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Davis never sorted himself out.... He had periods but ultimately it seemed his lack of professionalism was what cost him a few more years in the system. Plenty of teammates have commented about Davis not being too fit during his time at the Swans
Roos would 100%Davis sorted himself out. He continues to give back to our Club.
JDG is thick as a plank, lacks the body shape to run out games and has no observable team orientation. Our no DH policy has been adopted by other Clubs, bar the Pies. I really doubt any Club would take him even without the current charges he is on.
But you'd never do that swap so its just a form/injury thing. Rampe still has more value to us than Allir.
Besides, if you want to talk form, Allir was traded for a player who's form and fit in our team is untouchable. Hickey clearly leading our B&F at the moment
Can you name another team in the league that has had to trade out a player in order to be able to afford a back up ruckman?
We're very fortunate that Hickey has been so good that the ineptitude of our list management team has been covered up
Every side has to do similar things. You need to give something to get something unless you think we have 10 first rounders coming out of somewhere! We aren't GC who get a bucket of priority picks for their ineptitude. AA wouldn't be playing in our top side so it really is a win-win trade.
aliir not in our best 22?! of course he would be
Rampe and McCartin are the pillars. Stand by the statement. Trade was a win-win
no argument at all on those two, and it might take some tweaking, but i'd have aliir in over either lloyd or cunningham, particularly with melican down ...
aliir in form is an outstanding intercept defender, good in the air, good with the ball
Every side has to do similar things. You need to give something to get something unless you think we have 10 first rounders coming out of somewhere! We aren't GC who get a bucket of priority picks for their ineptitude. AA wouldn't be playing in our top side so it really is a win-win trade.
Wow! He looks spectacular but our three kids are already performing just as well, if not better. Well done recruiters and coaches!DeGoey re-signed for 2 years in December 2020 at a reported $750k pa.
So we would have to trade for him (RFA at the end of 2022)
Forget off-field, overlook attitude and let's just concentrate on performance.
DeGoey on the left, the Chad on the right, stats for 2021. DeGoey on the left, Errol on the right, stats for 2021. And one for the road DeGoey left, Sam Wicks right
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DeGoey's career stats;
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No thanks.
Nice dream. Not too sure we could make it happen, or even if we should.Get Darcy Moore in at end of season. May not be happy at the Pies, out of contract end of next year.
More of a hypothetical than a dream. As to whether we should, it would instantly fix our reliance on Rampe staying healthy as he heads further into his 30s.Nice dream. Not too sure we could make it happen, or even if we should.
True for sure, but at a very significant cost. Not saying we shouldn't but we should consider very carefully.More of a hypothetical than a dream. As to whether we should, it would instantly fix our reliance on Rampe staying healthy as he heads further into his 30s.
Still liking the idea of seeing how,,True for sure, but at a very significant cost. Not saying we shouldn't but we should consider very carefully.
Aliir for Hickey was a 26yo class 4 asset for a 29yo class 6 assetCan you name another team in the league that has had to trade out a player in order to be able to afford a back up ruckman?
We're very fortunate that Hickey has been so good that the ineptitude of our list management team has been covered up
While I don't disagree, and I do think the trade wasn't good despite Hickey being one of the best players for us, I think your assets miss a bit of the nuaunce. Your assets also refer to how hard it is to find a good player, not how good the player is.Aliir for Hickey was a 26yo class 4 asset for a 29yo class 6 asset
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Can you name another team in the league that has had to trade out a player in order to be able to afford a back up ruckman?
We're very fortunate that Hickey has been so good that the ineptitude of our list management team has been covered up
How many times does it have to be repeated we traded Aliir to get the trade currency for Hickey?Still not sure why we had to get rid of him? while we still have Bell, Clarke, Gray, Taylor, Brand on the list taking cap space.
How many times does it have to be repeated we traded Aliir to get the trade currency for Hickey?
Port have made it clear that Aliir filled a specific need for them and so they pursued him.
He was the only one of our players that was actively sought by another club.
We needed to stockpile our own draft picks to match bids on Campbell & Gulden.
The trade had nothing to do with salary cap space.
The only person that has suggested we have salary cap issues is some random journo from Adelaide with absolutely no connection/history with the Swans.
Happy to be corrected but my memory of the Hewett situation is that it happened before the AA trade and given we were originally enquiring after Ladhams (Port) and the fact that George is from SA may have seen his name raised as possible trade bait. Although the rumours of Hewett being on the market were always a bit wishy-washy.Well at the time there were rumours of Hewett being shopped around for cap relief.
Yer i get what your saying just could we have done the Hickey deal without giving away a KPD in a area we already lacked depth?
It worked out pretty good cause Hickey has had a amazing start to the season i cant recall a ruck at our club having such a impact its like having another 200cm clearance mid.
How many times does it have to be repeated we traded Aliir to get the trade currency for Hickey?
Port have made it clear that Aliir filled a specific need for them and so they pursued him.
He was the only one of our players that was actively sought by another club.
We needed to stockpile our own draft picks to match bids on Campbell & Gulden.
The trade had nothing to do with salary cap space.
The only person that has suggested we have salary cap issues is some random journo from Adelaide with absolutely no connection/history with the Swans.
Some of his fumbles last year killed me. Aliir for Hickey was win-win, would do it again in a heart beat.Unpopular Opinion: I don't miss Aliir and found him not that great as a 1 on 1 defender and his disposal wasn't great when rebounding
In hindsight, yes.Some of his fumbles last year killed me. Aliir for Hickey was win-win, would do it again in a heart beat.