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I love the idea of getting ahead and getting a player before greenIt will be interesting to see what happens at trade period and although it would be great to have a pick before Green is bid on I dont think it is achievable unless the club trades out a surprise player or has eyes on someone and looks to use a pick from 2020,
Some scenarios for a bid on Green
#111329 points + #13 1212
Swans bid at #5 will leave the club with pick 22 as change
Saints bid at #6 will leave the club with pick 19 as change
What I can see the club doing is only using 1 pick to match so the club can still have another pick inside the first rd and with plenty of deals going on I can see the club following on from past seasons looking to have something like 2 1st rd and 2 2nd rd picks for the draft
I still think Jacobs is a lock to come to the club and then it will be between either Ceglar or Cameron and it will be interesting to see how the club approaches the ruck issue as it has only really had a competitive ruck for 3 years 2014-2016 with 2017 when Mumford did his ankle
I love the idea of getting ahead and getting a player before green
Dunno who we would take tho... we need a creative half back really
Anyone know the options?
Forgot about Toby and Kenner’s.I hope we take James Peatling from our Academy. He’ll need a couple of years to fill out but he certainly has speed and agility... and he is a western Sydney boy!
I still think Tom Green won’t go top 5. Our list management team did a great job around manouvering our way up and down the list to get what we want... so I have good faith in their strategies.
I reckon the happiest person with Cogs re-signing is Leon without a doubt. It means we are going to be more likely to re-sign Jazz and Lachie, therefore stay in the hunt.
With Cogs, Jazz, Lachie, Josh, Zac, Hopper, Haynes, Taranto, Himmelberg and Sammy Taylor, there is enough high end talent at the right age to ensure we remain competitive.
Surround them with the likes of experienced players like Cal, Phil, Sam Reid, Dutchy, and youth like Hatley, Bobby, Binga, Jye, Tom Green, Shipper we have a great spread of age now.
I feel as bullish about our list as I ever have.
That's basically spot on, though in general if you haven't locked up a spot after three years you're more than likely being delisted.One question I don't have answers for is in respect of Sproule & Stein's status- I think they are both at the end of their third year as rookies so need to be either upgraded to the main list (which impacts on open positions & therefore points-carrying picks) or delisted and re-rookied (which carries a risk of losing them to another club - which I don't want to do). @dlanod you always understand these things pretty well, what's your take on them?
Soldo just signed for 2 more years I think. Haven't you guys been linked to Nick Roberton at the lions? He's OOC so doesn't surprise me that he's looking around but would have thought Freo would be interested being a WA lad.Reilly O'Brien was the one I would have wanted to target prior to him re-signing till 2021 this year. Showed glimpses as Adelaides number 1 ruck - has the strength and mobility and only scratching the surface of what hes capable of at 23 years old. However given contracts mean so little these days, would want to at the very least enquire.
Not so many top ruckmen we can pry away at the moment though. Goldstein the closest but he would cost too much for a 31 year old in my opinion.
Perhaps Soldo?
Edit: Didnt think about McEvoy (30 years old), but he would be good if the hawks are willing to part and if not too expensive trade/money wise.
I highly doubt that story is true.So I hear Jacobs is coming to GWS next year. He said no to playing in the SANFL finals yesterday and then we had our only ruck pull out before the game. Hence we got smashed in the ruck and lost by a 30 points. Within a kick a 3 qtr time. Jacobs lost us this yesterday. They are saying GWS didnt want him playing even though hes still contracted until October. Didnt stop him playing the last game of the year in the AFL forcing ROb to be dropped back to the SANFl.
Sorry just venting. Pretty angry with Sauce right now not putting the team first.
Sounds bullshit.So I hear Jacobs is coming to GWS next year. He said no to playing in the SANFL finals yesterday and then we had our only ruck pull out before the game. Hence we got smashed in the ruck and lost by a 30 points. Within a kick a 3 qtr time. Jacobs lost us this yesterday. They are saying GWS didnt want him playing even though hes still contracted until October. Didnt stop him playing the last game of the year in the AFL forcing ROb to be dropped back to the SANFl.
Sorry just venting. Pretty angry with Sauce right now not putting the team first.
To be fair, it's entirely possible that if Sam Jacobs has essentially decided (or even agreed prior to the actual trade window) that he's leaving Adelaide, that he doesn't want to get injured in a game that means nothing to him. In fact, it probably doesn't matter if he's got any agreement - just the fact that he's out of contract and hence any injury might impact his ability to get paid for the next 2 years.
Let the poor dude vent, Crows have had a crap season. We're yet to see if the Jacobs to GWS story comes to reality.