It’s fair to say that the Gold Coast has struggled to both retain young players and to subsequently build their list. Since 2012, the Suns have gotten rid of players like Caddy, Hickey, Bennell, Dixon and Smith for players like Rosa, Currie, Hallahan, Lonergan and Martin in return. When compared
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The fairest Travis Cloke trade is probably Pick 63 #AFLTrades
As HPN understands it, Collingwood see no future for Travis Cloke, don’t want to pay him any more, and are desperate to get rid of him. They are desperate to the extent that weakens their bargaining position with the Western Bulldogs substantially. We expect the resulting trade to be a lopsided undervaluation of
Continue reading »Paul Ahern cast aside for essentially nothing #AFLTrades
Paul Ahern reportedly played a decent year of NEAFL footy, missing only once as senior emergency, and once rested, in a 2015 side who finished the year with a percentage of 213.9% and clocked up several huge wins, including 192 points over Brisbane and 183 and 80 points over the Swans. He seems
Continue reading »With just three players on the move, maybe AFL Free Agency isn’t a big thing #AFLTrades
Since the introduction of free agency for players in 2012, movement via this mechanism has decreased year-on-year. Whilst much is made of free agency, it seems not much is done in comparison to actual trades. In 2012, 10 players made the move via free agency, excluding delisted free agents. In
Continue reading »Seven trades, innumerable rumours – A recap of the first week of #AFLTrades
In this post HPN looks back at the action that took place in the first week of the AFL trade period. For a full recap of all movement on an easy to read webpage, check out Draft Guru. NOTE: We do not use the AFL draft points system to rate
Continue reading »TRADE: Hawthorn give St Kilda a reason to death-ride them in 2017 #AFLTrades
Hawthorn have more or less sold the farm, presumably in an attempt to secure Jaeger O’Meara. The pick swap they’ve undertaken with St Kilda looks like this in terms of expected output: Hawthorn have given up three good quality picks, including a first-round pick, for a first round pick and
Continue reading »TRADE: Hawks Replace Sam With Tom #AFLTrades
We’ve already looked at this one earlier this week, so we will keep this valuation quick. Tom Mitchell is a very, very talented young midfielder, a two-way player who can hit the scoreboard going forward. Although every club needs a Tom Mitchell, the Swans are probably the best placed club
Continue reading »TRADE: Sam Mitchell Changes His Favourite Bird, And There Are No Real Losers #AFLTrades
Hawthorn apparently saw this day coming. The day when their vaunted midfield began the slide towards inevitable (and collective) retirement. Mitchell, Lewis, Hodge, Burgoyne; these are a men of a certain age, an advancing age. The real decision for the Hawks would have been who to retain, and who to
Continue reading »St Kilda get a Steele #AFLTrades
The interesting thing about GWS trading Jack Steele for St Kilda’s 2017 pick is that both clubs will likely extract more value from their newly acquired asset than the original owner would have. For Steele this is obviously because the Canberran has struggled to crack a deep midfield at GWS.
Continue reading »TRADE: GWS re-position themselves in the draft #AFLTrades
We have our first pick-only swap of the 2016 trade period, and not surprisingly it involves the Giants. GWS are apparently keen enough on Andrew McGrath and nervous enough of Brisbane picking him or bidding on Will Setterfield that they’ve orchestrated a trade to switch positions with the Lions. We’ve shown both the
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