Recent content by didaksrightfoot

I think clubs have a lot of intel on who other clubs are wanting to take. Hine pretty much confirmed this to justify the trading up of 1 pick spot to take Bianco. It's definitely not a science, and I'm sure clubs try to send out fake reports to mess with each other (Richmond may have just scored...

He's a good fringe HFF-type player. Skill-wise he's pretty decent across the board, but not really one single area that stands out as clearly best-22 quality. Does seem to have a very good head on his shoulders, and is apparently well liked and respected by his coaches and teammates. On the...

I think 1050 is the over/under: 30-50 per year for 2-3 years. I can't really see him kicking much more than that in a year again, or for playing any longer than that. I reckon he'll do enough to get over 1050, and get to 4th on the list, but it will take a massive turnaround to get close to the...

I don't really agree with that view - I think overall our list is in the right age bracket, with plenty of our best 22, and potential/already elite guys in the 26 and under range, and that should improve over time. Of our aging guys, only Pendles and Sidebottom are particularly...

I have lower expectations, but not as low as some. Our list still has too many clear holes to be considered a dominant team that can expect multiple flags. We should be good enough to stay around the top 4 over the next few years, and could swing a flag on the back of good form/luck, but could...

My take is that Ramsay was one of those "Kyle Martin" players: a guy who is a very talented - but is just missing that extra "step" to be able to keep up with the AFL game. In most cases I think a lot of it comes down to reaction times and ability/confidence to make, and execute, those split...

Wouldn't it be the complete opposite? A player signs a long contract to very much have insurance if his body fails, or his form drops off. (The club sign it because they want him for his best years and are willing to take that risk). "Backing Yourself" would go the other way: he would sign for...

I think he wants his "Worth" and I have absolutely no problem with that. The club also want the best "Value" given the salary cap. Some could argue that both sides are "Greedy" but in reality both will be trying to make the best business decisions for themselves - and both need to have some...

Where's the talk of him turning his life around from? You bring up Gault, who we can all agree wasnt up to AFL standards - but he has been a much better player than Bennell at WAFL level. Bennell is 27 and done nothing for 4 years - fair enough if the club wants to do their due diligence and...

I wouldn't touch Harley Bennell with a 10-foot pole. The guy has played 2 AFL games, and 20 WAFL games in 4 years, and his WAFL stats are nothing to write home about (<20d disposals and <1goal a game) for someone who had glimpses of potential to be elite at AFL level. He is now 27, and has...

If we wanted Casboult, we would've just gone for Jenkins for very little - only a year older and a much better footy player. I am glad we didn't get either. It is tempting to look at our results in 18/19 and think we just need a top-up player or 2 to win the flag (and maybe that could've been...

Well more like 15-20 games (give or take based on form/injuries/opposition). Other than West Coast and Richmond, which other team has a 2nd tall forward that warrants a defensive combo bigger than Moore/Shaz? (Even then you could argue Shaz on either Darling or Reiwoldt - but I would rather go...

If Moore stays healthy, i want us to go back to playing Shaz as that pseudo-2nd KPD. (With Roughead coming in when needed, against the likes of Richmond, WCE etc). I honestly see that as his best chance of being a successful AFL player, and I think it is a role he is very well suited too...

How is this a story? Surely Essendons behaviour at the time suggested they knew that, at best, they were in a very murky grey area they had been warned to avoid, and at worst were systemically and deliberately breaching the WADA code on a club wide level. You don't source supplements...

I agree completely - but is that really unpopular with fans? I think the problem is the media making dramatic statements based on assumptions of player salary and club salary cap positions, without actually knowing the details of either, and then fans running with it. In reality - you cant get...