Mega Thread 2014 Free Agency and Trade discussion

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Again Blease has been blacklisted by Roos regardless of how he performs which I could accept if we weren't a teamed starved of pace and someone with the balls to take a risk.

Pace is nothing if you are shit once again, Ask Dan Nicholson
Blease and Tom McDonald are the worst 2 players ball in hand on our list


Tapscott worked his way back into the team only to lose his spot to injury.

Strauss has struggled this year with form and constant concussions and will struggle to remain on the list but he's a far better prospect than Terlich every day of the week.

Strauss has struggled EVERY YEAR



He actually has kicked the footy well, his problem was that he wouldn't get enough of the ball.

More proof of aliens on video than that



He wouldn't be playing ahead of Tapscott had he not been injured.

My point isn't that those three are going to turn into good players (although I believe an uninjured Tappy will) but they are all better alternatives than Terlich because they all possess something to work with that we lack, whereas in Terlich's case we have an abundance of his type that aren't as terrible as him.\

Terlich and Tapscott were not playing the same position, Terlich was a back 6 member and Tappy was a mid forward.. They have nothing to do with each others selection
 

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Seriously at least quote properly.

Difference between Nicholson and Blease is a pretty big one, Blease has shown he can kick goals which is again something we seriously lack.

Blease is not one of the worst two players with ball in hand, that's your blind bias talking.
 

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Surely you take Grimes over Terlich?

Unless you think Watts is a half back.... which he's not.
I don't know mate - it was just a thought.

You would certainly take Grimes over Terlich, and so would everyone else. But - Roos may think Grimes trade value is higher than his playing value?

Wouldn't shock me - given how poorly we kick and carry the ball from half back.
 

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Seriously at least quote properly.

Difference between Nicholson and Blease is a pretty big one, Blease has shown he can kick goals which is again something we seriously lack.

Blease is not one of the worst two players with ball in hand, that's your blind bias talking.
Says the guy who talks about the untapped potential of 3 potential delistees
I bow to your knowledge of football

Terlich just signed a contract whilst The superstar running machine Blease remains unsigned
Thems the facts at the moment
 
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I had a seriously good laugh when I read that Bail, Terlich & Riley had re-signed with the club, the same week Roos comes out and says we need more talent on our list. I'd delist Terlich without hesitation. I'd offer Bail up for a trade(or use as steak knives in another trade) or delist, and Riley I'm 50/50 on at the moment. I think he adds toughness, but he hasn't got great pace or great skills. I can only hope they will delist McKenzie and use Riley as our new tagger(post Cross of course). I get the reasoning behind re-signing these players along with Spencer, but these players along with another dozen to twenty others need to be moved on. They will continue to take us nowhere...
 

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I don't know mate - it was just a thought.

You would certainly take Grimes over Terlich, and so would everyone else. But - Roos may think Grimes trade value is higher than his playing value?

Wouldn't shock me - given how poorly we kick and carry the ball from half back.
Interesting point, unless Roos isn't going to make the wholesale changes everyone expects of him? How many are realistic really - especially the kind of players we need (ie. good players).

I think we should keep this group together, trim the average players, add a couple more via trade like Roosy does and hit the draft.

We aren't in a position to make wholesale changes because there are a limited number of worthwhile players we could get at this stage IMO.
 

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I think we should keep this group together
Think this is something in particular Roosy is keen on - getting games into players not just individually but as a collective, so that they learn to play with and for each other. Might discourage him from making those wholesale cuts everyone is talking about, like you say TPM.
 

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Interesting point, unless Roos isn't going to make the wholesale changes everyone expects of him? How many are realistic really - especially the kind of players we need (ie. good players).

I think we should keep this group together, trim the average players, add a couple more via trade like Roosy does and hit the draft.

We aren't in a position to make wholesale changes because there are a limited number of worthwhile players we could get at this stage IMO.
If he can unlock the talent of Toump, Watts, Trengove and Salem over the offseason our Bottom 6 won't be so exposed

Though im very sceptical that he can

Alot of people keep blaming the bottom 6 of the team as if that is our problem when its not, its the 6 behind Jones, Tyson and Vince
 
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