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Strategy Trade and List Management Thread Part 8 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

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KPDs with better 1v1 loss % (contesting at least 1.5 defensive 1v1s per game) than any of our KPDs that were out of contract at some stage this season:
  • Zaine Cordy
  • Oscar McDonald
  • Zach Reid
  • Jack Silvagni
  • Darcy Gardiner
  • Sam De Koning
  • Joel Hamling
  • Oscar Adams
  • Tom McDonald
  • Sam Collins
  • Tylar Young
  • Toby Pink
The list gets way larger if you include players that re-signed last year.

If we truly didn't have confidence that JOD/Buss were the future, we needed to go harder earlier. There were options, whether they be short-term fill-ins or set and forget guys for the longer term.

There is zero point now scrambling for scraps. We just have to hope the club actually does have faith in what we do have.
I understand the point you're making but at the same time from a player recruitment POV I don't think this is entirely right - if anything there might be trees shaken up, allowing us to get players at a discount, much like how Treloar fell on our laps at a massive discount at the time.

Aleer's out of contract, and requested a trade away from GWS, and who knows if his position is tenable. We may be able to get him at a discount, contract wise. Nobody's saying he's a star, but it's also not unrealistic to suggest we may be able to get him on money not much more than a minimum amount, which I think people would be happy with.
 

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Just heard that Saints have pulled the plug on Aleer. I wonder how fast Sammy got on the phone when he found out ??
Think the Saints backed out as the well has run dry.

And most likely because we bled them with the adjusted Wilkie Contract if i had to hazard a guess. We should be offering Aleer a contract at least he is a genuine KPD in the right age bracket with a few years in the system
 
Tom Morris have said we are unlikely for Aleer.

Just a thought but he mentioned Leek is in Europe with GWS teammates. Imagine it would be tough for the Dogs to make a big $ call on him out of the blue now without having done a full medical and all of the research into him, thinking he was Saints bound...
 

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Tom Morris have said we are unlikely for Aleer.

Just a thought but he mentioned Leek is in Europe with GWS teammates. Imagine it would be tough for the Dogs to make a big $ call on him out of the blue now without having done a full medical and all of the research into him, thinking he was Saints bound...
He is the opposite of what we need and not better then what we have,

Poor mans Buku
 
Tom Morris have said we are unlikely for Aleer.

Just a thought but he mentioned Leek is in Europe with GWS teammates. Imagine it would be tough for the Dogs to make a big $ call on him out of the blue now without having done a full medical and all of the research into him, thinking he was Saints bound...
Either he stays at GWS or Saints backflip again. I can see anyone taking him without doing a medical.
 
What’s Alex Keath up to these days?
 

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The trading of Jamarra is a big step in the right direction of improving our club culture. We are a much better place without the likes of Smith, JUH, Hunter and Stringer. Sure, on the surface, we are worst off for on field talent but having a much better culture is worth more for the club and overall performance.
Couldn't agree more with this. Having worked in elite environments, the squad unity and harmony can't be undersold.
Yes everyone won't be best mates, but if everyone is pulling in the same direction, then it makes a huge difference (f*ck I'm starting to sound like Bevo)
 

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