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His disposal is actually ok
Not elite but not disastrous
He could make it as a hard running wingman
Not elite but not disastrous
He could make it as a hard running wingman
Traded Paddy Dow [Traded to St Kilda in 4-Team Trade]
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Doesn’t have the tank to be a wingman. Would be torched by the best.
Inside mid resting half forward is his go.
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Ralphy said he will be a DFA come years end
Hes an inside mid only, no doubting that. Also a place you can hide a poor kick. Just kick for territory which can be just as important from stoppage.
Cant be too much worse than a Wines/Worpel
Hes an inside mid only, no doubting that. Also a place you can hide a poor kick. Just kick for territory which can be just as important from stoppage.
Cant be too much worse than a Wines/Worpel
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The jury is out on Dow about whether he can play other positions - he spent a year under Bolton playing HFF, rotating through, and it was awful.
Carroll has more tank and attributes, but in the end is best position is inside and a team like WCE would be able to offer him more opportunity as they rebuild.
To my mind Carlton has recruited too many inside players, resulting in poor development. Their recruitment could have been more evenly spread. They tried to make up for it last year (by playing LOB consistency for his development, and recruiting Acres, Binns, Hollands).
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he's an excellent first/second possession player at a stoppage, has incredible hands and a better kick than given credit for.
average at pretty much everything else although can kick a goal from open play or set shot consistently in the VFL.
problem is he needs a water carrier covering for his deficiencies and we already have Cripps not doing his share of the defensive work so can't fit another one in*
*at least that seems to be the thinking, suspect he'll get some more gametime against Essendon and we will see how it goes.
average at pretty much everything else although can kick a goal from open play or set shot consistently in the VFL.
problem is he needs a water carrier covering for his deficiencies and we already have Cripps not doing his share of the defensive work so can't fit another one in*
*at least that seems to be the thinking, suspect he'll get some more gametime against Essendon and we will see how it goes.
I reckon he'd fit in pretty well alongside Taranto and Hopper who are both very good-elite defensively.
Jarryd Lyons was behind....who at the crows? And at the Suns? Played his role well for the Lions for a few years.
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Probably Sloane and the Crouch brothers at the time.
But he was firmly entrenched in their best 22 when he opted to leave the club chasing coin up at the Gold Coast.
Not sure why he comes to mind for you in this thread. Completely different situations.
He was delisted the 2nd time before lions picked him up. GC obviously saw no value in him, Lions did.
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lyons had shown far more at afl level than dow has
Didnt i just say that GC saw no value hin him but Lions did? If you can't work out the link to Dow and Carlton and potential suitor then I can't help you.
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You obviously don’t have the context of what happened at the time. Lyons had one more year on his contract and wanted out. He was clearly best 22 and in the Suns starting midfield when he wanted to part ways with the club.
This situation is nothing like that of Dow.
His situation is closer to Lipinski than Lyons if anything.
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Lyons wasn't best 22, and the Crows only offered him less than average salary to stay.
We felt he was too slow to be an AFL footballer and couldn't get from contest to contest.
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Or Setterfield/ Parish.
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Someone will take a punt since he will come for free
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Swans were interested a few seasons ago but he turned us down. We need him just as much as did back then
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There's at least 10 players that should go before Dow.
Keep.
Keep.
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He was not best 22 at GC by the end of his time with them.
He got dropped twice in his final year (first season with Dew), and was heading for Brodie territory, hence he saw the writing on the wall and got the hell out.
Also, you said 'Hard no to a guy who sits behind Kennedy and Hewett in the midfield pecking order', and the other guy replied saying 'what about Lyons at Adelaide and GC' which is true as Lyons wasn't even getting a game in Adelaide's midfield, he was playing forward, and received the aforementioned treatment with Dew, and you carry on as if he was just talking gibberish.
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I've seen nothing from Dow this season as a sub or in the VFL that makes me think he can't make it as reasonable AFL player.
Need to see him in the starting 22 for a few weeks to know for sure but he's looked perfectly fine each time he's come on as sub (obviously different to running out a full game though)
Need to see him in the starting 22 for a few weeks to know for sure but he's looked perfectly fine each time he's come on as sub (obviously different to running out a full game though)
Weird as it sounds, I'd take a flyer on him at the Dees.
He's got flaws but he has attributes most of our midfield doesn't have (agility, breakaway speed). He'd be a better back-up option than Dunstan, who is toiling away in the VFL but is way too similar to our best mids to force his way in.
He's got flaws but he has attributes most of our midfield doesn't have (agility, breakaway speed). He'd be a better back-up option than Dunstan, who is toiling away in the VFL but is way too similar to our best mids to force his way in.
Doubt he'd leave Carlton to go play for Casey. He'd be depth only at the Dees. He'll go somewhere where he's more likely to lock down a spot.
