Why should there be though? Black's manager has stated he will look for a trade for his client and Black wants out, its not as if his manager made it up.
Past #35: Aaron Black - 50 NM games - 64 goals - traded to Geelong for pick 92 in '16 trade period
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Why should there be though? Black's manager has stated he will look for a trade for his client and Black wants out, its not as if his manager made it up.
A number of people are suggesting he never went because he wants out. That is not correct. Had the wedding been on a different weekend he would have gone. The same with Lachie.
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Pull the finger out Aaron - get a huge preseason under your belt and work your butt off and play hard, committed football.
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Jeez some people are going to have said some stupid things in this thread when he comes good over the next two years. Great to hear he will be sticking around most likely.
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Against his will.
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To my knowledge his manager only ever said he was looking at his opportunities. He hasn't gotten other opportunities so 'his will' is now to stay here. It's not we're locking him in an internment camp or something.
North need him at his best come 2017. Id say 2016 will be the last year for Petrie and maybe Waite which leaves BBrown as our lone key forward. Majak may come on take take a spot but it's slim pickings after. Hopefully Durdin can come on but that won't be for another few years.
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This should be a wake up call that an AFL career is not guaranteed long-term though.
Hopefully it sparks him back into 2013 form. He can play.
Hopefully it sparks him back into 2013 form. He can play.
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May be the kick in the pants he needed. I hope he sees this as a challenge.
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Ugh.
A good kick up the clacker.
Players don't always have linear development so he may turn things around. It really comes down to his attitude, self-belief and staying healthy (e.g., no injuries). Happy to keep him on the list because his trade value is currently below the basement.
Players don't always have linear development so he may turn things around. It really comes down to his attitude, self-belief and staying healthy (e.g., no injuries). Happy to keep him on the list because his trade value is currently below the basement.
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How is replacing good players with inferior players making our team better? Perhaps younger, but younger =/= better.
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Not unhappy about this - we all know he can play. This is his chance to stand up. Get around him!!!!!!!
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Hey Black, have fun playing on the VFL for the next 2 years
**** mate that's pretty ordinary. People can lose focus and acquire a less than perfect attitude for any number of reasons.
Black has frustrated everyone but he's still one of ours - don't know that we achieve anything by slagging him off?
Back him in.
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Exactly the point that is often missed. This isn't fifa where players grow by x amount every year until they reach their potential.
He has shown he can perform at afl level before, so I see no reason why he couldn't go back to the form that had us raving a couple of years ago.
My biggest concern is that be doesn't seem to have a role in our team at the moment. Waite Petrie and brown are completely different to him, so when he comes in to replace one of them he is playing a role he isn't suited to.
I think he is much more of a leading forward than any of our others, someone who marks outside 50 and then pinpoints a pass inside 50.
Time will tell.
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As DP has pointed out, Black does his best work on the flank and that is an absolute dead zone in our gameplan.
Bit of a coincidence that a bloke that cant break onto the nmfc forward line was trying to convince a past champion of the nmfc forward line to make him an offer to leave the chance of ever breaking into the nmfc forward line?
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What's the story there?
..."awkys".
flew up to sydney on the weekend for a medical and interview as they had some interested.
All i know is they went cold on him after the interview because his whole attitude changed once they mentioned he wouldn't get guaranteed game time.
