And trade assets to get it done. Or an ability to hang onto a first round pickAnd by not getting Martin, this leaves us with even more cash to throw at our preferred targets if that becomes necessary.
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And trade assets to get it done. Or an ability to hang onto a first round pickAnd by not getting Martin, this leaves us with even more cash to throw at our preferred targets if that becomes necessary.
Josh Schache Is basically Jarrad Grant without the pace and athleticism
Saints got Carlisle and will get Hill. Plus Hannebery.Look realistically the small Vic clubs like us are very rarely going to get players also being chased by the big clubs, that's just how it is unfortunately. Can have a try, fine, but all we can do really is keep on drafting and developing while also making smart moves for underrated guys like Crozier and Duryea. Leaning more towards the latter this year probably.
The Martin news sucks a little, but ultimately we all should've seen it coming. We chased another indigenous player, with another club competing, which already puts us massively behind in the race. This is an issue that will not be fixed quickly. If the reports are true of Carlton's offer being substantially lower, then that's pretty concerning, but I doubt it is the case. Wouldn't surprise me if the offers were ultimately pretty similar, in which case I'd almost expect him to choose Carlton.
The "good" thing is that he was the lowest priority of the 3 big targets. Only concern will be if Saints jump ahead on Keath, and Collingwood jump ahead on Bruce
To be fair, Waite was in the middle of applying for the aged pension, Higgins was as injury prone as they come, Dal Santo was nearing the end of his career (29) and looking for a decent pay, and they horrendously overpaid for Polec. I'd rather be in our position where, with the exception of Boyd, we haven't overpaid for anyone, and instead made smart pickups to address areas of need but otherwise relied on drafting for talent. And at least Boyd produced that finals campaignSaints got Carlisle and will get Hill. Plus Hannebery.
Melbourne got Lever, May, Hibberd, Melksham etc.
The only club as bad as us is probably north and even then they got Waite, Higgins, Dal Santo and Polec.
Please please no Butler types now.
Must be proven B graders min or go to draft.
How do you explain Melbourne getting Lever and May in recent years? They're certainly not a big club by any measure. I think it is starting to become an issue, at least in my mind. And until we start to bring in decent names that we target, then it continues to gain momentum.Nope. We have historically fought against a bulls**t narrative that players want to play for 'big' clubs in front of big crowds. It's not an easy mindset to break.
High profile players are invariably linked and get to these sides.
How else can you possibly explain Essendon constantly winning trade week after years of dubious off-field behaviour?
I think we should pursue Shai Bolton. Uncontacted and I think Richmond would have to be up to the brink salary cap wise and we could come up with a much better offer (nothing ridiculous) that could force him to look elsewhere. Finally playing consistent AFL footy and could be ready to break out next year.
Delist:
Morris
Picken
Boyd
Roberts
Webb
Roarke (R)
Trades:
Martin-
2019 + 2020 1sts for BL 2019 1st + GC 2020 2nd + Martin
Bruce-
GC 2020 2nd for Bruce
Keath-
Dogs 2nd + Hawks 3rd for Keath (+2020 SK)
Draft:
Brisbane’s 1st (15) -
Elijah Taylor (Worth reaching for IMO. Few similar players around this mark but he’s the stand out for mine)
STK 3rd(41) -
Dyson Hilder (KPD who is rated by Knightmare as a better one-on-one defender than McAsey. Could be good value this late)
Dogs 3rd (48) -
Outside class or
Mature small/medium goal kicker or
Upgrade Lachie Young
2020 team:
Wood Keath Crozier
JJ Young Suckling
Smith Bont Hunter
Martin Naughton Lloyd
Dale Bruce Dickson
English Dunkley Macrae
Daniel Schache Libba Duryea
What are people’s thoughts on trade values? Think they’re about right but GC may want more than a couple of upgrades for Martin, even if they are decent upgrades.
Only real issue with all is we need to clear one more name off the list. Could be Williams but word is he will be resigning soon, don’t think he wants to leave. Maybe Lynch or Jong?
This is for Round 22 against GWS:
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And this is for Finals week 1 against GWS:
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So we lost 10 months in age, and 10 games in experience. You can put a lot of this down to missing Trengove and Dickson