Whose better?
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I liked Caracella the most
I thought Blumfield could have been the best (still nothing all that special)
and Heffernan will win Best Clubman and the like but will never be more than an Honest Battler.
(can some1 post what we got for Heffer and blumfield please)
I thought Blumfield could have been the best (still nothing all that special)
and Heffernan will win Best Clubman and the like but will never be more than an Honest Battler.
(can some1 post what we got for Heffer and blumfield please)
sante
Emu
we gave pick 30 for blumfield i believe
Who did we pick up with 30?
sante
Emu
dont kno, dont care
sante
Emu
National 28 Tristan Cartledge Draft choice 28 traded by Richmond for Justin Blumfield North Ballarat U18 U18 VCFL 0
from the AFL site. Melbourne gave pick 10 for heffernan
from the AFL site. Melbourne gave pick 10 for heffernan
I think we also gave Melbourne pick 16 or thereabouts.
OUT : Caracella
IN: Cupido + McPhee
Not missing him at all
Cara had a bad work ethic going the other way...... Good finisher but a bad starter / ball getter and he was found out when we needed him to step up in 2002 to cover so many depatures/injuries.
Blumfield had to be talked into staying after 99 when the Swans came calling. he had a great 2000 but went downhill from there. Coinciding with his split from Southby and Him shacking up with that Womean from Temptation Island ( Can't remember Her name ) I read an interview with HER a while back and she said that when she first Met Justin, that they "Didn't leave the House for the First 10 days" ... Shows where his proirities Lied at the Time and to a certain extent still lies ...IMO
Heff ..... Was saddest to see him go and would Love to have him back in a minute. Had the best work rate and gave his all. Probably wasn't able to show his full potential due to a Tagging role and Injuries....
So my take is
Heff
Blummers
Daylight
Moonlight
Ohh Look..... Daylight again.....
Caracella
I find it bewildering to say we have not missed Caracella. One of the most glaring deficiencies in our side this year was the lack of goal kicking midfielders. Simply stated, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY. Sheedy specifically said he recruited Murphy to play the Caracella role. Adding Alvey to the mix just proves the point further. The trade that we got for Caracella is irrelevant. He is definitely the one out of the three that we missed the most up until now.
marcuz
Norm Smith Medallist
Agreed.
Although if brisbane asked us to take Cara back in eschange for Cupido and Mcphee id tell them to keep dreaming. We were well and truly compensated for the loss that losing Cara caused.
Neither would i. We definitely won the trade. And the additions of Murphy and Alvey will cover the loss of Caracella now anyway.
Yes, we don't have goalkicking midfielders, but in exchange for Cara, we got Cupido, a very good second forward to Lloyd, got us 34 goals this year, pretty good.
39 if i remember 
Anyway Murphey may not have quite the class or Cara and he hsa even less heart if that can be believed, but Alvey is a champ started last seaon well, Knee reco wored his Arse off to get back into some sembelance of shape, AND he is really Tallented pick 6 and Alvey for Jacobs anyday
Anyway Murphey may not have quite the class or Cara and he hsa even less heart if that can be believed, but Alvey is a champ started last seaon well, Knee reco wored his Arse off to get back into some sembelance of shape, AND he is really Tallented pick 6 and Alvey for Jacobs anyday
marcuz
Norm Smith Medallist
I think your being harsh on Murphy. Of all his downfalls lack of class is not one of them. He has terrific skills and gets plenty of the pill. We don't need him to be a Jason Johnson or Sean Denham type. He has better footskills than Cara ever did. I see him putting a few lace out on Lloyd's chest next year
Lets hope so, he is only 27 so he has a few years left in him, plus he is bound to get a few games due to injuries and such.
Murphy will be ace. He can also play on the ball better than Cara could/can.
Murphy has a reputation as a soft player, but in the last 2 seasons he has averaged 3 tackles per game. That figure rivals the great Chris Heffernan.
It's alright to have soft players if you have guys like JJ, MJ, Soloman and Hird around the packs to win the hard balls and lay it off to someone with silky skills like Cara or Murphy or Alvey.
But we need an enforcer, like what Dean Wallis did, need a primary intimatory bully to go out there and knock someone's head off.
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That we do, perhaps Wallis could be runner
Seriously I think our hardness should get better once some young guns bulk up.
Who would be softer ? Murphy ? Or the great Caracella ?
Caracella ???
How many Tackles a game does he Average ????
0.01
Both drive the same Boat ....... But Murph could possibly play off half back....
Never seen Cara chase a man around the Park all day
agreed Boz, add Wellmen to that list... one thing we do have is a great half back line...
HB: Wellmen Lucas Welsh
HB: Solomon Lucas McPhee
and the other combinations
HB: Wellmen Lucas Welsh
HB: Solomon Lucas McPhee
and the other combinations
The best thing about losing Jacobs could be that Solomon goes back to half back where he is much more suited to as opposed to playing in the midfield.
We'll miss DJ in the short term though, but i can't think of many sides that would have had the luxury of having him as the 3rd or 4th best tall defender like we did.
We'll miss DJ in the short term though, but i can't think of many sides that would have had the luxury of having him as the 3rd or 4th best tall defender like we did.
