But seriously, it is no different, and in fact probably worse than what Houston did due to the length of time he was there. People need to get used to the new world of player movement. We will win some and lose some. It is what it is.
I guess the clubs theory is how big a difference is playing someone like Sinn or Burton in Houston’s position and someone like berry in mcentee or Evans position? And doing this with an eye to the future and continuously refreshing the younger part of our list without bottoming out. It’s a very...
The thing is our list management team clearly had the opposite view. That trading him for what we did was worth more than keeping him, otherwise they wouldn’t have done it. I see where people are coming from, and compared to the Rioli deal it was shit, but the club had to be ok with making it...
Marshall will absolutely be starting best 22 in the forward line. Wether we all agree of that’s the best option I am not sure, but there is no way he is playing reserves if healthy.
A simpler way of breaking it down is:
13, 29 and Richards for Houston.
Future first for lukosious.
Upgraded 58 to 50 and 39 to 36 for taking on Atkins salary.
All of the above fit into reasonably positive trades for us. In an ideal world that 29 would have been late teens or early 20’s, or we...
All of our picks came from Gold Coast because Collingwood didn’t have any. They also gave up noble and we got the pick that would have gone to them for him. Having it all tied in together certainly makes it confusing though, and I think it enables all the clubs to present it as a good deal for...
And 29… so we got berry, Whitlock and Richards. The other picks involved were our first for lukosious, and an upgrade of our 58-50 and our 39-36.
I guess if you want it split differently you could argue we got lukosious, Atkins, 29 plus the 2 upgrades for our future first, but I would think...
I can’t see anyway that this helps us towards drafting Dougie. If we want him to do what jhf did and request a trade back to us early then it is a very long term strategy.
Mraz more of a genuine kpp height. Injury history and kicking skills are a worry for me, but would be happy to take him. I wouldn’t mind barrat or Dennis but they are a bit shorter.
I feel like one of these is a need though.
I am still really sold on Gerreyn with one of our next picks. He feels like the point of difference forward compared to what we already have. Big bodied, contested marking pack crasher that can also ruck. Still has lots of physical development left but will be a very big strong guy once he gets...
Could only really see west coast for pick 30 and 44, but not sure if they would do that. I think we stay where we are and take best available. Maybe a tall forward and tall defender. One of shanahan, Whitlock or Gerreyn, and one of mraz or Barrat.
With berry and Richards we have upgraded what felt like the weakest line in our team weekly last year with mcentee and Evans playing a lot of games. He is quick, smart and a good kick. Will be a good player for us.
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