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PD is in many ways the perfect fit at HFC
If you look at our succession planning, once our current first liners are gone, we tick the boxes in all areas except big bodied mids. Lewis Mitch and Hodge will be gone in the near future, and could go much earlier if they suffer a significant injury. If we lose all three in a short time frame, then I cant see anyone on the horizon who can replace them. We have lots of excellent quality players who can rotate through, but it takes a big, hard bodied man to do it all day.
Dangerfield would fit the bill perfectly. For those who criticise his skills, my response would be ‘you must be joking’. For any of his perceived shortfalls that are currently present, I am sure that a decent preseason at HFC would put those concerns to rest. In a highly skilled and brilliantly coached club, he would shine. I see the concept of recruiting him as being very similar to recruiting Lake, and many of the comments on the board now are similar to those that were bandied about when Lake came on the horizon. Brian, and many other mature age recruits we have picked up, have transformed their games after arriving at HFC
And look at it from Dangerfield’s point of view. Where ever he plays he will be well paid. If he plays at Geelong he will be closer to Mogg’s Creek, but has no prospect at all of picking up a flag. If he plays at HFC, he can drive down the coast on the weekends. To be frank, if at his current age, and with the limited time frame of his remaining career of perhaps 5-8 years, if he chose to not defer living on the coast until he was about 33 then we don’t want him anyway. Would be a soft-as-butter decision to bugger his career prospects to live in Geelong rather than Melbourne for that time frame. Plenty of us have travelled away from home in the prime of our lives to further our career. He would be mad to opt for the Cats at this point in time
And the last consideration is salary cap. There will be plenty of space after losing Buddy, and if Patrick is the man we want, he will come seeking a flag rather than maximum payment
Frankly, I would not be at all surprised if we ended up getting him
If you look at our succession planning, once our current first liners are gone, we tick the boxes in all areas except big bodied mids. Lewis Mitch and Hodge will be gone in the near future, and could go much earlier if they suffer a significant injury. If we lose all three in a short time frame, then I cant see anyone on the horizon who can replace them. We have lots of excellent quality players who can rotate through, but it takes a big, hard bodied man to do it all day.
Dangerfield would fit the bill perfectly. For those who criticise his skills, my response would be ‘you must be joking’. For any of his perceived shortfalls that are currently present, I am sure that a decent preseason at HFC would put those concerns to rest. In a highly skilled and brilliantly coached club, he would shine. I see the concept of recruiting him as being very similar to recruiting Lake, and many of the comments on the board now are similar to those that were bandied about when Lake came on the horizon. Brian, and many other mature age recruits we have picked up, have transformed their games after arriving at HFC
And look at it from Dangerfield’s point of view. Where ever he plays he will be well paid. If he plays at Geelong he will be closer to Mogg’s Creek, but has no prospect at all of picking up a flag. If he plays at HFC, he can drive down the coast on the weekends. To be frank, if at his current age, and with the limited time frame of his remaining career of perhaps 5-8 years, if he chose to not defer living on the coast until he was about 33 then we don’t want him anyway. Would be a soft-as-butter decision to bugger his career prospects to live in Geelong rather than Melbourne for that time frame. Plenty of us have travelled away from home in the prime of our lives to further our career. He would be mad to opt for the Cats at this point in time
And the last consideration is salary cap. There will be plenty of space after losing Buddy, and if Patrick is the man we want, he will come seeking a flag rather than maximum payment
Frankly, I would not be at all surprised if we ended up getting him
