2022 Trade Period. (COMPLETED)

[BazBoy]

The variety of the four experienced ins

Frampton a big athletic defender
McStay a big big body forward/ ruck
Hill a crafty small goal kicker
Tich a clearance beast

[slangman]

[tbaker]

[masoncox]

[uuuuu..... The LoneSTAR]

^That could also just be negotiation by media.

Feels like a very 'money ball' type of trade period for the Pies.
I'm particularly interested to see if we can help Frampton realise his potential.

[Mr Miyagi]

How did Jake write this with a straight face and avoid “cheating” and “rort”? Bold text

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/cats-10-goals-up-even-before-landing-henry-dees-rely-on-the-replacements-20221012-p5bpcj.html

Normally, a team at the head of the ladder would not have the salary cap room to pull off the once-in-a-decade heist of recruiting Jack Bowes and pick seven in exchange for picking up a heavily back-loaded Gold Coast contract.

That they won the auction for Bowes was a measure of Geelong’s unmatched capacity to: a) pay players less than their rivals; and b) sell their wares to players. Bowes chose the Cats when he might have gone to Essendon or Hawthorn, clubs where one would think he would be more assured of a game.

[lazzadesilva]

[Skids]

[duggieboy]

^^^^^



Thanks tbaker for that Mitchell explanation - I missed that extra player detail.... somehow

Cheers

[Presti35]

Will keep an eye on Fiorini. We were heavily linked to him and we pulled the pin. He has one year to go on his contract with the Suns.

Sam Hayes was a ruck we were linked to very early on. Noting eventuated here as the trade period began.

We got everyone else we wanted and were linked to. We improved our draft hand. We lost Grundy which we knew was coming (The contract is GONE!!) and we lost Henry which was unfortunate, but is it really a surprise to anyone?

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

Fiorini is an excellent VFL player. We already have players like him at Collingwood. Poulter is better than him in my opinion. Sam Hayes is a slow plodding ruckman. Why would we need him, apart from him being big? Frampton is also an excellent SANFL footballer, but unlike Fiorini, we don't have any of his type at Collingwood and at 25 his best football is ahead of him. Bobby Hill is the leg speed in our forward line we missed when Stephenson himself went missing (and finished at North). Mitchell is an out and out star at the center bounces. I don't think anybody is entitled to criticize his disposal given we have Adams in the side. We lose most of Grundy's contract enabling us to chase a genuine star next year. All in all you couldn't have wished for a better trade haul from this year. People are applauding Geelong for their trade haul - what they got is a player I don't rate (Bowes) who comes with a huge contract, an unproven player (Bruhn) and a sook (Henry) and lose one of their greatest ever players (Selwood).

[What'sinaname]

[BazBoy]

I believe/ suspect Ollie was leaving for Geelong the day he donned the famous
#35

[Charlie Oneeye]

It is possible 25 and Mitchell sealed the deal

But 25 and Fiorini may not have been enough.

Hence why Wright may have alluded to Mitchell changing the picture. It cleared the path for a decision.

I think when Mitchell became available, we didn't persevere with Fiorini because we got our onballer.

[thesoretoothsayer]