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Also, as a rule players don’t leave big Victorian clubs to go interstate. Even the WA and SA kids for the most part seem to stay when they get drafted there.
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I recall at the time when Wallis was mentioned as a possible recruit our CEO came out in the press saying something along the lines of "we only want to recruit really good players"........made me laugh.No love for Wallis on the Bulldog's board.
We may have dodged a bullet there.
Wrong way around.I recall at the time when Wallis was mentioned as a possible recruit our CEO came out in the press saying something along the lines of "we only want to recruit really good players"........made me laugh.
So many bullets dodged. Wallis Dixon Tippett. Lions are the Neo of the AFL
Answerth ticks both those boxes. Will be a player.
So many bullets dodged. Wallis Dixon Tippett. Lions are the Neo of the AFL
Dunno about that, most of their supporters seem to think he's playing in the midfield too much. He's getting more mid time than Dunkley and McLean, both of whom had really good patches there last season. He's been completely ineffective from what I've seen, which isn't great after he was supposedly flying in pre-season and ready to go to another level etc. The Doggies might've done us a favour here.Wallis would have been great for us in his natural position.
Dunno about that, most of their supporters seem to think he's playing in the midfield too much. He's getting more mid time than Dunkley and McLean, both of whom had really good patches there last season. He's been completely ineffective from what I've seen, which isn't great after he was supposedly flying in pre-season and ready to go to another level etc. The Doggies might've done us a favour here.
Josh Jenkins too.So many bullets dodged. Wallis Dixon Tippett. Lions are the Neo of the AFL
Charlie Dixon.
So many bullets dodged. Wallis Dixon Tippett. Lions are the Neo of the AFL
So Dixon has been a failure at Port?
Let's just wait on Adams & Lyons before we trumpet that our trades are invincible & mock others trades. Perhaps we still have some rounds left in our own gun.
I don't think it's pumping us up. It was just luck. We were keen on those players who ended up being bad trades.
Not really directed at BB from our perspective, have been reading on other threads for a few weeks now that our 2018 trading has been such a success, I guess I am yet to be convinced on the small sample size (aside from the obvious) to this point.
I disagree that we have a core of a team in place. I believe we're still very thin down back and up forward. In fact I'd go as far to say that we have only one defender (Andrews) and two forwards (Cameron & Rayner) I'd count as a core, with a possible three more players with potential (Gardiner, Witherden & Hipwood).That's fair but I think we're at a point where we can afford a few losses. Now that the core of our team is looking pretty good we're less reliant on second and third round picks coming on fast.
Although; you can't complain about the Neale trade, Lyons and McCarthy were practically free and the pick we gave for Adams wasn't that high.
I disagree that we have a core of a team in place. I believe we're still very thin down back and up forward. In fact I'd go as far to say that we have only one defender (Andrews) and two forwards (Cameron & Rayner) I'd count as a core, with a possible three more players with potential (Gardiner, Witherden & Hipwood).
I believe we have a core 6 in the midfield, but largely untested potential beyond that.
I started following AFL and the Lions at the 2013 draft.We're never going to agree on list management. I'm assuming you haven't been a Lions fan for the whole period post the premierships because you don't seem beaten down by youngsters promising so much but delivering so little and losing complete faith in the draft.
I started following AFL and the Lions at the 2013 draft.
I am lucky in that respect, because I appear to have come in when drafting and scouting seem to have become popular among amateur draft watchers, and analytics have come in to the sport.
You weren't 'promised the world' by the likes of Cupido, Brennan, Collier, Moody, etc.