List Mgmt. List Management Thread

[Velvet George]

Yep.

We have the luxury of hindsight, now. McAndrew has certainly taken the next step, which we weren't certain about.

The club has clearly seen the ruck as the least important position to spend draft picks and trade capital on. Ruck succession plan has been a back-burner thing.

With Thilly and recently Turray both having the ability to relief ruck. And McAndrew doing well against Xerri we seem to have a succession plan.

I have the feeling we all hope ROB is break glass option. I hope we skimped on $$ for that last year though.

I will always wonder if we would have caved into a 3 year deal if we knew the ruck rules were about to change.

Maybe we are in a position to look at a McAndrew understudy in case of injury or illness?

Hindsight has nothing to do with it, there was enough noise that the ruck rules were going to change.

As for the club seeing the ruck as the least important position is not an excuse to give ROB 3 years, it’s the stupid list position that made it a necessity to give ROB 3 years, we felt we had no choice, McAndrew hadn’t played a game for us yet.

We are just lucky Strachan got injured and McAndrew was overlooked by every club and was lining up to play for Norwood.

 

[Vader]

Shocking decision to give him that contract.

Hindsight's a wonderful thing. Pity we didn't know the AFL were going to change the rules, completely neutering ROB's game, when signing that contract.

 

[Scorpus]

We could have played McAndrew last year to see if he was any good and that could have informed our contract decision with ROB

 

[Cromulant]

The problem is that if we select someone for 6 months that puts pressure on the coaches to select him. Which would mean that if an opportunity arises, instead of selecting Dowling or Edwards who are starved of opportunity at the moment, we’d be giving games to a player who is unlikely to progress.

Selecting him would also signal that we put him ahead of Dowling or Edwards on the depth chart, which is concerning.

Drury has probably been in as good of form as the other 2 in his time here, and is only marginally older

 

[Soggy2112]

Drury has probably been in as good of form as the other 2 in his time here, and is only marginally older

Reserves form and potential at AFL level are not necessarily the same thing.

 

[Velvet George]

Hindsight's a wonderful thing. Pity we didn't know the AFL were going to change the rules, completely neutering ROB's game, when signing that contract.

Bullshit. There was noise it was changing. Given McAndrew hadn’t played a game for us yet, we were always going to re-sign ROB.

 

[Cromulant]

Reserves form and potential at AFL level are not necessarily the same thing.

Of course, but he'd be at the same level as the other 2.

 

[1990crow]

Bullshit. There was noise it was changing. Given McAndrew hadn’t played a game for us yet, we were always going to re-sign ROB.

I presumed Vader was being sarcastic. It was well known

 

[Crowtel]

I would think it’s unlikely that Tasmania would be interested in him. He’ll be 32 by then and the game appears to be moving past a player of his type.

ROB cant run and jump really which makes him weak at centre bounces and he hasn’t got the versatility to play forward.

If they are in the market for a veteran ruck I would imagine Marshall, who comes out of contract at the end of 2027, would be higher up their list. Alternatively, if they’re looking at who might be on the way out, Ladhams also comes out of contract in 2027 and has been putting up some big numbers in the VFL. He’s also younger and more athletic.

I doubt Tasmania are going to be looking to take on an inflated contract that they’ll have to trade for, when those two names will probably be available as free agents.

He can be their Jonathan Giles

 

[Mostyn]

Unless McAndrew or Murray get injured, I think Rob has played his last AFL game. Cannot see any other club being interested in him with a trade.

I kind of disagree.

He's a mature warm body who can immediately step into a club. We're seeing with Richmond, WCE, Essendon and others how thin the ruck depth is.

He's probably still in the top 25 or 30 ruckman in the league and that probably finds him a spot somewhere. Maybe not many games, but a list spot.

I just wonder if Toby Greene will leave, might not want to go to Victoria could be the sneakiest addition for us. Ontop of priority’s still.

He does want to go to Victoria. He's literally said that in the media already - the only question is when.

 

[ABAB]

RoB was always shit in CBA with or without the new ruck rule but was he was somewhat useful around the ground in stoppage. Now he is shit in both. Giving him 3 instead of 2 years was always a big risk but apparently McAndrew gave him credit for his development and rise so money well spent lol.