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Yeo was more a dashing flanker than lockdownYeo also played a defender role with brisbane before we traded for him.
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Yeo was more a dashing flanker than lockdownYeo also played a defender role with brisbane before we traded for him.
Yeo was more a dashing flanker than lockdown
Would almost certainly blow my load in my pants if this was to happenSpeaking to a few mates here who are Swans fans, they are a little concerned over Logan wanting to go home. Would be ideal JK replacement to play alongside Oscar for the next decade.
Expect Freo to make a massive play as well given their needs.
Speaking to a few mates here who are Swans fans, they are a little concerned over Logan wanting to go home. Would be ideal JK replacement to play alongside Oscar for the next decade.
Expect Freo to make a massive play as well given their needs.
Would we do a straight swap Logan for Sexual? Swans keen on him.Speaking to a few mates here who are Swans fans, they are a little concerned over Logan wanting to go home. Would be ideal JK replacement to play alongside Oscar for the next decade.
Expect Freo to make a massive play as well given their needs.
Would we do a straight swap Logan for Sexual? Swans keen on him.
Considering Brisbane has turned Starcevich into a random lockdown HBF instead of a midfielder... why would we bother?
The graveyard of midfield development this club (Yeo excluded)
As this trade period winds down, it's pretty evident we're happy to take SPS and our picks and head to the draft. Given the demographic of our list, how disappointing we were this season and what is presumably a tight salary cap, it makes sense that the right thing to do right now is take the best kids available to us in the draft.
It recently struck me how important seemingly low key trades for guys like Elliot Yeo, Jamie Cripps, Jack Redden (I suppose that was a late first rounder) were to building that premiership team. We've been relatively active in recent off-seasons trading in semi-developed talents in Witherden, Langdon and Sam Petrevski-Seton to plug a hole in our list in the 21-25 year old range, but none of them project as being top 10 on the list type players. If we want to continue this period of sustained success, we need to opportunistically look at plucking talent from other clubs - preferably before they hit their straps (ala Tim Kelly). I reckon you can bet your bottom dollar the club will adopt this strategy going forward, but it got me thinking, which players out there could be our next Elliot Yeo type trade?
I've had a crack at compiling a list of realistic targets that fit the bill of being from WA, may not cost the world to bring back (if we strike a trade at the right time of their careers) but could project to be top 10-15 players on our list for a sustained period of time.
Relatively gettable:
Brandan Starcevich (BRIS)
Devon Robertson (BRIS)
Zac Fisher (CARL)
Sam Powell-Pepper (PORT)
Jeremy Sharp (GCS)
Wil Powell (GCS)
Trent Rivers (MELB)
Tim English (WB)
Chad Warner (SYD)
Riley Garcia (WB)
Some more speculative talents:
Jack Carroll (CARL)
Shannon Neale (GEEL)
Tyler Brockman (HAW)
Probably too talented and therefore expensive:
Sam Taylor (GWS)
Luke Jackson (MELB)
Mitch Georgiades (PORT)
Shai Bolton (RICH)
Logan MacDonald (SYD)
That's my crack at compiling a bit of a snapshot of what's out there - it's not necessarily my own personal wishlist. Personally, the types I'd be most interested in are guys like Starcevich, Powell and SPP - although I do have a suspicion that our need to replace Naitanui before long means we will at least be asking the question of Tim English.
Are there any I've missed?
Talking about Riley Garcia, I am still scratching my head as why we picked Ben Johnson instead of Garcia.As this trade period winds down, it's pretty evident we're happy to take SPS and our picks and head to the draft. Given the demographic of our list, how disappointing we were this season and what is presumably a tight salary cap, it makes sense that the right thing to do right now is take the best kids available to us in the draft.
It recently struck me how important seemingly low key trades for guys like Elliot Yeo, Jamie Cripps, Jack Redden (I suppose that was a late first rounder) were to building that premiership team. We've been relatively active in recent off-seasons trading in semi-developed talents in Witherden, Langdon and Sam Petrevski-Seton to plug a hole in our list in the 21-25 year old range, but none of them project as being top 10 on the list type players. If we want to continue this period of sustained success, we need to opportunistically look at plucking talent from other clubs - preferably before they hit their straps (ala Tim Kelly). I reckon you can bet your bottom dollar the club will adopt this strategy going forward, but it got me thinking, which players out there could be our next Elliot Yeo type trade?
I've had a crack at compiling a list of realistic targets that fit the bill of being from WA, may not cost the world to bring back (if we strike a trade at the right time of their careers) but could project to be top 10-15 players on our list for a sustained period of time.
Relatively gettable:
Brandan Starcevich (BRIS)
Devon Robertson (BRIS)
Zac Fisher (CARL)
Sam Powell-Pepper (PORT)
Jeremy Sharp (GCS)
Wil Powell (GCS)
Trent Rivers (MELB)
Tim English (WB)
Chad Warner (SYD)
Riley Garcia (WB)
Some more speculative talents:
Jack Carroll (CARL)
Shannon Neale (GEEL)
Tyler Brockman (HAW)
Probably too talented and therefore expensive:
Sam Taylor (GWS)
Luke Jackson (MELB)
Mitch Georgiades (PORT)
Shai Bolton (RICH)
Logan MacDonald (SYD)
That's my crack at compiling a bit of a snapshot of what's out there - it's not necessarily my own personal wishlist. Personally, the types I'd be most interested in are guys like Starcevich, Powell and SPP - although I do have a suspicion that our need to replace Naitanui before long means we will at least be asking the question of Tim English.
Are there any I've missed?
Hahaha what?So did Tom Rockcliff or however you spell that dickheads name piss in Yeos beer? and thats why he came home?
I heard it somewhere....probs some numpty on hereHahaha what?
So did Tom Rockcliff or however you spell that dickheads name piss in Yeos beer? and thats why he came home?
Didn’t he follow the Purples, surprised he would nominated us.
He has surprised me as firstly in his draft year I didn’t rate him that highly as I thought he was not clean enough by hand and his skill set was ok but not great. Secondly I was also surprised when Brisbane drafted him so early, I thought that was a bit of a head scratcher.
Wind time forward - his selection where he was taken was an astute decision by Brisbane and he has really blossomed as a player.
He has a hard edge to his game that I like, very competitive young man.
Would like him at West Coast but can’t see it happening.
Imagine being led by Rockliff and ZorkoIt wasn't Yeo, and he didn't piss in it, but to my understanding he did piss on cans that some youngsters were about to drink.
"Marking his territory" - some people are just tosspots and you can't do much about it.
Meanwhile the coach was sacked, the board went to war with itself and Rockliff was never brought into line.
The generation of lost talent trading out from the Lions is what followed.
Put your head in a crack. Sorted
Would love him at WCE i remember me and you debating him i am a big fan.
He is also one of the quickest defenders in the league.
Tom Joyce is another from Brisbane I would love been injury prone but has great talent,
elite user of the footy
Joyce is one I'd sign to my state league team, but not someone I have that vision where I can see that clear path to a best-22 spot.
Why? Defensively he hasn't been all that impressive in the VFL games I've seen. Pressure and tackling on the weak side.
Speaking to a few mates here who are Swans fans, they are a little concerned over Logan wanting to go home. Would be ideal JK replacement to play alongside Oscar for the next decade.
Expect Freo to make a massive play as well given their needs.
My thoughts on trading: you are getting a safer player as you know they are proven more than a draftee at AFL level. However you dont always get a better player. Whether the draft pick traded out turns good, or the player you bring in doesn't work in your system, is content on returning home etc. etc.How many of Melbourne's flag team were from other clubs?
Langdon
Ben Brown
may
lever
prob more than us in 18'
The thing with trading is to work out just before your window opens.
Otherwise its like us in 00,01 getting collica, prior, sierakowski etc