{"id":427042,"date":"2024-10-16T10:48:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T10:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=427042"},"modified":"2024-10-16T22:10:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T22:10:14","slug":"change-needed-after-unprecedented-deadline-day-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=427042","title":{"rendered":"Change needed after 'unprecedented' deadline day fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another year, another trade period<\/a> done.<\/p>\n

Deadline day was just about as ridiculous as it comes with \ufefftrades dropping left, right and centre in the final 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

Bailey Smith's move to Geelong was the headline act and it was one of the deals that didn't get finalised until the end.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffThere was also some bizarre posturing for Jake Stringer's deal before the man known as "The Package" eventually signed with GWS.<\/p>\n

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Here's some of the big talking points from the 2024 AFL Trade Period. \ufeff<\/p>\n

THE FINAL SCRAMBLE BORDERED ON CRAZY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Caleb Daniel, Bailey Smith, Luke Parker, \ufeffJake Stringer, Jack Macrae; they're just a few names who everyone was waiting to land at other clubs.<\/p>\n

But like a student with a university assignment, the clubs decided to wait until the last minute to finalise the deals.<\/p>\n

\ufeff"There has to be a way to make these transactions easier, it's been like sitting in a dentist chair for two and a half weeks," Kane Cornes said on AFL Trade Radio.<\/p>\n

The camera from AFL Trade Radio continued to pan into the Bulldogs and Cats rooms.<\/p>\n

Bailey Smith was the big deal waiting to get done.<\/p>\n

With half an hour left, AFL.com.au's Cal Twomey had reported there was no movement around various deals.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffNegotiations and back and forth and stand-offs are at probably a level we haven't seen before … I'm saying it's unprecedented," he said.<\/p>\n

Eventually, almost every deal was completed but it was simply ridiculous how long it took.<\/p>\n

WHERE WAS THE TRUTH IN THE STRINGER SITUATION?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was a constant ebb and flow with the Jake Stringer deal.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Jake<\/p>\n

With only hours left in the trade period, the reports were the deal was off.<\/p>\n

But then minutes later it was back on.<\/p>\n

\ufeffStringer eventually landed at the Giants with the Bombers receiving pick 53.<\/p>\n

Stringer's manager Paul Connors \ufeffdenied the deal was ever off to AFL Trade Radio.<\/p>\n

Twomey had an amicable back and forth with Connors\ufeff and then Essendon list boss Matt Rosa cleared up what happened later.<\/p>\n

"It got to a point last night where the Giants withdrew their interest\ufeff and then it was revived later today," he said.<\/p>\n

HOW BAILEY SMITH EVENTUALLY LANDED AT THE CATS<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a complicated process and one that went on forever.<\/p>\n

But here's how it happened.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyonNine\/status\/1846471159895699515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n

Geelong received Bailey Smith and pick 45 while the Bulldogs were given pick 17 and 38.<\/p>\n

Carlton were then handed pick 38 while Matt Kennedy went to the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

St Kilda received Jack Macrae and traded out pick 45 to the Bulldogs. This is the pick that went to Geelong.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs have pick 17 and Kennedy while parting with Smith and Macrae.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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