Long Term Injury wrote:Scoop wrote:St Ick wrote:Wtf is going on with all of this Hawthorn rubbish?
Carlisle has personally rung Richo to reiterate he is as good as guaranteed to be a Saint.
His manager has been with Bains a lot of the day, has confirmed he will get his client to the Saints.
Watch the interview with Carlisles manager, he couldn't possibly be more forward in saying Carlisle is going to the Saints, not interested in Hawks. Basically calling out everything Dodoro has said as BS (without actually saying it).
This years draft is not like every draft, a top five pick is like gold especially this year. Picks 23 and 25 arent close to pick 5s worth, regardless of how the points system works out the value of a pick.
Where people go wrong is that points are only valuable to a club with an academy/FS player - in the real world (with every other club not in that category) a pick is still valued at where a player can be drafted at. If the quality still available at that pick is pathetic, then that is the value of the pick.
Essendon have tried to play us through the media and used every dirty tactic in the book. St Kilda, Carlisle and his manager have called their bluff and now we will win the trade. Essendon have once again shot themselves in the foot by playing a very dangerous game and thry have given up any chance of a winning trade for their club.
I still think we will get 23 & 25, we may have to improve our side of it by including our third or a player, but what comes back will remain the same imo.
Finally some sense being spoken. Excellent summation if the situation St Ick.
Plus two, fantastic post. The pick valuations are just an arbitrary measurement. Stick strong
Spot on St Ick....super post
Some of the suggested trades and pick swap scenarios are way off base and just highlight the confusion (ignorance) of posters understanding of the points process.
Only relevant for F/S and Academy selections.
I am obviously not across all the back room discussions but you would have to doubt most of what Dildoro states.
Using the media to negotiate his/their position is a sign that he is under pressure and in a somewhat self preservation mode attempting to show that it is the saints and not them who are road bocking the the deal.
The Richmond offer - what a low life stating this....and on air.
Not surprising to hear that Ameet has covered all bases and that he has already spoken with all other 'interstate' clubs about a pick 5 swap for 2 1st rounders coming back in some fashion....mentions this to Dildoro and he thinks, gee perhaps we (bombers) should do this also!
He probably has such a bad rep with other clubs that they won't accommodate his suggestions - hard not to imagine that Richmond would be overly happy with his behaviour.
It's a game of chess and Dildoro is almost in checkmate !!
Hello PSD if we don't get what we want trade wise...
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