James Aish

[Mattrox]

An area of dire need ?? Didnt realise he was a key defender.

We can't have more than one area of dire need? [emoji102]

 

[DangerSloane]

We can't have more than one area of dire need? [emoji102]

Sorry what area of dire need does Aish fill?
If you say outside run/speed I'm going to laugh at you...because he sure hasnt been playing like that type of player for Brisbane and hes not that fast.

 

[DangerSloane]

Now Aish is going to be Pendlebury....far out, talk about getting way ahead of yourself.

 

[hey shorty]

We can't have more than one area of dire need? [emoji102]

My point was he doesnt fill a need. We have a stack of good mids not playing right now, and 2 on the injury list. Is he better than Grigg or Lyons ?? Not right now but chances are he will be of course. But that still leaves Crouch x2 and Kerridge not in the team that he would be behind.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Question for those draft minded folk. At this early stage who are the best mids in this draft year and are any of them SA lads.

Love to have Aish but is there anything in our system worth looking at

SA not so strong this year but Phillips is a gun coach...viccountry will win the champs....best 2 mids from them that suit us tucker and parish will be gone by our pick... Northern states academies will snaffle their best (nsw kids the strongest so gws and Sydney will get those ) SA has tahana but he is small a defensive mid or shut down small /medium like luke brown and we have plenty of those .... Getting aish with out first pick and a swap of 2nd and 3rd rounds with Brisbane would be a massive win

 

[Mattrox]

Sorry what area of dire need does Aish fill?
If you say outside run/speed I'm going to laugh at you...because he sure hasnt been playing like that type of player for Brisbane and hes not that fast.

We missed 2 years of drafting properly. His age profile along with his actual football fill a dire need. You are painting him as an above average footballer, and he's shown that he's a class above that. He'd improve our side immediately.

I'm not advocating spending 2 1st round picks on him. Clearly a 1st rounder plus a sweetner is what we'd offer.

 

[DangerSloane]

We missed 2 years of drafting properly. His age profile along with his actual football fill a dire need. You are painting him as an above average footballer, and he's shown that he's a class above that. He'd improve our side immediately.

I'm not advocating spending 2 1st round picks on him. Clearly a 1st rounder plus a sweetner is what we'd offer.

Ah so we're picking him because of his age?
I mean the age profile thing makes sense, but you dont forgo a possible better opportunity because of 1 or 2 years age differnce in 1 of your 44 players.

 

[Mattrox]

My point was he doesnt fill a need. We have a stack of good mids not playing right now, and 2 on the injury list. Is he better than Grigg or Lyons ?? Not right now but chances are he will be of course. But that still leaves Crouch x2 and Kerridge not in the team that he would be behind.

We probably don't need all of Crouch, Lyons an Grigg. He's a different player than Crouch. He'd be in front of Crouch and Lyons until Thommo retires. He's better than Kerridge. He's shown more than Grigg so far IMO.

 

[Mattrox]

Ah so we're picking him because of his age?
I mean the age profile thing makes sense, but you dont forgo a possible better opportunity because of 1 or 2 years age differnce in 1 of your 44 players.

We are picking him because he is a very good footballer and would immediately make us a better team. We also will have a hole to fill in 3 to 5 years as the current young crop either succumb to injury or don't make it. We would be negligent if we didn't have a red hot crack at getting him now.

 

[hey shorty]

This could be our next 'Pavlich' moment. Here we have a young gun SA footballer who wants out of his club, do we back ourselves in at the draft and watch him go on or do we this time have a massive go and get him home.

He wont be as good as Pav, not many have been but the premise remains. Also given our club losing out in bidding wars in recent times we have to make a stand. This off season will be the first real test of how far we've come.

Im all for getting him, thats not the question. The question is how much.

 

[DangerSloane]

This could be our next 'Pavlich' moment. Here we have a young gun SA footballer who wants out of his club, do we back ourselves in at the draft and watch him go on or do we this time have a massive go and get him home.

He wont be as good as Pav, not many have been but the premise remains. Also given our club losing out in bidding wars in recent times we have to make a stand. This off season will be the first real test of how far we've come.

Im all for getting him, thats not the question. The question is how much.

This.
The asking price + intense competition means we'd have to overpay.
Not paying premium prices for an average footballer.

 

[Vader]

My point was he doesnt fill a need. We have a stack of good mids not playing right now, and 2 on the injury list. Is he better than Grigg or Lyons ?? Not right now but chances are he will be of course. But that still leaves Crouch x2 and Kerridge not in the team that he would be behind.

Comfortably better than both.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

This.
The asking price + intense competition means we'd have to overpay.
Not paying premium prices for an average footballer.

Prob don't need to over pay if he's keen to cone home and if he nominates us as his club of choice it further enhances

Brisbane will be keen on trading in a key fwd with
our pick , maybe an Aaron black or a vickery and they will want something else as well

 

[Bring back Bas]

I think some on here are over rating the value of draft picks. The way some people are talking they expect every early pick to turn into Patrick Dangerfield. I know by entering the draft you give yourself the chance of picking up a Danger, but you also run the risk of picking up a James Sellar.

James Aish isn't Dangerfield quality and probably never will be (few are) but possibly he could be, it is too early to say. I think all that Aish has so far proven that he is not a James Sellar. Therefore, his value has increased from when Brisbane used pick 7 on him (at the very least it has not gone down).

So the question is what would we give up for pick 7 in this years draft? Because that is the minimum value of Aish. If we get him for anything less than that we win out of the deal.

 

[Vader]

This.
The asking price + intense competition means we'd have to overpay.
Not paying premium prices for an average footballer.

No objection to not paying premium prices for an average player. Aish is not an average player. The price I have quoted (1st pick + sweetener) is completely fair for a player of his quality.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I say we start a bidding war and let him go to the highest bidder.

There won't be a war, isn't that what you're saying?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

This.
The asking price + intense competition means we'd have to overpay.
Not paying premium prices for an average footballer.

I'm really not following your logic here

Why is there intense competition and high asking price for an average footballer?

There'd only be intense competition if you're wrong about him.

 

[DangerSloane]

I'm really not following your logic here

Why is there intense competition and high asking price for an average footballer?

There'd only be intense competition if you're wrong about him.

Because hes young and available...

Average footballers move all the time...and often have multiple suitors.

 

[Mattrox]

Because hes young and available...

Average footballers move all the time...and often have multiple suitors.

So was Battersby at the end of last year.

 

[GROTTO]

Our second rounder will be locked out of the equation before trade week even begins. Ben Keays - academy player.

Thanks mate. I know it cant be easy reading about the possibility of Aish leaving, but we are also going through as you know the same process with Dangerfield. The wheel does turn though, I thought last year you guys did well in the draft. Hopefully you have a few decent QLD players wanting to come home. There is the possibility that the Swans may release Tippett to ease their draft issues, present to him a $1.2m deal per year and he will come.

 

[blueiris]

Prob don't need to over pay if he's keen to cone home and if he nominates us as his club of choice it further enhances

Brisbane will be keen on trading in a key fwd with
our pick , maybe an Aaron black or a vickery and they will want something else as well

I'd personally prefer the kids we have them Black or Vickery

 

[Elite Crow]

So you're assuming that Aish will cement his spot in the team?

We can fit him in, but whether we want to is another question.

Also if you think he'd be on the same money as Lyons etc after paying a first round pick and possibly more...you're kidding yourself.

Yes I am assuming he will cement his spot, did you need to ask that?

As for income, where did I say I expect him to receive Lyons wage?

 

[Elite Crow]

Because hes young and available...

Average footballers move all the time...and often have multiple suitors.

You need to stop, you are hurting my eyes

 

[Captain Morgan]

This could be our next 'Pavlich' moment. Here we have a young gun SA footballer who wants out of his club, do we back ourselves in at the draft and watch him go on or do we this time have a massive go and get him home.

He wont be as good as Pav, not many have been but the premise remains. Also given our club losing out in bidding wars in recent times we have to make a stand. This off season will be the first real test of how far we've come.

Im all for getting him, thats not the question. The question is how much.

Yep let's do it. Let's get pav.

In all seriousness though, I believe judd is available and has a few good years left.

 

[Bicks]

Question for those draft minded folk. At this early stage who are the best mids in this draft year and are any of them SA lads.

Love to have Aish but is there anything in our system worth looking at

I think SA's only chance of having a player go in the top 10 this time is KPF Ryan Burton, can't really see any outstanding SA midfielders likely to go 1st round, one pacey midfielder worth a look could be Luke Partington probably go late 1st round or even 2nd round.