Untouchables

[Apsaalooke]

Chris McDermott reports on the untouchables today in the Sunday Mail in a list longer than Dane Swan's sleeve. Really Chris, Angus Graham untouchable?

UNTOUCHABLE
Nathan Van Berlo
Taylor Walker
Lewis Johnston
Tom Lynch
Jason Porplyzia
Sam Jacobs
Patrick Dangerfield
Rory Sloane
Richard Douglas
Brad Crouch
Scott Thompson
Sam Kerridge
Jarryd Lyons
Bernie Vince
Matthew Wright
Rory Laird
Brodie Smith
Luke Brown
Ben Rutten
Daniel Talia
Angus Graham
Mitch Grigg
Cam Ellis Yolmen
Kyle Hartigan
Ricky Henderson
Josh Jenkins
David Mackay
Andy Otten
Jared Petrenko
Brent Reilly
Aidan Riley
Sam Shaw
UNPROVEN
Rory Atkins
Nick Joyce
Sam Siggins
IN DOUBT
Matthew Jaensch
Brodie Martin
Luke Thompson
Ian Callinan
Richard Tambling
TRADEABLE
Shaun McKernan
IT'S OVER
Graham Johncock

 

[Mike Smyth]

Not the brightest spark is our Chris.

If we were only offered "like for like" then the following are Untouchable:

Rutten
Talia
Laird
Brown
Sloane
B Smith
Danger
Tex
Jacobs
Crouch
Grigg
Douglas
S Thompson
Lynch
Johnston
Siggins
Atkins
Hartigan
Ellis-Yolmen - Surprised he hasn't managed a game this year
Henderson

And possibly Lyons and Kerridge provided they're not homesick.

It's open season on the rest.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Ridiculous list.

Seriously, if we are fair dinkum and a ruthless success driven club, other than Danger/Tex/Sloane/Crouch I would entertain any possible trade scenarios for everyone else. That's it. Just 4 players untouchable.

 

[hugecannon]

Ridiculous list.

Seriously, if we are fair dinkum and a ruthless success driven club, other than Danger/Tex/Sloane/Crouch I would entertain any possible trade scenarios for everyone else. That's it. Just 4 players untouchable.

Exactly, everyone bar Dangerfield, Crouch, Sloane, and Walker is tradeable, lots of others would say Talia is as well, but if a team offered massive overs for him then I think we could cover his loss.

 

[1990crow]

I think Chris has gotten the list for untouchables mixed up with the list for likely delistings.

 

[The Crows Truth]

Absolute clown. What a joke

 

[mattymac]

What have we done to be cursed with the most inept media in the world?

 

[Geoffa32]

Did he put Graham in the list because noone else wants to touch him?

 

[Mattrox]

You know what "untouchables" means to Hindus, right? He's confused that group and popped them in with the untradeables.

 

[1970crow]

He's an idiot. There's half a dozen players on that list that are past their best that have either been dropped or should have been. Untouchable are the first few players picked that are in their prime or best is still in front of them. They may have an off game, but it's never sustained for weeks and their worst is generally still better than about a 3rd of the team on any given day.

 

[WAG]

It must be scabies!

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Untouchable: Dangerfield, Sloane, Walker, Crouch, Smith, Jacobs

 

[Deaneus!]

He's never gotten over being cut.

These are the guys I would have as my Untouchables:

and we could possibly get away with this

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Untouchable: Dangerfield, Sloane, Walker, Crouch, Smith, Jacobs

My Untouchables:
Dangerfield, Sloane, Walker, Crouch, Smith, Talia

 

[rayven]

Our first captain is an interesting beast. I remember him backing back into Dunstall in our first ever final in 93 when he was playing on a half back flank (really if hawthorn weren't as long in the tooth as he was, he shouldn't of been playing)

Point being he wasn't afraid to do whats dirty and painful. He does have our best interests at heart and is only offering an opinion we all here offer about the club. More than often than not the guy is on the money.

Unless we kind find another ruckman, Graham is list security. Apart from believing Tambling and callinan are in Johncocks bracket, I can't argue with what he says. I would like to see a write up on each one

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Maybe McDermott meant that Graham was untouchable from the point of view that no other club would touch him?

 

[Bob Neil]

Chris McDermott reports on the untouchables today in the Sunday Mail in a list longer than Dane Swan's sleeve. Really Chris, Angus Graham untouchable?

UNTOUCHABLE
Nathan Van Berlo
Taylor Walker
Lewis Johnston
Tom Lynch
Jason Porplyzia
Sam Jacobs
Patrick Dangerfield
Rory Sloane
Richard Douglas
Brad Crouch
Scott Thompson
Sam Kerridge
Jarryd Lyons
Bernie Vince
Matthew Wright
Rory Laird
Brodie Smith
Luke Brown
Ben Rutten
Daniel Talia
Angus Graham
Mitch Grigg
Cam Ellis Yolmen
Kyle Hartigan
Ricky Henderson
Josh Jenkins
David Mackay
Andy Otten
Jared Petrenko
Brent Reilly
Aidan Riley
Sam Shaw
UNPROVEN
Rory Atkins
Nick Joyce
Sam Siggins
IN DOUBT
Matthew Jaensch
Brodie Martin
Luke Thompson
Ian Callinan
Richard Tambling
TRADEABLE
Shaun McKernan
IT'S OVER
Graham Johncock

I wouldn't touch Angus Graham with a ten foot pole so I understand where Bone is coming from!

 

[Mr_Moogle]

This has got to be one of the most mediocre lists I've ever seen.

 

[swanfan]

Bones is a bonehead.

 

[ManInTheArena]

lol

 

[Golumless]

What a list. So practically every player in untouchable.

And this is posted in the Advertiser i'd imagine... what a waste of a tree.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Bone must have just awoken from
a coma where he dreamed we were a three time premiership outfit.

That would justify the Dirk Diggler length of the untouchable list.

How much is the Sunday Mail these days? About $2? Still overpriced.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Untouchable: Dangerfield, Sloane, Walker, Crouch, Smith, Jacobs

I also think there's a few youngsters that are untouchable.

Kerridge, Grigg, Brown, Laird and Johnston to name a few. I wouldn't be offering up any of those.

 

[Slippery Pete]

I think Chris has gotten the list for untouchables mixed up with the list for likely delistings.

Should have added Trigg to the untouchables.

If you work in Adelaide media, Trigg, Chapman and VB are untouchable if you know what's good for you.

 

[Mattrox]

You also have to include some of the young players in the "would not trade category".

It is the height of stupidity to trade away too much emerging talent that has developed under your system that are showing promise. Especially in areas where we are short. I'd keep these players:

Brown, Laird
Grigg, Crouch
Jenkins, Lynch (Kerridge I could be talked into)

Ok Lynch and Jenkins are not young, but they are emerging talent and are unique in our team in terms of what they bring. Lynch seems to me to run hard both ways, that is an attribute we want more of not less.

I'm not saying don't ever trade them, but while we are building it just seems silly to trade out emerging talent that could develop in to the core of a strong list over the next 4 years.

And no comparisons to Soccer Clubs selling off players please. They get huge transfer fees that can be used to scour the world for talent to replace the player. The talent pool for soccer is almost infinite when compared to AFL.