Moran to Crows confirmed

[Truck Rutten]

Has just come up on the trades board at Telstra Dome according to SEN.

For pick 37, so essentially we got Moran for Meesen.

 

[Gets!]

Good.



Edit: Now for Symes.

 

[brown30]

Losing Meesen for 37 was terrible - getting Moran is excellent.

Happy with that, very happy.

 

[Cap]

beat me too it. although i did put it in another thread

 

[jo172]

Well in that case I think we've done quite well. We've shipped of a 199cm big man with intensity issues for a taller, faster big man with intensity issues

Except I have alot more faith in Moran as he's only been playing the game for 3 years.

Welcome Brad

 

[BunjiMac]

I'm happy enough with that.

 

[ruscy002]

For pick 37, so essentially we got Moran for Meesen.

This leaves me feeling, well, indifferent? Probably a safer bet than using 37 in the draft but he seems like an unnecessary player given our list.

I always like to be wrong when I say something like that though...

 

[Embers]

You won that trade easily. Well done

 

[-VC-]

Quite happy with this as he has tremendous upside for a bloke who's not been playing the game that long.

I was certainly encouraged by a couple of his AFL games.

 

[BockPorplyziaFC]

Honestly dont know a lot about him, remember the media he got a few years back but thats all.

Sounds like theres something there, good luck to him. Not dissapointed with this one.

And we didnt have to give up Douglas, Knights, or rutten lol

 

[Cap]

Well in that case I think we've done quite well. We've shipped of a 199cm big man with intensity issues for a taller, faster big man with intensity issues

Except I have alot more faith in Moran as he's only been playing the game for 3 years.

Welcome Brad

and he has played 1 more game.

 

[Stiffy_18]

This leaves me feeling, well, indifferent? Probably a safer bet than using 37 in the draft but he seems like an unnecessary player given our list.

I always like to be wrong when I say something like that though...

Personally, I am indifferent to this trade!

I guess he is a safer get than someone at 37 and as I said somewhere else, with departures of Hudson and Meesen we definetly needed another ruckman on our list so that Tippett can be developed as a permanent forward.

If we didn't pick him up, no big deal but it is overall a decent trade because you at least know this kid has played some solid games at AFL and VFL level.

I do wonder though, it would appear to me that his pace, agility and ability to play in defence was a major drawing card for us. Are we still traumatised by what Franklin did to us in the elimination final

Would have been nicer to get him for pick 43 but overall a solid deal.

It will now be interesting to see what happens with Symes. I get the feeling this one will be a last minute trade. Port will milk it for all its worth.

 

[bus24]

Good

Certainly worth the risk for a 3rd rounder.

 

[-CG-]

Happy with the deal Essentially getting Moran for Meesen is a winner. Moran has shown a little more than Meesen and has the speed and agility which big guys often lack. Looking forward to seeing him at pre season training

 

[Gets!]

I think we will turn him into a KPP.

Another good thing is that Moran CAN play ruck if needed, which frees Tippett and Sellar up to focus on being forwards and forwards alone.

 

[J-Ro-20]

YEEEHAAA! Welcome aboard Moran! now lets get symes craigy...

 

[Jars458]

Quite happy with this as he has tremendous upside for a bloke who's not been playing the game that long.

I was certainly encouraged by a couple of his AFL games.

Apparantly quite full of himself which cant' hurt in some respects

Someone to watch over pre-season

Messen for Moran is not a bad deal given where we were in trading position.

 

[Dolemite]

(IMG:http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/03/03/cmBRADMORAN_wideweb__470x310.jpg)

BRAD Moran wants to be good. In his Arden Street locker, the English-born 20-year-old keeps a diary filled with notes from every training session he does. He asks his coaches for their thoughts, adds them in, and knows the book will be there should he ever start wondering why things aren't going well.

"I did it mainly because, if I'm going to have a bad patch, I can always look back and say 'what was I doing in that good patch there that's so different to now?' " Moran said.

"A lot of guys keep diaries, but they mostly use it to write down what they've got on that day. I like to write down my thoughts on the day, and the things I'm not going to remember.

"You always know you're going to have skills at 2pm on a Friday, but you're not going to remember that you lost confidence that day because you missed a couple of targets. It's the fine print that's important. I want to stay on top of that."

Nor does he like to dwell on the good times. Moran got the ball 21 times in his debut game for the Kangaroos, in round 21 last year. He grabbed 10 marks, had 10 hitouts, and won a Rising Star nomination. It was less than five years after migrating from England to the Gold Coast, and less than four years after kicking a football for the first time.

But Moran hasn't let himself watch the game again. Even his mother spent that day with her head in her hands, too nervous to watch. She's better now: a clip of Brad produced for his Rising Star nomination gets a run on her iPod at least three times each day.

"I'll watch it eventually, but I suppose that straight after, I didn't want to milk it and keep watching it and rely on it. It was probably a bit silly of me not to try and take some confidence from it, but it actually made me more nervous about this year," Moran said.

"A lot of people would think, 'I played in the last two games, I should be right to play every game this year'. There's all sorts of pressure coming from everywhere, and even if you're playing well you're thinking, 'what now, do I have to become, like, this good?'

"There's all sorts of thoughts going through your mind, and that's probably the reason I haven't watched it yet. I basically just want to keep getting better."

He can also remember, vividly, the long days leading to that impressive arrival. When Moran moved to Melbourne, he knew no one, and decided to live on his own. It wasn't a wise choice. "I'd just go home and think," he said. "I'd end up thinking about how much I was thinking."

His older brother, Matt, has since moved down with his girlfriend, as have a couple of friends, which has prompted a small support network, and reminded Moran what it's like to have people around who can read you.

"Matt can pick things up about me just by my body language when I walk through the door," he said. "It's annoying, when someone knows so much about you and you can't hide it, but it's good to have someone who knows you.

"My brother's probably the one who's taught me more about North Melbourne than anyone. He's watched footy for less time than I have, but he picks up so much.

"He did a lot of research on North, and where they've come from. He could probably name the team of the century and the team of the 70s and 80s. He has a mind for that stuff."

Moran understands more about his club too, now, but did not get to wear blue and white stripes nearly as quickly as he had hoped: naively, he arrived thinking he would probably play a game or two in his first season. Instead, he started at Port Melbourne, in the VFL reserves, and learnt to plot and assess his progress with (a little) less ambition.

He did the same last year. Playing for Tasmania, a run of good games turned into a run of ordinary ones, and a lot of bench time. Moran slipped in the first mouthguard he had ever worn and decided that if he wasn't going to play well in a match against Werribee, he would still make sure he was seen.

"I took the mouthguard out at quarter-time because it was cutting my mouth to pieces. But I knew I was in for a physical game," he said. "I thought 'look, if I'm not going to play well, I'm going to go out there and hurt some people and just win the ruck and have a dominant presence on the ground'.

"That's how I was thinking, but things started go my way. I remember I just ran back into a pack early, and took a mark, and got smashed from behind.

"I got up and the hairs were standing up on the back of my neck. I thought, 'that felt pretty good'. From then on I probably took four marks in the next 10 minutes and that set me up. From there I just felt everything start to come together again."

That's not to say things must keep happening at once, from here. "People have always said you need to get some early touches in a game to get going and be all right," Moran said. " In my debut game I touched the ball twice in the first quarter and had 21 for the day, so it's not all downhill if you don't get started straight away."

 

[Slamin]

Well done.

I am happy with that. Pick 37 and we know what we have to work with. If we work with him properly I think he can turn into something very usefull.

Well done

 

[ICanDressMyself]

Happy with this

 

[ruscy002]

I think we will turn him into a KPP.

Another good thing is that Moran CAN play ruck if needed, which frees Tippett and Sellar up to focus on being forwards and forwards alone.

As I said in the thread I started about playing 3 ruckmen, we need a defensive monster to combat the ruck monsters that get dropped back into the opposition forward line, guys like Ottens, Cox/Seaby, Lade etc. This is something that has really hurt us.

If this guy's pace, endurance etc is as good as we've heard then turning him into a KP defender who can ruck a bit is a bloody good move.

Effectively, if you put it into terms that we traded Meesen for Moran I think we've won.

 

[Mad Dog]

so effectively Meesen for The Used Car Salesman...

meh - let's hope it works out for all concerned.

welcome to the AFC Bob



Pick 37 is pretty much "ham sandwich" territory in the ND - so it's good to have someone who has actually already been in the system

 

[Cap]

Apparantly quite full of himself which cant' hurt in some respects

Someone to watch over pre-season

Messen for Moran is not a bad deal given where we were in trading position.

thank god - we need another 1 or 2 of them who can actually play football.

 

[macca23]

Would have been nicer to get him for pick 43 but overall a solid deal.

It will now be interesting to see what happens with Symes. I get the feeling this one will be a last minute trade. Port will milk it for all its worth.

I was hoping that we'd keep that pick as well Stiiffy, and use 43 as you've suggested.

IMO Symes will still become a Crow, but as you say, Port are likely to drag it out to the deathknock.

 

[McLeodMagic]

Never seen him play before but seems a decent sort of deal.