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Also, JOM made his debut for us almost 4 years ago to the day. So I’d be saying 4 years, not 5....
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Great I will change the thread title.Also, JOM made his debut for us almost 4 years ago to the day. So I’d be saying 4 years, not 5....
*crickets*Great I will change the thread title.
Also, JOM made his debut for us almost 4 years ago to the day. So I’d be saying 4 years, not 5....
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It's a discussion forum. I'm sure there are many vacant toilet walls where trite pointless comments are valued.Bit silly....
Couldn't have said it better myself.We paid hoping he'd become a top 20 player in the competition, but what we've ended up getting is a B grader that works really hard.
I like Jaeger and it isn't his fault, but sadly it hasn't worked out as we'd hoped.
I'm so glad we missed out on Coniglio in the end. Him and Jaeger are so similar. We'd still have a one-paced midfield with average foot skills but guys like Cousins and Howe would probably be delisted by now.
I'm not sure glad is the right word, Coniglio would still be improvement to our midfield and it isn't like we've put the money saved on him to good use.
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I've always thought this. Imagine our midfield and club without these 2.Presently our two best mids were acquired in the same draft. I shudder to think where we would be right now as a side. I’m guessing Gunston and Breust would have moved on. No wingard. Maybe even some of the other lessor lights don’t join us such as frost, hartigan, Phillips etc. we could well be north...
I’m disappointed things haven’t worked out better to date but I’m not uncomfortable with having used trades to bring in our two best mids.
I'd redo the O'Meara trade in a heart beat for this exact reason. His off field leadership in particular has been a highlight in terms of driving training standards.I've always thought this. Imagine our midfield and club without these 2.
We were falling off the biggest cliff ever. We would've gone to the draft, had a team of kids, and copped 100 point thrashings one after the other. For who knows how long.
Agree. And whenever he's rotated fwd it's worse. He simply can't impact as a fwd.My only gripe with O'Meara is that he has a tendency to fade for an entire quarter. I don't know why that is but using his injury as an excuse is a cop out. If he was being managed he either wouldn't be playing or he'd be going at a steady pace for an entire game.
I'm not expecting him to be smashing it every minute but he needs to find a way to get back involved in the game when he isn't getting the ball.
I'm not sure where I stand on the latter part of your comment. He has shown the ability to hit the scoreboard on a number of occasions but I get the feeling he did so more often than not playing in the midfield.Agree. And whenever he's rotated fwd it's worse. He simply can't impact as a fwd.
Maybe we have Matt Rowell or Noah Anderson running around for us who knows.Presently our two best mids were acquired in the same draft. I shudder to think where we would be right now as a side. I’m guessing Gunston and Breust would have moved on. No wingard. Maybe even some of the other lessor lights don’t join us such as frost, hartigan, Phillips etc. we could well be north...
I’m disappointed things haven’t worked out better to date but I’m not uncomfortable with having used trades to bring in our two best mids.
Yeah it’s a pointless hypothetical. If we took a different route, we’d have had a different approach to multiple drafts. Who knows what we’d look like now. We probably wouldn’t have won a final in the last five years (which we haven’t anyway) but we might be a lot closer to winning one now if we had taken a proper hand to several drafts (especially 2018)Maybe we have Matt Rowell or Noah Anderson running around for us who knows.
The Mitchell trade was a masterstroke but we knew what we were getting can't say the same about O'Meara.
We overpayed. I can see why some people rate JOM, he's a 'solid mid'. Personally, I don't think he's in the top 15 mids in the comp, sits somewhere 16-25 range for me.
If he is driving standards off the field and in training then that is good. There are better Captaincy options than JOM.