r/weareportadelaide • u/Superb-Drummer-6683 Horne-Francis • 7d ago
Kade Chandler and Tom Sparrow
Season is so over im thinking about trades only halfway through 💔.
If butters leaves we could pay them massive overs for their first 5 years at the club and then offer them less after. That way we can actually have a functional midfield (JHF, D Cochrane (if we play him as a midfielder), Sparrow, Chandler, Burgoyne, Sweet).
Edit: These guys are UFAs so we can save our picks for our 4 draftees in 2026 and 2027.
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u/Jaded-Love5615 Horne-Francis 7d ago
Rozee exists too
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u/Superb-Drummer-6683 Horne-Francis 7d ago
Yeah but he could be half back
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u/FeistyBandicoot 7d ago
We just need a better half back.
He only went there because we dont have Houston & to break tags
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u/Dry_Performance_2639 7d ago
I don’t see how we could get those two through the doors and still have enough to match Dougie this year and Salopek, Rodan and Pilot next year.
Personally I would like to see us attack the draft for the next few years rather than target players in their mid 20’s who will be at the back end of their careers by the time we are competing again.
Unfortunately the neglect we have shown to the draft over the last 5+ years has come back to bite us. I think we are going to have accept some short term pain to make up for the inept list management decisions of the past few years.
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u/Superb-Drummer-6683 Horne-Francis 7d ago
They are UFAs so they can come in for no picks but apparently they might re sign with melbourne.
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u/LeastLeader2312 Magpies 7d ago edited 7d ago
We got Moraes who looks like he will be solid one day. Wouldn’t mind seeing Berry get a run in the midfield
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u/TheCobSparky 7d ago
We're not going to be trading for any players. We need picks for our academy and father sons. I'm hoping Zak stays on but if not we need minimum three first rounders
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u/Pastapizzafootball 7d ago
We mostly need picks.
I wouldn't be against going for Borlace who's out of contract or Buku Khamis but that's about it.
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u/shoehornjawn Horne-Francis 7d ago
I wonder if we could look at Joel Freijah + 1 first rounder (to use on Cochrane) and then maybe a later pick for Butters? Or am I dreaming?
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u/Superb-Drummer-6683 Horne-Francis 7d ago
Pretty sure dogs are offering 2 first rounders and Freijah. Thats what a lot of bulldogs fan say.
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u/shoehornjawn Horne-Francis 7d ago
I like the sounds of that. I haven’t seen too much of him play just yet, but from what I’m hearing about him we could actually win the trade. JHF, Burgoyne, Freijah, Cochrane, Witlock, Berry, Moraes would be a great nucleus to build around.
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u/Superb-Drummer-6683 Horne-Francis 7d ago
Why is Freijah being floated around quite often though? He seems like a good fit for our team but why would a Victorian want to join an unfortunately weaker team?
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u/Occasionaljedi 7d ago
Clubs find a way of persuading people. Look at Sydney in the Charlie Curnow trade. Will Hayward goes from signing a long term deal with a team and saying his future is there, to a Carlton player essentially over a week
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u/shoehornjawn Horne-Francis 7d ago
He’s from Horsham not Melbourne, Adelaide’s a similar distant from home.
Melbourne’s a pain in the ass to live in
Bevo’s not that great of a coach
Dogs are going after mids when they’re already stacked and need defenders
Ports midfield is easier to break into if dogs have Butters, Bont and Richards.
Plenty of reasons.
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u/Glittering_Advance56 7d ago
One averages 20 touches, the other 16 touches.
Why would you pay overs for that?
I cant say I’ve noticed either of them before their names were mooted around the Butters contract.
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u/MetalGuy_J 7d ago
I’m not sure looking players from outside is the right move. Unfortunately, with the list as it is there’s no path to fast track this rebuild. Over the next couple of seasons I would expect 15 players to retire or be delisted and the sort of draft access we’re going to need to rebuild properly is going to force at least another two star players out the door. I think the club needs to evaluate whether it’s actually worth spending eight first round picks on four players or if we only match two bids and lure the others home later on while using the picks for other draftees..
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u/Any_Departure_4131 7d ago
According to last week's Gettable segment, Tom Sparrow and Kade Chandler are both on the verge of re-signing at Melbourne