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The cats should try and get Preuss out of Melbourne. 25yrs old, solid pure ruckman who has learnt from Goldstein and now Gawn. I reckon he would be great for you guys.
You can have Vardy/Hickey.I'm not sure how much I rate him but we do need a ruckman.
You can have Vardy/Hickey.
They want to return to Geelong for family reasons.Too old for what we want I think.
They want to return to Geelong for family reasons.
Family reasons.Hickey is from QLD.
Do you want attention?Pure_Ownage stop swallowing the bait. SJ is a lame ass troll.
I'm not sure how much I rate him but we do need a ruckman.
Do Geelong fans have any concerns about the addition of more veterans? Smith will be 32 by next season. Higgins will turn 33 in March.
Jeremy Cameronis a longer-term acquisition obviously but are there any worries about skewing too old?PLAYERCARDSTART5Jeremy Cameron
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End of the day Geelong obviously see themselves in a window which they are. Theyll throw everything at it and if they get the result then the slow rebuild following will be worth it.
Got some decent draft picks but the core of your talent is heading in or in their twilight.We have 13, 15, 20 and 37 this year.
Got some decent draft picks but the core of your talent is heading in or in their twilight.
I mean don't get me wrong Smith, Higgins and definitely Cameron are really strong players.
But as someone who personally rates Menegola as one of league's best wingman, and with you guys having Duncan on the opposing wing, how much value do Higgins and Smith really make? Smith could arguably play half forward, but that's not really his natural position, and even his best position nowadays is barely above average. Higgins has played a lot of wing, and a little bit on the flank this year, but once again his natural position is inside mid, which I thought was why he was unsettled, but guess that is wrong.
The only player from that list I see having a genuine impact and upgrades your list is Cameron, the other 2 I still feel are quite redundant, makes your team softer and are simply big name recruits.
Also, next year your biggest obstacle is still Richmond. And your list is already much stronger than theirs, but their game plan just seems to overcome talent differential year after year after year. How much actual impact on performance would bringing in marginal upgrades at best make instead of adjusting your playstyle?
Who are your bottom 6?Can we not recruit players and adjust our playstyle as well?
Higgins and Smith are AFL standard players so it improves our bottom six, which as BF points out every year, is not that strong.
Do Geelong fans have any concerns about the addition of more veterans? Smith will be 32 by next season. Higgins will turn 33 in March.
Jeremy Cameronis a longer-term acquisition obviously but are there any worries about skewing too old?PLAYERCARDSTART5Jeremy Cameron
- Age
- 30
- Ht
- 196cm
- Wt
- 94kg
- Pos.
- Fwd
CareerSeasonLast 5
- D
- 12.5
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- K
- 9.0
- 3star
- HB
- 3.4
- 3star
- M
- 5.4
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- T
- 1.6
- 4star
- G
- 2.6
- 5star
- D
- 10.0
- 3star
- K
- 7.1
- 3star
- HB
- 2.9
- 2star
- M
- 4.6
- 4star
- T
- 2.0
- 3star
- G
- 1.9
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- D
- 8.2
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Who are your bottom 6?
I wouldn't think they're in the midfield. The 2 guys mentioned here are natural midfielders. They're capable on a flank/in other roles, but their position is definitely in the midfield.
So Higgins/Smith wouldn't even be competing against your "bottom 6"?
Not Cameron. But how many of your best 22 next year will be 30+?But for all intent and purposes we've turned Tim Kellyinto Jeremy CameronPLAYERCARDSTART11Tim Kelly
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PLAYERCARDEND(the cap space) and three late-ish 1st round picks. I'm not personally unhappy, do you think that's something cats supporters should be concerned about?PLAYERCARDSTART5Jeremy Cameron
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- 196cm
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- 94kg
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- Fwd
CareerSeasonLast 5
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- 9.0
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- K
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- HB
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- M
- 4.6
- 4star
- T
- 2.0
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Not Cameron. But how many of your best 22 next year will be 30+?
These days its pretty difficult to imagine Stephen Wells ever saying that.Too old for what we want I think.
I'm concerned about WC having that many guys 30+. If we went and added two more, people would be saying WTF?It'll be 11 assuming we sign Higgins, with Steven being a 12th if he gets his act together. It's probably 3-4 more than Westcoast will have, but to me, that's somewhat offset by having three extra 1st round picks in the current draft.