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    Player Watch Marley Williams (Traded to North 2016)

    Marley seems to be indicative of Collingwood the last 2 to 3 years. You'll see the best and worst within the space of 3 weeks. There is no consistency to indicate that the next level can be reached and maintained. He's not alone - we could peel off another 15 players who have a toast thread...
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    Preview Pies V Port (changes: Cloke, Sinclair & Goody confirmed ins)

    The issue is having to drop Cloke twice.... That's career over at Collingwood stuff. From what I've seen in the VFL of his form - it's a distinct possibility once Moore is back. If he returned to senior footy in a better vein of form then there's a better chance of him replicating it at AFL...
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    Player Watch Ben Reid (Retired 2020)

    What if the club doesn't know what's wrong with him, or why, or when he'll be back? What should they say then? "Reid's got something. Again. He says his sore, we got him scanned but couldn't find anything. He could be back next week, but last time we told you that he missed 3/4 of a year"...
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    Player Watch Ben Reid (Retired 2020)

    Yeah, I was scared posting that thought. But
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    Player Watch Ben Reid (Retired 2020)

    Maybe the club just doesn't know what's wrong with Reid or how long he'll be out for. Better to say little than say a lot and be wrong. Imagine the outrage if the club came out and said "he's not right and we are not sure why and we don't know when he'll be back" - the reality is, sometimes...
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    Analysis One of the mysteries of draft night ...

    Or the draft is done around lunchtime that day behind closed doors giving enough time for clubs and the AFL to adequately roll out the full production for the world to see at 7pm
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    Player Watch Nathan Freeman

    I love the Saint supporters who think they are getting Freeman from August 2013. You aren't. You are getting the version that's been sitting on the couch for 24 months. If we had the August 2013 version we'd be giving him $300K too But we don't so best of luck Saints
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    Player Watch Nathan Freeman

    I think this outcome is probably the best outcome for Freeman and Collingwood but a risky outcome for St. Kilda For Freeman - he is likely to get a 2 to 3 yr deal on circa $300k. For a guy with huge uncertainty on his body and who last played footy (for more than a couple of weeks) back in 2013...
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    Reddo tells loopy leppo to GAGF

    I think soccer is the real worry - that's the biggest threat IMO. Yes you have 58% of the population in the northern states but you are only going to ever get a small proportion of those as paid up members - If Brisbane couldn't sustain high membership numbers and revenue off the back of 3 flags...
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    Player Watch Tom Langdon (Retired 2020)

    All kids under 100 games make mistakes - however there's good mistakes and bad mistakes You can see the mistakes that Marley, Adams and Sinclair make. Mistakes of effort - trying to do too much, execute beyond their current ability. The concerning aspect for mine with Langdon is that his...
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    List Mgmt. Collingwood Trade Talk 2015

    I agree - we can't rely on that being available when we need it. I think the key is your last sentence though - for mine Treloar fits that brief - jury is out on Carlisle and Aish. At their best they could be but they have both played VFL this year due to form (admittedly they both have issues -...
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    List Mgmt. Collingwood Trade Talk 2015

    Would prefer we add Treloar then stop. The reality is we really won't know where our gaps are for another 12-24 months given how many kids we have developing and trying to find their way. To bring established players to your club you have to offer large coin and/or long deals and it can really...
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    IN A TOTALLY OBJECTIVE CONTEXT DO WE NEED TO CONSIDER COACHING STAFF WITH A HAWTHORN PEDIGREE?

    Our list is our primary deficiency - we'll notice improvements here more so than with coaching changes. I'd rather consider a coach change when we are in a position to take full advantage of it - if anything changing a coach now when we've finally put a period of instability behind us may just...
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    News Forgotten how to win?

    There's a few issues IMO. We still have some glaring list gaps - gaps that maybe an 8-3 record covered up. It'll take some time to address these through the draft, free agency and trades but on Saturday more than a quarter of our side wasn't on our list last year (Crisp, Varcoe, Greenwood...
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    What is Witts actually worth? You first need to ask what are ruckman worth.

    The problem with trading Witts is that you need to pretty much spend what you get in return on a ruckman to offset his loss. We could cover a round 1 2016 injury to Pendles better than we can Grundy - Witts becomes a tradeable commodity when we have a legitimate 3rd option, right now he remains...
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