Traded Darcy Cameron [traded with #62 to Collingwood for #56]

[Chaisa]

In-demand Swans big man ready to explore trade options

Rival clubs are showing interest in one-game ruckman Darcy Cameron

www.afl.com.au

Can't see us wanting much for him as I don't think he's rated much by our club.

Interesting to see that the clubs apparently chasing him have Sydney links though (lots of ex-Sydney players/coaches as assistants at the Roos, Carlton having an ex-Sydney recruiter over there and GWS having seen him play lots in the NEAFL).

 

[Peel67skin]

In-demand Swans big man ready to explore trade options

Rival clubs are showing interest in one-game ruckman Darcy Cameron

www.afl.com.au

Can't see us wanting much for him as I don't think he's rated much by our club.

Interesting to see that the clubs apparently chasing him have Sydney links though (lots of ex-Sydney players/coaches as assistants at the Roos, Carlton having an ex-Sydney recruiter over there and GWS having seen him play lots in the NEAFL).

I think he just go pre season draft if Sydney want something.

 

[Obeanie1]

And this is why drafting 18 yr old project rucks is becoming out of vogue.

It takes years to get to AFL standard and if there is someone older entrenched in the side a young ruck looks elsewhere for a list that will play him.

Its a tough balancing act.

Will be interesting if the Crows chase Grundy now that O'Brien has stepped out of the shadows due to injury to Jacobs.

 

[Aussie_boy]

And this is why drafting 18 yr old project rucks is becoming out of vogue.

It takes years to get to AFL standard and if there is someone older entrenched in the side a young ruck looks elsewhere for a list that will play him.

Its a tough balancing act.

Will be interesting if the Crows chase Grundy now that O'Brien has stepped out of the shadows due to injury to Jacobs.

It's almost a waste of time really. Draft a bloke at 18, let them develop for 3 seasons and by the time they're ready another club pinches them and they simply say he hasn't played any games therefore we only have to give up a 3rd or 4th rounder.

 

[Hamingja]

And this is why drafting 18 yr old project rucks is becoming out of vogue.

It takes years to get to AFL standard and if there is someone older entrenched in the side a young ruck looks elsewhere for a list that will play him.

Its a tough balancing act.

Will be interesting if the Crows chase Grundy now that O'Brien has stepped out of the shadows due to injury to Jacobs.

Wasn't this guy a mature age pick from the state leagues anyway? Swans took a ruck in the mid season draft instead of looking to playing him so he is not worth anything.

 

[Peel67skin]

It's almost a waste of time really. Draft a bloke at 18, let them develop for 3 seasons and by the time they're ready another club pinches them and they simply say he hasn't played any games therefore we only have to give up a 3rd or 4th rounder.

Well you got the choice to pick them up later eg 23-24 years old from state league.

 

[MITSUHIRATO]

Carlton having an ex-Sydney recruiter over there and GWS having seen him play lots in the NEAFL).

He’s friends with Cripps from their WA state side days.

 

[Obeanie1]

Wasn't this guy a mature age pick from the state leagues anyway? Swans took a ruck in the mid season draft instead of looking to playing him so he is not worth anything.

Drafted as a 19/20 year old. Not exactly mature as a ruck. Still a baby really.

 

[Chaisa]

Drafted as a 19/20 year old. Not exactly mature as a ruck. Still a baby really.

Was 21 from memory. So does count as a mature-aged recruit, but was still picked for what he could become rather than what he was.

 

[citizen-erased]

Havent seen him play, but he's not 30 so would take.
TBC ain't getting any younger. Our ruck stocks are garbage at the moment.

 

[eth-dog]

Wasn't this guy a mature age pick from the state leagues anyway? Swans took a ruck in the mid season draft instead of looking to playing him so he is not worth anything.

He wet down injured around the time of the MSD and hasn't played since.

I'd throw something at him. Not sure what the Swans would want though

 

[RUNVS]

Give us a packet of chips (the good kind, not the cheap Smiths kind) and he is yours. Don't rate him much as his tap work is okay at best and he seems rather useless in general play.

 

[Prem17]

Drafted as a 19/20 year old. Not exactly mature as a ruck. Still a baby really.

No he wasn't. He missed selection in his draft year (2013) due to injury.
He was picked up as a 21yo in 2016 after good WAFL form, so the mature aged rookie recruit scenario does apply here, albeit that 21 is still not a mature ruckman he did have some runs on the board as a state league player.

 

[dosser]

Wasn't this guy a mature age pick from the state leagues anyway? Swans took a ruck in the mid season draft instead of looking to playing him so he is not worth anything.

He was injured so the swans had to go to the mid season draft to find a replacement. Two years ago he was tearing it up in the NEAFL as a forward/ruck and came second in the league MVP.
This year he didn't seem that interested so maybe a change of scenery will do him good.

 

[scratchy09]

Hawthorn should give him a go. Ceglar may need to leave if they land Coniglio which means outside of McEvoy, they are incredibly thin in the ruck department.

 

[dumdum]

looks like he maybe off to Carlton going by this https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09...p-off-ruck-merrygoround-blues-eye-swan-tiger-

 

[scratchy09]

looks like he maybe off to Carlton going by this https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09...p-off-ruck-merrygoround-blues-eye-swan-tiger-

Think it is a decent fit. Carlton need someone after Kreuzer so him or TDK will hopefully be it.

 

[Bostonian]

We must have bought the kids a spud gun and need a spud for it.

 

[dumdum]

Think it is a decent fit. Carlton need someone after Kreuzer so him or TDK will hopefully be it.

they do, Carltons list management is not good if there only offering Phillips 1 year when he probably has 3 left in him or maybe 2 at best

 

[Jeremias]

they do, Carltons list management is not good if there only offering Phillips 1 year when he probably has 3 left in him or maybe 2 at best

Nothing wrong with being cautious with an injury prone footballer.

A one year deal is sensible.

 

[Taylor]

Darcy Cameron didn't have anything close to the athleticism for AFL, even as a ruck, when he was younger.

I didn't think he did when he was drafted to Sydney either years down the road.

 

[dumdum]

Darcy Cameron didn't have anything close to the athleticism for AFL, even as a ruck, when he was younger.

I didn't think he did when he was drafted to Sydney either years down the road.

afaik he did Train at Essendon Years ago before he got Drafted. he wasnt that good then but now i do believe he has gotten much better ruck an forward craft

 

[CaptainChardonnay]

Is only on a list because he's >200cm. Has played one career game which was a loss to GC (Which I blame him personally for).

That being said I think we should demand a first rounder and be indignant when we get offered a 4th.

 

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