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Found this on another teams board. Seems pretty wild to me
It’s the one change I hope they never make. The less Americanized we are the better.
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Found this on another teams board. Seems pretty wild to me
There's working and working. They'll still be a bottom side but not GWS/GC levels I'd imagine.Players can’t be traded without their consent though so that sounds good in theory but can’t see it working.
Our system probably needs to shift a bit that way. The players have literally all the power right now. Most that demand a trade get it, even if the compo isn’t sufficient. Clubs are really hamstrung on bad contracts or over hyped players.It’s the one change I hope they never make. The less Americanized we are the better.
They’ll be 28 and 30 next year.
There's a lot more to that story than listsGC went for a lot more experienced players than GWS, which ones going better now?
I don't think you can put much stock in either example.Sure but the initial list profile is a part of it. Gws went nearly full youth and it’s netted alot more success.
Along with virtually ALL of our (current) best players.
That's the whole point.
All of steele, marshall, wilkie, sinclair, wood, hill, crouch, webster, membrey, hayes, howard, cordy, ross are 28+
The next gen (owens, pou, wilson, windy) etc will only MAYBE (massive maybe) become reliable guns in 2+ years.
By that time most of our current best players will be coming out of their prime years.
Net result in 3 years = us not much (or any) better overall than we are now- which is a midtable at best, battler team.
We need to roll the dice and go for a flag properly in 25, 26 (or 27 at the latest, not the earliest).
So, with those collection of players hitting 28-30 you also want too add more in that age bracket which will hopefully get us above mid table? Do you want another perpetual rebuild lol
Might have to barrack for another team.I want a flag next year or the year after
Might have to barrack for another team.
When we beat GWS in 2017 I thought we were two gun mids away from being a top four team. I think that’s part of the reason Pou is getting so much game time. We need to find out what the ceiling of our young guys is and get them there asap.Seriously though- if we do something serious about our midfield- why not?
We have one of the best coaches in the caper.
We have a genuine gun backline.
One of the best rucks in the league.
King owens membrey higgins hayes is a very strong fwd line.
Genuine gun wingmen in wood and hill.
Add LDU/Mcluggage and daniel and mcrae (or similar) into the 22 (for stuff all draft pick cost) and relegate the likes of bonner, ross, byrnes, crouch, to very decent depth/backup.
We have every piece of the puzzle apart from a gun (or even decent) midfield.
We can fix it pretty quickly if we are brave enough to step up and not be satisfied with merely not being bottom 4.
There is no way it is that lowI saw on the Internet the other day that BBQ sauce is over 40% sugar per bottle.
They may have said 60% I couldn't remember exactly so I went conservative, I didn't want to create any hysteria, however now I am going to put it on ice cream and give it to someone else to tryThere is no way it is that low
We shouldn’t have started heading down that route then.It’s the one change I hope they never make. The less Americanized we are the better.
The club would absolutely pull a rabbit out of a hat to get a flag in the next few years , we always seem to be in no mans land , we cant attract top liners that would really make a difference and are finishing mid table and not getting high draft picks .Along with virtually ALL of our (current) best players.
That's the whole point.
All of steele, marshall, wilkie, sinclair, wood, hill, crouch, webster, membrey, hayes, howard, cordy, ross are 28+
The next gen (owens, pou, wilson, windy) etc will only MAYBE (massive maybe) become reliable guns in 2+ years.
By that time most of our current best players will be coming out of their prime years.
Net result in 3 years = us not much (or any) better overall than we are now- which is a midtable at best, battler team.
We need to roll the dice and go for a flag properly in 25, 26 (or 27 at the latest, not the earliest).
Tyson Stengle contract is up .
Exactly the type of player we could use
How many players in the last 10 years have been taken from Geelong?Tyson Stengle contract is up .
Exactly the type of player we could use in our forward line for the next 3 years. Stengle and Collard would give us a dynamic forward line next season.
There is room for Higgins as well if he maintains his form, but more importantly allows us to manage our small forward brigade more strategically , resting one / bringing in one , when the draw gives us 2 or 3 games in short succession.
Butler is cooked imho and will need to be managed. His body can’t make it through a full season. Hotton doesn’t look like he is going to survive beyond this year.
Yes we need mids more, but if we have this war chest then a goal kicking small forward should be on the list also.
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Heard his manager wants $800K per season. Yeah, nah from me too.Brad has already volunteered to organise the welcoming party
Crows pair hit with AFL bans, drug strike after probe
Adelaide pair Brad Crouch and Tyson Stengle have been suspended by the AFL after police caught them with an illicit substancewww.afl.com.au
But seriously- yeah nah.
Blowing a big chunk of our salary cap on a small forward... when our midfield is a dumpster fire- is not the way to go.
Apparently the AFL has given permission for his Guardian to negotiate his contract.Heard his manager wants $800K per season. Yeah, nah from me too.