Discussion Re-Signings, Retirements, Delistings, Trade & Drafting

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I think Taranto at under $500k as a full time mid available as a forward in SC will be hard to pass up, cant see him going under 100. Disposal and decision making lets him down but tackles and should suit Richmond's game style. Hopper is the one I am unsure of, should be around $365k but as a mid only, it's a tough price bracket. Definite value though.
 

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Bit of an outsider here, but I would tend to agree with this sentiment. Why do North do it?
I was wondering about this as well.

I think the big winner from the trade was the club to which the best player wanted to go, and probably vice versa.

To me that makes sense, given the bargaining power of the parties in that scenario.
 

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Further proof, that the AFL model, forcing Clubs to pay 95% of their Salary cap each season is a joke!!!
I used to look at the Melbourne list from 10 or more years ago, and shake my head, that we were paying players, who likely couldn't get a best 22 at any other Club, the same amount or more, that some of the better teams best 22 players were getting. It makes a mockery of equalization, when you are forced to pay some monkey at your Club $800,000/season, to help use up the 95%, when you know full well, if he started on the list of a stronger team, he'd be doing well to get $500,000!!!!
While the Salary Cap calc is quite complicated sometimes, the solution is quite simple. Instead of a yearly Salary Cap minimum, make it a 5 year or 7 year Salary Cap minimum. Let them "bank" that money, and use it in later years in the cycle, to get/keep quality players. That way, the Clubs with the weaker lists can bank some salary cap, instead of wasting money over paying some B grade player, like he's an A grade superstar!!!
 
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Further proof, that the AFL model, forcing Clubs to pay 95% of their Salary cap each season is a joke!!!
I used to look at the Melbourne list from 10 or more years ago, and shake my head, that we were paying players, who likely couldn't get a best 22 at any other Club, the same amount or more, that some of the better teams best 22 players were getting. It makes a mockery of equalization, when you are forced to pay some monkey at your Club $800,000/season, to help use up the 95%, when you know full well, if he started on the list of a stronger team, he'd be doing well to get $500,000!!!!
While the Salary Cap calc is quite complicated sometimes, the solution is quite simple. Instead of a yearly Salary Cap minimum, make it a 5 year or 7 year Salary Cap minimum. Let them "bank" that money, and use it in later years in the cycle, to get/keep quality players. That way, the Clubs with the weaker lists can bank some salary cap, instead of wasting money over paying some B grade player, like he's an A grade superstar!!!
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I think Taranto at under $500k as a full time mid available as a forward in SC will be hard to pass up, cant see him going under 100. Disposal and decision making lets him down but tackles and should suit Richmond's game style. Hopper is the one I am unsure of, should be around $365k but as a mid only, it's a tough price bracket. Definite value though.
Reckon you are bang on with this.

Assuming Taranto is FWD, which seems likely, he looks about as safe F2/3 type you can get.
DE% definitely isn't great, went at 60.9% by foot, but that's still better than some of the absolute top liners;
Oliver, Neale, Brayshaw, Baz, Laird, Miller
These blokes were top 10 for average disposals and all had worse % by foot, don't think their kicking scared too many away.
Don't think he can match these blokes for SC output, but should be easily capable of 100ppg.

Hopper probably a little bit too much to be worth the risk, can always go down to him if he tears it up.

Tigers a pretty crap fantasy side under dimma, don't think I'd want to start 2 of them anyways!
 

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Overly simplistic I know.
But if we make some sort of Jackson and Grundy equivalency, taking into account all the factors, then the Melbourne Jackson/Grundy trade looks like this:
Out: Jackson, In: Grundy
Out: picks 33, 43, 53 and 67, In: pick 13, future 1st round, future 2nd round.

@Ben's Beasts, I'm calling that a good win!!!! (y)(y)
 

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Overly simplistic I know.
But if we make some sort of Jackson and Grundy equivalency, taking into account all the factors, then the Melbourne Jackson/Grundy trade looks like this:
Out: Jackson, In: Grundy
Out: picks 33, 43, 53 and 67, In: pick 13, future 1st round, future 2nd round.

@Ben's Beasts, I'm calling that a good win!!!! (y)(y)
I agree Row, on face value I think we’ve managed to do quite well all things considered.
 
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