Carlton essentially recruit five fringe players in exchange for Troy Menzel and Lachie Henderson and draft pick scraps. Menzel for Kerridge Carlton value in: 1713 points – Sam Kerridge (823 points), Pick 28 – 890 points. Adelaide value in: 1351 points – Troy Menzel. Verdict: Fair, and despite popular perceptions, in
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Every Rosa Has Its Thorn #afltrades
West Coast value in = 870 points – Pick 31. Gold Coast value in = 318 points – Matt Rosa. Verdict – Unfair trade (West Coast gains 552 points of pick and player value, or 2.74 points back for every point given up). Gold Coast, after having acquired a number
Continue reading »Carlisle – St Kilda and Essendon get fair value, Sydney leave heads scratching #afltrades
An earlier version of this post assigned the loss of pick 44 to St Kilda and saw the trade as a bigger win for Essendon than it really was. This post has now been corrected and re-written. St Kilda and Essendon leave the table happy while the Swans confuse us by
Continue reading »Melbourne finally gambles on itself #afltrades
Gold Coast value in = 3880 points – Pick 6 (1500 points), 2016 1st round pick (~Pick 6, 1500 points), pick 29 (880 points). Melbourne value in = 3980 points – Pick 3 (2000 points), Pick 10 (1230 points) and Pick 43 (750 points). Verdict – Fair trade (Melboune gains
Continue reading »Charlie Dixon – Gold Coast get away with one #afltrades
Richmond somehow come up as the biggest losers in a trade between Port Adelaide and Gold Coast. Port Adelaide value in: 1715 points (Charlie Dixon – 1035 points, pick 49 – 680 points). Value out: 2120 points (pick 10 – 1230 points, 2016 pick ~28 – 890 points). Total = -405 points.
Continue reading »Quick Trades: Journeymen and Veterans #AFLTrades
Jono Giles to West Coast Essendon value in = 560 points (Pick 57). West Coast value in = 1003 points – 503 points (Jono Giles) and 500 points (pick 62). It was pretty clear after last season Giles wasn’t rated at all by Essendon, even when they had a desperate
Continue reading »Four Team Mayhem – Players and Picks Going Everywhere #AFLTrades
Adelaide value in – Seedsman (1102 points). Value out – pick No.32 (860 points). Total = +242 points. Collingwood value in – Howe (1494 points) and pick No.68 (400 points). Value out – Seedsman (1102 points) and Kennedy (844 points). Total = -52 points. Melbourne value in – Kennedy (844
Continue reading »The Bell Tolls For Brisbane #AFLTrades
Tom Bell’s Player Value – 1180 points Carlton value in = 1480 points – 960 points (Pick 21) and 520 points (Pick 60). Brisbane value in = 1950 points – 1180 points (Tom Bell) and 770 points (pick 41). Verdict – Unfair trade (Brisbane gains 470 points of pick and
Continue reading »Walker and Jansen to Brisbane – one of them is “steak knives” #afltrades
The swap of both players for a single pick that will be no higher than 37 suggests Geelong do not value one or both of these players very highly. Brisbane value in: 1480 points (Jansen 741 points, Walker 739 points) Geelong value in: 800 points (Brisbnae’s 2016 third round pick,
Continue reading »GWS fringe player jamboree – Hampton and Townsend #AFLTrades
Curtly Hampton for Adelaide’s 2016 second round pick GWS value in: 870 points (Adelaide 2016 second round pick ~31). Adelaide value in: 1055 points (Curtly Hampton). Verdict: Fair (Adelaide gains 185 points, and recieve 1.21 points for every point given up). Jacob Townsend and pick 120 for pick 60 GWS value
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