After completing the O’Meara trade Gold Coast acquired pick 10 and apparently decided they didn’t need pick 35 any more. As such they’ve moved resources over to 2017 via Fremantle’s second-round pick. The Dockers get a higher pick this year in exchange for a second-rounder next year. Gold Coast now take
Continue reading »TRADE: Koby Stevens let go for not much #AFLTrades
Koby Stevens has become a bit of a forgotten man as the Bulldogs rose to premiership success. He has found injury his biggest obstacle at the Bulldogs, missing half of 2015 and chunks of 2016 with lung, foot and abdominal injuries, after a solid run of 20 games in 2014.
Continue reading »TRADE: Port and Sydney reach perfection #AFLTrades
Let’s just take a minute here to observe perfection. There’s nothing more we can add. This is true beauty, or at least as close as the AFL Trade Period can get. The picks exchanged have exactly the same expected output. Port and Sydney win trade week. Verdict: We are not worthy
Continue reading »TRADE: How Hawthorn dropped their Jaegerbomb #AFLTrades
So how did we get here? This whole exchange period is a fascinating exercise in exchange values. Hawthorn had two tasks – accumulate and commit resources, and convert them to what Gold Coast wanted. In doing this, they undertook several trades, each of which was lopsided against them but got
Continue reading »TRADE: Carlton’s annual GWS offcut jamboree #AFLTrades
Carlton have developed a well-documented habit for making multiple-for-one swaps with GWS for depth players. This time around, they haven’t had to give up much to get what they wanted. Last year, Carlton took advantage of GWS’ depth with a swap of four players (Plowman, Lamb, Sumner and Phillips) with a
Continue reading »TRADE: Rhys Palmer moves to Carlton in a not-trade #AFLTrades
HPN knows technically that this is a trade. But really, this is not a trade. Verdict: THIS IS NOT A TRADE!
Continue reading »TRADE: Hawthorn pay overs to get the second round pick that they needed #AFLTrades
In order to get the O’Meara deal finalised, Hawthorn needed to get an extra second round pick. Carlton, who need all the AFL level talent they can get, were more than happy to step in and take advantage of someone desperately offloading assets. They sent the newly acquired GWS future
Continue reading »TRADE: Marley Williams heads North #AFLTrades
This really isn’t a trade, more a glorified free agency move. Pick 105 has almost no value. Williams, as shown above, has shown some. This is a courtesy trade, in order to find Williams a new home. Verdict: This isn’t a trade.
Continue reading »TRADE: Dirty deeds Dunn dirt cheap #AFLTrades
If there’s one thing Lynden Dunn is not, it is elite. Except, maybe, for his torp. He is a serviceable, experienced defender with six career Brownlow votes who has spent most of his career desperately trying to help hold the line at a club prone to conceding big scores. The Pies
Continue reading »TRADE: Jack Frost set to warm up in Brisbane #AFLTrades
Jack Frost clearly meets a need for Brisbane; notably that of an AFL level player with a mature body. Frost showed some extremely solid signs before regressing slightly in the past couple of years. Frost should be able to fill the role left absent by Daniel Merrett, that of an
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