Recent content by Icanwalk

Disagree, as would most neutral observers. It was a mistake, but not THE mistake, or the only mistake. People want to reduce our problems to a single cause, and the Kelly trade is an obvious target. But a team does not become this bad (on historical scales) without making multiple compounding...

Sure, luck plays a role. Geelong's older brigade also benefit from not needing to travel every week. But our injury woes have more to do with the U-shaped profile of our list coinciding with the necessity of transitioning to a high-intensity gameplan. Again, this was within our control. With a...

We were indeed competing in 2018 and 2019. By 2020 the ship had sailed. The Jackson trade was at the end of 2022. Only now at the end of 2024, 5 years after our window shut, will we be in a position to make a play for quality departing players. This missed opportunity is on the back of poor list...

You are correct, we were not in a position to get either player, but that is because we had structured our list as though it were competing for a premiership. The preceeding 2 years of draft capital had been lost to Kelly trade, as had cap space (approx 1 mil per year). And we had no cap space...

No one is suggesting it's an even playing field. But this is not the main reason our list is in such a bad state. Our list management is. And most draftees are from Victoria, so naturally Vic players will be overrepresented in the expansion teams. Likewise, there are more Vic clubs to compete...

And most importantly, Geelong did not overestimate their list. They knew where they were at relative to the competition, and traded/drafted appropriately, culminating in a premiership. In contrast, we held onto the delusion our list was able to compete (until this year as indicated in multiple...

This comparison does not help our case and deflects from our poor list management over an extended period. Cameron was/is one the best, if not the best key forward in the game, and had been so for the better part of the decade before Geelong traded for him. He would be first choice KPF for...

I think we dodged another list management error bullet here. I can't comprehend why we had our F1 on the table last year, given our young midfield cohort is sorely lacking skill and class, and that we'd likely (almost certainly) hold pick 1 or 2 in the 2024 draft and thus have a shot at FOS...

Big relief. Hoping he gets a clean run at rotating through the midfield. One of the few sources of organic growth available in the list beyond the young brigade

Have been waiting for someone to point this out. Most critiques have focused on his kicking, which is indeed poor, but can be absorbed by the team given his likely role as a purely inside clearance specialist. This is why his handpassing is concerning. It is loopy and slow (in execution also)...

That is true, and I hope we select a classy mid with our first next year, but I just don't see the need for Hall if we intend to take said classy mid in the top 5 next year. We can only play so many midfielders, and spend so many draft picks on midfielders when we have numerous other...

Someone will need to kick the ball eventually. This midfield mix is sorely lacking class and footskills. Chesser is nothing special by foot either

How is Hall in addition to those 3 a good mix? He's a poor man's version of them. Someone with a bit of class and footskills would balance their power and strength.

We would be mad not to accept this. Is it in the realm of possibility though? North aren't giving up 2 and 3. 2 and 6 might be possible (if North do some legwork). Would people be happy with McKercher and Curtin for Reid? I'm sure most on here would not be. I'd do it as I rate McKercher nearly...

We did exactly this in 2019 with Tim Kelly. By your logic, we sold the future out for one expensive 25 year old, rather than two as Richmond did, to keep the window open. Of the draftees taken over the two impacted drafts (2019 and 2020), only 2 players remain on the list (Jameison and...