Mega Thread Random recruiting hypotheticals etc 2011 - II

[Silvagnis]

Trade week is hell.

Purplefremantledishwasher.

 

[zeeCFC]

is Ahmed Saad from the bullants an inside midfielder?

Probably closer to the complete opposite

 

[PooMonkey]

not even close....
he is a small forward

 

[I bleed Blue]

is Ahmed Saad from the bullants an inside midfielder?

Nope,Small forward. He actually had a really solid year and wouldnt be suprised if someone picks him up. Not really for us though as our small to medium forwards are really performing, but I dare say there will be a couple of clubs interested

 

[crane6]

Swans and Lions very keen on O'hAilpin

 

[Beloved]

is Ahmed Saad from the bullants an inside midfielder?

Oh lordy.

He's good around contested situations, but he ain't no inside midfielder.

 

[Juddrockz]

Swans and Lions very keen on O'hAilpin

Any idea what they're offering??

 

[Blue and Silver]

Any idea what they're offering??

Bidding war time!!!

Might get a low second rounder. But then again David Hale was worth a high 30's pick so you never know

 

[BLUES9898]

Swans and Lions very keen on O'hAilpin

Sauce??

 

[Silvagnis]

Crazy Vossy wants to give us Fevola and Maguire for O'hAilpin.

 

[Dramoth]

Crazy Vossy wants to give us Fevola and Maguire for O'hAilpin.

Ummm... could work... but only if O'hAlpin can kick both of them in the clacker on the way out the door.

I would prefer to see the club keeping Carlos. He might not be the greatest player going around, but his attitude and never say die approach is something that fits in well at the club. And the fact he got to do what many of us would love to do... kick a Cloke in the balls and get away with a slap on the wrist

 

[AVCO]

nah ..i disagree , dramoth ..too many battlers on the list .. time to get some polish ..we need classy finishers

 

[Dramoth]

nah ..i disagree , dramoth ..too many battlers on the list .. time to get some polish ..we need classy finishers

We need a champion team, not a team of champions.

To accomplish this, we need to have a number of the 'battlers' to fill the gaps in the side.

 

[SexyBlueGirl]

Must keep O'hailpin.

 

[thylacine60]

Probably closer to the complete opposite

 

[gardiner stand]

Man, what I would do to get Sam Reid to our football club.

get in a time machine and go back to the 2009 draft and tell ratten not to flush pick 11 down the toilet on brock and select reid who went at 38 or go further back and tell the coaches of the day to get his old man to 100 games in navy blue

 

[juddsentant517]

I have absolutely no doubt that I will get ridiculed for this.

It is fairly widely known that Essendon's fitness staff pretty deplorable in the Matthew Knights era. Additionally, big guys do take a lot longer to develop, and recent history (Leigh Brown in particular) has shown that big guys have dramatically turned around their career. Further, I'd imagine this guy would only cost a late rookie draft pick.

Hence, i suggest the recently delisted Jay Neagle. His problems are that he is overweight for an AFL player and he seemingly has an attitude problem, but he has shown that he has talent (kicking 41 goals from 28 games) and a big preseason could possibly turn that around.

I have no doubt that he isn't the solution to all of our Full Forward/Center Half Forward needs, however Setanta does have issues with inconsistency issues, and Mitchell/Casboult are a few years away, so he could be decent back up if he gets his shit together.

Thoughts?

 

[krayfesh]

Ridicule!!

Picking up Jay Neagle would be an extra large mistake. Fitness issues or not.

Would rather we kept Levi. Much better mover.

 

[juddsentant517]

Ridicule!!

Picking up Jay Neagle would be an extra large mistake. Fitness issues or not.

Would rather we kept Levi. Much better mover.

Any justification? I'm not committed either way, i was just interested in a decent response to throw any fantasies of another 30 goal kicker and releasing Walker to a 2nd defender out of the water.

 

[Salaryman]

Any justification? I'm not committed either way, i was just interested in a decent response to throw any fantasies of another 30 goal kicker and releasing Walker to a 2nd defender out of the water.

God no

 

[Vincent Chase]

I have absolutely no doubt that I will get ridiculed for this.

It is fairly widely known that Essendon's fitness staff pretty deplorable in the Matthew Knights era. Additionally, big guys do take a lot longer to develop, and recent history (Leigh Brown in particular) has shown that big guys have dramatically turned around their career. Further, I'd imagine this guy would only cost a late rookie draft pick.

Hence, i suggest the recently delisted Jay Neagle. His problems are that he is overweight for an AFL player and he seemingly has an attitude problem, but he has shown that he has talent (kicking 41 goals from 28 games) and a big preseason could possibly turn that around.

I have no doubt that he isn't the solution to all of our Full Forward/Center Half Forward needs, however Setanta does have issues with inconsistency issues, and Mitchell/Casboult are a few years away, so he could be decent back up if he gets his shit together.

Thoughts?

Just when you thought you've heard it all....

 

[Jeremias]

Jay Neagle?



I'd rather we re-drafted Lance.

 

[ESKIE]

I have absolutely no doubt that I will get ridiculed for this.

It is fairly widely known that Essendon's fitness staff pretty deplorable in the Matthew Knights era. Additionally, big guys do take a lot longer to develop, and recent history (Leigh Brown in particular) has shown that big guys have dramatically turned around their career. Further, I'd imagine this guy would only cost a late rookie draft pick.

Hence, i suggest the recently delisted Jay Neagle. His problems are that he is overweight for an AFL player and he seemingly has an attitude problem, but he has shown that he has talent (kicking 41 goals from 28 games) and a big preseason could possibly turn that around.

I have no doubt that he isn't the solution to all of our Full Forward/Center Half Forward needs, however Setanta does have issues with inconsistency issues, and Mitchell/Casboult are a few years away, so he could be decent back up if he gets his shit together.

Thoughts?

Ridicule no, lambaste maybe

Sentanta has had fitness issues, I don;t think Mitchell is that far away

Draft, Trade week LOL

 

[Claypigeon]

Any justification? I'm not committed either way, i was just interested in a decent response to throw any fantasies of another 30 goal kicker and releasing Walker to a 2nd defender out of the water.

From what I understand Neagle has the same potential upside as Levi except appears to have an attitude and a weight problem that unlike Levi he does not seem to be able/willing to do anything about it. .. If we do indeed cut Levi then I cannot see us picking up Neagle and if we keep Levi then why bother. .. Guess we could throw a spare rookie spot his way if we assess a potential, would hope we had other options though. ..

 

[Beloved]

Jay Neagle?



I'd rather we re-drafted Lance.

At least Lance could kick a sausage roll or two.

And by kick, I mean eat. And by two I mean twenty-two.