Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 8 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

[_Mike_]

Opposition supporters coming to troll , you have been warned

 

[Morris Major]

Did we not have a first rounder that draft? We could’ve got Holmes.

Yeah so could most other teams, but they didn't. He went 20 for good reason.

 

[cecil]

Id have no issues moving on Sanders if we think Butters is likely.

Bont, Butters, Richards, and Freijah is a great group medium term. Kennedy, Libba, and Treloar in the short term too

 

[Claudonious]

Confidence.

Ryan has always looked like a nervous nelly in the AFL (both defensively & offensively) but comfortable at VFL level. It's a trait that's often missed when discussing players and is one of the issues I have with Buss at the moment.

Spot on - has the ability, but gets very nervous at AFL level

 

[BrisDog]

Footy... or night?

Neither, ‘Bikie’.

 

[dogwatch]

Pretty poor draft too Neale/McCreery/Lord the only decent mid round picks

Dom Bedendo at pick 55 with Josh Treacy at pick 7 in the rookie draft makes me cry though

Max Holmes as a late first rounder was a great pick by Geelong.

The real what-if in that draft (if we had the chance to play our hand over again) is what if we'd said to Adelaide "OK if you think JUH is a #1 pick, he's yours." Thilthorpe goes somewhere else (probably North) and the whole rest of the draft changes.

Purely hypothetical now of course but fun to speculate how different things might be.

 

[Mofra]

Max Holmes as a late first rounder was a great pick by Geelong.

The real what-if in that draft (if we had the chance to play our hand over again) is what if we'd said to Adelaide "OK if you think JUH is a #1 pick, he's yours." Thilthorpe goes somewhere else (probably North) and the whole rest of the draft changes.

Purely hypothetical now of course but fun to speculate how different things might be.

Fans would have burned WO down if we passed on Marra.

 

[TiAn_]

Fans would have burned WO down if we passed on Marra.

The real ‘what if?’ is if we’d been able to foist him on another team last year for a decent return

 

[Mofra]

The real ‘what if?’ is if we’d been able to foist him on another team last year for a decent return

If rumours are to be believed, we tried.

 

[weltschmerz]

The real ‘what if?’ is if we’d been able to foist him on another team last year for a decent return

Reportedly St Kilda had a big offer on the table but withdrew it after there were some signs of him being a loose unit.

 

[maddog37]

Spot on - has the ability, but gets very nervous at AFL level

You only have to watch RG run in and spoil LJizz from taking an easy chest mark late in yesterday’s game to see his true limitations.

Continually jumps into contests and spoils teammates. No judgement.

 

[DannyB4]

Max Holmes as a late first rounder was a great pick by Geelong.

The real what-if in that draft (if we had the chance to play our hand over again) is what if we'd said to Adelaide "OK if you think JUH is a #1 pick, he's yours." Thilthorpe goes somewhere else (probably North) and the whole rest of the draft changes.

Purely hypothetical now of course but fun to speculate how different things might be.

Adelaide would've still gone for the Adelaide born boy over JUH tbh. More likely that JUH ends up at North or somewhere else as Pick 2-5 range.

 

[Sharkey66]

Adelaide would've still gone for the Adelaide born boy over JUH tbh. More likely that JUH ends up at North or somewhere else as Pick 2-5 range.

They wouldnt have been able to.
Crows bid on Marra at pick 1, if we did not match their first round pick would have been used up on Marra.

 

[Morris Major]

Sounds like a few have forgotten that we were stoked to be able to pick up JUH, who was touted as a generational talent with comparisons to Buddy. I mean he probably still is, but the problem we have on our hands isn't about how good he is at football.

 

[dogwatch]

You only have to watch RG run in and spoil LJizz from taking an easy chest mark late in yesterday’s game to see his true limitations.

Continually jumps into contests and spoils teammates. No judgement.

Perhaps so, but don't defenders talk to each other?

 

[dogwatch]

Sounds like a few have forgotten that we were stoked to be able to pick up JUH, who was touted as a generational talent with comparisons to Buddy. I mean he probably still is, but the problem we have on our hands isn't about how good he is at football.

I'd be shocked if anybody had forgotten that.

 

[Shacf501]

To think we gave up everything but the kitchen sink to get Jamarra and we are going to get sweet FA back is bitterly disappointing

He should be ashamed of himself for how he has shat on us

The club should be ashamed of themselves for not recognising this behaviour early and doing something about it. Why give him a big contract on the money if you had the slightest inkling he was like this?

 

[WAbulldog]

It’s the worst time of the year but then in the sometime I have a great laugh

Someone will definitely make a dumb trade scenario but it’s only for clicks at the end of the day.

 

[maddog37]

Perhaps so, but don't defenders talk to each other?

They should yes but he constantly makes the same mistake.

Crashes the pack, knocks over teammates and fails to fully spoil the ball.

Tries his heart out but lacks finesse.

 

[glenashley]

They should yes but he constantly makes the same mistake.

Crashes the pack, knocks over teammates and fails to fully spoil the ball.

Tries his heart out but lacks finesse.

Yeh. Unfortunately he's got a low footy IQ. Can't really fix that.

A few in our team in a similar situation.(Eg VDM).

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Max Holmes as a late first rounder was a great pick by Geelong.

The real what-if in that draft (if we had the chance to play our hand over again) is what if we'd said to Adelaide "OK if you think JUH is a #1 pick, he's yours." Thilthorpe goes somewhere else (probably North) and the whole rest of the draft changes.

Purely hypothetical now of course but fun to speculate how different things might be.

We could have rated Jamarra the 15th best prospect in the draft (not that we did) and economically speaking with the draft value points discount and bidding system, it still would have made sense to make the trades around Treloar and match the pick 1 that we eventually did, it shows you how much of a rort the old bidding system was.

 

[Munnez]

I always say to myself I won’t even bother but at the end I will be one of those idiots that would be listening.

You're not a Lone Ranger.....lol

 

[Philthy1]

For anyone thinking we should draft Crossley, take a look at the replay of the VFL from yesterday. He was noticeably gassed in the last quarter and Smith got some very easy taps that he hadn’t earlier in the day, including for both of Billy Crofts goals. Crossley was enormous and helped get them back in it, but arguably also cost them through inability to compete for the entire day.

He is not fit enough for AFL, unfortunately, as he has a bit of campaigner in him and always provides a contest.

 

[goodcop badcop]

For anyone thinking we should draft Crossley, take a look at the replay of the VFL from yesterday. He was noticeably gassed in the last quarter and Smith got some very easy taps that he hadn’t earlier in the day, including for both of Billy Crofts goals. Crossley was enormous and helped get them back in it, but arguably also cost them through inability to compete for the entire day.

He is not fit enough for AFL, unfortunately, as he has a bit of campaigner in him and always provides a contest.

Don't really need to see him play, you only need to look at him. He's a fat bastard.

 

[Philthy1]

Don't really need to see him play, you only need to look at him. He's a fat bastard.

Well, I was trying not to fat shame but you’re spot on.

 

[Shacf501]

on a different note I am very much enjoying Smith and Daicos not winning the Brownlow... lets hope sniff sniff does not win on Sat either!