No Oppo Supporters Re-signing Tex, Danger and Sloane *** Crows Only ***

[footy4ever]

This actually occurred to me the instant it happened. Selwood got a cheap one in too, maybe he's unhappy that he won't be top dog anymore?

Or pissed off danger aint joining them.

 

[Runnin Blue]

Or pissed off danger aint joining them.

Touché.

 

[Mike Smyth]

You go best available.

Limiting ourself to sa players is the dumbest thing we could do.

So is continuing to recruit Victorians only to watch them go home when they are nearing or in their prime. What's the answer? I really don't know.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

So is continuing to recruit Victorians only to watch them go home when they are nearing or in their prime. What's the answer? I really don't know.

Not every Victorian has wanted to go home

We have to continue to bring the best talent available to the club even if it means we only keep 7 / 10 interstate recruits, even on this ratio we are still in front

 

[WaynesWorld19]

So is continuing to recruit Victorians only to watch them go home when they are nearing or in their prime. What's the answer? I really don't know.

The go home factor is a furphy ......you don't see "fringe" players talk "go home" .....only the stars who believe they can get the big$ and choose where they want to play

ATM they put their hands up as to who they want to be traded to .....85% of time it happens (oh me club doesn't want an unhappy player ....HTFC)

Happy with Free Agency after 8 years service ....but until then it needs to be more difficult for players to get out of clubs

Clubs need the ability to trade players during 8 years to wherever it suits the club (trade wise)

That's how you fix it ....ATM too slanted towards players

 

[Mattrox]

So is continuing to recruit Victorians only to watch them go home when they are nearing or in their prime. What's the answer? I really don't know.

We don't recruit Victorians only.

 

[Mike Smyth]

Not every Victorian has wanted to go home

We have to continue to bring the best talent available to the club even if it means we only keep 7 / 10 interstate recruits, even on this ratio we are still in front

So far which ones have stayed Reilly, McKay. ..and.

 

[Niximus]

Oh yay, this crap again.

So if we'd taken Ebert instead of Danger (and he didn't still ask to go to Port) we'd have Brad Ebert.

Now, if Danger does want to go, we'll get a trade/compensation. I guarantee 100% that even if we get shafted in the compo it will still be worth more than Brad Ebert. Whatever pick or trade we'd get, there's no way we would want to trade it to Port for Ebert, it would be paying overs.

Sure, you might save yourselves the "Oh, Player X left, the sky is falling" meltdowns, but you'd be doing so by selecting the inferior outcome.

 

[Samcro24]

So far which ones have stayed Reilly, McKay. ..and.

Douglas and every Victorian currently on the list.

 

[TGFC]

In the end of the day, we are better of losing one, or two stars then completely limiting who we can draft.

Because of how the system works, is that whatever we lose we get compensation for so it can be recycled, and for every Tippett, there is a Sloane. All about picking the right characters.



Not really, no.

A good gameplan can hide an average players deficencies, but name me one player that has gone from an average player, to a champion by switching clubs?

And i don't mean champion as in a premiership player, more so a superstar, elite etc.



That comment was more the suggestion of drafting SA only is comparable to some of the shit served on 5AA callback radio. I.e. it's idiotic to the extreme.

Josh Kennedy

 

[Golumless]

Josh Kennedy

Josh Kennedy is a very fair call actually. Hawthorn really got that wrong.

 

[Brenton Davy]

Josh Kennedy

x2

 

[TooFar]

So far which ones have stayed Reilly, McKay. ..and.

I believe there are more Victorians in the team than South Australians. But don't worry about the facts, they can be damn sight annoying sometimes.

 

[huludicidal]

Maybee its time to stop being the doormat of the league the hubris at geelong yesterday was sickening the pro melbourne media bias vomit inducing is it time for our club to draw a line in the sand, once dangerfield goes sack milburn immediately become inclusive and only recruit south australians actually grow a set as a club become uncomprimising overtly aggressive and go out of our way to destroy clubs that mess with us first off geelong

Most years, about 2 or 3 of the best 25 players in the draft are from SA. Recruiting based on place of birth is absolutely ridiculous.

 

[Mike Smyth]

I believe there are more Victorians in the team than South Australians. But don't worry about the facts, they can be damn sight annoying sometimes.

How many will start and finish their career with the AFC though? Maybe Douglas, hopefully Sloane.

Then you have got Johnson, Watts, Hudson, Gunston and most likely Dangerfield.

 

[Mike Smyth]

Oh yay, this crap again.

So if we'd taken Ebert instead of Danger (and he didn't still ask to go to Port) we'd have Brad Ebert.

Now, if Danger does want to go, we'll get a trade/compensation. I guarantee 100% that even if we get shafted in the compo it will still be worth more than Brad Ebert. Whatever pick or trade we'd get, there's no way we would want to trade it to Port for Ebert, it would be paying overs.

Sure, you might save yourselves the "Oh, Player X left, the sky is falling" meltdowns, but you'd be doing so by selecting the inferior outcome.

I'm not saying recruit SA kids instead (although I used too). I'm saying there's an issue and I'm not sure how to fix it because if it keeps happening, we are no chance in hell of winning a premiership.

 

[Mike Smyth]

Douglas and every Victorian currently on the list.

lets see how many play their career out at the AFC? As I said before the zombie brigade entered the discussion, Reilly, McKay......and? Not bad in 25 years...

 

[mickfaxis]

Screw drafting Vic kids or picking only SA kids. I just want someone to nominate us as a preferred destination. Ryder last year and now Dixon this year "want" to be traded to the Smears. FFS!!

Anyone out there want to come to the AFC....anyone....someone...Beuller?

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

The hardest contract the crows get Victorians players to sign is the one after they have won an All Australian jumoer.

Talia next one will be difficult, just as this years contract for Patrick Dangerfield.

 

[Mattrox]

I'm not saying recruit SA kids instead (although I used too). I'm saying there's an issue and I'm not sure how to fix it because if it keeps happening, we are no chance in hell of winning a premiership.

Smith comes to mind....

 

[Brentmeister]

Screw drafting Vic kids or picking only SA kids. I just want someone to nominate us as a preferred destination. Ryder last year and now Dixon this year "want" to be traded to the Smears. FFS!!

Anyone out there want to come to the AFC....anyone....someone...Beuller?

We don't need either player. Last year we had our first top 15 pick in ages so we had to go to the draft. As such we had very little trade currency.

In other words, be patient. I'm confident our recruiters have some interesting trades brewing for this October.

 

[Mattrox]

Screw drafting Vic kids or picking only SA kids. I just want someone to nominate us as a preferred destination. Ryder last year and now Dixon this year "want" to be traded to the Smears. FFS!!

Anyone out there want to come to the AFC....anyone....someone...Beuller?

Tell me the reason they want to go there. ..

 

[Boundryump]

Adelaide swapping draft picks with Geelong ought to be an indicator that a deal has been done a long time ago, maybe we'll get Cockatoo + pick a player we probably wanted to draft along with Lever for Danger.

 

[Mattrox]

Adelaide swapping draft picks with Geelong ought to be an indicator that a deal has been done a long time ago, maybe we'll get Cockatoo + pick a player we probably wanted to draft along with Lever for Danger.

We'll get done for draft tampering if there is even a sniff of truth to this.

 

[mickfaxis]

Why on earth would we/he come out this week and say that he's leaving, on the eve of our first finals appearance since 2012? That is far, far worse than the speculation.

Unless he's staying and announces earlier, we're not definitively going to know anything until after Brownlow night/The Grand Final. Strap yourselves in for another few weeks.


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Very true. He said he'll wait until the end of the season but if we get knocked out next weekend and he doesn't sign on in the fortnight that follows, we'll be waiting until after Brownlow night.

And well...if it gets to then we all know what he's doing.