Midfield needs a Cleanout

[Dave The Man]

Well accept for Pendles and Wellingham we don't have any half decesent Mids.


The players need to DeList or Trade form the Midfielder are:

R Shaw
B Johnson
Lonie
OBree
Swan
Egan
Holland
Cook

 

[Bloben]

Dave, Swan is one of our best players. Definitely should not be in that list.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Well accept for Pendles and Wellingham we don't have any half decesent Mids.


The players need to DeList or Trade form the Midfielder are:

R Shaw
B Johnson
Lonie
OBree
Swan
Egan
Holland
Cook

O'Bree will get another year then be asked to retire gracefully.
Swan is too important to lose and too valuable
Cook is young and needs to be given a go

The rest I am happy to see the back of.

 

[swiftdog]

Egan, Holland and Lonie should be gone at years end. Shaw butchers the ball but at least he can find it and he provides us with a little bit of dash. Throw Johnson a lifeline as a tagger. Getting rid of Swan is laughable, even though he can't kick. Cook just needs a go, or maybe trade him (Cook and a dp for Prismall perhaps??). I would like to see Thomas and Clarke given more of a chance through there. Finally, train Toovey up to be a tagger.

 

[Dave The Man]

Dave, Swan is one of our best players. Definitely should not be in that list.

Well I thought if we trade hard to get more picks mostly 2nd Rounder.

Kids we could get in 2nd round if we had 1 or more picks there are:
Roughead
Lisles
N Jetta
Do Boer
Swift
Lynch
Rockiff

 

[WakeUpPies]

Take Swan off the list and i agree.

Specially BJ, what the hell can he do? he can't even outun ruckmen anymore.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

The players need to DeList or Trade form the Midfielder are:

R Shaw
B Johnson
Lonie
OBree
Swan
Egan
Holland
Cook

It always depends on price, but I wouldn't be looking to trade R Shaw, Swan or O'Bree. Cook wouldn't attract any interest, IMHO. Holland will likely retire.

Egan, Lonie and Johnson should be shopped around. I'd add to that a few rebounding defenders as well, but this thread's about the mids.

 

[Shellz]

Take Shaw and Swan off that list and come back to me.

 

[Dave The Man]

It always depends on price, but I wouldn't be looking to trade R Shaw, Swan or O'Bree. Cook wouldn't attract any interest, IMHO. Holland will likely retire.

Egan, Lonie and Johnson should be shopped around. I'd add to that a few rebounding defenders as well, but this thread's about the mids.

Like Who Royal Sampler?

 

[sunnyTEE]

For all Shaw's diposal issues, the man has heart and ALWAYS give 100%.

If only a few others had his application.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Like Who Royal Sampler?

Cox, Toovey and Maxwell, IMHO. Maxwell is no chance of being traded in reality though.

 

[Dave The Man]

Cox, Toovey and Maxwell, IMHO. Maxwell is no chance of being traded in reality though.

I would agree with that - I don't think anyone would Want Toovey those

 

[M-Train]

For all Shaw's diposal issues, the man has heart and ALWAYS give 100%.

If only a few others had his application.

Doesnt mean sh*t!

Im sure every player always gives 100% but at the end of the day, if you are not good enough, you are NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

THE SOONER PLAYERS LIKE R SHAW ARE OFF THE LIST THE BETTER WE BECOME...... R SHAW WILL NEVER BE PART OF PREMIERSHIP TEAM.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

I would agree with that - I don't think anyone would Want Toovey those

You never know, there's always Freo and Toovey's a WA boy.

 

[Swooop]

Gotta love these threads, we lost a game, let's bring out the knives, go for the usual scapegoats. I'm glad you guys aren'y anywhere close to the powers at Collingwood.

The reality is Essendon have been playing good footy, we haven't and the umpires did us no favours. So be it.

 

[Jabso]

Well accept for Pendles and Wellingham we don't have any half decesent Mids.


The players need to DeList or Trade form the Midfielder are:

R Shaw
B Johnson
Lonie
OBree
Swan
Egan
Holland
Cook

So we're planning to play without a midfield?

 

[The Royal Sampler]

You're right, Swoop, let's not address the deficiencies in our side, we'll just blame the umpires.

 

[PendlePie]

Our gun midfielders are Swan, Pendlebury and Didak, with some youngsters like Wellingham and Cook coming through. Get rid of Johnson, Egan, Lonie and Holland, as they offer us nothing. O'Bree is too important to let go at this point in time so we should hold onto him.

We should offer Egan + first round pick + third round pick for Daniel Kerr. If that doesn't work then offer Egan + second rounder for Prismall, and draft a gun inside midfielder with out first pick.

 

[Jabso]

You're right, Swoop, let's not address the deficiencies in our side, we'll just blame the umpires.

We should do both. They have screwed us in the last two games. Nothing you can do about it though and you only get branded a whinger.

No one will want Egan that much at all. I like him, but fair dinkum think about it.

I'd give up Davis and 1st rounder for Kerr or maybe even more if need be. Nothing against Davis but Kerr ain't going to go easily and you have to give up quality to get quality.

 

[PendlePie]

We should do both. They have screwed us in the last two games. Nothing you can do about it though and you only get branded a whinger.

The umpires did not put Essendon 32 points up within 10 minutes of the first quarter yesterday.

 

[hellfire]

Our gun midfielders are Swan, Pendlebury and Didak, with some youngsters like Wellingham and Cook coming through. Get rid of Johnson, Egan, Lonie and Holland, as they offer us nothing. O'Bree is too important to let go at this point in time so we should hold onto him.

We should offer Egan + first round pick + third round pick for Daniel Kerr. If that doesn't work then offer Egan + second rounder for Prismall, and draft a gun inside midfielder with out first pick.

Can't see Egan getting us Kerr, although they probably do need a crumbing type of player. If we were to offer Egan, it would have to be with our 1st and 2nd rounders. I'd certainly do it, given our surplus in the small forward area. We should go for Prismall too, and Cousins.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

If we don't get Cousins for 2009 we've got rocks in our head*.

*assuming the hierarchy are content with his rehab and fitness.

 

[MightyRoar]

Gotta love these threads, we lost a game, let's bring out the knives, go for the usual scapegoats. I'm glad you guys aren'y anywhere close to the powers at Collingwood.

The reality is Essendon have been playing good footy, we haven't and the umpires did us no favours. So be it.

That is true Swooop....Essendon played a far better brand of footy, but the reality is we need a big clean out come years end!! Our mids are too slow....although Wood and Bryan have been honest in the ruck this year, we need to chase another ruckman and we need another KP backman!!

Out of our midfielders, only Pendles, Swan and Wellingham will and should be safe........Johnson and Shaw should be thrown around come draft time. Lonie and Egan aren't worth a pinch of shit, Obree has been an honest footballer for us and I'd imagine will have 2 years left in him, no use trading him cause he's getting too old. Holland is gone and Cook, well you could thrown him up come trade time to.....I know he's only young but he aint gunna b an awesome midfielder and be able to provide us with wat we need!!

So reality is that we need to chase prob 2 good quick mids during trade period and bite the bullet by having a big clean out...........too many players of the same mold at Collingwood!!

 

[Jabso]

If we don't get Cousins for 2009 we've got rocks in our head*.

*assuming the hierarchy are content with his rehab and fitness.

Or Cousins has got rocks of a certain substance in his pocket.

 

[Marklar_33]

So we're planning to play without a midfield?

It has worked at times this year...