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That's it isn't it.
Nothing like a plausible narrative to give them some hope for the rest of the season.
I don't think we need a defender yet..apparently sos also said he is focusing on our midfield and forward line.
Rowe is doing a great job taking the oppositions biggest and best defenders each week and being versatile enough to pinch hit forward and in the ruck.
Unless we play Plowman on opposition medium/smalls and play all of him, Weitering, Marchbank and Rowe in the team...possible as Marchbank would then be replacing white.
Marchbank is a first rounder all day long unless he is to be packaged up to create salary cap and list management room. Sainters are as delusional.
Thought i read somewhere the Saints have already traded out their second rounder ?
Marchbank isn't ours just yet.
Someone wants to pay him more, the deal can change........as we know all too well.
Agreed but based on that logic, the saints are not a lock either.
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Savage has actually been really good for them this year.
Also the AFL have allowed GWS to keep the COLA for now, which is BS by the way. Clubs will soon be up in arms about it and it will have to be fazed out like Sydney are doing now.
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Their backline is atrocious. They will be going hard for a quality player like Marchbank.
I saw that too and am of the same opinion.
Rowe is doing a fantastic job, but he is a stop gap until we get something better. No offense to him because as I said he has been great this year and taking all the pressure of Weiters and Plowman.
The time is now to be looking for our next big key defender and if Marchbank is on the table, we should and will be all over it.
He is ours!! We're desirable as **** right now!!
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Wouldn't be the end of the world.
Steele, Tomlinson and Stewart for our second and third picks, make a play for Lachie Neale or Dion Prestia with our first and a player, or just go to the draft for best available mid with our first round pick.
I like Marchbank, but I don't think he's critical enough that we need to move heaven and earth, or overpay, to get him.
GWS have to reduce their list size and have quite a few academy kids coming through this year. They could on trade any early picks for multiple later picks which gives them the points needed to get these academy kids.
There is inherent risk in all four.
Marchbank appears to be another mobile, attacking KPD, and maybe his skill set is too similar to Plowman and Weitering. Is he the 'stopper' that will allow the others to play to their strengths?
Four years in Tomlinson still doesn't have a defined role.
Stewart has fair numbers from a limited body of work, and often played as third or fourth banana.
Steele I like, but hard to get a read in the stacked GWS midfield.
Not to say I wouldn't do it, but you'd like a better idea of who you are foregoing before making the call. Could be the next Cripps or Bontompelli falls to pick 7/8.
Marchbank appears to be another mobile, attacking KPD, and maybe his skill set is too similar to Plowman and Weitering. Is he the 'stopper' that will allow the others to play to their strengths?
Four years in Tomlinson still doesn't have a defined role.
Stewart has fair numbers from a limited body of work, and often played as third or fourth banana.
Steele I like, but hard to get a read in the stacked GWS midfield.
Not to say I wouldn't do it, but you'd like a better idea of who you are foregoing before making the call. Could be the next Cripps or Bontompelli falls to pick 7/8.
The Saints threw the kitchen sink at Carlisle last year while Silvagni determined his price for him and stuck to it .
Re Marchbank , Silvagni will have all the knowledge available and if he likes him coupled with the no dickhead factor and no WADA hanging over his head , the Saints might just find Silvagni more up for the fight this time ...
Re Marchbank , Silvagni will have all the knowledge available and if he likes him coupled with the no dickhead factor and no WADA hanging over his head , the Saints might just find Silvagni more up for the fight this time ...
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Carlisle and Marchbank would make it a pretty solid defensive unit for them.
We won't be overpaying for anyone, yet.
It's just not our turn to do so.
Plenty to play out before we can hang our hat on anyone just yet but we should be feeling pretty comfortable about a couple at least....for now.
We did get pick 19 back but at this stage it is not looking like a good trade for us.
Very true.
He is just another player on the list of potential candidates for this years SOS miracle move.
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I'll be honest, I don't know too much about any of them. But from what I've seen, heard and read, Marchbank is probably the most important to us out of the four.
If he is what they say he is. He caps off what will be a ten year, highly talented back line.
It's already been mentioned, but Rowe is doing a fantastic job at the moment, but he won't be around for the next five years. Simpson is irreplaceable but Sheehan, Buckley and a couple of others can come in to play his role when he chooses to hang up the boots...
So imagine , Weitering, Plowman, Byrne, Doc, Touhy, Marchbank and a "Buckley type" as our back 6 or 7 for the next ten years. Marchbank seems to be the missing piece of the puzzle.
But again, I'm just going by the opinions and observations of others...
You’re right, at this stage not looking overly positive but I think it is still retrievable.
KJ I think can still develop into an AFL KP, still young and coming to terms with what Bolts demands, I think he just needs time to adjust
Boekhorst has talent and pace and would be in consideration for seniors if fit. Maybe hasn’t lived up to his pick 19 status but not a lost cause
Whiley I think is the miss. On exposed form at AFL level just doesn’t show enough and I don’t see any upside. I’m sure he’ll get another crack at some stage this year but would be surprised if he has a long term future
Still not a write-off!
I think it may be something like this:
We want him and he says he wants us.
Everyone has an agreement-in-principle going on. The clubs, the players etc. but the manager may still be happy to be fielding offers and utilizing leverage.
Who knows which dollar breaks the camels back, in terms of where we see the value.
It may not be like that but we may have everything tidied up elsewhere, but just have a bit of a loose wheel here......and then we're still 4 months away.
Agreed. Neale > Marchbank any day of the week. Or even Brodie.
I'm not fussed on Stewart but would be happy to give away our 2nd this year and our 2nd next year for Steele and Tomlinson, if they want to throw in Stewart great. Then hit the draft or hunt Neale.
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