Opinion 2021 Non-Crows AFL 3: Things Fall Apart!

[Kane McGoodwin]

I hope Ladhams deal falls through, Port want him out, he has a decent contract, they’ve replaced him with Finlayson, they want a pick and keeping him now wouldn’t be great for team moral and cohesion

Could be Lobbe scenario all over again...

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

How would you like to be the GWS list manager trying to negotiate with DoDo over Bobby Hill. You would want to see if you still have your wallet after the meeting.

Isn't Hill not out of contract, so GWS should be able to extract fair value or keep Hill.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Ladhams was a rookie selection 4 years ago.

How many other rookie selections have been traded out for first rounders after 4 years in the system where they haven't established themselves?

I'm sure there have been loads that I just can't think of right now.

Charlie Cameron... except he was established.

Hence Ladhams is worth a 2nd rounder

 

[BRL121]

Isn't Hill out of contract, so GWS should be able to extract fair value or keep Hill.

Slip of the tongue?

 

[Linekers Ears]

What did the Bullants do do deserve that?

Carlton affiliation...

 

[Bay62]

Just caught up with the news that Port replaced Schofield and Voss with internal promotions and a cheap hire to replace an internal promotion.

No doubt the AFL, like hiring/promoting their CEO, had a $ay.

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Yep, they are rooted

Blew the chance of a flag in their centenary year, with all the $$ that would have generated

Blew their chance this year in a totally humiliating way

Decent assistant coaches have said “Enough of this shite, I’m off”

They’ve raised just $163k of $13m for their Chasing Credibility fund, and no one is falling over themselves now to make up the difference

So now they’re running on fumes

And all along they’ve had the chance to fix the problem - sack Ken - and instead useless feckin Koch gave him a feckin extension

They are rooted beyond all rooting

I actually feel sorry for some of their genuine supporters

But overall: couldn’t happen to a nicer club

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Yep, they are rooted

Blew the chance of a flag in their centenary year, with all the $$ that would have generated

Blew their chance this year in a totally humiliating way

Decent assistant coaches have said “Enough of this sh*te, I’m off”

They’ve raised just $163k of $13m for their Chasing Credibility fund, and no one is falling over themselves now to make up the difference

So now they’re running on fumes

And all along they’ve had the chance to fix the problem - sack Ken - and instead useless feckin Koch gave him a feckin extension

They are rooted beyond all rooting

I actually feel sorry for some of their genuine supporters

But overall: couldn’t happen to a nicer club

Usually catches up with those living beyond their means...

 

[Punchy Bassett]

What has happened to Powell Pepper leaving?

No one is dumb enough to take him

 

[GROTTO]

No one is dumb enough to take him

Only dumb enough to keep him.

 

[Sanders]

Just caught up with the news that Port replaced Schofield and Voss with internal promotions and a cheap hire to replace an internal promotion.

No doubt the AFL, like hiring/promoting their CEO, had a $ay.

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definitely

it’s no different to having the bank put a representative on your board because you’re not meeting targets. When you’re spending someone else’s money, they tend to get a bit funny about your spending decisions

not unfair really

 

[rabidcrow]

Yeah! Offer of two picks in the 50s. And the Sydney Board accuses us of being disrespectful.

And the kid was a first rounder pick 2 years ago? Hell we offered around pick 38 for Hateley from memory - and he was out of contract.


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[Vhaluus]

No one is dumb enough to take him

Port supporters confidently claimed he was a future Brownlow medalist a few years back.

They couldn't have got that wrong could they?

 

[Vhaluus]

Just caught up with the news that Port replaced Schofield and Voss with internal promotions and a cheap hire to replace an internal promotion.

No doubt the AFL, like hiring/promoting their CEO, had a $ay.

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Port making a lot of the same mistakes we made in the past.

It's great.

Except luckily we're a strong club who could afford to fix things when we finally realised our mistakes.

Cut up a bunch of contracts and told them to clear out even if it cost us financially in the short term. Port don't have that financial luxury.

 

[treeman]

No one is dumb enough to take him

Weren't WC keen?
Or did Port want too much?

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[Punchy Bassett]

So Talia still not picked up....

 

[Vhaluus]

So Talia still not picked up....

It's a sad end to his career. Yet another crow who refused to know when it was time to bow out gracefully.

 

[texanmike]

It's a sad end to his career. Yet another crow who refused to know when it was time to bow out gracefully.

What actually has happened to his body that he cant even make it back to play AFL Footy? He is only 29 and somehow is totally cooked, and has barely moved from the goal square for his whole career....mind boggling.

 

[Scorpus]

So Talia still not picked up....

Won't be until the delisted free agency period (or not at all)

 

[Vhaluus]

What actually has happened to his body that he cant even make it back to play AFL Footy? He is only 29 and somehow is totally cooked, and has barely moved from the goal square for his whole career....mind boggling.

Hasnt he been playing through pain nearly every game since he was like 24?

Sometimes pain is just pain. Sometimes it's your body giving you real warning signs.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

So Talia still not picked up....

Had a feeling he wouldn't get through his medicals.

 

[ams4crows]

His back has been stuffed since he was 24 needed injections just to get through games I'm not surprised the end came quick with is body

 

[dplggr47]

Isn't Hill not out of contract, so GWS should be able to extract fair value or keep Hill.

Contracted. GWS were not happy he chose Essendon after their trade for Caldwell last year.

Weren't WC keen?
Or did Port want too much?

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Powell-Pepper is probably on more money than Ladhams and still has two years left on his contract. Port are probably expecting a first rounder for him or something that will net them O'Meara.

 

[jackster83]

What actually has happened to his body that he cant even make it back to play AFL Footy? He is only 29 and somehow is totally cooked, and has barely moved from the goal square for his whole career....mind boggling.

 

[Vader]

So Talia still not picked up....

Not surprising. Any club interested in grabbing him was always going to wait for the DFA period, to ensure that we didn't get any compensation.

Having said that, I think he's well and truly cooked, and would be very surprised if another club does decide to sign him in a playing capacity.

 

[Sanders]

So Talia still not picked up....

why would he be? It’s not time for that yet