning 20 games in a row, on the way to the World Series playo***.
You all saw it in Moneyball.
Maybe Collingwood will get the last laugh here.
I doubt it though.
Billy had nearly the last laugh, soon after winning 20 games in a row, on the way to the World Series playo***.
You all saw it in Moneyball.
Maybe Collingwood will get the last laugh here.
I doubt it though.
What 1st round draft picks ... they sold the lot for next to nothing in return !!
I'm still a bit pissed that we might have paid overs for Fantasia but he has 3 (+1) years to prove otherwise .... I can live with that !!
I'd be absolutely fuming if I was a COL supporter .... not necessarily on what they traded out but in the the way it unfolded ... that was rubbish (IMO) ..
I'm still a bit pissed that we might have paid overs for Fantasia but he has 3 (+1) years to prove otherwise .... I can live with that !!
I'd be absolutely fuming if I was a COL supporter .... not necessarily on what they traded out but in the the way it unfolded ... that was rubbish (IMO) ..
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I have wondered about this (partly because some of the alternative explanations don’t seem to make sense).
The thing I don’t get is that even if you knew these players were a looming disaster and you therefore wanted to get rid of them, you should have been able to get more in return, given that others don’t know that.
The thing I don’t get is that even if you knew these players were a looming disaster and you therefore wanted to get rid of them, you should have been able to get more in return, given that others don’t know that.
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Yep, those selections will drop to Pick 17 and Pick 19 most likely after NGA matched bids for JUH, Campbell and Jones will almost certainly all come well prior to those picks. Throw in the fact their own NGA player in Reef McInes could very well have a bid placed on him prior to those selections, and it's an absolute disaster. Those two selections just have to be bundled up and traded for a higher draft selection, it may take throwing in next years first to even tempt a side to forgo a pick in the top 5 - 10 sort of range. Thankfully they can move on next years first given it'll need to be traded at some stage prior to the 2021 draft as they will have to match a Nick Daicos bid, which will likely be top 5 at this stage, so they can just accumulate enough points come next year with later picks to help cover that bid off.
Going to be an interesting few weeks with plenty of pick swaps likely to take place, shuffling the draft order.
Going to be an interesting few weeks with plenty of pick swaps likely to take place, shuffling the draft order.
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PORT Adelaide has delisted untried Jake Patmore after three years at the club.
Meanwhile, the Power have extended the contract of defender Martin Frederick until the end of 2021.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/524523/-victim-of-circumstance-untried-port-youngster-axed
Meanwhile, the Power have extended the contract of defender Martin Frederick until the end of 2021.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/524523/-victim-of-circumstance-untried-port-youngster-axed