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Bluemour Discussion Thread XVIII - Please Sir, Can We Have More?
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The issue with Deluca is that we are basically playing him as a smaller forward, where his craft is primarily as a hard nosed mid.
If we're looking to actively recruit one or two genuine small forwards, he doesn't really have a role or position.
We've used Gibbo a similar way as a smaller pressure forward, but I can see him shifting more into the midfield post Murph.
If we're looking to actively recruit one or two genuine small forwards, he doesn't really have a role or position.
We've used Gibbo a similar way as a smaller pressure forward, but I can see him shifting more into the midfield post Murph.
Agree. Unless we have someone else lined up we have all of this excess salary cap we accumulated.
My understanding is if we don't spend it we lose it. If this is the case then why wouldn't we offer a bit more to get the player we want, within reason of course?
myblueroan
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I think the emPHAsos is a little out there.
I believe you 100%.
But seriously, he’s got smarts, good vision and hands in tight. If he gets his fitness up like you said we’ll have a contributor that’s for sure.
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I was um'ing and ah'ing whether I should do it or not. In the end the little peanut inside me won the battleI think the emPHAsos is a little out there.
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Whitfield next year
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Going to The Champions of Carlton function tonight on a VIP table with Diesel and Sticks any questions for two of our best ever?
The area we have is so small it is easy to forget.
What is their favourite cheese?
Slow? Polson?
He has no AFL attributes.
Whoever recruited him thought they were pulling a late-draft injured gem, but it didn't work, which is fine. But they should have acknowledged it earlier and cut losses.
I think your comment reveals the basic tension with the mid-season draft. Everything you say makes perfect sense if the draft is seen as an opportunity to make a long-term selection, as the end of year drafts have always been. However, the whole purpose of the mid-season draft (according to the AFL) is short-term -- it's a chance to top up on a position where you've had an unexpected run of injuries or whatever. In essence the AFL wants this to be a different kind of draft to all the other drafts we're used to.
Each club then has a decision: will it make a long-term selection like it would at any other draft, or a short-term selection like the AFL wants it to? This year for better or worse we apparently opted for the short-term approach. Was that an 'absolutely stupid move'? Maybe, maybe not, but I think it's understandable given our win-loss position at the time.
That said, I think clubs that don't have immediate needs at mid-season draft time (and even some that do) will increasingly take the long-term view and use their selection as you describe, thus defeating the purpose of the mid-season draft... at which point the AFL will have to face the fact that once again they've introduced a change without properly thinking through how clubs will adapt to it over time.
myblueroan
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Warming him up nicely for us today I see.
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Do we still have first dibs on Wild? We should have on the same basis that the Dopers still have access to Chris Johnson's son, who has moved from the Dopers NGA zone to the other side of town. Would love some clarification on this because I reckon Wild could be a handy, no-cost selection.
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myblueroan
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Yes please.
1/Sticks, how many hours per week should McKay practice goal kicking?
2/ When can you start as his personal coach?
3/ Diesel I love you.
Whaddya mean that ain't a question? Geez.
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Whitfield is the best of the three imo. Whitfield, Kelly then Cogs.Warming him up nicely for us today I see.
myblueroan
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I am starting to agree with you.
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I will ask Diesel if Dow's kicking can improve and in his opinion can Dow be the A grader we all hope for.
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