You would reckon we are in with a chance at a second and third round pick or maybe an end of first round if we ask to combine them.
But if you lived in the real world I'd say we would get a third rounder at best for them combined.
It makes me laugh at some posters over inflated opinions on our players as opposed to other clubs players.
Danyle Pearce is a much better player than White
Troy Chaplin is a much better player than McGaune
So how anyone thinks we will get a better selection than PA did last year is beyond me.
Thanks for giving me your opinion on who are the better footballers and for pointing out that your address does in fact include Earth, now I'll try and answer based on my original post.
1. At no point did I say we would get a better selection than Port but I did say we
might get a 2nd and a 3rd rounder or even a single 1st rounder if we combined them. Last time I checked, 2 x 2nd rounders beats a 2nd and a 3rd and it is impossible to quantify the winner out of 1 x 1st vs 2 x 2nds until a few years in hindsight but I suppose the exalted ones who breathe the rarefied air of "reality" are more fortunate than most of us plebs.
2. Compensation is based on 2 criteria:
COMPENSATION
A club that has a net loss of players transferring to/from other clubs as free agents in one transfer period is entitled to compensation via National Draft picks allocated by the AFL.
The compensation formula produces a points rating for players based on:
1. The new contract of the free agent;
2. The age of the free agent.
Draft picks are allocated to clubs based on the net total points for free agents lost and gained during the transfer period.
Draft picks will be allocated to one of five places:
1st round
end of 1st round
2nd round
end of 2nd round
3rd round
In applying the formula, an expert committee reviews the formula outcomes. The committee has the power to recommend alternative outcomes to GM Football Operations where the formula produces a materially anomalous result.http://www.afl.com.au/afl-hq/the-afl-explained/free-agencySo based on the criteria, Port got their picks for 26 yr old Pearce's 3 yr contract and 26 yr old Chaplin's 4 year contract. Our compensation will be based on 26 yr old White's 3yr contract and 26 yr old McGuane's contract if he receives one. Given the poor form that Pearce had displayed in his last 2 seasons at Port and their reluctance to offer any more than a 2 year contract I doubt that his contract would be vastly superior to White's offer, especially based on White's good form in his latest season so I believe those 2 would almost cancel out. McGuane will not get a contract as good as Chaplin and that is what I base my opinion in the eventual outcome on - a 2nd rounder for Chaplin vs a 3rd rounder for McGuane. And then when I said a 1st rounder (and I meant end of 1st round) if combined, that is based on nothing else than it is impossible to combine 2nd round picks and improve without going to a 1st round pick.
So I'll stick by my opinion as I know it was based on reasonable assumptions and I'll politely decline your offer to join you in the "real world" if it involves having opinions grown solely from the soil of my own perceived superiority.
