Sam Gibson gets a chance to continue his career if he’s good enough to play senior footy in the Crows midfield. He will likely play a lot of SANFL footy. He’s 31, he’s probably not got a lot of footy left in him, but he’s likely got some. Given North just
Continue reading »Young and Austin: Port deal their geographically-named fringe
Logan Austin and Aaron Young have four place names between them, and now they both head to new clubs in a busy trade period for Port. St Kilda acquire the fringe Canberran defender Austin while sometime best-22 small forward Aaron Young heads to the Suns. Both go for late future picks. Of the
Continue reading »Gold Coast hands out second round picks like candy
There’s more deals to come, but Gold Coast have swapped picks with West Coast in a manner that suggests they simply didn’t want the collection of second round picks they accrued last year. The prize for the Suns is a future first round pick and to obtain it they turned
Continue reading »Adelaide push all their chips into the middle for Gibbs
Bryce Gibbs is a very good footballer, perhaps even a great one, and the Crows think he is the missing piece on the march towards the 2018 flag. Gibbs is 28 and has signed a 4 year deal, so we can assume he’s going to play for at least that
Continue reading »Harrison Wigg isn’t really worth anything
Harrison Wigg was drafted at pick 35 and has been on the Crows’ list for 3 years. He seems to have been a pretty decent midfielder in the SANFL, but his complete lack of exposure gives us nothing to work with in terms of a future projection. For the purposes
Continue reading »“I didn’t feel in danger”: An ACT Footballer Talks About Playing Against Hannah Mouncey
“I don’t play for sheepstations. I’m 30, I have two kids. If I felt that I was in danger, I wouldn’t have played.” On Tuesday the AFL revealed that Hannah Mouncey had been denied entry into the AFLW draft for 2018 on the grounds that Mouncey would have had an
Continue reading »Harley Rides Back Into Victoria As Balic Joins Melbourne
The injury riddled former number 38 draft pick Harley Balic has gone to Melbourne in exchange for the modest sum of pick 66. This is a “go-home” trade that was flagged in July, and is really a pretty understandable request given the isolation players can experience doing extended stints of injury rehab.
Continue reading »Jack Watts moves at a constant rate to become some extra Power
HPN are huge fans of Jack Watts, both his on-field attributes and especially of everything about the off-field phenom that is Jack Watts. He is not, however, worth a prince’s ransom at the trade table and once he decided on Port Adelaide, it appears that the two sides of the
Continue reading »Brendon Ah Chee Heads Even Further West
Brendon Ah Chee has been rendered a fringe player by the strong Port Adelaide midfield, but if there is a saving grace for his prospects going forward it is his strong performances in the SANFL. In 2017 Ah Chee took out the Port Adelaide Best and Fairest, as well as
Continue reading »A Saad Day For The Suns As Adam Joins The Bombers
The swap for Adam Saad turned out to be a fairly straightforward one, pretty much in line with the HPN valuation of the speedy halfback. Saad is a 24 year old role-player for the Suns, a useful component off half-back. He was Gold Coast’s 9th most valuable player this season and projects to about
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