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Son_Of_God29

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Hi All,

Just wanted to get your opinion on Salopek at Port Adelaide I know he seems to be struggling with his footy at the moment, but was a 1st round draft choice in 2002 and played some good footy early on in his career.

Still only 26 and may want a new challenge for his career maybe we could package up Boak and Salopek for a 1st and 3rd rounder, Port would probably give Salopek away and we could use another mid for depth due to pending retirements...what do you think ?
 
Despite the fact that he's a free agent and wouldn't cost anything, wouldn't really interest me.

Never been the same player he was before all his injuries and doubt he ever will be again.
 
Son_Of_God29 said:
Hi All,

Just wanted to get your opinion on Salopek at Port Adelaide I know he seems to be struggling with his footy at the moment, but was a 1st round draft choice in 2002 and played some good footy early on in his career.

Still only 26 and may want a new challenge for his career maybe we could package up Boak and Salopek for a 1st and 3rd rounder, Port would probably give Salopek away and we could use another mid for depth due to pending retirements...what do you think ?
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nah, if we want him for depth. may as well stick with hogan, byrnes and co..
 

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likely a reason why Port have been of the worst teams in the history of the competition the last 5 years :(......average players all around and thankfully the only player Geelong is interested in so happens to be the best of the lot :)
 
footscore said:
you watch footy or rugby?
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You ever think before you post? They were disappointing 08 to 11 but nowhere near last. Sixteenth last year was not good but still avoided the spoon. How does that make them one of the worst teams in the history of the comp?

And yes Hartlett will be better than Boak.
 
I agree that with a change of environment that he could play a good role at Geelong if Port would take 1st(or comp pick) & 3rd round for Boak & Salopek I think the Cats would take that in a second.
Port have been far from the worst team over the last few years, a lot of the problems there are off field and the fact that a lot of senior players retired.
Although we smashed them in the grand final they were a very good team in 07 but took a while to overcome that defeat.
I have real doubts that Cowan, Hogan etc will make it and we do need a couple more mids, why not try and get Troy Selwood to step on to the rookie list? Probably a better bet than many other players not getting a game at other clubs. He's still only 27 could be our tagger or defender and has great leadership.
 
No to Salopek.....Toy could be ok...wouldnt pay too much for him just yet though.

Boak is the only Port player we should consider IMO. The others are either ordinary or tied up on contracts.

The Gold Coast are likely looking targets though.....can't help smelling that hint of irony.
 

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Would rather Caddy if we're chasing disillusioned Suns.

And yes, Hartlett will be better than Boak. By a fair way.
 
Caddy would be a good target although I would prefer Boak because he's the better player (I do agree with Jes that Hartlett will be better than him though) and I think we need good players in Boak's age bracket to assist the transition. When you consider that Caddy himself will probably cost a first rounder at least I'd rather Boak.

At least Toy, unlike Salopek is young, and could improve in a different environment. Getting a fringe 27yo isn't the way forward.
 
thejester said:
Would rather Caddy if we're chasing disillusioned Suns.

And yes, Hartlett will be better than Boak. By a fair way.
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I wouldn't mind a beer on Caddy-------> Essendon in 2013. doubt we have much of a chance there.
 
David the Cat said:
I wouldn't mind a beer on Caddy-------> Essendon in 2013. doubt we have much of a chance there.
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A lot of Don fans think they don't have the currency to satisfy the Suns. We'll see.
 
David the Cat said:
I wouldn't mind a beer on Caddy-------> Essendon in 2013. doubt we have much of a chance there.
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David , how is that going to happen? Doubt Ess would offer any players that GC would be happy to take in trade.

With Smedts with one compo pick, if we could get Caddy with the other Id say we would have done very well. Trade our R1 and change to Port for Boak and we will be primed for quick bounce as a power club should.

Not sure if this is the right thread as the op is about Salopek but GC should be ripe for the picking. They have players a plenty to delist and some look more obvious than others but there may be good kids that get delisted that just need a different club.

Of course if GC really want our comp pick to use next year and Caddy wants to go elsewhere we can trade it to them for an adequate deal. North,Dogs, Saints all have players id consider swapping our pick for but if he really wants Ess and they will not trade their R1 pick( req for FS) then we will take Bellchambers for it.


As far as Salopek goes , Id say his options may be almost reduced to Mature age Rookie. Not sure anyone would be willing to give up a spot on their list this year for him. Yet his age says he may a few more games in him. Would not trade for him but as a Mature age Rookie... perhaps.
 

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I'd still put a beer on it....he wanted to go there last year and they wanted him...but only time will tell.

I won't be sad if he ends up in the hoops and if it works out so be it. He shows some signs.
 
Wouldn't offer Smeidts up for a trade anywhere, Caddy wanted to go to Ess last year so doubt we'll be able to entice him here. Might be stringer up for a trade at this moment of time, will be an interesting off season.
 
Pure_Ownage said:
The Bombers don't have the currency to get Caddy given their commitment to Daniher.

He might end up back in Melbourne, but I struggle to see how it will be there.
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If I was him I'd rather stay up there than play for Melbourne but having said that Melbourne could overpay him to get him down here.

Can't say I've watched him too closely, but from his first year he seems to have a bit of talent don't know with Smeidts if they could both fit in the backline.
 
Grizzly_82 said:
Wouldn't offer Smeidts up for a trade anywhere, Caddy wanted to go to Ess last year so doubt we'll be able to entice him here. Might be stringer up for a trade at this moment of time, will be an interesting off season.
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Griz , if you have mentioned Smedts due to my post , then i haven't been clear enough

We used 1 Ablett compo pick to gather Smedts. Hes a keeper
If we can use another the second compo pick to get Caddy , we will have got Smedts and Caddy for Ablett , two potential top young players with a decade ahead of them for GaryA
Then if we traded our R1+ and change(late pick swap/R3/player ..etc) to Port we will have rebooted our list
So with Smedts,Caddy,Boak, and all the other kids we have gone from a club that is slowly sliding down hill to one that looks good for a quick rebound.
 

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