This one is going to go to the wire. North have shown interest in Darling. They then haggle all the way to the deadline and pull out at the last minute so WC have to pay Darling 800k next year.
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Meanwhile Larkey's like ..."show me the money!"
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How's the Lions putting out a club article complaining about Andrews not being picked for AA haha. Who are the media managers at these clubs
Could not believe what I was reading.
I’m now nervous that Carlton might beat them, if that’s their attitude.
Imagine Carlton get all their players fit and win the flag after sneaking into the finals because we couldn’t beat port?!
Carlton ain't winning the flag. They will poop the bed.
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I actually don't think there was/is a lot between Tabs and Darling (Darling has better awareness of where he should be I guess). Tabs can't move now, so Darling is probably better currently, but I reckon you pair him with JJK for his career, and they'd post similar numbers. Tabs is still a much better mark.
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I hate Darling as much as the rest of us, but he was a GUN when he was at his prime. Had the odd brain-fade where he would forget how to take a mark/shirk a contest or two but he's played almost 300 games and kicked over 500 goals. Taberner wasn't even close to his peak, there is a reason Darling was viewed as one of the best young key forwards in the draft and would have gone top 10 if not for that dumb rumour.
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Not sure it was a rumour. All clubs would have done their due diligence and not made decisions on him if there wasn’t at least some truth to the ‘rumour’.
But that’s not the point of your post. I agree, at his best he was a very good player. I’m not sure he would have been as good had he not had Kennedy playing first fiddle for him, but the fact is he did and he has kicked >500 goals, which makes him a pretty decent player. If not for his playing for frees with his snap-back head and that dropped mark, he’d be considered close to elite. (I can’t stand the guy one iota, he is thourougly dislikable, that’s why I rate him as less than!). I’d love to see him play out his career at a club that gets walloped every week… oh wait…
But to suggest Tabs is as good as him is laughable.
Not sure it was a rumour. All clubs would have done their due diligence and not made decisions on him if there wasn’t at least some truth to the ‘rumour’.
But that’s not the point of your post. I agree, at his best he was a very good player. I’m not sure he would have been as good had he not had Kennedy playing first fiddle for him, but the fact is he did and he has kicked >500 goals, which makes him a pretty decent player. If not for his playing for frees with his snap-back head and that dropped mark, he’d be considered close to elite. (I can’t stand the guy one iota, he is thourougly dislikable, that’s why I rate him as less than!). I’d love to see him play out his career at a club that gets walloped every week… oh wait…
But to suggest Tabs is as good as him is laughable.
Hahah it's nice knowing he's either going to spend the last year of his career at a bottom of the ladder West Coast or a bottom of the ladder North. That does feel fitting.
I saw that quote from my Petracca and my first thought was: How soon does he start training with West Perth?
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And its the kind of club that would have a succession plan in place.
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Sydney is a well oiled club, you can't blame the bloke for wanting to hold out and take the job, he's got a great list to work with when Horse decides to go.
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Apparently Duffield has written an article for Code Sports saying there are 6 applicants for the WCE coaching job. Heard this from Quarterbrain on the radio this evening.
Schofield, McQualter, Montgomery. Someone called Danny Daly currently GM at Brisbane but with past coaching experience. Brendon Lade and Steven King.
Schofield, McQualter, Montgomery. Someone called Danny Daly currently GM at Brisbane but with past coaching experience. Brendon Lade and Steven King.
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Jarrad Schofield
Andrew McQualter (Melbourne)
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Brett Montgomery (GWS)
Steven King (Geelong)
Some underqualified mentions;
Selwood, Hickmott, Enright, and Skipworth
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My money would be on Daly
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Ahhh when a week filled by trade gossip made us forget about missing the finals
Reality now kicks in where we are observers. Again. Going to be a tough watch
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Reality now kicks in where we are observers. Again. Going to be a tough watch
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This list just needs a little bit of tinkering
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Xavier Ellis seemed pretty big on Daly last week on the radio.
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Agreed. Although I reckon an away final vs Brisbane would have been a pretty tough watch too.
Good team experience though being missed out on.
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