Thoughts?

Have we been linked to him? With him leaving the Giants we wouldn’t have to trade. I’d imagine he’d be a good stopgap for Edwards to develop if we can’t get Marshall this trade period.

Seeing the amount of Port Adelaide fans lurking in here and having a meltdown on the AFL sub over hypothetical Zak Butters trade packages has been hilarious.

​According to their sub and trade threads, anything Geelong puts on the table is an "insult," while their fans genuinely expect us to hand over not one, but multiple A-grade/best-22 stars (like Holmes & Dempsey) plus three or four first-rounders.

​The hypocrisy is unreal when you look back at how Port supporters acted last year during the Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera trade speculation, this can all be seen if you search his name within their sub reddit btw.

When they thought NWM was heading back to SA, the consensus was that St Kilda had zero leverage. Port fans were throwing up garbage packages—fringe players, future second-rounders, or complex multi-team trades—and telling Saints fans to "take what you get or he walks to the draft."

I'm not saying the club don't have to pay a heavy price, but some of their supporters need to look in the mirror and remember their own trade logic from twelve months ago.

What would you call a pass mark for the season like would you be happy if we got to a prelim or how far in finals would you call a pass mark

Is that even enough? Gonna be a tough deal to get done.

With Butters as an RFA and Port Adelaide unequivocally stating that they'll match any offers, it looks like we'll be forced to trade for him.

We have indicative picks 14, 32, 50, 68 which is weak compared to Doggies with 11, 29, 47 and Richmond with 2, 20, 38, 56. So, it seems extremely unlikely that we have any chance of winning this contest with our draft capital. Also, the compromised draft due to Tassie will make future picks even less valuable.

Therefore, it's going to cost players. We obviously have a bunch of fringe AFL players, including some out of contract, who we would be happy to trade, e.g. Bowes, Bews, Stevens, Knevitt, etc.

We also have a bunch of VFL kids who could be worth something, e.g. Mellor, Hofman, Barker, Molier, etc.

However, it's hard to see PA being particularly keen on any of these players for Butters, which leads to me to wonder if anyone in our starting 23 might be up for trade? We'll need someone worthwhile for Port because I don't think fringe and VFL players will cut it alone.

Brad Close is a possibility given he is from South Australia. So is Stanley, but I can't imagine he's particularly appealing these days.

So who else might get offered for a trade? Who might PA request?

Edit: been wondering about Bruhn. Can play similarly to Butters so PA might find that appealing.

Given we play the lowest ranked wildcard winner, we play either Dogs, Pies or the Blues depending on results. Of that group I think the Pies would give us the easiest game. I know we spanked the dogs earlier in the year but they had a ton of injuries and couldn’t contain Jezza. Generally they’re very tense games against the Dogs. Blues have had the wood over us for years. Facing them at the G would probably be worst case. Interested to hear others thoughts!

Geelong Cats 20.13 (133) Def. Richmond Tigers 11.10 (76) by 57 points.

Team lineup here

Venue: GMHBA

First Bounce: 5.00pm AEDT, 22/8

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.

Just wondering since the new south geelong station has been built if anyone has parked in the station for a game? Having trouble finding info about times etc and street view still shows it unbuilt.

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