List Mgmt. 2017 Trade & FA Targets Part 1

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I think we all are talking about talent for Billings but so far he has not shown any signs of improvement or skills which stand out. You see guys like Petrecca even after ACL injury playing like a champ. Guys like L Neale and Kelly playing really good footy.

How long we persist with Billings? I know he had some injury and had interrupted preseason but that cannot be excuse all the time. See petrecca who had an ACL and now playing like a champ.
 

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I think we all are talking about talent for Billings but so far he has not shown any signs of improvement or skills which stand out. You see guys like Petrecca even after ACL injury playing like a champ. Guys like L Neale and Kelly playing really good footy.

How long we persist with Billings? I know he had some injury and had interrupted preseason but that cannot be excuse all the time. See petrecca who had an ACL and now playing like a champ.
Would you drop him or trade him?
 

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I think we all are talking about talent for Billings but so far he has not shown any signs of improvement or skills which stand out. You see guys like Petrecca even after ACL injury playing like a champ. Guys like L Neale and Kelly playing really good footy.

How long we persist with Billings? I know he had some injury and had interrupted preseason but that cannot be excuse all the time. See petrecca who had an ACL and now playing like a champ.
Petracca plays like a champ?

Petracca is solid, without being great. Pretty much exactly what Billings usually gives us with the odd exception being a superstar performance like the Pies last year & Dogs game in 2015 or a very average one like last week
 

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Petracca plays like a champ?

Petracca is solid, without being great. Pretty much exactly what Billings usually gives us with the odd exception being a superstar performance like the Pies last year & Dogs game in 2015 or a very average one like last week
Petracca is so overrated.

He gets on the end of a string of handballs & the commentators cream themselves.

I'm sick of our supporters talk up opposition players & bag our own.


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Petracca plays like a champ?

Petracca is solid, without being great. Pretty much exactly what Billings usually gives us with the odd exception being a superstar performance like the Pies last year & Dogs game in 2015 or a very average one like last week
Petracca is so overrated.

He gets on the end of a string of handballs & the commentators cream themselves.

I'm sick of our supporters talk up opposition players & bag our own.


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Petracca plays like a champ?

Petracca is solid, without being great. Pretty much exactly what Billings usually gives us with the odd exception being a superstar performance like the Pies last year & Dogs game in 2015 or a very average one like last week
Oliver is the one I wanted and still do. Next Dangerfield which I said at draft time, why our guys can't pick what even forumites can see I don't know. Caleb Daniel was popular, Dewar was blowing his load over Balic, Petracca was an overwhelming choice by fans etc. Even big mart wanted us to get hold of Luke Parker. Why can't the club spot talent?
 

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Petracca had a pretty vanilla game yesterday before one outstanding piece of play that showed what he has the potential to be. Has great attributes but still developing into that, as you'd expect of a third year player.
 

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Oliver is the one I wanted and still do. Next Dangerfield which I said at draft time, why our guys can't pick what even forumites can see I don't know. Caleb Daniel was popular, Dewar was blowing his load over Balic, Petracca was an overwhelming choice by fans etc. Even big mart wanted us to get hold of Luke Parker. Why can't the club spot talent?
Oliver went at pick 4? Would've been a pretty handy piece of drafting for us to get hold of him!
 

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Oliver went at pick 4? Would've been a pretty handy piece of drafting for us to get hold of him!

Yeah, we were never in the race for him but they were brave and traded to get him and Weed, WB did it with Bont where they jumped in early when they spotted the talent. We may have overly focussed on good guys instead of talent.
 

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Petracca plays like a champ?

Petracca is solid, without being great. Pretty much exactly what Billings usually gives us with the odd exception being a superstar performance like the Pies last year & Dogs game in 2015 or a very average one like last week

Come on. Petracca has looked better in more games than Billings and that's coming off an ACL and a year less in the AFL. Billings has had 2 or 3 really good to very good games and then big drop offs. Petracca may not have had those big games yet but is far more damaging. I'm sure stats will show they are close but id rather watch both play and Petracca is ahead. Having said that who really cares. We haven't got him bit we do have Billings and I hope today he shows why he was a pick 3 and not on nondescript pick 23.
 

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Yeah, we were never in the race for him but they were brave and traded to get him and Weed, WB did it with Bont where they jumped in early when they spotted the talent. We may have overly focussed on good guys instead of talent.

It isn't easy though. I remember you saying I hope we don't get the Bont because he is to tall for a mid. Now all we want is tall mids.
 

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Oliver is the one I wanted and still do. Next Dangerfield which I said at draft time, why our guys can't pick what even forumites can see I don't know. Caleb Daniel was popular, Dewar was blowing his load over Balic, Petracca was an overwhelming choice by fans etc. Even big mart wanted us to get hold of Luke Parker. Why can't the club spot talent?

Big Mart wanted Parker after his first year. Don't fall for that. And if we want but who everyone wanted we would need 30 picks every year. Surely the post is a piss take. It has to be. Sorry I didn't pick that.
 

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It isn't easy though. I remember you saying I hope we don't get the Bont because he is to tall for a mid. Now all we want is tall mids.
I actually said I like Bont but worry he's a mid but might end up continuing to grow and end up like a Andreas Everett type of utility. Too tall for mid but too short for KP. I was all over him just nervous of popping early. Said I wished we had a pick a bit later to off set risk.
 

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Oliver is the one I wanted and still do. Next Dangerfield which I said at draft time, why our guys can't pick what even forumites can see I don't know. Caleb Daniel was popular, Dewar was blowing his load over Balic, Petracca was an overwhelming choice by fans etc. Even big mart wanted us to get hold of Luke Parker. Why can't the club spot talent?
Did you type this with a straight face, or are you another hindsight expert?
 

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Petracca is so overrated.

He gets on the end of a string of handballs & the commentators cream themselves.

I'm sick of our supporters talk up opposition players & bag our own.


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I'm glad you posted this twice do I could like it twice.

Another way of putting it: stop bragging how green the grass is on the other side whilst pissing on your own lawn.
 

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Yeah, we were never in the race for him but they were brave and traded to get him and Weed, WB did it with Bont where they jumped in early when they spotted the talent. We may have overly focussed on good guys instead of talent.
We were brave and traded a pick for Carlisle and what became Gresham. You can't just get every good prospect.
 

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Yeah, we were never in the race for him but they were brave and traded to get him and Weed, WB did it with Bont where they jumped in early when they spotted the talent. We may have overly focussed on good guys instead of talent.
The dogs also had Billings at 3 and Melbourne had him before Kelly. It's just the way it goes. Need JB to get his confidence up, the talent is there.
 

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We were brave and traded a pick for Carlisle and what became Gresham. You can't just get every good prospect.
I don't want every one just one or two good ones from our high picks. So far Gresham looks like a gun but he's not there yet and Carlisle has missed a year, been suspended by the club and is just going ATM.
 

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Did you type this with a straight face, or are you another hindsight expert?
Hindsight expert. I'm getting worried about our list, I'm sorry I'm not as confident as everyone else about how good our kids are tracking, I want to be.
 

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I actually said I like Bont but worry he's a mid but might end up continuing to grow and end up like a Andreas Everett type of utility. Too tall for mid but too short for KP. I was all over him just nervous of popping early. Said I wished we had a pick a bit later to off set risk.

Maybe my memory isn't great but I thought it went a little different to that because I do remember saying height wont matter. By the way that doesn't mean I wanted him. Doubt I even knew who he was.
 
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