Crows should Target Damon White

[CaptainDangerfield]

Sorry guys and gals, Damon is ours for another 2 years.

Another missed opportunity by the nice guys of the competition.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

son of god at the cows -- nightmares tonight!!

You woud think hel re sign

To add to your nightmares, imagine if that swap was Bock/Ebert..There is no way in hell the Crows will get Ebert. I reckon he will sign another 2 year contract.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

I thought the crows were on the brink of securing Dew and Ackland. For nothing of course, cos we love giving our players away.

A Port mate of mine reckons that a "reliable" source has confirmed a Shattock for Dew trade will happen tomorrow.

 

[PowerKop]

Ebert is a Port by through and through. It was pretty clear to see in his Speech at the Port best and fairest. He will be a Port buy through his whole career no doubt. Plus i dont rekon Rus would let him leave.

I would be surprised if we traded Dew.
Dew for Shattock as a straight swap wont happen. Come on honestly.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

Ebert is a Port by through and through. It was pretty clear to see in his Speech at the Port best and fairest. He will be a Port buy through his whole career no doubt. Plus i dont rekon Rus would let him leave.

I would be surprised if we traded Dew.
Dew for Shattock as a straight swap wont happen. Come on honestly.

Just passing it on mate with the 1000 other trades that are just as ludicrous.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Another missed opportunity by the nice guys of the competition.

Lets be fair here. Getting White was always a very long shot at best. Even if he wanted to leave Port he would want to go to WA and West Coast were very keen on him.

Then there was also the bit where we had to satisfy Port in a deal and they sure as hell wouldn't have made it easy for us.

 

[Stiffy_18]

A Port mate of mine reckons that a "reliable" source has confirmed a Shattock for Dew trade will happen tomorrow.

Dew is in contract negotiations with Port and is not going anywhere.

 

[Portia]

Moylan said on 5aa just now that Ebert signed a two year contract a couple of weeks ago.

Maybe the out of contract player you're after is Hall? I don't know that there's many others left now.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Whilst White would have been a handy acquisition, time to move on & trade some of our HBF's s & hopefully land a Shattock type. More changes required AFC...

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

Lets be fair here. Getting White was always a very long shot at best. Even if he wanted to leave Port he would want to go to WA and West Coast were very keen on him.

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Yeah I know, our chances of getting him would have been slim even if he did want to go home. It was more wishful thinking on my part. I was foolishly hoping that we may have been able to offload some of the crap on our list. But it looks like we will be stuck with certain players for another year. By the way, who do you think will get delisted Stiff??

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Whilst White would have been a handy acquisition, time to move on & trade some of our HBF's s & hopefully land a Shattock type. More changes required AFC...

Only reference I have heard of re Shattock is the rumored Port/Brisbane deal - no hint of Crows interest.

Frankly better fish around - particularly if your going to give up a second round choice.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Well, 5AA reckon Crows are doing a deal with Brisbane for Shattock and both KG and Cornesy said they heard that rumour from their sources.

I wouldn't be surprised as he would be a good tagger type but I do agree that giving up 2nd rounder for him would be silly.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Whilst White would have been a handy acquisition, time to move on & trade some of our HBF's s & hopefully land a Shattock type. More changes required AFC...

I would do Shattock for Massie

 

[Stiffy_18]

Yeah I know, our chances of getting him would have been slim even if he did want to go home. It was more wishful thinking on my part. I was foolishly hoping that we may have been able to offload some of the crap on our list. But it looks like we will be stuck with certain players for another year. By the way, who do you think will get delisted Stiff??

It will depend on what happens with trades.

At this stage I think only Gallagher will get delisted and possibly Shirley.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I would do Shattock for Massie

So would I Stiffy, as we have way too many HBF types!

 

[WaynesWorld19]

I would do Shattock for Massie

no no Keep Massie, need some hardness in the side.
Don't write him after a bad second half of the season - IMO he still has something to offer us.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

So would I Stiffy, as we have way too many HBF types!

Kane, I would do this trade without a second thought.

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

no no Keep Massie, need some hardness in the side.
Don't write him after a bad second half of the season - IMO he still has something to offer us.

To completely change the subject for a sec. In a thread yesterday you made a point on Benet Copping with a . Care to elaborate....

 

[Stiffy_18]

no no Keep Massie, need some hardness in the side.
Don't write him after a bad second half of the season - IMO he still has something to offer us.

We have WAY TOO MANY half back flanker as it is and while I rate Massie he is very limited in the positions he can play. Shattock will bring hardness to the side so you are not losing anything there while gaining more flexibility with Shattock's ability to play in a number of different position.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

To completely change the subject for a sec. In a thread yesterday you made a point on Benet Copping with a . Care to elaborate....

Can't remember exactly the reason for the smilie, but This kid intrigues me.

Rated pick low 20's on the draft page.
Supposedly father/son.
Have asked repeatedly on this board what the go with him is - supposedly everyone has "contacts" and yets deafening silence, not a word, all the sources dried up, no-one cares.

That's probably the reason - I think I said "one of lifes great secrets"

 

[WaynesWorld19]

We have WAY TOO MANY half back flanker as it is and while I rate Massie he is very limited in the positions he can play. Shattock will bring hardness to the side so you are not losing anything there while gaining more flexibility with Shattock's ability to play in a number of different position.

Stiffy its just after the 2003 season no-one was suggesting getting rid of the guy.
Now he's dispensable, but my issue is we keep taking, trading, retiring all the hardness out of the side.
Its getting to more like a Norwood make-uo everyday

 

[CaptainDangerfield]

Can't remember exactly the reason for the smilie, but This kid intrigues me.

Rated pick low 20's on the draft page.
Supposedly father/son.
Have asked repeatedly on this board what the go with him is - supposedly everyone has "contacts" and yets deafening silence, not a word, all the sources dried up, no-one cares.

That's probably the reason - I think I said "one of lifes great secrets"

The mock draft has him being taken by us at pick 24. Surely, if this kid qualifies under the FS rule he should be taken as a 3rd rounder. If he is as good as his old man we would have done well IMHO.

 

[mymansyd]

From what I've seen of him, Shattock's not worth any of our first 4 draft picks (8,24,28 or 40). If we got him for pick 56, I can live with that. But c'mon AFC, use those 1st 4 picks for teenagers. We are rebuilding aren't we. Shattock is 25 next year, hardly a junior.

 

[Stiffy_18]

From what I've seen of him, Shattock's not worth any of our first 4 draft picks (8,24,28 or 40). If we got him for pick 56, I can live with that. But c'mon AFC, use those 1st 4 picks for teenagers. We are rebuilding aren't we. Shattock is 25 next year, hardly a junior.

I think you are being very harsh there.

We can't just get everyone that is under certain age. I think Shattock would add something to the side that we currently don't have. I agree that I wouldn't trade 2nd rounder for him but if we could get him for pick 40 I would be happy with that. I would be even happier if we could get him for Massie.

Really Shattock is a better player than Shirley and I would rather have Shattock tagging someone like Buckley.

I don't think Brisbane will let him go for anything other than 2nd rounder as they look to get more youth into their squad. However, if there is a chance to get him for a reasonable price (ie not trading pick 28 or pick 24) then by all means get him.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I think you are being very harsh there.

We can't just get everyone that is under certain age. I think Shattock would add something to the side that we currently don't have. I agree that I wouldn't trade 2nd rounder for him but if we could get him for pick 40 I would be happy with that. I would be even happier if we could get him for Massie.

Really Shattock is a better player than Shirley and I would rather have Shattock tagging someone like Buckley.

I don't think Brisbane will let him go for anything other than 2nd rounder as they look to get more youth into their squad. However, if there is a chance to get him for a reasonable price (ie not trading pick 28 or pick 24) then by all means get him.

I could handle pick 40, but forget the rest ... though doubt the Lions would accept. Happy to swap for one of our excess HBF's though.