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Let's not forget the Rachele/Rankins mid double act, Pedlar, Nankervis, Bond and Dowling.Taylor a possibility also.
Laird, Keays, Sloane, Berry, Soligo, Schoenberg are all ahead of him. Crouch and Hately too most likely.
My guess is Laird (until age bites) then Taylor, Berry with Rankine in a Robbie Gray sort of part-time role and Soligo on the wing. Hopefully Pedlar, Dowling or Bond excel, but they’ve done nothing yet.Let's not forget the Rachele/Rankins mid double act, Pedlar, Nankervis, Bond and Dowling.
We have a lot of mids - and given that its generally agreed that we have a lowly ranked midfield - some of these chaps need to get going ..... or get going!
Who, of these, is an element of a game winning midfield? Not many I would say. Time to try them all out, make strong decisions then move some on and target the right ones in.
I don't think it was deemed he wasn't good enough, he was probably our best player through the sanfl finals after coming back from injury.
It's just that our list management has been so terrible, we have 5-6 spuds on our list that still have contracts that we couldn't free up a spot for him
I don't care that we were brutal. I care that we wasted a spot on a guy and there seemed to be some massive disconnect in the club between recruitment and the coaches. The whole situation makes no sense.
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Like, you never make mistakes? FMD.
Taylor a possibility also.
La Schoenberg are all ahead of him. Crouch and Hately too most likely.
Murray and Strachan sign new deals
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Carmichael was the pick of the bunch. I still think we did it to weaken Glenelg.![]()
Nah, we wouldn’t do that, if we did they should all be sacked.

And he chose 6 months yeah?
i quite like Strachan, would have dropped zROB quicker and more often, but 3 more seasons with him and ROB locked in is too much. We really are backing in the current list. Just get more games into them and pair it with continuity and we're golden.
I agree, I had high hopes for him after his 2021 year. Interrupted preseason and covid wouldn't have helped, but the noticeable avoiding contact was concerning.For mine Cook was the biggest disappointment of the 2022 season. It was like there might be something going on away from football so underwhelming his whole approach was.
Wrong game. It was against the bulldogs in the prelim where Rehnny did thatRehn went into beast mode in the 97 GF, removing the knee brace at HT.
Like Clarke Kent turning into Superman.![]()
Yeh! go leggiesYep. I agree we should have taken Carmichael, but maybe he wanted 12 months? Or more? Also thought that maybe we were trying to weaken Glenelg, which is a shitty thing to do, but clever (Within the rules as they currently stand).
We spoke to him before the draft, we were the only club to do so.
I’d wager heavily we told him to nominate 6 months
From memory there was only 2 players drafted that nominated specific terms - Carmichael being one
So I think you would lose your wager - as 90% of the field went in with the standard option of 6 months
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Anything stronger than from memory?
From memory there was only 2 players drafted that nominated specific terms - Carmichael being one
So I think you would lose your wager - as 90% of the field went in with the standard option of 6 months
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Why would that suggest the wager would be lost. All clubs would have talked to the players they were looking at and most certainly have advised them of the conditions under which they'd select them. Very few would have enough demand to set their own terms. They'd almost all be told that it's 6 months or not at all. Sanders wins that bet every time.
Sure. Roughly 200 out of 210 players were advised to run with the std contract conditions. It would have nothing to do with those 200 players being desperate for an opportunity and therefore maximising their ability to get listed by nominating the minimum.
More like the 10 other players were either told by the club that was selecting them to nominated extra terms to minimise interest from other clubs or they had personal circumstances that they wanted to ensure it was worthwhile for them.
However this point doesn’t make the club look like a bunch of aholes so I guess your view is correct
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James Gallagher leaving St Kilda and coming back to SA. Anyone aware of his plans?