Saint Luke

[saintbob]

Apparently the Saints have offered the No.1 pick for Luke Parker.

Very interesting

[HitTheBoundary]

Source?

[gringo]

Some posters on Big footy seems to be suggesting the same thing. I would probably ask for more than just Parker. He's a very good player but try to get Memberey or their second pick at least a sweetner.

[Sobraz]

geez i hope not.

[Spinner]

f***....

[stinger]

Source?

according to todays hun...it's a rumor from twitter.......hope it's not true...swans are denying it too.....as is parker

[Saint wagga]

Parker is a jet, I'd swap him for pick 1 in a heartbeat...but you have to ask, why in the name of sweet Jesus would the swans trade out their absolute gun young mid when he's only what 21-22 for an unproven pick 1 in a draft lacking obvious star value. I just don't know why they'd do it?!?!

[Con Gorozidis]

For the record I seriously doubt this rumour because I doubt the Saints have made a decision and I cant believe Luke would have made a decision on his future this soon after the GF. Wouldn't the recruiters write a report and present to the Board or something? I cant believe they have made a firm decision on anything yet. At the moment they probably have 3 or 4 options they are seriously considering.


But on Parker v Petracca. It makes a very interesting debate.

http://www.aflplayerratings.com.au/Rati ... uke-PARKER

I think id do it for sure - big difference between a proven star in the AFL and a star in TAC cup. But I cant believe its true. I reckon it is probably a made up rumour just because he is from down our way.

[Devilhead]

Local lad coming home - are we trying to reinforce our peninsula ties??

Personally I think he would be a great get .... but a sweetner would be nice

Maybe if the Swans could trade to receive another pick between 10 and 20 ie: Reid/Mitchell to another club then trade on to us in the Parker deal

so Parker + pick between 10 and 20 for our Pick 1

Most likely we may have enquired about Parker but in reality I doubt the Swans would want to let him go

Interesting times

[matrix]

Local lad coming home - are we trying to reinforce our peninsula ties??

Personally I think he would be a great get .... but a sweetner would be nice

Maybe if the Swans could trade to receive another pick between 10 and 20 ie: Reid/Mitchell to another club then trade on to us in the Parker deal

so Parker + pick between 10 and 20 for our Pick 1

Most likely we may have enquired about Parker but in reality I doubt the Swans would want to let him go

Interesting times

not bad
youd have to look at that as a decent deal i reckon

[Devilhead]

How many years do we have to wait until Parker becomes a free agent??

[gringo]

For the record I seriously doubt this rumour because I doubt the Saints have made a decision and I cant believe Luke would have made a decision on his future this soon after the GF. Wouldn't the recruiters write a report and present to the Board or something? I cant believe they have made a firm decision on anything yet. At the moment they probably 3 or 4 options they are seriously considering.


But on Parker v Petracca. It makes a very interesting debate.

http://www.aflplayerratings.com.au/Rati ... uke-PARKER

Based on that Id do it. But I cant believe its true. I reckon it is probably a made up rumour just because he is from down our way.

What is amazing is that in the Player rankings for 2014 Port had 3 in the top 5 and 5 in the top 25. That doesn't include Wingard. They have put together an incredible list.

[Con Gorozidis]

Unless there is some genuine family reason for the swans to let him go it seems like a long shot.

[evertonfc]

He's an absolute gun. But he won't be leaving the Swans.

[Wayne42]

Big Mart would be happy, he has always been a Luke Parker fan...

I doubt it is true

[loris]

Big Mart would be happy, he has always been a Luke Parker fan...

I doubt it is true

Maybe Big Mart started the rumour............... and is lurking, laughing at us all taking the bait

[wally]

the swans are very single minded but also successful at recruiting who they want,perhaps no.1 pick is to ontrade for who they want.

[Toy Saint]

Prefer to keep the #1 pick and get petracca

[bergholt]

Parker is a jet, I'd swap him for pick 1 in a heartbeat...but you have to ask, why in the name of sweet Jesus would the swans trade out their absolute gun young mid when he's only what 21-22...

No idea, to be honest. They do have a lot of young mids though. This draft they get Heeney from their academy, next time around they get Dunkley and Mills also for free. Perris and Jones are 19, Brandon Jack and Cunningham are 20, Lloyd and Mitchell are 21, Parker is almost 22, Rohan and Hannebery are 23. Not sure how they fit all those guys into one midfield with Jetta, Bird, Kennedy, Kieran Jack etc still going strong. Might make sense for them to get big value for one of them.

[BringBackMadDog]

Why would Sydney do this? They are going to pick up Heeney from their Academy who would have gone top 3 or 4 if he was in the draft and will be a gun midfielder so they don't need Petracca, and they certainly don't need tall forwards.

[Scollop]

Local lad coming home - are we trying to reinforce our peninsula ties??

I know there are no more zones but perhaps our recruiters need to have more people watching local games and maybe feeding information back to them. The richer clubs don't recruit better by accident

Saints should make sure we have the framework that ensures we can benefit from our own backyard. Can we invite as many local lads as possible into our academy?

Can we advertise with local clubs and get youth with the right attitude to come to us first to give the Saints more time and opportunity to assess if they have the right stuff to make it?

[dragit]

Big Mart would be happy, he has always been a Luke Parker fan...

I doubt it is true

Let's not get carried away here,

Big mart started a thread 2 years after Parker was drafted suggesting that the recruiters had overlooked a very good player. No mention before or at the time he was drafted from memory.

I would say Pelchan is fishing for a lot if gun players at the moment, stir up some trouble and then take the best deal.

[Trev from the Bush]

Absolutely my favourite player the past year and a half. A star/

Until yesterday.

Now I have my doubts.

[saintsRrising]

I would say Pelchan is fishing for a lot if gun players at the moment, stir up some trouble and then take the best deal.

Indeed. Auctions only get good prices if there is more than one bidder.

[magnifisaint]

Taken at pick 25 to 30. Had 2 good years at a good side. Not worth the No 1 pick