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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Imagine Port picking him up....
Zero chance he gets passed North or Essendon before us.Rumour but a fairly decent one
Dogs board have signed off on sending Dunkley to the draft
Do we take him?
Even one year would be good
I would take him, but he wouldn't get past North or Essendon surely
If it does get done and O’Meara also leaves, with Shiels retired surely they need an experienced inside mid?Pies offering pick 41, so Mitchell deal may not get done as Hawks want a pick in the 20's... so we should be having Crouch discussions with the Pies.
Newcombe is their main guy, I’d imagine with more minutes they’d be hoping Worpel bounces back, they’d want to give Ward a lot of time. Plus Mitchell has shown he likes to put his kids in there and leave them there. So I’d be surprised if they feel the need to add anyone.If it does get done and O’Meara also leaves, with Shiels retired surely they need an experienced inside mid?
rowe delistIt’s absolutely criminal that we gave so many games to Rowe and Murphy as small forwards this year only to have them spud it up and barely find the goals..
yet couldn’t find one game for Newchurch who was kicking more goals in the Sanfl than Rowe, Murphy and mchenry put together..
anyone would think we weren’t in the middle of a fcckn rebuild.
now it looks almost certain that Rowe will simply be delisted.
what a complete waste of games that could’ve gone to another young player. Just disgusting and downright appalling list management.
Have him for 1 year then trade him to Brisbane and on trade the picks for HollandsRumour but a fairly decent one
Dogs board have signed off on sending Dunkley to the draft
Do we take him?
Even one year would be good
Agreed although I think they said ahead of the trade period that they would allow salary cap dumps this year which is an improvement but probably also knew it was to favour Geelong further.The fact that the AFL signed off on the Geelong trade for 7/Bowers, 2 years after nixing the salary off-load deal we had lined up with the Saints, is a joke.
The fact they signed off on it, at all, is insane.
Rumour but a fairly decent one
Dogs board have signed off on sending Dunkley to the draft
Do we take him?
Even one year would be good
Know this will not happen, but dream result would be...
Phillipou is still there late in the first round, we trade 23 and future 2nd to move up for Phillipou.
Match Michalanney bid.
Then take a young ruck in the rookie draft.
The height thing is overplayed because it’s the trendy thing. Absolutely it would be handy if he was 5cm taller, but it’s not the end of the world and he can still be an elite inside bull without it. Miller (178), Neale (177), Merrett (179), Walsh (184), Parish (180), Boak (184), Adams (181), Kelly (183), Gaff (183), Sidebottom (184), Edwards (182) all made the AA team at similar heights to Berry (182).
Why not?
His tackling is elite all ready.
His contested ball winning ability is very good, with definitely the potential to be elite.
He is extremely hard to push off the ball and consistently breaks/stands up in tackles, and is almost always able to get an effective kick or handball away.
He has the ability to burst away from stoppages and I expect we will see more and more of this in the coming years.
All of these things I think he doesn’t better than Matt can.
His disposal needs improvement at times, but name an elite inside mid who you can’t say that about at times? He certainly has the ability to be a lot more damaging than Matt.
He doesn’t have the ability to find the cheap touches the way Matt can, but frankly, do we want him to?
Perhaps I’m being biased but I see him as an elite prospect. He’s arguably the best midfield prospect in his draft so far.
Too late. He has already said he would be more excited going interstate.We need some Bailey Smith/Archie Perkins homeboy hints dropped pretty strongly by his manager.
Here's my take on the List Management changes.
In: Rankine Out: Frampton and Brown. Not recontract Rowe and Davis (R).
Rebalance Main List by Rookie Upgrade Butts and Strachan. Make Seedsman Rookie. Be prepared to change mix from 38/4 to 39/3 prior to Draft
Have 3 Choices in Main Draft or pivot and select 2 saving 1 for Rookie Draft.
Turner hasn't moved the needle but invite to train over summer in the anticipation Seedsman remains LTI
Recontract Borlase and Newchurch as CAT B.
IF Seedsman can't start Pre-Season training ......that'll be the 2nd block of PS training he's missed ....at 30+ too hard to play AFL & I expect he'll retire, rather than go on the Rookie listHas the club made any comments regarding Seedsman in the last week or so?
Seems like the obvious move to move him to the rookie list and we take pick 23 and Michalanney.
He is not going to retire if his contract was back ended. Same with Sloane. Retiring forfeits the remaining part of the contract.IF Seedsman can't start Pre-Season training ......that'll be the 2nd block of PS training he's missed ....at 30+ too hard to play AFL & I expect he'll retire, rather than go on the Rookie list
He has another month to decide
doesnt affect salary cap the payment is the payment except you have a kid on minimum chips on top next year.He is not going to retire if his contract was back ended. Same with Sloane. Retiring forfeits the remaining part of the contract.
Back ending a contract for players going into their 30s is crazy management, but it's something I could have seen us being stupid enough to do.
The club needs to pay them out or they will be on the list.
I'm thinking it must affect the salary cap if we pay them out and there goes the war chest for signing any free agent next year.
If anyone knows how paying players out works, that would be good to know?
I actually would like Sloane as the sub for all games next year. It makes sense as he can fill a gap on half back or half forward if we get an injury and have to shuffle others around.doesnt affect salary cap the payment is the payment except you have a kid on minimum chips on top next year.
sloane will play on as sub and captain handing to doedee i believe
seed will be asked to retire and paid out i think . we would have seen videos about his improvement otherwise from afc media. sad but
No disrespect, but it feels like you're making a lot of assumptions about what's been done when you also don't seem to know what the rules are.He is not going to retire if his contract was back ended. Same with Sloane. Retiring forfeits the remaining part of the contract.
Back ending a contract for players going into their 30s is crazy management, but it's something I could have seen us being stupid enough to do.
The club needs to pay them out or they will be on the list.
I'm thinking it must affect the salary cap if we pay them out and there goes the war chest for signing any free agent next year.
If anyone knows how paying players out works, that would be good to know?