List Mgmt. Trade Targets 2016

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I reckon it went back further than that. I think it was the Swans when Roos was coach and Brett Kirk was playing. Just my recollection, could be wrong.
Correct, Swans.

Article by Richard Hinds in the Daily Telegraph;

DURING the Swans’ momentous 2005 season I interviewed recruiting manager Rick Barham about the compilation of what would become a premiership team.

Said Barham: “You won’t find a dickhead on our list.

“I won’t name names but we’ve been laughed at sometimes for overlooking kids because they didn’t have the qualities we wanted.

“A few years later the same blokes are making a name for the wrong sort of things. They’re underperforming or getting traded. Sometimes they are even getting offered to us.’’
 

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Correct, Swans.

Article by Richard Hinds in the Daily Telegraph;

DURING the Swans’ momentous 2005 season I interviewed recruiting manager Rick Barham about the compilation of what would become a premiership team.

Said Barham: “You won’t find a dickhead on our list.

“I won’t name names but we’ve been laughed at sometimes for overlooking kids because they didn’t have the qualities we wanted.

“A few years later the same blokes are making a name for the wrong sort of things. They’re underperforming or getting traded. Sometimes they are even getting offered to us.’’
Sounds like we dodged a bullett with Gorringe then
 

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I think the "no dickheads policy" was a Phil
Walsh mantra.
Any club worth its salt will clean out its no hopers, from the doorman to the head trainer to the captain.
Keeping no hopers in these positions, or any other positions, is the mark of the non successful club.
You have to weed out these people who breed an atmosphere of non professionalism.
They are only there for the bloody joke, for the social life, for the prestige, they are not there to win.
Our club is built on the values of strength, courage, loyalty, honour and a strong sense of unity.

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Would have taken him over Imp in the draft Got that one wrong. The Saints were all over him before the draft he trained with them then they went over him I've always wondered why? Hasn't established himself at the Hawks. Maybe he's only a glamorised version of Hoon?
He's certainly pacier and has better skills. He can play on the wing as a hard running outside player. Height may be an issue but he seems to have enough strings for it to not be a major issue. Was meant to cement a spot in Hawthorn's starting 22 this year but has fallen short (no pun intended) again.
 

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Chris Mayne on the move from Freo but he'll probably be out of our price range. We should bid though, he's an unrestricted free agent and a better option than Black, even if he is 4 cm shorter.
He's also three years older than Aaron Black and will probably be three times more expensive than Aaron Black.

Young is a similar but better player at probably half the cost. Mayne would add nothing to our club except more salary cap pressure.
 

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He's also three years older than Aaron Black and will probably be three times more expensive than Aaron Black.

Young is a similar but better player at probably half the cost. Mayne would add nothing to our club except more salary cap pressure.
And he's got a helluva nose.
 
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He's also three years older than Aaron Black and will probably be three times more expensive than Aaron Black.

Young is a similar but better player at probably half the cost. Mayne would add nothing to our club except more salary cap pressure.
Young is similar but surely Mayne is the more accurate goal kicker and proven player.

$500k a year is way too rich for us anyway but we should still have a chat.


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Chris Mayne on the move from Freo but he'll probably be out of our price range. We should bid though, he's an unrestricted free agent and a better option than Black, even if he is 4 cm shorter.
Mayne is a very ordinary footballer. Had one good season when they made the GF, outside of that has been very average.
 
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