Nick Stevens

fan4collingwood · Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 9:59 pm

Reported tonight on channel 9 news in adelaide that Nick Stevens has NOT signed with port for the next year or so despite having a contract for a few weeks.
Does he want to go home like a namessake last year?

hoggy · Bristle Joined: 05 Jun 2001 Location: BT

Possibly, Nick is a Collingwood fan from when he was a kid and he grew up in our old zoning area (Greensborough/Plenty region).

Nathan Buckley did ring him the last time he was out of contract to try to persuade him over here.

I can see it happening but it would happen at a price in my opinion - 1st round draft pick and a player would be my tip - he's twice the player of Nick Davis.

Remember we can always send Benny Kinnear home - he's an Adelaide boy. Wink

The Prototype · Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 1:49 am

angel · Joined: 28 Dec 2002 Location: vic

I think we will chase Nick. He was a big Pie fan and his father was involved with the club in some capacity. He came from our own backyard. Port will want heaps, but remember he can walk for nothing to a vic club if they don't play ball. He's not twice the player a fit ND is but he could be the handy running player we need with skills, goalkicking ability and a modicum of pace.

MissMagpie_20 · Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 2:15 pm

We'd be mad not to chase him. Hes an absolute gun and would slot right into our midfield, but yes he would come at a huge cost. Hes a gr8 talent and future captain material for sure. I would definatly love to see him in the black and white. Who would we be willing to give up to make a bid for him??

CP · Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Location: Melbourne

...concentrate on Judd.

Nick Stevens would be a ripper, but I'm keener to get Judd to Collingwood.

Woewodin and Davis for Judd.

McKee and Lonie for Darcy.

We'd win Premiership, after Premiership, after Premiership...

Dr Alf Andrews · Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 4:10 pm

MissMagpie_20 · Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 4:50 pm

Lonie to be traded?????

Get redady for the backlash!

Joel · Joined: 23 Mar 1999 Location: Mornington Peninsula

CP · Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Location: Melbourne

MissMagpie_20 · Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 5:49 pm

Your right CP, we do desperatly need a ruckman and would have to give up alot of talent to get an established, talented player but im DEFINATLY not i nfavour of going after Luke Darcy, not becuase i dont think we need a ruckman but because i DESPISE HIM and would literally vomit if i saw him in the black and white.

drew1602 · Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Location: Northcote Victoria

dillo_09 · Joined: 15 Apr 2001 Location: Whittington

yes Stevens/Judd/Darcy would all be good on our list.

BUT................

As per AFL rules, NO TRADING can take place until the official trading period and given that we are heading towards round 7 this weekend we still have 16 more H&A games to go as well as (hopefully for us) 4 weeks of finals.

Lets worry about trading type stuff then!!

The Prototype · Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 7:18 pm

CP · Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Location: Melbourne

I was actually going to let this cute effort at dissecting my controversial post go, but for everyone's benefit, I'll nip it in the bud:

Although he is a very talented player, he isn't worth trading 2 players. Sure, they would take that trade, but why would we trade Woewodin?

He is worth 2 players for starters, but you can't get good players with crap any more. We would have to offer talent to get Judd. If they would take the trade, why wouldn't you do it? Woewodin has about 3 good years left - Judd has 10-12.

wouldn't that make it stupid to even sign him in the first place?

Ever given thought to that, perhaps, the reason we got Woewodin (a Western Australian) was to have trading material come October as every man and his dog knows Judd wants to come home?

And I doubt Collingwood would pick up Judd anyway. I mean from a point that there's other teams that may offer terades for draft picks and players.

I'm sorry, I don't understand this comment all.

Trading McKee? He's one of our better ruckman right now (excluding any rookie players.) and can be an asset to the Collingwood Football Club.

There's daylight between McKee and Darcy in every facet of the game. Darcy's better (in case you weren't sure).

Lonie aswell? He's a very good player, and has some good years at Collingwood, were Darcy, probarly has a maximum of 4-5 years left (If that).

Lonie is a fair player, not "very good". He could become fantastic - who knows? But if Darcy has 5 seasons left, let me give you the tip, that means he'll contest another 5 Premierships. I'd be happy with 2 or 3 of those. We 'aint gonna get any unless we fix some key deficiencies. Mind you, Lonie is just a clincher, it could well be packaged with Johnson, Shaw, etc. It depends what others offer.

Sure I'd like Darcy (and/or Judd) but traading some of our talented players isn't going to help much, because that could un-balence the side.

If you'd like them and can see the benefit of getting them, do you think we could attract them with crap? Would the Eagles or the Dogs accept "losing" deals? Bottom line is, trades have got to be win/win these days more than what they've ever been in the past, before they're even considered.

As someone else said the trading period is a few weeks away, when will we win this Premiership? I am not bagging you, or trying to be offensive, I am just wondering, because we don't know what is going to happen in the next few weeks

Correct, none of us know what will happen for the remainder of the season, even if we do win the flag though, would you not look to strengthen the list in any way possible? When players like Judd and Darcy come out of contract, you try as hard as you can to get them, without selling the farm, of course.

Whilst I'd be happy to transact the trades I've espoused in an earlier post, sure I'd be rapt to get these two players for less. I'm just indicating what I believe the club should be prepared to part with to get them. That's how much I value the contribution towards Premierships that I believe they could make. Truth be told, nobody really knows the intricacies of the trade table, but I know this for sure - we've got the sponge cake, now we must add the icing.

Because [b]Judd may stay where he is, and Nick Stevens could stay at Port. And, Luke Darcy may not even want to come to Collingwood, and some other team may put out a better offer for him. Any one of these players I'd like to see at Collingwood, but not at anyone's expense[/b]

How do you suggest we attract them then? Perhaps we could put out a trail of M&M's that lead to a big box that's being propped up with a stick, and as soon as they eat their way to the box, we could pull the stick out and trap all new players to club for life.