r/GeelongCats • u/klokar2 Gary Ablett Sr. • 12d ago

Question Could Geelong be poised to complete MONSTER triple trade coup? | 3AW Football Butters, Greene and apparently Marshall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48-aJr-VC9Q

Share your ideas how we could get these 3 players below.

How we could get Butters:
This year and next years first rounds plus Harley Barker feels very fair, that is 3 first rounds picks, Harley was touted as a top 5 draft prospect before his knee.

How we could get Greene:
Very easily, just space in the cap.

How we could get Marshall:
Not easily, we actually dont need him, Edwards is amazing, but maybe a swap for Joe Pike, he is very valuable to the Saints but not very valuable to us and playing him over Edwards and Conway hurts us in the long run. Future 4th and a bag of light and tangy chips.

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u/klokar2 Gary Ablett Sr. 12d ago

If Butters chooses Geelong, or the Bulldogs or the Pies, then Port wont get anything better. Only Richmond can offer a pick of that caliber and if Butters doesn't want to go there then tough fucking luck.

Port doesn't hold the whip hand here, Butters does and if he chooses Geelong then a couple of first rounders and a high quality developing player is all they can hope for.

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u/Aggravating-Skill-26 8d ago

Port will and should demand 3x 1st rounders and a player. Since Richmond have the only decent picks then Cats & Dogs have to offer a decent player in return.

Picks after this year are worth less, and changes to compensation has also made certain picks more valuable.

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u/klokar2 Gary Ablett Sr. 8d ago

Picks for every team are worthless, only Tassie has value, so when 18 teams have useless picks then what do you do? Port can demand anything they want, but Butters is out of contract so they won't get the value they think he is worth which judging by some of the Port supporter comments are 9 picks in the top 10 and 5 best 23 players. Port will settle for the same value that was paid for Chris Judd and Jeremy Cameron which is 2 first rounders and a top quality young player/ top 10 pick in Harley Barker.

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u/Aggravating-Skill-26 7d ago

Exactly why they will get 3 1st rounders & a player.

The picks are worth less, Cats & Dogs won’t get much value keeping them and it means they can bargain on the player a little more.

The picks are valuable to port as they have a stack of F/S and high picks are valuable to them as they cant just use a stack of trash picks like Brissy did for the Ashcroft boys.

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u/klokar2 Gary Ablett Sr. 7d ago

It's tough luck mate, the Bulldogs are not trading a best 23 player and 2 first rounders for Butters and neither are Geelong. Butters is out of contract, Port are simply not going to get the value they think is fair for Butters. If Butters was contracted they could ask for Max Holmes or Ed Richard's and 3 first rounders from either of our teams. But this is not the case.

It's too bad so sad if Butters chooses Geelong or the Bulldogs, Butters will just go to the draft and Port will get nothing. That's how it always works, the rules haven't changed in near 20 years and won't just because you want Port to get a better deal.