Nathan Thompson?

[RoosterLad]

Maybe we can sign Scotty West as well.

 

[relapse]

Maybe we can sign Scotty West as well.

hahahaha and jess sinclair too

 

[dplggr47]

no way, hosay!

 

[JunX]

God I hope the crows dont look at him.

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[tinman]

The Roos got good service from him. Well sort of, but we don't need a palyer with that age coming to our club.

You're kidding aren't you? What did they get out of him, 60 games?

For picks 10 and 26.....

I'm not convinced.

 

[RoosterLad]

God I hope the crows dont look at him.

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Hahahah that is an awesome facepalm.

 

[getout]

You're kidding aren't you? What did they get out of him, 60 games?

For picks 10 and 26.....

I'm not convinced.

Yes, that was my point. But they did get one good year out of him.
Put it this way, he kicked about 30 more goals in that good year than Anthony Rocca ever has at Collingwood, and he's been there for how many years??

And no, I'm not suggesting we get either of them. Just stating that Nathan T didn't go too badly.

 

[showdownhero]

I'd be pretty depressed if we signed Thompson.

i lolled

 

[adelaide_40]

hahahaha and jess sinclair too

dont forget Damien Pevrill

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I know what you will all say, that he is a pass, because he is over 30 and is coming off a knee reconstruction yes, but he is a massive unit, may have atleast 2 years left in him, is he worth a punt. Won't take much to get him, around late 60's would pick him up, should the Crows make a move for him. Strong marking tall foward, would be useful for a couple of years you would think.

Yeah, you are right - PASS!

It's not like he is a gun (struggled to get a game for Roos) & would only block the development of Walker, Tippett, Sellar & Co.

Would mean getting rid of Gill &/or Hentchel, who I would prefer to keep over Thompson.

 

[Trucklover]

Is it worth drafting a vetera forward like Nathan Thompson

I think we should try and coax Nathan Thompson out of retirement. Wouldnt expect hi to do much but he would take the oppositions best defender every game freeing up tippet and walker. Evan if he struggles to kick 20 goals for the season it will help the other young key forwards kick at least 20-30 more goals. think of it this way at the moment if we took on Geelong and we had Thompson Scarlett would definatly go to Tippet leaving someone like HArley or Taylor to go to Tippet Tippet is far to big for those two and neither are anywhere near as good as Scarlett in one on one contests to take tippet. i believe he would definatly be worth giving a one year contract. It would help in the development of tippet walker and seller hugely as they would not have to worry about aking the best defender every week.

anyone agree?

 

[Alex99]

Re: Is it worth drafting a vetera forward like Nathan Thompson

Na - Trent Hentschel can do that exact same role, and if Trent is injured then Scott Stevens or Nick Gill could do that same thing.

 

[J-Ro-20]

Re: Is it worth drafting a vetera forward like Nathan Thompson

nah sorry mate cant agree there. I used to be one of those 'we should pick him up' types of people, but if you look ahead it would only stunt the growth and game time for the next tier of young crows forwards.

bring on the draft...

 

[chickawah]

Re: Is it worth drafting a vetera forward like Nathan Thompson

I found that incredibly difficult to read, but I think I got the gist of it. To answer your question. NO! WE SHOULD STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM HIM AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. Wasn't there a thread like this about a month ago??

 

[maccas_no1]

Re: Is it worth drafting a vetera forward like Nathan Thompson

More backwards than me moving back to Adelaide

 

[Hondo]

Re: Is it worth drafting a vetera forward like Nathan Thompson

No

I am sure this has come up before?

 

[relapse]

Re: Is it worth drafting a vetera forward like Nathan Thompson

Yeah it has been raised before it is far easier for Vic club to give a player like Thompson a life line. For the crows we would have to help the cost with relocation to Adelaide etc, would be a far greater expense than the potential reward IMO. Just have a look at his stats for North, I definately wouldnt be saying they are impressive and it is arguable for the price they paid for him that he was a bust.

I recon he was massively overrated. It would be a huge cost and to be honest he just isnt worth it.

 

[Sir Vlado]

Re: Is it worth drafting a vetera forward like Nathan Thompson

Of course not.

I wouldn't even imagine anyone considering it.

 

[Zvim]

You're kidding aren't you? What did they get out of him, 60 games?

For picks 10 and 26.....

I'm not convinced.

We didn't value that draft highly. Pick 10 was Egan, Collingwood likely to de-list him and 26 was Little I think who they de-listed. We got more out of that trade than the people who ended up with those picks.

Average life-span of a first round pick is 3 years. He would have given us more than 60 games without the knee injury.

We paid a premium because he was contracted. I think we did well out of that trade.

Hay we got screwed with...

He could probably go for a year or two but with Josh Smith, Tarrant, Hale and Hansen all showing a fair bit of potential for the future it is counter-productive for us to hold on to him and probably for anyone else who has young key forwards as well.