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Sorry if I missed the thread, but club's FB page saying Luke's now a Saint. No details I could see on the deal itself though?
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Yep!Obviously, part of the "unofficial" agreement around the Dal Santo deal, but I can live with that.
A trade of Dal Santo for Delaney, with pick 25 being sent their way by the AFL works a lot better for us, than having to come up with the pick ourselves.
So as much as it seemed tempting to use Delaney for some quality pick upgrade, it is clear this wasn't an option.
We move on.
Good trading by the sounds of it. Weird that the agreement couldn't have been made day 1, but that's always been felchin's MO.
Good trading by the sounds of it. Weird that the agreement couldn't have been made day 1, but that's always been felchin's MO.
He is no champ either. We all know his strengths and weaknesses really well, and it's no secret that his two main weaknesses are his lack of closing speed on the lead (think back to Port Adelaide game in 2012 or Essendon game in 2013 as examples) and his decision making with the ball is average at best. He also hasn't got the confidence to catch the ball deep in defense, when he is in the best position. I can recall a number of times when his dropped marks lead to goals against us. His main strength is his size and his one on one work against big power forwards, but to me, he is not a complete defender and will never be one. He can do the job for a side that lacks any size down back, but given how the game is played today with all defenders being required to find targets out of defense consistently, and with few genuine quality power forwards around, I think Luke was always going to be a back up option for us. Good luck to him.St Kilda have done really well out of the NDS deal. Delaney is no chump.
Happy with the trade, don't think Luke had any future at the club. If a Delaney does play regular seniors footy it'll be his brother.