No pre-season coming out of his draft year. He'd be well and truly underdone and a huge risk of injury at the top level. Managed load in the VFL should be the cautious approach we take for a long term prospect, particularly given our recent run with injuries.
It was about Hawthorn to get the deal done.
We didn't receive an offer until the day before trade deadline, so by all of our time you mean about 24 hours? If you mean we are suffering imagine how we'd be going without our best player...
Not too dissimilar scenario with Joe, we ended up...
We didn't need to put in any work. The onus was always on Hawthorn in this scenario. I don't begrudge our recruitment team for not seeking out fringe best 22 players for our club captain and best player...
Quiet start but built in to the game towards the end when he took on a bit more responsibility. If he has the confidence I;d love him to be our key distributor from the backline and get the ball out of McGrath's hands. Whether he is ready for that or not I;m not so sure...
The experiment is over. This guy is a bonafide half back and had an amazing year last year, why we are trying to convert him into a midfielder is beyond me. Slot him into Redman's role and let's move on.
Caldwell can't kick so no way I'd have him off half back. Archie Roberts was thriving there last year and I fully expect him to go straight back and fill Redman's role.
Time to give this spud a run. Parish can rot in the VFL and we can see whether this starch filled solanaceae can get up to speed with the big boys once and for all...
Fumbles Caldwell had an absolute mare on the weekend. One of his worst games I've seen him play. Not quite droppable (yet) but boy does he need to sort his s41t out ASAP...
Drop Parish. Can't tolerate weak insipid efforts like he puts up every week. Could hide behind his 30+ worthless disposals back in the day but now that he can't find the footy he is just wasting an opportunity for guys like Tsatas who at least have age on their side.
Peter Wright can rot in the...