The Trade Bell with Sam Edmund | SEN Chief Sports Reporter (15.09.26)
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What is the opening banter and purpose of this Trade Bell episode?
Let's ring that bell. The trade bell is for Vanguard. When did you last compare your super? Sam Edmond, he's a sniffer of the wind. He can see when the sails change direction. And if you've been a listener to the trade bell, you would have known the exact moment when this turned back in favour of the Bulldogs.
Kudos to you, Sam Edmonds. Too kind, Gerard. Too kind. Now, is that the trade bell or the boxing bell? You got the 22 ounces on this morning. I'm looking forward. If this is a cage fight out of 11, not across the divide, I'm all for it. Gerard goes, bang, says Rod in Hawthorne. We're not playing nice today. I like this. I've had enough. I'll get front row seats to this. We've got actual
evidence.
I like it. I like it. And some points very well made. And we'll see him squirm his way out of that across the divide. Let's
talk the butters, the veal
deal. It's huge, isn't it? So the Tom Morris report last night, by the way, is 100% accurate. It is the framework. It is the crux of what the dogs and the power have been working on behind the scenes, what we heard. Even before, really, Zach Butters nominated them and it's the willingness of the dogs to work through this that has gone a long way to securing Butters' commitment because it has shown him and his camp and his manager, Peter Linton, that the dogs are serious and there's good faith there and a deal is likely to be struck. Everything that... couldn't necessarily see in Geelong so where are the AFL with this they were aware of it before the details were revealed last night I'm told as I said in the news there that there's an internal wrestle in there in terms of how they view it now Greg Swan said to the age only yesterday I'll wear on to it and the AFL will write to clubs to put them on notice but Gerard they do this every year in truth this is an annual memo Andrew Dillon in the past has picked up the phone and
When it comes to deals that the AFL are concerned about, that's when it comes to lopsided deals and clear backscratching. But if they are to sit completely separately, compo for butters and however you want to term it for Todd Marshall, whether you want to call it salary dumping, we'll come back to that, or pick purchasing, or even it's an overinflated trade, the AFL are generally, generally speaking, okay with this. But is Marshall actually a salary dump? Because... Jack Bowes was owed $1.6 million across the last two years of his Gold Coast deal. At that stage, Jack Bowes was an 83-game C grader when pick seven and he went to Geelong, pick purchasing. I'm not sure Todd Marshall is on that sort of wedge.
Yeah, he's contracted for another three. I'm not sure he's getting paid anywhere. Well, he's a long way short of that, I hear. So can this be portrayed even as pick purchasing or salary dumping? And does that potentially hurt the Western Bulldogs? I'm not sure it's a large amount of money that the Port would be potentially getting off their books either.
Separate deals have to stand up on merit.
How does the Zak Butters deal illustrate the Bulldogs’ trade strategy?
That's the wording. I'm not sure I'd want to be wedded to that at this stage.
So the dogs, look, they're going to push it. I'm with you broadly speaking. I would just love it if the AFL just sat back and let the clubs live and die by the sword. They're grown men and women. They are professional sporting organisations and the game would be richer for the narratives that come out of it. Be clever, you're rewarded, be dumb, and you cop it. But there's always another year to fight on. Just let them go at it. Get your boxing gloves on. Let's not nanny state them and police them and protect them from themselves. That's rubbish. You do whatever you choose
to do, but don't come to us for assistance. No
packages.
There is no assistance.
You get yourself into trouble.
You trade yourself out of trouble.
Get busy. Agree. So this really, the hair on this one, if there is hair on it, is not five for butters. It is 12 and a future first for Todd Marshall. It's that simple. So it makes sense for the dogs, absolutely. And it does make some sense for Port Adelaide, given their interest and the commitment to Salopek, to Pilot, and the kids coming through.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the opening banter and purpose of this Trade Bell episode?
0:00–2:46
2
How does the Zak Butters deal illustrate the Bulldogs’ trade strategy?
2:46–6:28
3
Is Todd Marshall’s move a salary dump, pick‑purchase or something else?
6:28–10:27
4
What defensive players are GWS signalling are available for trade?
10:27–13:18
5
When will Toby Green announce his next club and why does it matter?
13:18–14:32
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