Bachar Houli [merged]

[TigerTimeII]

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[Owl]

Houli in limbo, Goldcoast got a ton of their compensation picks back for sweet fa.  THey have made out like bandits.  Some dodgy pick swaps between the skunks and West coast.

[one-eyed]

Houli deal not done. So Bombers get nothing for him.

Essendon not happy with pick 46 as they had pick 47.

Craig Cameron believes Houli will be around to be picked up in the PSD.

[one-eyed]

Tigers still think they'll get Houli in a draft, Bombers still think they can mend the fractured relationship & get him to stay

http://twitter.com/AFL_JenWitham

[TigerTimeII]

well done tigers for not giving in to those #$%^ at bomberland

[mightytiges]

I'm happy we haven't given up any decent pick for a fringe player. Thank gawd Essendon were idiots.

Send Houli into the ND and pick him up with a late pick (4th rounder ~ 70). If we miss out on him so be it.

[torch]

We need an update on the National Draft order!

 

[Oiafi]

Hutchy still reckons Essendon will blink at the last minute.

Does Hutchy ever say anything that actually happens?

[Penelope]

Only if he wakes up in the morning and says "i'm going to talk poo today"

[one-eyed]

Tiger-bound Houli to head for draft
richmondfc.com.au
By Jennifer Witham
4:20 PM Mon 11 Oct, 2010


DISGRUNTLED Essendon midfielder Bachar Houli will be forced to make his way to Punt Road via one of the upcoming NAB AFL Drafts after the Bombers and Tigers were unable to agree on a trade.

The 22-year-old walked out on the club last week and requested a trade to Richmond, which was negotiated during the trade period.

But the Bombers baulked at the Tigers' offer of draft pick No.46, which leaves Houli to wait until either the November 18 draft or the December 7 pre-season draft meeting to make the transition into yellow and black.

"Essendon didn't want to accept our deal and we thought what they asked for was a little bit over the top," Richmond football manager Craig Cameron said.

"It ended up in a stalemate.

"He's disappointed it didn't happen today but he's confident he'll get to where he wants to be."

Houli was reported to have become disenchanted with the Bombers and his lack of opportunities over the past four years, and new coach James Hird was unable to convince him to stay.

He refused to attend the club's best and fairest award over a week ago.

However, the Bombers will still use the time ahead of the draft to see if they can reconcile with the hard-working midfielder.

"I hope so. You'd think so," national recruiting manager Adrian Dodoro said, when asked if the relationship could be repaired.

"He has indicated he wants to play for Richmond next year and they've got the next live pick in the pre-season [draft] so there's a good opportunity for him to get there.

"He's been a required player so we'll have a chat to him but he's got his heart set on getting to Richmond and they've got the whip hand at the moment with the pre-season [draft] so we had our hands pretty much tied."

Houli won't be able to start training with the Tigers until after October 30, according to Cameron.

Dodoro said the Bombers refused the Tigers' best offer as they were seeking a second-round pick as opposed to the third round pick on the table.

"Because our last selection is 47, it was only a change of one pick in the draft so it was of no benefit to us at all," he said.

"We felt their second round would have been a fair and reasonable transaction with us giving them our third-round pick in return.

"But they didn't budge and that's fair enough. That's trade week."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/104038/default.aspx

[Chuck17]

Second round fair and reasonable my rs

What a tosser

[one-eyed]

According to the Bomberblitz, Essendon will be using their 3rd round pick to just upgrade a rookie (Howlett) so that's another reason why our 3rd rounder was rejected by them. So by the sound of it they'll only be using two live picks despite finishing bottom 3 .

[the_boy_jake]

According to the Bomberblitz, Essendon will be using their 3rd round pick to just upgrade a rookie (Howlett) so that's another reason why our 3rd rounder was rejected by them. So by the sound of it they'll only be using two live picks despite finishing bottom 3 .

If that is the case it is madness and nothing we could have done.

If they are planning to use their third pick for a 'live' selection, then it would have helped if we managed to upgrade 46 or 50 to Carlton's 33 or 41 in the Grigg/Collins deal.

[one-eyed]

Houli was said to be disappointed, but remains confident he'll find his way to Richmond through December's pre-season draft.

Gold Coast has the first pick but is understood to have no interest, West Coast is unlikely at No. 2, leaving the Tigers to snap up Houli at No.3 .

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/bombers-reject-tigers-deal-for-bachar-houli/story-fn69a32t-1225937382775

[Penelope]

According to the Bomberblitz, Essendon will be using their 3rd round pick to just upgrade a rookie (Howlett) so that's another reason why our 3rd rounder was rejected by them. So by the sound of it they'll only be using two live picks despite finishing bottom 3 .

There was a post on BF that if accurate makes sense and sheds light on why the bummers are only planning on 3 picks in the ND

We currently have only 5-6 guys out of contract, so they are our maximum delistings. Two of these are 19 year olds Michael Still and Tyson Slattery, both we are happy with and have every intention of keeping. That narrows it down to 4 possible delistings, being Laycock, Atkinson, Houli, Lonergan. As we are upgrading Howlett from the rookie list onto the main list, all of a sudden we have only 3 available spots on our list. There is no more we can do.
...At very most, we can only have 4 available spots on our list

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showpost.php?p=19318809&postcount=3