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Tell me about Mountford, what are his strengths and weaknesses.
Tucker is untouchable if we can keep him, we rate him very highly.
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I think all North fans would prefer Mountford to yours as well, we'd much prefer to just resign him.
Quick, plays inside and outside and a good tank, has good skills, basically everything we can't afford to lose. Can play a variety of positions.
A lot of North fans rate him higher than Ryan Clarke.
This all hinges on Balic. If he is going then this a decent trade. Fits Lyon's style as well from the reports on him. Speed, endurance, decent skills, defensive mindset. That trade makes sense to me. Sheridan a possibility too if North prefer him.Hopefully we both get to keep our talent
Seriously though, it's West Coast after him. They have the old, slow, un-dynamic midfield.
Would be very surprised if anyone preferred Mountford over Tucker, has kicked multiple goals as a midfielder multiple times already in his second season, is going to be a very good player.
Mountford v Balic is fair enough as they both haven't played too much AFL but look like they will both be good.
I remember his draft year. He was highly rated. Hopefully thats it for injuries
Would rather a pick and use it on a small forward or half back flanker. Mountford is no better than most our young mids. Let him go to Weagles if he wants home.
Lamb for Mountford?
Clubs generally trade for needs, not convenient swapsies. I don't think we need a Mountford type.
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Freo already got two fourth rd pick , I dont think freo will get 2nd or third rd pick for balic.
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Never thought about a third for Balic. But also, who knows if he's "damaged goods" or not. All we know is "it's complicated"
Just don't think Mountford would be getting games for us. Would rather get a pick, or pick upgrade, if Balic was to leave, and try to fill a need.
Clubs just don't generally trade a player for player. Typically it's a player for picks. Last year, only one trade involved two players;
Traded Zach Tuohy and future second round selection to Geelong for Billie Smedts, Pick 63 and Cats’ future first round selection
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/cou...d/news-story/d4e88d18540530dca3bbf9b52b95a9df
If Balic wants to go back to Victoria then we will be unable to negotiate at all. Especially to North. Not that that is a reason to take Mountord, but his profile seems ok to me. We will have plenty of list vacancies I think, and the draft lacks depth.Never thought about a third for Balic. But also, who knows if he's "damaged goods" or not. All we know is "it's complicated"
Just don't think Mountford would be getting games for us. Would rather get a pick, or pick upgrade, if Balic was to leave, and try to fill a need.
Clubs just don't generally trade a player for player. Typically it's a player for picks. Last year, only one trade involved two players;
Traded Zach Tuohy and future second round selection to Geelong for Billie Smedts, Pick 63 and Cats’ future first round selection
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/cou...d/news-story/d4e88d18540530dca3bbf9b52b95a9df
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What young mids?
All of our youngsters are in the team. Look at Peel's midfield, we don't have any inside mids developing. Sutty, Grey, Deluca have been playing onball but that's not their forte. If Balic leaves we need to draft an inside mid. If the return on Balic is between Mountford and a 4th rounder I'd be grabbing Mountford and running.
Suban is still getting games for us in the midfield!
Agree, let the weagles have Ah Chee. Mountford sounds good, I want him.
How many inside mids do you want? We have more than enough, including Blakely who's playing half back, Weller was recruited as an inside mid, also playing half back. Fyfe, Neale, SHill. Logue could go through there. We have more than enough - if you're worried about Peel not having enough, drop Blakely and Weller to go play in their natural position. Would rather we drafted actual half back flankers than keep playing kids out of position.
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What you rather drop blakely and Weller to peel to play their natural position ?
That would be silly wouldn't it. My point is that we already have enough inside mids, that we're playing some out of position. The other poster pointed to a lack of young developing inside mids at Peel - perhaps they would like Blakely or Weller at Peel? Why would we get another one in Mountford just to play at Peel?
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Declan Mountford:
=4th in the 20m sprint testing for his draft group with 2.90s (Ed Langdon = 2.92s, Lachie Weller = 2.92s, Stephen Hill = 2.83s, Bradley Hill = 2.88s)
4th in the beep test, right behind Darcy Tucker at 15.2 (Ed Langdon = 15.3, Bradley Hill = 16.1)
4th in the 3km time trial at 10:02 (Bradley Hill = 9:52)
=5th in the kicking test at 70% (best for the draft class was 80%)
Fairly similar athletic profile to a couple of our outside runners, that also can play inside.
=4th in the 20m sprint testing for his draft group with 2.90s (Ed Langdon = 2.92s, Lachie Weller = 2.92s, Stephen Hill = 2.83s, Bradley Hill = 2.88s)
4th in the beep test, right behind Darcy Tucker at 15.2 (Ed Langdon = 15.3, Bradley Hill = 16.1)
4th in the 3km time trial at 10:02 (Bradley Hill = 9:52)
=5th in the kicking test at 70% (best for the draft class was 80%)
Fairly similar athletic profile to a couple of our outside runners, that also can play inside.
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Impressive numbers for an inside midfielder, any idea of his agility?
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Interesting, I guess we didn't rate his footballing ability and or size particularly highly given we took Collins before him. I suppose we didn't have enough kpd at that point
Matera, Mountford, Marsh (as cheap depth) would be very handy recruits if we could get them.
Greenwood is a very good player and the right age for our list, although I can not see him leaving Adelaide.
Shoenfield and Ramsay look ok from a far and I would take McGovern if he did not cost too much.
There are a few other players who we could look at to improve our depth and replace list cloggers like Dawson, but would only offer them 1 year deals on low money.
With a big list turn over the next few years, we need to take a few players we wouldn't otherwise look at plus some mature age players to improve our list depth. Ideally we shouldn't be drafting non mature age players past the 4th round (Currently we only have 3 picks inside the 1st 4 rounds, and at least 8 players to move on).
I would rather take a risk with any of these players, than keep Suban for 1 more year.
Brendon Ah Chee (2011 Pick #45) 188cm/84kg - MID
Jackson Ramsay (2012 Pick #38) 183cm/77kg - DEF
Brandon Matera (2010 Prelisted) 175cm/70kg - MID/FWD
Josh Schoenfeld (2015 Pick# 34) 186cm/75kg - MID
Declan Mountford (2015 Pick# 60) 181cm/75kg - MID - No
Nathan Broad (2015 Pick# 67) 192cm/83kg - DEF
Kamdyn McIntosh (2012 Pick #31) 192cm/89kg - Utility
Blaine Boekhorst (2014 Pick #19) 186cm/74kg - MID
Mitch McGovern (2014 Pick #43) 191cm/84kg - FWD
Jarrad Jansen (2013 Pick #36) 192cm/93kg - MID
Harrison Marsh (2012 Pick #44) 188cm/82kg - DEF/MID
Greenwood is a very good player and the right age for our list, although I can not see him leaving Adelaide.
Shoenfield and Ramsay look ok from a far and I would take McGovern if he did not cost too much.
There are a few other players who we could look at to improve our depth and replace list cloggers like Dawson, but would only offer them 1 year deals on low money.
With a big list turn over the next few years, we need to take a few players we wouldn't otherwise look at plus some mature age players to improve our list depth. Ideally we shouldn't be drafting non mature age players past the 4th round (Currently we only have 3 picks inside the 1st 4 rounds, and at least 8 players to move on).
I would rather take a risk with any of these players, than keep Suban for 1 more year.
Brendon Ah Chee (2011 Pick #45) 188cm/84kg - MID
Jackson Ramsay (2012 Pick #38) 183cm/77kg - DEF
Brandon Matera (2010 Prelisted) 175cm/70kg - MID/FWD
Josh Schoenfeld (2015 Pick# 34) 186cm/75kg - MID
Declan Mountford (2015 Pick# 60) 181cm/75kg - MID - No
Nathan Broad (2015 Pick# 67) 192cm/83kg - DEF
Kamdyn McIntosh (2012 Pick #31) 192cm/89kg - Utility
Blaine Boekhorst (2014 Pick #19) 186cm/74kg - MID
Mitch McGovern (2014 Pick #43) 191cm/84kg - FWD
Jarrad Jansen (2013 Pick #36) 192cm/93kg - MID
Harrison Marsh (2012 Pick #44) 188cm/82kg - DEF/MID
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