Mark Blake vs Shane Mumford

[GrandBlue]

Which ruckman do you think Geelong should keep? I here a lot of people in the trade thread saying Shane Mumford should be traded but I think he has a lot more upside to him as he's got a lot more hunger to get involved in contests and possess the ball, unlike Blake whom I think is a dud because he does everything he can to make sure he doesn't get near the ball and only tries going for hitouts but Geelong showed they wanted to keep him... for some reason and as proof, got rid of Steven King. I also listed Ottens as a poll option because he's getting old and Geelong might want to choose youth over him.

Opinions?

 

[Rosella]

None of the above - why do you care anyway?

 

[GrandBlue]

I'm suuuure you would know of Geelong's sallary cap situation. You can't have too many good players in one side and the Gold Coast are very hungry for some gun players. Geelong's main ruck duo are Brad Ottens and Mark Blake but after Shane Mumford has proven he can play football and do a pretty decent job, he's going to want to be paid more money but at the situation Geelong's in, they can't pay him what he's worth because they're already loaded with very good, underpaid players.

One ruckman has to go, Trent West is a clear depth ruckman who's hardly being paid so Geelong would look to shoo one of them away.

 

[scooter22]

What about Trent West? he would probably have more trade value than blake.

 

[GrandBlue]

What about Trent West? he would probably have more trade value than blake.

As I mentioned in the previous post, he's a depth player that is hardly getting paid anything anyway. He's no exeptional player so you just have a cheapie like him as a backup. Someone like Mumford though, has proved he can play at AFL level day in and day out so he'd going to want more cash. Mark Blake is rather overpaid as well.