Round 1 is going to be very interesting. Essendon allowed to use 10 top up players, i bet they will sign former Suns duds and they come out and are really good round 1.
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No Hurley or Hooker. Tom Lynch is already licking his lips
Gaz, Prestia, Swallow and hopefully Jaeger and going to love the look at the opposition midfield! Would Essendon sign Ryan Crowley just to stop Gaz lol.No Hurley or Hooker. Tom Lynch is already licking his lips
Yeah I'm former Essendon fan - feel nothing for them now. Moving to GC Suns is best thing I've done (I hope my wife and kids don't see and get offended by that last comment).
Lock, Gilbee, Horsley, Patrick, Herbert, Warnock, Tom Murphy, Iles, Sumner, Piers Flanagan, Nathan Ablett and Mav Weller (he's not available but he is a former Suns dud
)Goddard, Zaharakis and a first gamer in Parish...cupboard looks bare after that. They've lost half their best 22, with all those players suspended in their 25-31 year age bracket. If we don't win this in a canter it will be unforgivable.
If we don't win this by at least 10 goals I want all the GC players TAB accounts audited
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We beat this mob at home without Gaz, Swallow, Jaeger and Prestia when they still had Heppell, Hurley, Carlisle and Hooker.
Insert our gun mids and take out those players and we should win by more.
I am slightly wary of the calibre of player they can recruit. They could go all experience and go with recent retirees such as Lake, Chapman, Kelly, Stokes, etc. That will leave them reasonably competitive.
But we should still win.
Insert our gun mids and take out those players and we should win by more.
I am slightly wary of the calibre of player they can recruit. They could go all experience and go with recent retirees such as Lake, Chapman, Kelly, Stokes, etc. That will leave them reasonably competitive.
But we should still win.
Let's not get too cocky about feeding on Essendon's carcass. Their club made a big mistake & now they're paying for it. I'm glad it was them, not us, but it could just as easily have been us. We've had a few people on the payroll, who have made some fairly major mistakes too. In fact, we even had a couple of those same blokes that Essendon are blaming.
Essendon fans will be hurting at the moment. They don't need everyone else to rub salt into their wounds.
I hope we start the season with a big win, but our players will still need to turn up & have a real go. If they think the win will just happen, they'll get rolled.
Essendon fans will be hurting at the moment. They don't need everyone else to rub salt into their wounds.
I hope we start the season with a big win, but our players will still need to turn up & have a real go. If they think the win will just happen, they'll get rolled.
90% of money for the round 1 game against the Bombers.. Was for the bombers!!??
Wow
http://m.theage.com.au/business/boo...ing-essendon-cas-verdict-20160112-gm40ml.html
Wow
http://m.theage.com.au/business/boo...ing-essendon-cas-verdict-20160112-gm40ml.html
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I'm thinking the same thing. If they're only recruiting for one year, where's the harm in convincing older players to come back for one last season? Though I'm not sure how many, if any, would actually want to return just to top up a doping club's list, but it's definitely something to be somewhat concerned about.
But still, with or without the suspended Essendon players we should win the game!
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I'm thinking the same thing. If they're only recruiting for one year, where's the harm in convincing older players to come back for one last season? Though I'm not sure how many, if any, would actually want to return just to top up a doping club's list, but it's definitely something to be somewhat concerned about.
But still, with or without the suspended Essendon players we should win the game!
Even if they bring back some older heads , those guys have been in the paddock for 3-4 months , fattening up Stewie Dew style. We should win but wont be a cakewalk.
High risk, high reward. If they're paying $1,000 for Essendon winning the flag, I almost considered dropping two bucks on it just in case. Kind of like when you get tickets to a Grand Final you can barely afford but put a $5 bet on a draw so you can pay for next week's possible tickets.
So they have lost 12 of their best players, including most of a star studded midfield.. sounds like us last year and we made some noise... I dont know what their winging about.. At least they got something for Spud Carlisle before he got ousted... St Kilda wouldnt mind a do over there...
Just as long as we are clear - you trust your club but don't trust your senior team mate, especially when the feds come knocking
Just heard Aker on foxsports news say that a silver lining for Essendon is that getting the top up players will give them an opportunity to unearth a few guns that will help them next year. I would have thought that in 2017 when the suspended players come back to the club that even if a top up player plays 22 games that they will need to enter the draft to get to an AFL club in 2017 (e.g. Mitch Brown last year).
Would of thought so.
There ****ed if they do.. And if they don't really
If they pick up James jelly Matt stokes Crowley etc.
Yeah the team might be reasonable..
But there's no chance of growth..
Finding a golden nugget like a Mackenzie Willis or Tom Keough Anthony Miles Michael Barlow etc
Seeing what they can do first hand then picking them up in the draft ASAP
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Would be good to lock him into a 3 or 4 year contract sometime soon too. Though I imagine his manager will want to wait until at least half way through the season to up his worth.
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I believe Southport Sharks have signed Adam Saad's younger cousin Zak (Coburg/Romsey).
Heaps of ability & lightning quick from media reports. Goal sneak. Worth keeping an eye on him this season.
Heaps of ability & lightning quick from media reports. Goal sneak. Worth keeping an eye on him this season.
Good news - would seem Adam isn't planning on going anywhere else anytime soon
Your right if he doesn't play much senior footy this year he might look elsewhere and a club like Freo Hawthorn or any other club would be stupid not to offer him a 500k a season for a 202cm power forward who is deadly accurate from 60m out and runs a 15? Beep
Sign him up quick smart.
hmm i've heard he's only a 201cm low power forward who is inconsistently accurate from 40m out and runs a 11 beep.
don't talk him up too much, opposition supporters read this stuff and get ideas.
hmm i've heard he's only a 201cm low power forward who is inconsistently accurate from 40m out and runs a 11 beep.
don't talk him up too much, opposition supporters read this stuff and get ideas.
I'm the worst over exadurator when it comes to Suns players
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Doping on a club level and trying to hide it isn't really a "mistake". They cheated.
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