Trading out ROB and bringing in Moyle would be a good outcome. We should then also be looking at drafting another ruck this off season.
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Rachele’s still got 5 and a half years on his deal, surely ‘being looked at’ is just window shopping for said VIC clubs
I like the Moyle and ROB news though
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That's a worry.. as that's about all he has
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Funnily enough if Rachele moved and it enabled us to get a topline established mid in, I'd do it or if it enabled us to get pick 1 or 2 in this draft I would do it. Ie if say Richmond wanted him badly and offered us their pick for him so we could get FOS or Smillie along with Draper in this draft.
Now don't get me wrong I see a big upside to Rachele and are more than happy for him to stay with us long term but right now I think he is not being handled correctly and it could be a win win if it allowed us to really get a top end projected mid along with the one hopefully we will get with our own top 5 pick.
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If we get Moyle and just a query -
If Rob chooses Essendon and we potentially get Draper in return, could we play both Moyle (1st ruck) and Draper (starting forward and pinch hit ruck) is he good enough for that? That way leaves thilthorpe and fog always in the forward lines?
If Rob chooses Essendon and we potentially get Draper in return, could we play both Moyle (1st ruck) and Draper (starting forward and pinch hit ruck) is he good enough for that? That way leaves thilthorpe and fog always in the forward lines?
Imagine losing English and replacing with Rob 
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Losing English, getting a 1st round pick (band 1 compo) and ROB...depends what they do with that 1st round pickImagine losing English and replacing with Rob
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Would explain why we aren’t playing him
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What do you think we’d get for Rachelle now? It’s going to be a pick in the teens so we’d be going backwards
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Should have made the decision much earlier in the year when he was in poor form.
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Ok Crypto, we do like a rumour and hope the poster isn’t full of manure, reckon these are your first bit of info. Without naming a source is it coming from someone in club land, agent etc and how confident you in your source?
Rob I can see going, might explain why we aren’t playing him.
Can’t see us needing Draper if we are getting Moyle.
Rachelle doesn’t look happy so that wouldn’t surprise.
As for Taylor why would he want to stick around so he might get a go on the half forward flank at some stage, but if we lost him due to lack of opportunity and he turns out, that’s just going to be ****ed and typical of this shitshow.
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Would have helped had we got another ruckman on the list besides Strachan. Absolute joke we haven’t had a developing ruckman.
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Not sure about that, he has 5 1/2 years on contract so any club wanting to pry him out will have to pay a premium. Also I would think that clubs can see he is down on form but know what he is capable of and he is still very young. But unless it allows us to get an A grade mid or it gets us a top 3 pick in this draft, I would not entertain letting him go at all.
Draper is a much worse kick for goal than ROB.
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Haha damn! That's as big an insult as you can get
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He is good at lying on the footy and not drawing a free kick though
Although he would not get away with that while wearing crows colours.
Not quite true, their accuracy is almost identical (both 46%) but Draper with double the shots on goals.
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Double the number of goals too?
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The last time ROB and Draper went head to head
I thought we wanted to upgrade ROB?
Essendon
Sam Draper 17 HO's
Peter Wright 7 HO's
Harrison Jones 1 HO
Adelaide
Reilly O'Brien 40 HO's
Riley Thilthorpe 2 Ho's
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How many to advantage?
How many disposals, marks & goals for each?
If rucking was just about winning taps, ROB would be awesome.
I still remember that shot on goal against the Crows. Not much angle and about 30m out. Didn't even make the distance.
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So you’ve seen Murph’s leadership skills on show - pointing etc.
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yeah but of these 40 hitouts, 28 went to the opposition
Maybe a VIC club might be interested if they just want HO.....please.
