North into Billings

[remboy]

Zero chance of him going to North. We won’t be paying him near 800k either.

[skeptic]

Zero chance of him going to North. We won’t be paying him near 800k either.

Are you implying he’ll stay at the club for less?

[magnifisaint]

Zero chance of him going to North. We won’t be paying him near 800k either.

Are you implying he’ll stay at the club for less?

That's what he's implying

[B.M]

His best mate plays with North

[Toy Saint]

Can't believe there are St Kilda fans prepared to let Billings leave our club.

He's a quality player, very consistent, outstanding disposal, entering his peak age and probably in our best three players.

If our club were able to consistently draft players of this quality we'd be a serious contender.

We don't need less of the Billings type, we need more of them.

And as for the money relativity, Billings market value is greater than Hannebury & Hill and probably equal to Jack Steel & Rowan Marshall.

[SaintPav]

I'd be a bit surprised if he went to North.

Essendon might be a chance but are they interested in him and is he the type of player they need?

He seems to be playing with a bit of passion and it doesn't look like he wants out but who knows for sure.

[skeptic]

His best mate plays with North

Whose that? Let’s bring him here lol

[Trev from the Bush]

His best mate plays with North

My best mate is a North supporter. And I won't be switching my allegiance to the Roos because of it.

[saynta]

His best mate plays with North

I thought Sinclair was his best mate.

[CQ SAINT]

His best mate plays with North

I thought Sinclair was his best mate.

And Kelly, popular boy Billings.

[saynta]

His best mate plays with North

My best mate is a North supporter. And I won't be switching my allegiance to the Roos because of it.

So is mine. My missus who is also my best mate.

[Wayne42]

Why would a player choose to go from St Kilda to Norf, they must love losing.

[bangaulegend]

North will finish bottom IMO number 1 pick for JB ? I very much doubt they would even consider giving it up but if they are really into him hypothetically would we consider it ?

[B.M]

McDonald

They grew up together and played for the same junior club. Kew Comets I believe

[SaintPav]

There is a chance North won’t win a game.

Will he really want to go there?

[bangaulegend]

There is a chance North won’t win a game.

Will he really want to go there?

Probably not

[Teflon]

Can't believe there are St Kilda fans prepared to let Billings leave our club.

He's a quality player, very consistent, outstanding disposal, entering his peak age and probably in our best three players.

If our club were able to consistently draft players of this quality we'd be a serious contender.

We don't need less of the Billings type, we need more of them.

And as for the money relativity, Billings market value is greater than Hannebury & Hill and probably equal to Jack Steel & Rowan Marshall.

Perspective
He doesn’t go for nothing he goes for top 10 pick I’d do it
He’s nowhere near Steele or Marshall’s value
He’s a nice small HFF/small forward who can’t play mid who can jag the odd goal and rack up possessions.
THIS is his peak
Sell when high but only for top 10 pick
My only reluctance is the idiots in recruiting would probably draft a 1 legged player suggested Saints medical think they can get him right with a good prosthetic, some Denco rub as long as he’s got good manners....

[SaintPav]

No guarantee that we would pick up anyone better, then there’s the development time required.

On the other hand, we don’t have many low picks in the younger cohort. I’d still probably think he should stay.

Sounds simple doesn’t it.

[Teflon]

No guarantee that we would pick up anyone better, then there’s the development time required.

On the other hand, we don’t have many low picks in the younger cohort. I’d still probably think he should stay.

Sounds simple doesn’t it.

Depends if you think we are seriously challenging in next 3
I don’t
It’s true u got to pick we’ll but we’ve seen his best
I don’t think we have enough star quality mid talent to wrap around our true next flag core of Bytel King Byrnes Paton Clarke Coffield Gresham Howard Marshall ....we are super thin ...filling gaps with injury prone players like Jones Hannebery etc

[Premium89]

His best mate plays with North

My best mate is a North supporter. And I won't be switching my allegiance to the Roos because of it.

So is mine. My missus who is also my best mate.

Same! Last time we went to a match was THAT Good Friday.

[saintbob]

His best mate plays with North

Isn’t his bestie supposed to be Sinclair?

[bangaulegend]

His best mate plays with North

My best mate is a North supporter. And I won't be switching my allegiance to the Roos because of it.

So is mine. My missus who is also my best mate.

Same! Last time we went to a match was THAT Good Friday.

When I first started dating my missus I found out she was a Collingwood supporter(still had all her teeth & everything) I told her this is not going to work I hate Collingwood so unless you become a Sainter its not happening almost 40 years later she is still a die hard Sainter (not as die hard as me )but still on the wagon & 2 sons both Sainters as well

[ace]

People seem to be missing reality here.
This is Billings 8th season.
Billings is a restricted free agent when he comes out of contract at the end of the year.

If another club offers Billings big cash St Kilda has the choice to either match that or he can walk to that other club for free.
St Kilda gets an AFL compensation pick in return, not a pick from North.
If the AFL decides Billings is worth a first round draft pick St Kilda gets a free pick behind their first round draft pick.

For instance St Kilda finishes 9th
9 teams finish lower.
St Kilda's first round pick is initially No 10
St Kilda's gets a compensation pick initially pick no 11

But there will be other compensation picks and father-son picks and other assorted queue jumping on the night.
So St Kilda's first round draft pick could slip to maybe 13 and the compensation pick for Billings to 14.

So the choice is either match the dollars or get a dud compensation pick in return.
Of course if St Kilda finish close to the wooden spoon that compensation pick improves.

[Ghost Like]

Can't believe there are St Kilda fans prepared to let Billings leave our club.

He's a quality player, very consistent, outstanding disposal, entering his peak age and probably in our best three players.

If our club were able to consistently draft players of this quality we'd be a serious contender.

We don't need less of the Billings type, we need more of them.

And as for the money relativity, Billings market value is greater than Hannebury & Hill and probably equal to Jack Steel & Rowan Marshall.

Perspective
He doesn’t go for nothing he goes for top 10 pick I’d do it
He’s nowhere near Steele or Marshall’s value
He’s a nice small HFF/small forward who can’t play mid who can jag the odd goal and rack up possessions.
THIS is his peak
Sell when high but only for top 10 pick
My only reluctance is the idiots in recruiting would probably draft a 1 legged player suggested Saints medical think they can get him right with a good prosthetic, some Denco rub as long as he’s got good manners....

And there you have it Teflon, our recruiters. Drafting kids has been more miss than hit for us. Billings has been a relative success story. He's a hold for me.

He's durable, plays with passion, showing leadership and has settled into a position that is working for the side.

At the end of the day it is up to him, not the club. I'd be surprised to see him go to a club in a worse position with a poorer outlook.

[Ghost Like]

North will finish bottom IMO number 1 pick for JB ? I very much doubt they would even consider giving it up but if they are really into him hypothetically would we consider it ?

North don't have to give up anything but $$$ BL. Refer the post from Ace. What we would ultimately receive as compensation would be no where near his value.

Then we have to nail a mid range 1st round draft pick and invest 4 to 8 years of development. None of that being our strong suit.