Honestly I felt a revulsion to read that. Sounding like some "mega me" NBA nut job. Wheres the upside in someone like that in a team game
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Heath Shaw is a class player, if he does end up at Geelong and is injury free I don't think it would be disastrous. I am against it because I want to lower the age of the list but I am surprised how strong the anti-Shaw sentiment is. His onfield antics are a bit much but remember he is playing with O'Brien and Maxwell so maybe he has a point some of the time....
Guthrie is way too good at what he does to be wasted as a tagger.
I know we need a tagger, but find another solution (primarily getting THunt back to where he was pre shoulder).
Is it possible getting Shaw and Adams without using our first pick?
Your Dad is the rabbi?!?Twitter I think or my dad I don't remember. Remember to take this thread with a salt mine's worth of salt. That's half the fun hey The rabbi
I don't want Shaw because a) he'll be expensive, b) we need mids, not defenders and c) I'll be pissed if we delist Chappy and Pods to recruit a 28 year old.
But I'll stick up for him despite others bagging him... I see almost every Pies game because he partner supports them. Heath is an absolute gun footballer. His on field discipline was worse this season than it had been in the past but his good far outweighs his bad.
In many ways he reminds me of Moons: passionate, wears his heart on his sleeve and hates losing. Yes, he's prone to the odd brain fade like Moons was, but he'll be an asset to whatever team he ends up at.
And if that's Geelong, you'll all be agreeing with me by the time he plays in his first win and embraces Enright, Harry and co like he's won the GF.
For mine: Caddy to the pocket, Vardy to CHF, Adams in the centre.
GHS on the bench for Varcoe, McIntosh to the ruck and Simpson in for Blicavs.
His name is Robert Paulson
The way the comp is set up is to play unders relative to what they would get through a trade. So the teams who recruit players through Free Agency would still win out of the deal, just not by as much as they do now. The AFL would determine which pick to take. In this case Sydneys pick 1 which is around pick 13. Sydney would be stupid not to take that deal for Franklin as he worth a top 3 pick. Hawthorn would slightly better off under the current system as they would get pick 13 instead of pick 18. All other clubs would be better off because they would be 2 picks higher in the draft as the same appraoch would apply to Thomas as well. I.e. Carlton would give up their pick 10 for Thomas which also seems pretty fair.Its an interesting approach. I wonder though if that would impede FA , and who set the value of the comp
Franklin is worth P1 , is P20 from Syd adequate. What if Syd say no he is worth only R3 , just think that would struggle to get approved.
With Ablett it could have been structured that way but I have a feeling they would have been given the top30 picks to balance it
see Max Bailey has retired... poor bastards knees are shot after 3 recos.. granted he is 206cms but it really just reinforces the point to me that anything we get from Menzel from here out really needs to be considered a bonus
Would much rather Smith in the backline for the next 6-8 years than Shaw for 1-3 yearsIt is possible the Sydney Swans could be offloading more players than originally thought, with a new trade whisper emerging that the club is attempting to reposition itself in this year's draft and land a pick inside the top five.
The word is that the Swans are considering doing a deal with a Melbourne-based club that has a high draft pick, possibly St Kilda or Melbourne - clubs with links to the Swans.
A deal involving a package of players, including at least two premiership heroes, is the suggestion. It is no secret that Nick Smith has strong roots in Melbourne and the pull home always lingers. Smith has been touted as a future captain of the Swans and he is certainly a backline general.
However, the Swans may be willing to cut their losses if the reward is high.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-10-07/trade-winds-monday
My Dream Team 2014
Enright Lonergan Shaw
Mackie Taylor Thurlow
Johnson Adams Motlop
Caddy Vardy Murdoch
Bartel Hawkins Stokes
Simpson Selwood Guthrie
Int Kelly Chistenson Duncan Blitz
Emerg Kersten HMac Smedts Rivers
Not a bad looking team. Adams not over the line just yet !
Not sure Thurlow will be up to a full season of AFL just yet but we will see. Maybe being in and out of the team and swapping with Rivers maybe the go here.
Where is Varcoe - traded or dropped ? We know he will get games if at the club - not sure whose place he would take in this team if at Catland however.
Shaw not at the club yet - so we need wait on that one. I am not a fan of Shaw coming but if he does he does add some run from defence that we might like.
Maybe Kersten and Murdoch swap around over the year so Murdoch does not tire and Kersten gets some AFL experience.
Guthrie as a tagger ? Maybe but I prefer him down back generally but the idea does have some merit. It is our midfield that needs the greatest attention.
I assume THunt has been traded ? Maybe in the Adams deal ? Maybe Varcoe departed in the Shaw deal ? If that is the case we keep our first and second round picks hopefully as Kelly, Enright and Lonergan look likely of retiring within the next 2 seasons.