List Mgmt. 2024 List Mismanagement and Trading

Should the AFC offer Taylor Walker a contract for 2025?


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Are there any second string ruckman out there that should a number 1 ruckman that is better than ROB? if so who and if there is we should go and get him!
Visentini (but Port won't let him go).
Peter Ladhams (loose canon but has natural ability and would put selection pressure on ROB that he has never known from Strachan)
 

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yep definitely he was one but clearly a marginal player not getting games at Saints behind champs as you pointed out. look there probably are some examples but the fact we need to rack our brains to come up with 1-2 in the last 15 years is really the substance of my argument. and that is its not common

Would be interesting to see some stats on these movements. Whilst it seems like we don't get our fair share, with Adelaide location claimed as an inherent disadvantage, the smaller number of movements are shared between only 2 clubs. Same with other interstate sides. So whilst the larger number of movements are players to Victoria, there are 10 clubs that share in those players.
 
Would be interesting to see some stats on these movements. Whilst it seems like we don't get our fair share, with Adelaide location claimed as an inherent disadvantage, the smaller number of movements are shared between only 2 clubs. Same with other interstate sides. So whilst the larger number of movements are players to Victoria, there are 10 clubs that share in those players.
Yes good point and Scorpus provided something like this a few weeks ago which effectively did show SA stacked up well on total returning players divided by available clubs. The issues are perhaps:

(1) we get very few “early stage” returning players that are quality. JHF an absolute exception and even Rankine was relatively early at 4 years. Most seem to be later on or FA’s

(2) within the 10 VIC teams there seems to realistically be only half that get such players - Geelong who are massivley over represented for A grade and first round talent. Add Bailey Smith to Danger to JC and the 4 x first rounders they got the same year they won the flag 2 years ago, Pies, Blues, Tigers and Dons. Basically nothing decent to Kangas, limited scraps to Saints and Bullies and even Hawks when they are successful. Dees got May and Lever over 2 years and not much else in the last decade IIRC.

So its more comparing us to the really successful clubs - and seeing the net movement of quality youngsters that I feel we have been massively disadvantaged the last 10-15 years:

IN - Rankine and Dawson - both absolute quality and AA level
OUT - CC (best small forward since losing him), Gunston (best mid forward since losing him), Danger (Brownlow following year), Lever (best third tall in league), Bock (AA back), Davis (GWS captain), MM (quality but underperforming backman) plus lots more

OUTS>>>>>>>>IN
 
If we have to match a bid in the 20s i dont think we'll bother.

Of course we will. We didn’t ask for Welsh to spend a year at the club to not pick him
And for those suggesting how bad his year has been - played 1 game in U 18 ‘s from memory for WWT and kicked 8 goals?
Wasn’t the focal point at champs or for Crows and has gone beautifully under the radar. Has AFL attributes - but probably a little like Fog in that he will need to build his power a bit more before impacting
But will be an AFL player and will 100% be on our list


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Of course we will. We didn’t ask for Welsh to spend a year at the club to not pick him
And for those suggesting how bad his year has been - played 1 game in U 18 ‘s from memory for WWT and kicked 8 goals?
Wasn’t the focal point at champs or for Crows and has gone beautifully under the radar. Has AFL attributes - but probably a little like Fog in that he will need to build his power a bit more before impacting
But will be an AFL player and will 100% be on our list


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He'll be on our list but a bid in the 20s will test just how much we want him
 

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