Are They Serious?

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I heard a discussion on radio last night saying that the Tigers should be looking at recruiting Polak and J.Cloke. The guys were quite adamant that the Tigers would be best served by recruiting both as it would sure up the backlne by giving us 2 Talls that would cover for loss of Gaspar in 12 months time and would free up P.Bowden to go forward.

Just wondering what other Tiger fans think about this idea and if you would be happy if the club did it.

 

[CoggaRules]

I heard a discussion on radio last night saying that the Tigers should be looking at recruiting Polak and J.Cloke. The guys were quite adamant that the Tigers would be best served by recruiting both as it would sure up the backlne by giving us 2 Talls that would cover for loss of Gaspar in 12 months time and would free up P.Bowden to go forward.

Just wondering what other Tiger fans think about this idea and if you would be happy if the club did it.

if it freed up P. Bowden to go more towards the bench, then i am all for it.

 

[sante]

if it freed up P. Bowden to go more towards the bench, then i am all for it.

Pat was one of our best this year


I'll take Polak but not Jason Cloke

 

[Darth_Tiger]

clokes first two years were pretty good, a change of club might do him good. i wouldnt give up anything for him though, psd or rodan only.

 

[CoggaRules]

Pat was one of our best this year


I'll take Polak but not Jason Cloke

yeah, he was i know,but when he isnt, then we might be what we havent been for a while, a force. Take that anyway you like it.

 

[jezza]

Cloke doesn't seem to fit the style of play we want, can't see why we'd cut Kellaway if we're going to just replace him with Cloke.

Polak I'm not sure about. Will the change spark him like it did to Bowden? Will he play back or forward? What will we have to give up to get him?

 

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Just for arguement sake which side would you prefer to see:

B:Raines Gaspar Thursfield
HB: Cloke Polak J.Bowden
C: Polo Tuck Deledio
HF: P.Bowden Schulz Tambling
F: Brown Richo Pettifer
R: Simmonds Johnson Foley
I: Newman Meyer JON Knobel

or

B: Raines Gaspar Thursfield
HB: P.Bowden Hall J.Bowden
C: Polo Tuck Deledio
HF: Pettifer Schulz Tambling
F: Brown Richo Meyer
R: Simmonds Johnson Foley
I: Newman Tivendale Krakouer Knobel

Not saying this is the Tigers best line up just using the teams as an example thats all. Obviously there are players that are missing just done quickly. Also those in Italics in the second team are the ones I would use to trade for those in the first team.

 

[Darth_Tiger]

IF they recruit cloke (which would surprise me a little) it will be interesting to see everybody jump up and down screaming bloody murder - just like they did when they recruited patrick bowden.

 

[Punt_Road_Roar]

IF they recruit cloke (which would surprise me a little) it will be interesting to see everybody jump up and down screaming bloody murder - just like they did when they recruited patrick bowden.

I admit, I thought it was a waste of time pick, so this time round i'll keep my mouth shut.

I'll leave it upto the guys that get paid the big $$$ to make their decision, if they stuff it up then I'll jump up and down.....

 

[nut]

I admit, I thought it was a waste of time pick, so this time round i'll keep my mouth shut.

I'll leave it upto the guys that get paid the big $$$ to make their decision, if they stuff it up then I'll jump up and down.....

We didn't even use a pick. We swapped places with the dogs. 51 for 55 or something like that.

 

[jezza]

No, we gave them a pick. They initially offered us a pick in return, but we turned it down as we were only looking to draft 3 kids then leave a spot open for the PSD. If we'd taken the pick, under draft rules you have to use it (can not pass), so in the end it was a straight player for pick trade.

 

[Heisenberg_]

Polak Cloke
The main difference between Cloke and P Bowden is that Bowden actually had some talent, J Cloke has zero, it would also mean having Damir having his big fat useless arse around the place and complaining in the media why Jason isnt playing, then he will try and put Cameron Cloke onto us who BTW is even worse then Jason

 

[Punt_Road_Roar]

Polak Cloke
The main difference between Cloke and P Bowden is that Bowden actually had some talent, J Cloke has zero, it would also mean having Damir having his big fat useless arse around the place and complaining in the media why Jason isnt playing, then he will try and put Cameron Cloke onto us who BTW is even worse then Jason

LOL

yeah but we would have mrk coughlan and jason cloke

 

[rfctigerarmy]

Really, it depends what we have to give up for the two.

I dont think Cloke would be worth the bother however Polak might. I dont want to give up anything really substantial for Polak (ie. no pick 1,2,3) or one of our second teir players like Hyde.

 

[TigerGlory]

As has been mentioned, Jason Cloke had two good seasons with a good club(Collingwood at the time) and with Richmond on the rise, i reckon he wouldnt be half bad. Not to mention we would get him pretty cheap, probably a pick 50 or something straight swap, like what happened with Pat.

But i agree we do NOT want that pansy Cameron, has no talent whatsoever.

 

[peejay]

If we get him for nothing - say pick 60 or above then i think J Cloke is worth a one contract.

Lets see if Malthouse has made a blue with his refusal to play him/ play him out of place.

At worst we get a year or two out of him whilst someone like Thursfield bulks up and becomes our regulat tall defender.

 

[CoggaRules]

well, according to the roo heads in around the workplace, its looking like Tucky and Krak and our pick 8, for their pick 3.

 

[jezza]

well, according to the roo heads in around the workplace, its looking like Tucky and Krak and our pick 8, for their pick 3.

Not good enough for us, as much as I'd love pick 3.

 

[CoggaRules]

Not good enough for us, as much as I'd love pick 3.

well, it looks like by what i have heard, it wont be good enough for us and the brains trust is wanting to get what you suggest isnt good enough for us.
I was being mugged here by the roo heads last week about Tucky and they whys, and i was saying dont know what the deal is.
Then today they come up and suggest its on and pretty much done.
As much as i have backed Krak and as much as i have opted to keep a low profile with Tucky, seeing that alot here think he is alot more than i think he is, like i said and keep on saying, by the time the plan is in full swing, dont expect to see many players that were deemed required by past dud coaches to be playing in yellow and black.
TW might have had to utilise them in the interim but knowing what he looks for more often than not in the majority of the team structure, if you aint got the will & the skill and the speed, remember that, will & skill & speed, not one of any of them, all of them, you are on shaky ground at the tigers.
I say the majority of the team structure, of course there will be the mongrel component required as well.
If you dont fall into the first component and you are not included in the limited number of spaces left for the 2 nd, then you are toast. And the toaster is on from now on, cotton gloves are off with TW i would suggest.
Lets face it, he inherited a team that was moulded together by you know who and with his shopping list, and at the end of the day, he had to field a team, that was soemwhat competetive to keep the punters happy. More often than not also, the wins we have had that had us barking about how good we are developing, were not really won on the back of scintillating footy, but on the back of the scientific approach TW implements in game plans. That can get you so far with the cattle you have inherited, with the additions of the newbies that to a man, have shown more to us, in their first years than the rest have in how many years.
Get with the page, remember diggler? well he was being bagged from pillar to post for suggesting that all the previous been there done that players have to go and a new tiger team has to be fashioned, well, its a happening as we speak.

 

[Supertiger]

The unofficial stuff Ive heard is that if the roos want Krak Tuck & 8 then we'll get 3 + a player (maybe someone like a Perry) or a 3rd round pick to complete the action.

If its just Krak & Tuck then we get just pick 3 with nothing else.

Its all unofficial anyway people should wait and see what happens in the next 2 weeks.

 

[CoggaRules]

The unofficial stuff Ive heard is that if the roos want Krak Tuck & 8 then we'll get 3 + a player (maybe someone like a Perry) or a 3rd round pick to complete the action.

If its just Krak & Tuck then we get just pick 3 with nothing else.

Its all unofficial anyway people should wait and see what happens in the next 2 weeks.

is it unofficially official, or officially unofficial?

 

[jezza]

I can't see it happening personally, but if it did there would be a player coming our way as Weaver pointed out, it's unlikely the Roos could take on the salaries of these two players (~$500k) so would need to offset that.

 

[rfctigerarmy]

Deal:

Rich:
Harris
#3

Roos:
Krak
Tuck
#8

Thanks for playing.

 

[CoggaRules]

Deal:

Rich:
Harris
#3

Roos:
Krak
Tuck
#8

Thanks for playing.

hmmmm, naaa, we want more, hold on a sec, we dont want to go over the top and seem to be unfair, so ok then, i guess we will have to take that deal, allbeit relunctantly and against our better judgement. The roos will owe us one next time for the favour we are doing them.
But overall it really is a win win for both clubs isnt it?

 

[jezza]

Thanks for playing.

You certainly would be playing with something if you thought that would ever go through.