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Rooch, I was wondering if you could get an answer from the club on this (and anything anyone else posts)

Why were Parker and Smith elevated??
They surley should have played, I know Smith is injured but Parker??


also will we be trading for picks, or not?
 
jc67 said:
Rooch, I was wondering if you could get an answer from the club on this (and anything anyone else posts)

Why were Parker and Smith elevated??
They surley should have played, I know Smith is injured but Parker??
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Fair question too. Very mystifying. :confused:
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jc67 said:
1. Why were Parker and Smith elevated??
2. They surley should have played, I know Smith is injured but Parker??
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1. Because when they were elevated we has only 24 players to pick from so we needed to promote a couple of rookies to give us more options

2. I have no idea:p
 
jc67 said:
Rooch, I was wondering if you could get an answer from the club on this (and anything anyone else posts)

Why were Parker and Smith elevated??
They surley should have played, I know Smith is injured but Parker??


also will we be trading for picks, or not?
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damn good questions
 

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jc67 said:
Why were Parker and Smith elevated??

also will we be trading for picks, or not?
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Please welcome the latest inductees into the conga line of mindboggling questions the AFC would probably only view as rhetorical...
 
Kane McGoodwin said:
Yeah, I wouldn't mind some answers as it has me buggered! :confused:
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Yeah? Well you won't get any answers, you'll just get more whining from Rucci like 'It's revealing of the AFC that Smith was not given a game in the seniors. Most telling is the fact that Parker was also not given the opportunity to play an AFL game. The question must be asked as to why they were promoted in the first place.'

That's all you'll get.
 
Well, in fairness we need to remember that there is a time limit on promoting rookies, I think you have to do it before round 18. So if you're facing a long injury list and you're running short of players, and you have a couple of options for promotion, you take them while you can just to make sure you have as many fit players available as possible. Rookies aren't necessarily promoted with the immediate intention of playing them - just to maximise the available playing list.

One can only hope that Smith and Parker are not on the "doubtful / we need to see more" list at the club, and they will still be there next season. It'd be crazy (and terrible PR) if they were (1) promoted (2) not played and then (3) delisted or traded.
 
arrowman said:
One can only hope that Smith and Parker are not on the "doubtful / we need to see more" list at the club, and they will still be there next season. It'd be crazy (and terrible PR) if they were (1) promoted (2) not played and then (3) delisted or traded.
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Agreed it would be terrible PR, and we are not exactly in the market for some more of that. I'd love to see how they go before the season is up.
 
Parker and Smith wont/can't be traded.

I'd also like to get a look at each of them. But perhaps winning games to justify the contractual extension of our interim coach takes priority.

By the way guys, the obsession with the Advertiser's chief football writer is bordering on - nay, deep into the territory of - the ridiculous.
 
PAfolwr said:
While you are at it, why does Damon White keep getting dropped?
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Sorry, but Rooch saves his savaging pen for us. He accepts whatever Choco does as gospel.
 
PrideOf said:
Sorry, but Rooch saves his savaging pen for us. He accepts whatever Choco does as gospel.
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Not sure about the savaging bit as a lot of posts on here have been a lot more "savaging" all year, but he sure does seem to be Choco's spokesman.
 

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arrowman said:
Well, in fairness we need to remember that there is a time limit on promoting rookies, I think you have to do it before round 18. So if you're facing a long injury list and you're running short of players, and you have a couple of options for promotion, you take them while you can just to make sure you have as many fit players available as possible. Rookies aren't necessarily promoted with the immediate intention of playing them - just to maximise the available playing list.
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Correct Arrowman.

Once more the voice of reason ;)
 
DaveW said:
Parker and Smith wont/can't be traded.

I'd also like to get a look at each of them. But perhaps winning games to justify the contractual extension of our interim coach takes priority.

By the way guys, the obsession with the Advertiser's chief football writer is bordering on - nay, deep into the territory of - the ridiculous.
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Im with you the more we bite the more he enjoy's it, time to lay off
;)
 
DaveW said:
Parker and Smith wont/can't be traded.

I'd also like to get a look at each of them. But perhaps winning games to justify the contractual extension of our interim coach takes priority.

By the way guys, the obsession with the Advertiser's chief football writer is bordering on - nay, deep into the territory of - the ridiculous.
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Oh, stop it now :p On the one hand you are critical of "obsession" with Rucci, and on the other you dig back and suggest that there's something foul going on with the Club disregarding the viewing and development of young players because they want Neil Craig to look good.

We've got half a team of virtual rookies already, and a handful of games left in the season. I don't think trying to win those games is such a terrible thing.

(Nothing against Smith and Parker - not saying they SHOULDN'T be played, just saying there's no call for conspriacy theories about why they're not.)

PS As for Rucci - yeah, I know, it just makes him happy to be talked about. But I for one can't help it - he's such an easy target :)
 

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PAfolwr said:
Not sure about the savaging bit as a lot of posts on here have been a lot more "savaging" all year, but he sure does seem to be Choco's spokesman.
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there are a few people who think that rooch has a hot line to bill sanders ---- "singing canaries". does bill feed him the party line from time to time?
 

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