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We don't know what a new coach will want, but without doubt they'll dislike the players I dislike and ask SOS to chase the players I do like
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Martin would be a good get Soap! We are only 3 or 4 players off a complete team in my opinion.We don’t know what a new coach will want. I don’t where the Papley talk has come from but can’t see it happening.
Strong talk Jack Martin will come to us. IMO he’d be a good addition. Mid/Fwd with some zip and skill. Good tackler as well.
Need to add a Ruck like Darcy Cameron and a State League player like Goddard from WA.
I’d be happy to add Atley from PA and Brodie from GCS as young players ready to step up.
Then add a couple of good mature bodies from other clubs and maybe state leagues. A couple of FAs would be awesome especially if they were Ellis & Cuningham.
Hopefully we can add a “big fish” over next 2 years.
If the talent keeps developing along with an improving fitness level I expect a much improved 2020. Really is starting to come together.
Not so sure new coach will have say on list decisions like some of you guys thinking.
From what Cain Liddle said the idea is to appoint a coach to build on what we been doing with the list plans of build through the draft what we been doing and now next phase continue to build the list to support what we built up already. We are not ripping apart any of the great work done already to build up with elite youth from the mess the list was in at end of 2015. The new coach will need to be aligned with how club see where list is and path we on. If Simmo and Daisy retired it will be a collective decision by them and the club, not some new comer coming in with a different mindset to what the club have.
Martin would be a good get Soap! We are only 3 or 4 players off a complete team in my opinion.
Papley is the dream and exactly the type we need. And if the talk of him wanting to come back to Victoria is true as i think Barass had mentioned, we should def go after him.
Id be more than happy to walk away from this years trade period with Martin, Papley a FA as long as we hold next years 1st.
Brodie is a guy we should go after but i don't think he is ooc until the end of next year. Whitfield again a dream but next year as a FA.
I really think even if we somehow go martin and papley this year and held onto our 2020 1st, it puts us in a really strong position going into 2021.
I think you missed my main point Soaps which he needs to come in aligned with where we see list already. If he is not he will not get the job to even have a say. So no coach is going get job and then say, this guy is not what we need and disagree with you guys keeping him on... etc etc. So we will not be getting a coach that is on a different page to how we see the list as a club. They have to fit with where we are at. We are not fitting to suit an outsider come in and say this , this and this I need changed from your list plans.. etc etc. Just not going to happen. The coach we get will already be on board and have input going forward if they are aligned. Cain Liddle made this very clear on weekend in some interviews I heard.Have to disagree FF. Coach has a major input.
Funny thing is... next year our age profile doesnt look too bad. I dont think we need to add players in their 30s to our squad tbh.
If we look at our 22 that played this weekend and the age they will be next year during the season we are starting to look better.
Cripps - 25
Walsh - 19
Ed - 30
SPS - 22
Setters - 22
Gibbons - 25
Charlie - 23
Weiters - 22
Newman - 27
Thomas - 33
Cas - 30
Simpson - 36
LOB - 20
Fish - 22
Mitch - 25
Marchy - 23
Kruezer - 31
Harry - 22
Plow - 25
Dow - 20
Cuners - 23
JSOS - 22
Then theres the likes of:
Murph: 32
Kennedy - 23
Docherty - 25
Williamson - 21
Deluca - 24
With us crying out for mature talent, the age of list has continued to grow. If anything, we need another top mid, a player like papley and maybe a ruckman. I dont think its now about age, its about talent
I think you missed my main point Soaps which he needs to come in aligned with where we see list already. If he is not he will not get the job to even have a say. So no coach is going get job and then say, this guy is not what we need and disagree with you guys keeping him on... etc etc. So we will not be getting a coach that is on a different page to how we see the list as a club. They have to fit with where we are at. We are not fitting to suit an outsider come in and say this , this and this I need changed from your list plans.. etc etc. Just not going to happen. The coach we get will already be on board and have input going forward if they are aligned. Cain Liddle made this very clear on weekend in some interviews I heard.
I still can’t see how gws let Coniglio go as a free agent. A matching of any offer than a Dangerfield like trade is surely the scenario.I'd rather shake down GWS for Coniglio and Bonar, shake down West Coast and Freo's lists in the event they grab Coniglio, as well as plumbing the Eagle's depth in some areas, then look at the draft.
How is Whitfield and Papley wiping out an entire draft, while Coniglio and Bonar isn't? Surely the latter two would be the more expensive option...
Edit - Also don't the first two address your listed area of needs more than your preferred two? Why list area of needs then throw up players who don't fit?
Theoretically they can be priced out if they can't get players to move on that are commanding too much salary (or if Coniglio's offer breaks their wage structure significantly).I still can’t see how gws let Coniglio go as a free agent. A matching of any offer than a Dangerfield like trade is surely the scenario.
Perhaps we should consider the system that makes them look good too?Papley in the spotlight atm and rightly so but if we can't get him i'd still consider Ronke.
Can't we have both.I'm not disagreeing with that part FF. Plan will stay. I'm more talking about who the players are
eg. If we have the opportunity for one of Grundy or Gawn and the coach prefers Gawn that's who we would get
I would presume it would be the List Managers job.We have around 20 players out of contract at the end of the year.
Who will make a call on them before the end of the year?
Surely we can't wait until a new coach is appointed leaving so many players in limbo.
We have around 20 players out of contract at the end of the year.
Who will make a call on them before the end of the year?
Surely we can't wait until a new coach is appointed leaving so many players in limbo.
Likely to get a contract - JSilvagni, Kreuzer, Jones, Cuningham, ECurnow, Kerr, Schumacher, Goddard, Gibbons - 9
Possible retirees - Simpson, Thomas (although Thomas likely get one more year). Murphy is contracted, but I feel he may retire - 2
One the cusp - Lang, Garlett, Phillips, Fasolo, Pickett (although it's up to him) LeBois, Casboult, Lobbe, DeLuca, Cottrell - 10
(Bolded are the three I see being retained)
I'd competely forgotten that Conglio is a free agent. You're right Bonar could very easily be forced out.Theoretically they can be priced out if they can't get players to move on that are commanding too much salary (or if Coniglio's offer breaks their wage structure significantly).
It's possible that forcing their hand on Coniglio opens up a less demanding trade, and either way should open the door for us to secure Bonar as well.
As for the question of pace, Coniglio is faster than Whitfield and Papley on the burst, and is able to win the ball inside. We can feed guys like those two all we want then, and there'll be plenty of those at the draft (such as Jeremy Sharp).
Perhaps we should consider the system that makes them look good too?
We have to retain two of Simpson, Murphy and Thomas.
My feeling is that Simpson may retire.
We're not in a position where we can lose too much experience and leadership in one season. Must be done progressively.
I'd competely forgotten that Conglio is a free agent. You're right Bonar could very easily be forced out.
Next question is do we need Bonar? I remember him being a big bodied raw athlete type which can be very boom or bust. IMO we've already gone overboard on the big bodied mids too. Or is he more of a De Goey / Caddy type forward?
I may not be our choice though.
All three may well stay, but I just have a feeling.
It wasn't as though we lost a lot on the weekend without Murphy, was it?
I'd still prefer to be in a situation where our younger players force the older ones out with good form.
Have wanted him in blue since his first or second game last yearSIER Looks a player. A real Bull not as flat footed as kennedy