A correction to our earlier post on the Jake Carlisle trade which has now been edited, click here to read it. We assigned pick 44 to the wrong club and so rated St Kilda as giving up a lot more than they did, and Essendon as much bigger winners than they were.
Continue reading »Treloar to Collingwood – almost perfectly balanced #afltrades
Treloar for two high picks is a perfect blockbuster trade. Collingwood value in: 3333 points (Adam Treloar 2443 points, pick 28 890 points) GWs value in: 3300 points (Pick 7 – 1400 points, 2016 pick ~7 – 1400 points, pick 62 – 500 points) Verdict: Actually a little bit beautiful (Collingwood gain 1.01
Continue reading »Jack Fitzpatrick to Hawthorn for pick 94
THIS ISN’T A REAL TRADE.
Continue reading »The Carlton 5, and Menzel to Adelaide #afltrades
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
Continue reading »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 »Pies and Saints see sense on Freeman’s value #afltrades
The trade of Freeman, an untried but highly rated recent draftee, looks like very fair value for both sides. St Kilda value in: 1511 points (Freeman: 1111 points, pick 68: 400 points) Collingwood value in: 1440 points (2016 pick ~23: 940 points, pick 62: 500 points) Verdict: Fair trade. St
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
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