Opinion Non-Crows AFL 12: It's the confectionery with 1000 uses

[Kane McGoodwin]

Ralphy saying Leek Aliir going to st kilda on 750k for 4 years, GWS offered 2 x 400k

As I said earlier in the week, Saints have cap money to burn.

They would want to be smart about it though as the TDK offer is crazy imo.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

It was really interesting reading what was available around the "Code Sport" articles a week or so back

What most us average punters saw was there were 3 clubs that were difficult to deal with .. Essendon, Power and St Kilda

There was quite a bit more nuance to the series of articles that most of us didn't read or care about (get in here ams4crows )

What most people missed was that the article was nothing about trading

It was about dealing with players and their contracts. There was quite a bit of talk about how different clubs valued their players. And some clubs were more egalitarian than others

Basically, what it told us was the power value their top players and pay them a fortune, and pay everyone else SFA

Just need to look at Port's lack of depth to confirm this.

Though reckon Port are paying some average players like Lukosius & Ratugolea big coin too. Issue is they are not giving top performances.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

The Bulldogs do my head in - world beaters one week, shit the next. Yet another example that anyone can beat anyone on their day this year. What other years were like that?

1993
1997
1998

Dogs have a great attack, but very vulnerable in defence... so comes down fo how dominant their midfield is

 

[FR0GGY]

As I said earlier in the week, Saints have cap money to burn.

They would want to be smart about it though as the TDK offer is crazy imo.

If NAS goes they’ll have shitloads more

 

[Coopers]

Ralphy saying Leek Aliir going to st kilda on 750k for 4 years, GWS offered 2 x 400k

He "looks good" but you'd want him to break out and be "really bloody good" for that.

 

[spenze]

Dogs have a great attack, but very vulnerable in defence... so comes down fo how dominant their midfield is

Stop their HBFs and you go a long way to stopping the Doggies

 

[MRB37]

Ralphy saying Leek Aliir going to st kilda on 750k for 4 years, GWS offered 2 x 400k

Didn't learn their lesson on Dougal Howard?

 

[skam85]

Stop their HBFs and you go a long way to stopping the Doggies

yep we did exactly this to Bailey Dale

 

[FR0GGY]

yep we did exactly this to Bailey Dale

Port and Rioli tried as well but he stupidly did it post game.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Have they got short term memory of recent Dogs v Crows game...

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Dogs may still miss the finals.

 

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

Watching last night's game was strange for me. It felt like the Dogs dominated GWS way more than the Crows did to Port. Yet, in reality, the Crows won by a larger margin than the Dogs and kept Port to a lower score than GWS. The Dogs did have 4 more scoring shots than the Crows, but the Crows kicked 1 more goal.

Maybe it was because the Dogs blew GWS away early, whereas the Crows really widened the margin in the last quarter.

Either way though, it makes scoring 133 points in the weather conditions last Saturday night look ridiculously good.

 

[Mutineer]

What does Dylan Williams have to do to get a game with the Powa, killing it in the SANFL but even with Bergman and Luko going out doesn't get a sniff. Better than McEntee that's for sure.

 

[spenze]

Didn't learn their lesson on Dougal Howard?

Give it a rest, they have a great list manager now who hasn't left a team worse off than when he arrived

SOS

 

[Scorpus]

What does Dylan Williams have to do to get a game with the Powa, killing it in the SANFL but even with Bergman and Luko going out doesn't get a sniff. Better than McEntee that's for sure.

They must have flagged him as a delist already

 

[Mutineer]

They must have flagged him as a delist already

Reckon that could come back and bite them on the bum, reckon he'll have interest from other Vico clubs as a DFA.

 

[Cromulant]

What does Dylan Williams have to do to get a game with the Powa, killing it in the SANFL but even with Bergman and Luko going out doesn't get a sniff. Better than McEntee that's for sure.

Incredible really.

Hes easily good enough for their current lineup

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

They must have flagged him as a delist already

That would be truly bizarre given the number of average players on their list.

 

[Scorpus]

That would be truly bizarre given the number of average players on their list.

They already moved him to the rookie list so they probably don't rate him

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

They already moved him to the rookie list so they probably don't rate him

You could easily name half a dozen players before him to delist.

 

[Mutineer]

They already moved him to the rookie list so they probably don't rate him

Drafted as a forward but they've continued to play him in defence at SANFL level until recent weeks when switched forward he rattles the scoreboard big time...not great development by the Powa IMO. Elite kick and great composure right back to U18's

 

[Scorpus]

You could easily name half a dozen players before him to delist.

I mean sure I could. But I'm perfectly happy for Port to mismanage their list

 

[cleanhands]

Geelong to make it a bloody good weekend

 

[jbanger]

Geelong to make it a bloody good weekend

But not by too much, we need to preserve our percentage

 

[Geoffa32]

What does Dylan Williams have to do to get a game with the Powa, killing it in the SANFL but even with Bergman and Luko going out doesn't get a sniff. Better than McEntee that's for sure.

Buy a greyhound.

 

[FR0GGY]

Geelong to make it a bloody good weekend

By losing?