They're rumoured to be interested in Croz, so if Carlisle requests a trade to us that would certainly be a possibility.
2015 Draft, Trade & Free Agent Discussion & Speculation Thread
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I heard 2 years ago that the Dons were into Crozier, from a 40 year member. Their board says they have no pace. I can genuinely see this as possible.
purplerunsdeep
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yup id do that
like the next post said - Bombers lose a level of control if he wants to go. Could actually be a 2nd round plus a croz for example who is a 1st rounder respectively
He'd cost the same as Ryder or roughly the same I'd say. If they're interested in Crozier then a first rounder and him. Even if Crozier wants to stay he'd probably go in a trade like that, especially if the bombers offer superior terms.
Saw this, would snap up in a heartbeat.
democritus
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I'd be pretty fed up if I was Jake. The guy's an excellent defender being continually played out of position. He looks disinterested and lost up forward at times.
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Hard to blame Bennell.
Robbo is an absolute slob of a man. So arrogant. On AFL 360 he just sits there in his over-sized suit speaking as if he is a 300 gamer, pretty sure he is an alcoholic.
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The whole thing just makes me laugh. Everyone is quick to jump on things (even us).
Hard to consider without allowing for what you would have to pay.
I am more partial to Rance because we won't have to give anything except cash to keep. A trade for McCarthy or Hogan will almost certainly involve either very good picks in the draft or a quality player. Both went round 1 and Hogan pre round one. A trade would be our round 1 pick plus our round 2 or 3 I would think. Unless you unload a quality mid and I do not mean a fringe dweller like DeBoer.
To quote popular culture IMHO the juice is not worth the squeeze.
Buy Rance if you can and only consider the rest if the "go home" factor is working for you otherwise I like what we have and wish to keep it. No deal.
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I'd like for us to find a 205-210cm beanpole that can run but has a really buff dad to rookie list.
We could do with a Stringer type medium forward to partner Mayne. Two tall towers, two tackling talls, two zippy smalls.
He would effectively be a Mayne replacement as Mayne moves to a more Lead/Mark/Goal role in place of Pav.
We could do with a Stringer type medium forward to partner Mayne. Two tall towers, two tackling talls, two zippy smalls.
He would effectively be a Mayne replacement as Mayne moves to a more Lead/Mark/Goal role in place of Pav.
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Wouldn´t we want to put him forward too given we have our own 200cm athlete in Alex Pearce as our big backman of the future? Or do we have them as CHB and FB? With both of them having insane reach, no-one would be able to take a mark in our backline.
Not really interested in either to be honest
Rance aside I think we look for guys we can get on the cheap. I'm not talking guys on the verge of being delisted or anything like that but relistically recruiting a top 5 player from another club isn't going to work.
One thing I do miss in the Ross Lyon era is the clubs ability to pull a jet out of the state leagues. Seems since Ross got here we've only really managed to get Spurr and Hannath through the door. It's weird because Taberner aside we haven't really seemed to get as much out of the rookie list as we used to and that's not all due to being hard team to crack into either yet we have seemed to almost abandon the mature aged players in the last few years.
One thing I do miss in the Ross Lyon era is the clubs ability to pull a jet out of the state leagues. Seems since Ross got here we've only really managed to get Spurr and Hannath through the door. It's weird because Taberner aside we haven't really seemed to get as much out of the rookie list as we used to and that's not all due to being hard team to crack into either yet we have seemed to almost abandon the mature aged players in the last few years.
True but they still exist. Adam Saad, Aaron Vandenberg and Nathan Krakouer have been fantastic. Finding a key defender or key forward which we actually need though will be extremely hard to do.
Agenfrida
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I'm certainly not. Bennell can stay at GC or go to the Eagles if he wants to come home. Highly skilled, but can go missing and has a poor attitude. No thanks.
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I would put that down to not needing to plug any gaps in our list. Currently we have the luxury of being able to draft youth and wait for them to blossom.
This year may be the start of it again then. A few of the posters that watch Peel regularly are saying they believe Smith, Vandeleur etc wouldn't be here next year. Assuming we don't have McPharlin, Rance or some other KPD what's our back up plan. As we've seen the last few years we'll need more than Johnson, Dawson, Silvagni and Pearce throughout a season. A 195cm, 85kg twig wouldn't cut it.
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I would think our backup plan for key backs is Josh Bootsma. And Alex Pearce looks really good. It's key forwards where we have no backup.
If Pavlich was to get injured tomorrow our current options are:
1. Play one of our backup ruckmen as a key forward
2. Throw McPharlin forward
3. Throw Zac Dawson forward
#3 might sound like a long bow but Dawson is a more accomplished forward than either Hannath or Griffin.
If Pavlich was to get injured tomorrow our current options are:
1. Play one of our backup ruckmen as a key forward
2. Throw McPharlin forward
3. Throw Zac Dawson forward
#3 might sound like a long bow but Dawson is a more accomplished forward than either Hannath or Griffin.
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4. Play Fyfe forward.
5. Play Crozier / Duffy and try and kick more goals from the midfield.
Josh Kennedy is a 2016 FA, surely we'd offer some serious coin at him, even just to force WC to pay way overs.
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Since there is no 2016 speculation thread, I'll post this here.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-05-13/whos-up-for-grabs-the-preliminary-list-of-2016-free-agents-
I'll tell you who I'd like off that list and who may be affordable due to his club's shrinking salary cap... Nick Smith. Best small defender in the comp.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-05-13/whos-up-for-grabs-the-preliminary-list-of-2016-free-agents-
I'll tell you who I'd like off that list and who may be affordable due to his club's shrinking salary cap... Nick Smith. Best small defender in the comp.
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