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If we are playing teams going in with a short forward line he might have to sit out for a week but I’d be really keen to see this setup when possible. Everyone involved with him seems to rate him sky high.Rance Garth Grimes
Vlaustin Astbury Houli
Garth's development will allow Rance to go back to playing 3rd man where he dominates.
Espicially with the new 6,6,6 rule, Rance's ablity to read the play and back himself in to leave his man will be huge
Im thinking Dave Astbury if he has another good year there will be a few clubs throwing good cash at him to leave being uncontractedGarth is a gun. I feel we'll end up trading Astbury. Otherwise Garth might not get a run for a while
Why not? Are you 100% certain?Astbury ain't going anywhere
If we were to loose a defender Astbury is the most replaceable because we have Garth.
Rance-Balta isnt ready
Vlaustin-no replacement
Grimes-no replacement
Houli-Markov/Naish but both are unproven still
Stop with the trade Astbury talk, it's dumb to begin with, but basing it on a 3rd (4th?) year player with TWO games under his belt (3?) is ridiculous. Seriously ridiculous.
Also, Dave is still reasonably young, so what the actual ****?
Nobody is talking about trading him, but more that we could lose him as an UFA in the long term as we did with Conca. There is nothing ridiculous aboutStop with the trade Astbury talk, it's dumb to begin with, but basing it on a 3rd (4th?) year player with TWO games under his belt (3?) is ridiculous. Seriously ridiculous.
Also, Dave is still reasonably young, so what the actual ****?
Nobody is talking about trading him, but more that we could lose him as an UFA in the long term as we did with Conca. There is nothing ridiculous about
discussion on possible outcomes of players. I’m not sure there is a law against it. All that needs to happen is a club puts in a ridiculous offer like Freo did with Conca and we get priced out of it.
Did you watch those two games as Garthwaite really played at a high level with maturity for a kid and in reality we didn’t miss a beat.
Also long term Dave could seriously struggle fitness wise as it was rumoured he struggles for days after games to recover.
Another simple way of looking at it is looking at current value over potential value in the long term.
Dave CV=7 and PV=5 Also he will take more from our cap space. Dave is also very slow and won’t get faster. Garthwaite CV=6 bc he’s a more than adequate backup considering his age and he’s more mobile ,has a better leap and greater closing speed than Astbury.
His PV=8 and this is a minimum, but with our three chanpions in our BL with Rance Flossy Grimes he will slot in easily as it was seen in his two games.
Me too...If Dave wanted to go & I was offered a top 20 pick - I'd grab and run
B.Ellis also a top 30 pick
Not similar at all imo. Astbury an integral part of the team, and gets up each week. Conca a minor player, who played very little. Nothing is certain, so not sure how you could that either. Rance could pull the pin too.Why not? Are you 100% certain?
We lost Conca in similar circumstances this year and a lot of people didn’t think he would go. The football world of wheeling and dealing is amazing and filled with a lot of uncertainty.