List Mgmt. 2024 List Management discussion

[Tricky Dicky]

Knowing how good our high performance and medical teams are they'd be a good chance to get someone like Lynch fit and strong again, a la Linc and Joe

 

[Nuggo]

If Lynch was younger you might consider but I doubt he will come good. Hunger may not be there either.

 

[Nathan Barley]

I wonder if losing Joe could push Hippy to the next level. Hopefully the recovery from OP doesn't slow him down too much in the off-season

 

[Morbidly_Obese]

who do you suggest we bring TOM LYNCH

I think Jonathon Patton is working in Surfers Paradise, maybe hit him up for a comeback.

 

[Morbidly_Obese]

Knowing how good our high performance and medical teams are they'd be a good chance to get someone like Lynch fit and strong again, a la Linc and Joe

I'm pretty sure it's over for Alastair, bro.

 

[Surly Boy]

FWIW

 

[StevoJenkins]

IF Joe retires, it now makes sense why we hit up Tabiner.
IF he retires, there will be a one year fill in recruited. The recruitment team has a plan for post Joe.

I don’t think Joe will actually retire though. Sounds like the Lachie going back to Freo fluff - something that happened a while ago but is sorted now.

 

[Morbidly_Obese]

FWIW

Thank christ we ****ing won.

 

[Squizz89]

I really really hope Joe doesn’t leave, but as others have said Lynch wouldn’t be the worst option if the medical staff thought they could get him fit. He’s shown he’s a mercenary who’d leave for the opportunity at a flag too, and perhaps Richmond would be prepared to let him go cheaply, if we covered most, if not all the salary.

Again I repeat though I really don’t want Joe leaving. Give us one more year to sort something else out please mate.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Probably handy that we drafted a fair few taller players in last years draft.

 

[BrisVegasDru]

If we go to 5 on the interchange bench next year will be hoping to see more of Henry Smith, liked glimpses he showed this year, and he or Fort could then play with Oscar allowing us to park a big body deep in forward 50.

Hoping we see a fit Hippy too will make a big difference, but it will be a sad day for all of us (except Beardancer ) if the lions legend and great showman rides off into the sunset...

 

[RU_]

Seeing Joe show so much emotion with that goal was actually heart wrenching with the media around him potentially retiring, it certainly looked that way… but what a way to go out if that is the fairytale finish. My recently made ex-partner and I used to joke that Joe doesn’t really like football, he’s just bloody good at it and this is basically his 9-5 job that he’s happy to put up with. I’m not sure that’s correct anymore with the emotion showed this finals series, and that particular play.

Out of curiosity, would anyone be able to match up the age of the Lions in 01? I was too young to appreciate, but I feel like this groups just achieved a premiership with a younger team on paper? We would have had 10 1st/2nd year players out there yesterday? Remarkable!

 

[Squizz89]

Hope we get Cam locked away over the offseason. Finally arrived this year.

Can see teams like St Kilda, North etc throwing big money at him. Would obviously be pretty silly to leave what we’ve built now, but I’ll feel more comfortable once it’s done.

 

[LoganMorrisFan]

The 9news article says Joe confirmed he is retiring, is that just a typo or what? Pretty sad given how well Joey is playing.

 

[Nuggo]

Seeing Joe show so much emotion with that goal was actually heart wrenching with the media around him potentially retiring, it certainly looked that way… but what a way to go out if that is the fairytale finish. My recently made ex-partner and I used to joke that Joe doesn’t really like football, he’s just bloody good at it and this is basically his 9-5 job that he’s happy to put up with. I’m not sure that’s correct anymore with the emotion showed this finals series, and that particular play.

Out of curiosity, would anyone be able to match up the age of the Lions in 01? I was too young to appreciate, but I feel like this groups just achieved a premiership with a younger team on paper? We would have had 10 1st/2nd year players out there yesterday? Remarkable!

Was thinking same regarding age. The old men Zorko and Lester would push the average age up. Defn had more younger players.

 

[LoganMorrisFan]

Tom Lynch is a proper gun KPF if we get him fit, which I have every reason to believe is possible with our fitness staff

 

[beatnik]

I know this has been covered elsewhere but given we’re being forced to focus on the potential loss of Joe D (I don’t think he’s retiring fwiw) so I thought it was worth repeating…

It’s hard not to think about the dozen players who will all put pressure on the 23 not playing yesterday:

1. Oscar
2. Coleman
3. McCarthy
4. Gardiner
5. Doedee
6. Reville
7. Dev
8. Brain
9. Joyce
10. Smith
11. Levi
12. Marshall

I mean, seriously…how absurdly deep is our squad going to be?

 

[Squizz89]

I know this has been covered elsewhere but given we’re being forced to focus on the potential loss of Joe D (I don’t think he’s retiring fwiw) so I thought it was worth repeating…

It’s hard not to think about the dozen players who will all put pressure on the 23 not playing yesterday:

1. Oscar
2. Coleman
3. McCarthy
4. Gardiner
5. Doedee
6. Reville
7. Dev
8. Brain
9. Joyce
10. Smith
11. Levi
12. Marshall

I mean, seriously…how absurdly deep is our squad going to be?

It’s deep in most areas bar the area we potentially have to replace unfortunately. I think we have to bring in another option somehow, if for no other reason to provide a bit more depth.

Conversely Joe stays and happy days.

 

[Nuggo]

Is Answerth still out of contract. Thought he had an excellent final series - played his best footy.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

If Joe goes, I don't want some washed up has been like Lynch or Taberner. I'd just restructure the forward line around Hipwood, Morris and Smith. If we need more depth, grab someone relatively young and hungry for opportunity like Liam McMahon who booted 45.15 in the VFL this season.

 

[RU_]

Is Answerth still out of contract. Thought he had an excellent final series - played his best footy.

I was an Answerth basher, happy to eat crow on that. Played really well in the last few weeks!

 

[RU_]

I still can’t believe how perfect this is. Our part time ruck just destroying Grundy, lace out to Ah Chee, who goes bang!

 

[Nathan Barley]

Daniher would be such an enormous loss. Probably the last I'd want to lose

 

[Squizz89]

 

[JasRulz63]

Out of curiosity, would anyone be able to match up the age of the Lions in 01? I was too young to appreciate, but I feel like this groups just achieved a premiership with a younger team on paper? We would have had 10 1st/2nd year players out there yesterday? Remarkable!

The average for the 2001 side was a year younger than the prelim side we put out (GF side is marginally older with Fort a year older than Oscar).

2001 Grand Final = 25y 150d

2024 Prelim Final = 26y 169d

I sometimes forget how young that 2021 side was. 7th oldest player was Voss who'd turned 26 a couple months prior, and there were 13 players in the side yesterday that were older than Voss was in the GF.