Traded Sam Weideman [Traded with #54 and #72 to Essendon for #37]

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bird_man

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There isn’t really much to say about Weiderman other then his contracted depth.

Anything else would just be bigfooty rumour spinning, which feels like this thread was spun up to do as there’s been nothing in the media and he just won a premiership with his boys.
We now have multiple sources in the media suggesting he's looking to be traded out.

Do we have permission to continue this thread about the contracted depth player?
 

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TakingThePies

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Saints missing another one too.... Essendon this time..
They got a bloke that wants to play for North as well..

Absolute mess of a football club
 

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That’s not a good decision…

I guess they want him as a fwd/ruck to support Draper and take the 3rd best defender, but I just can’t see him doing much
 

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He is essentially a younger version of Peter Wright, and even more so Ben Brown.

Peter Wright had a few decent seasons at the suns before he went to the bombers. Weid hasn’t even kicked 20 in a season before. Wish him the best at the bombers but even a 3rd round pick feels like overs.
 

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I dont get the interest in him specifically as a player, personally.

But I suppose we looked best when we had 3 talls and when Stewart went down we had no depth, so there's that I suppose.
 

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Saints missing another one too.... Essendon this time..
They got a bloke that wants to play for North as well..

Absolute mess of a football club

Saints missing another one too.... Essendon this time..
They got a bloke that wants to play for North as well..

Absolute mess of a football club
I didn't even know we were chasing him?

Last I hear we weren't interested
 

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Wright and Jones are better than those two and he won't have to contend with the selfish types like Fritsch.
2MP is, Jones not yet. And dees are a s**t tonne better than the bombers, yet he still struggled. Don't think Fritsch had any negative impact on Sam Weideman. If anything he'd take a defender away from him.

Alot of Essendon people comparing him to Wright when he came across but I reckon Schache is a better comparison.
 

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2MP is, Jones not yet. And dees are a s**t tonne better than the bombers, yet he still struggled. Don't think Fritsch had any negative impact on Sam Weideman. If anything he'd take a defender away from him.

Alot of Essendon people comparing him to Wright when he came across but I reckon Schache is a better comparison.
Weideman reminds me more of Mitch Brown cross Shaun McKernan. Which is probably one reason why ops have been starved for him.

The body in the side will help as Jones is probably more earmarked for Stringer's spot as 3rd tall, and the rest of the talls are kids who need time to develop.
Stewart helped when was in, but he can't be relied upon with injury.

Interestingly, this is a poor "fix" for what didn't work in 2015
Francis was a good pick at the time. Hasn't come on. The miss on Curnow (A grade) is covered over by a cheap Weideman (C grade)

If we can get a Wright style renaissance, excellent.
Would love 2018 finals Weideman to be the norm :p
 

LordLucifer

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Reckon he is a dud, don't understand the fascination at all.

However, if Dodo wants to keep picking up clubs offcuts/lemons (e.g. Setterfield, Weideman etc) to build a supposed premiership threat, then I am going to watch with some genuine glee at how it all goes pear-shaped.
 

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Reckon he is a dud, don't understand the fascination at all.

However, if Dodo wants to keep picking up clubs offcuts/lemons (e.g. Setterfield, Weideman etc) to build a supposed premiership threat, then I am going to watch with some genuine glee at how it all goes pear-shaped.
Both will cost late picks worth a punt imo
 

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