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Regarding Curnow why would we add to our forward line which is by far our strongest area by weakening other areas?
You end up with a imbalanced list like the Dogs who have mids for days and a good forward line but one of it not the worst defences in the league.
What we need to be looking at regarding recruiting is strengthening our mids/rucks after those 2 would be defence. Our forward line is by far the least important area we need to improve.
Also what Carlton would want for Curnow is certain best 22 players and picks e.g Holmes and a first or Neale and a first etc
They aren't going to trade him for our end of round picks or fringe players.
You end up with a imbalanced list like the Dogs who have mids for days and a good forward line but one of it not the worst defences in the league.
What we need to be looking at regarding recruiting is strengthening our mids/rucks after those 2 would be defence. Our forward line is by far the least important area we need to improve.
Also what Carlton would want for Curnow is certain best 22 players and picks e.g Holmes and a first or Neale and a first etc
They aren't going to trade him for our end of round picks or fringe players.
Hard pass on Curnow. He's a flat tracker at best, and his knees will be lucky to cart him around for another 2yrs before he calls it quits, or goes on a long term injury list to see out his days.
Sure thing. And when Carlton demand Holmes, Dempsey and a first round pick in return, what then?
Do you just shrug, hand them all over and put your new 29yo injury-prone "top 20" KPF under your arm and head home (probably via the surgeon's office)?
If Charlie is interested in coming to Geelong, we should ABSOLUTELY engage in that conversation and do everything we reasonably can to get him down to KP. But there is a limit to how much we can and should pay.
if you think it's a good idea to blow up the core of our team for a 29yo key forward with dodgy knees who managed just 32 goals from 18 games this season, when we are already the second highest scoring team in the comp this year, then I'm gonna assume it's YOU who started watching footy recently.
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Yeah I thought of them, then I realised they also had Jeremy McGovern and Elliot Yeo, who were both at the height of their powers and would've been easily top 30 players in the league at that time.
And Gaff may have missed the GF, but he was instrumental in getting them there.
This pretty much proves my point.
You singled out 5 premiership teams in 30 years, and all of them had at least one top 20 player and arguably more. The other 25 premiership teams presumably had even more.
This was off the top of my head, just that a handful have one lock and maybe one or two that are debatable. There are other candidates but I wasn't out to complete a 50,000 word dissertation.
A lot of teams that miss out every year will meet this requirement too (2+ players in the top 30, or close). You might even say more teams than not each year fit the bill. So there isn't really any more of a causal link than there is having a really solid spine, amazing depth, a brilliant coach or simply finding form at the correct time.
We ran the premiers exceptionally close last year and some would argue we only had one lock in this top 20-30 range (Cameron). I would argue Holmes and Stengle were close enough, but few would have called them superstars of the comp.
It goes without saying you need some A and B graders assorted in the right combination with role players. An abundance of star power I wouldn't necessarily say is a requisite.
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I will find out for certain but last time I heard he was leaning towards the dogs rather than us because of money. It was substantially better than what we pay apparently.
His first choice is Geelong. I don't think we can compete unless something changes.
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Let this serve as an example for young'uns playing along at home.
When your contract is up for renewal, you cherish playing for Geelong & Wellsy/Mack sound you out, that is the best time to jump. They are adept at it and have plotted a course on how best to achieve it. You then burn them off for some short-term reason (often Financial). Then, while still in the midst of a long contract, you throw in a Hail Mary to come across. You've made things astronomically more complicated for yourself & Geelong.
There are not always 2nd (or 3rd or 4th etc) chances in life. C'est la vie.
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Enright? Media seems to have anointed him Ross's successor. Any truth to that? Always good to see ex-Cats flourish..
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'They' is St Kilda?
Won't believe anything you say unless it's got a screenshot of a text message beginning "Hey mate, keep this to yourself, but...."
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Enright is driving talks with Flanders, Merritt and Butters.
They want to flick Marshall our way and use some of they get for Ryan. Leek aleer price has dropped.
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If we are preference money should get taken care of , creat cap space by ,
-Guthrie -ret
-bews -ret
-duncan -ret
-Stanley -retire
-stevens -delist
-pike -delist
-Wiltshire -trade
-Clohesy -Trade
-Bruhn -???
Re - work back end any deals
Players only move for picks now, not direct swaps - especially when a weaker club is selling to a stronger club. After all, who would move from Geelong to Carlton, unless they weren't getting a game here?
At the absolute most, third parties might get involved with a player. But that's it.
We won’t do anything with TB. Not until the case is over.
There’s some talk in the trade thread of Cam requesting an extension. Was a while ago, June-ish. Obviously only hearsay, not a fact.
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Sure but we have 2 late r1s and they wont trade him for that. They aren't picking up the phone unless we offer Holmes sdk or O'Sullivan's and we wont do that so its a waste of time a trade wont happen.
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