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Committing $800,000 per year to enhance an area that you are already quote strong in just seems a over investment. That's $800,000 they can't spend on enticing a good KPP next year.
Winners/losers of the 2014 Trade Period
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Committing $800,000 per year to enhance an area that you are already quote strong in just seems a over investment. That's $800,000 they can't spend on enticing a good KPP next year.
They are not known for their opium in Columbia, Cocaine on the other had is the export drug of choice.
Perhaps you could use an analogy that is more in line with: There is more of chance for St. Kilda to win a premiership than the current government has of growing a social conscience.
You go to the shop looking for apples & mandarins, the produce manager tells you that they don't have any apples or mandarins, but they have got a big shipment of potato's. You thank him for the advice, but if you don't have any apples & mandarins, you walk out the of the store.
What would you have done ?.
My observation for this season is that the WA teams have done a good job at retaining their player's, whilst especially players at Vic clubs, they've played musical chairs. Swapping places, is that efficient trading ?.
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Agree with the last point...it seems that so many players upped and moved this trade period that people expect any club not getting in on the action is missing out on something. Freo and West Coast didn't gain anyone but also didn't lose anyone. They obviously felt they would be better served by the draft than trading in another club's cast offs (given that the couple of guns that did not move clubs were not prepared to move west).
Got it in one.
Wellers could be a super star player, but like a lot of 2010 heroes, seemed happy with one flag.
Likes his off field fun a bit too much to be serious on field. And when your earning the coin he does, he should be more committed.
Re the for the sake of it call, As others have said in other threads, not much point having a gun mid field if you have no forwards or defence.
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Think north have gambled big time Waite and Higgins have never lived up to there potential now all of a sudden they will and also lose greenwood think it will backfire.
Hawks smashed it again frawley who is slightly overrated but being at the hawks will help his deficiencies. Get O'Rourke for hallahan who was a good vfl player but question marks over if he can make the grade.
Biggest winner Liam Pickering again getting a client to leave for monster dollars and filling his pockets. And Tom Boyd 19years old and 7mil richer after 6 poor games
Hawks smashed it again frawley who is slightly overrated but being at the hawks will help his deficiencies. Get O'Rourke for hallahan who was a good vfl player but question marks over if he can make the grade.
Biggest winner Liam Pickering again getting a client to leave for monster dollars and filling his pockets. And Tom Boyd 19years old and 7mil richer after 6 poor games
You missed out in the sense that you really only get two chances to improve your list each year: the draft and the trade period.
The way I've seen this trade period though is that lots of teams lost what they gained. North lost greenwood, got Higgins and Waite. Collingwood lost beams and Harry, got draft picks and Varcoe.
Geelong made a shift towards key position players - which was something they needed to do, although losing Christensen was an unplanned negative.
Plus Monfries. ....
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Hopefully Jesse Hogan can get on the park for the Demons next year. Losing Clark for Lumumba and adding Hogan to the forward line is a positive outcome for the Demons.
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Pick 21 for a contracted player with issues or nothing like Robinson?
Selling high sounds good to me.
Will Brisbane's culture and leaders set Bundy straight?
Not sure. Cats took their offer without playing hardball.
They'll promote another mid such as Lang or Jansen for Christensen. Pick ten could get them a bigger and better modern day tall mid.
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I'm going to label our trade period as a failure.
I believe we targeted some solid players but our 3-10 start to the season scared them off. It wasn't until late August that we somewhat redeemed ourselves by finding a seemingly impossible way to make finals.
On-field failures lead to trading failures if your strategy is bold.
I believe we targeted some solid players but our 3-10 start to the season scared them off. It wasn't until late August that we somewhat redeemed ourselves by finding a seemingly impossible way to make finals.
On-field failures lead to trading failures if your strategy is bold.
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They can keep each other company
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i reckon inaction for freo can be put down as a failure. they really need some depth in the KPP positions, especially down back
Who could we have picked up besides Frawley that would of improved the team? I will give you a hint no one.
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How do you know?
Why are you so in love with Freo? Couldn't you apply the same rationale to your second team (WC) in that they failed for not luring a quality mid?
By looking at the players that got traded.
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wce are my second team now?
the difference between freo and wce, is i think wce want to move more youth into the midfield, they have the depth there. wce suporters can correct me if i am wrong, but i think the clubs wants players like sheed, yeo and even turnbridge to spend more time in the center.
i dont see the same strategy for freo relating to their KPD stocks, especially when Ross prefers to pick up mature ready made talent and when they have highlighted in the past that they were chasing a big fish via FA or trade. they also do not have young KPD players coming through, tanner smith probably the best bet but you will need more than him:
McPharlin (32/33)
Johnson (29/30)
Dawson (28/29)
Silvagni (27/28)
Smith (yet to debut)
i would have liked to see them land one mature ready made KPD
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so because no one was traded to your club it means there were no viable options that could have been pursued/dragged over the line?
Smith has debuted
What I am saying the only good key defender that would of improved Freo was Frawley. Freo was linked with average footballers like Schoenmakers who would not of improved the team.
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mate if all clubs took that approach then you wouldnt have dawson right now. we rookied what was universally seen as "hack" and at best "average defender" and now he's one of your best 22 defenders. sometimes you need to take a chance
likewise, us with delaney. many saw him at best a VFL defender. this year he was one of the better defenders who rarely lost a one on one contest, even with non-existant pressure up the ground
Why cant Freo rookie a similar player without giving up a good asset for them?
The offseason is only halfway completed we could draft more depth.
The offseason is only halfway completed we could draft more depth.
