Oppo Camp Brodie Grundy (Traded to Melbourne 2022)

[JLC]

Would be huge. Love him

Is Mark Jamar at the club still? Or has he been moved on? I thought he was helping with the ruck?

 

[TradeDraft]

So they saying that Grundy did NOT buy into Buckley and the Club in last 2 years?

 

[TradeDraft]

So McRae is basically saying, yes i know you are a different cat and that's fine, we are not looking to change you, but you need to buy into what we are doing as a group. (I reckon Treloar leaving the club probably bothered him more than most.)

Its time to buy into the group and lead the way.

Who are Brodies mates at the club? When you think about it.....when he was recruited Hine recruited a little pony in Kennedy for him (they are good mates?).....then he seemed pretty close with Treloar and to some degree Buckley. I have a feeling that trust was broken last season.

Now its decision time for Brodie. Does he want to buy in? Brodie may decide that moving back home and being with family is what he needs.

Alternatively this may be a turning point in his career and he finally returns back to his Copeland trophy winning form.

I think McRae and GW have the ability to operate in a velvet sledge hammer kind of way.

Moore Suppose to be Close to Brody

 

[jonmacTrag]

So they saying that Grundy did NOT buy into Buckley and the Club in last 2 years?

No way of telling from our side of the fence TD but it's screamingly obvious that his heart hasn't been fully in it for whatever reason.

 

[TradeDraft]

No way of telling from our side of the fence TD but it's screamingly obvious that his heart hasn't been fully in it for whatever reason.

Hasn't been since the Hub's last year

 

[jonmacTrag]

Hasn't been since the Hub's last year

Agreed mate.

 

[Chameleon75]

I'm hearing Monkey is a chance to come back to the Pies.

That'll help his ruck craft IMO

that’s surprising

 

[Mkcaptain]

Have to admit I'm torn. Part of me thinks if you're on $900k for 7 years then it shouldn't matter who your coaches are, you should be turning up each week physically and mentally primed to deliver on the field and be a leader in the club. Which as an outsider looking in, Brodie hasn't been since Rd 1 2020.
But the other part of me is so pleased that McRae is challenging Brodie like this. I love the glove analogy.

 

[gouki88]

Is Mark Jamar at the club still? Or has he been moved on? I thought he was helping with the ruck?

I'm not sure honestly. Not sure what his contract was when he was brought on. Haven't heard a thing, but I imagine Tapping returning will be in a stoppage role

 

[manicpie]

Have to admit I'm torn. Part of me thinks if you're on $900k for 7 years then it shouldn't matter who your coaches are, you should be turning up each week physically and mentally primed to deliver on the field and be a leader in the club. Which as an outsider looking in, Brodie hasn't been since Rd 1 2020.
But the other part of me is so pleased that McRae is challenging Brodie like this. I love the glove analogy.

You only have to compare grundy to Gawn to see that Grundy is miles off the real elite ruckman in the comp

 

[ClaytonM]

For Brodie Grundy to evolve his game, he's go to work on his tap work with the midfield. Directly. Pushing and playing more deep forward.

It is contested marking that is his greatest weakness. He just doesn’t clunk enough.

 

[Obese Arachnid]

Have to admit I'm torn. Part of me thinks if you're on $900k for 7 years then it shouldn't matter who your coaches are, you should be turning up each week physically and mentally primed to deliver on the field and be a leader in the club. Which as an outsider looking in, Brodie hasn't been since Rd 1 2020.
But the other part of me is so pleased that McRae is challenging Brodie like this. I love the glove analogy.

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit?

 

[sr36]

Anyone have any idea why he jumps so early at centre bounces? Infuriates me.

He can't jump, so he's basically just taking his opponents jump out of it.

 

[gouki88]

He can't jump, so he's basically just taking his opponents jump out of it.

He should just do what Big Oscar does for Brisbane and grab it straight out of the ruck

 

[Brad Goodman]

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit?

If Brodie doesn’t fit, we must transmit…him to Adelaide.

 

[stormskye]

It is contested marking that is his greatest weakness. He just doesn’t clunk enough.

Also a big weakness for Nic Nat

 

[ClaytonM]

Also a big weakness for Nic Nat

Yes at it is why I don’t think, as good as he has been, he never achieved the heights he could have.

If NicNat clunked then like Gawn he would have been something else.

 

[JLC]

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He should just do what Big Oscar does for Brisbane and grab it straight out of the ruck

Exactly right..

 

[Leviathan Pie]

Hasn't been since the Hub's last year

I feel thats an incredibly convenient excuse.

(not talking about you TD, but Brodie).

 

[KillerMagpies]

Moving on Grundy would be an awesome salary dump. Lynch/Cameron become our rucks. But only if we can get Pick 1 and a late first rounder. We can nominate for Darcy and force the Dog’s hand. We then pick up Horne AND Daicos. We then have a midfield for the next 4-5 years of DeGoey, both Daicoses, Horne, McInness, McRae, Bianco, Poulter … that’s looking good. With all that extra dough we keep Moore, DeGoey and chase Parker as a free agent and Weideman in the preseason draft.
Who’d want Grundy?… GWS… that pick 2 with a late first rounder for North’s number 1.

 

[Leviathan Pie]

Moving on Grundy would be an awesome salary dump. Lynch/Cameron become our rucks. But only if we can get Pick 1 and a late first rounder. We can nominate for Darcy and force the Dog’s hand. We then pick up Horne AND Daicos. We then have a midfield for the next 4-5 years of DeGoey, both Daicoses, Horne, McInness, McRae, Bianco, Poulter … that’s looking good. With all that extra dough we keep Moore, DeGoey and chase Parker as a free agent and Weideman in the preseason draft.
Who’d want Grundy?… GWS… that pick 2 with a late first rounder for North’s number 1.

I think if we could move on Brodie, for the right price, we would.

 

[Lip Gallagher]

It is contested marking that is his greatest weakness. He just doesn’t clunk enough.

He doesn’t clunk anything, now he’s resorted to dropping uncontested marks inside 50, this is a big call I know but with his recent form I would’ve dropped him, we looked better when he was injured, hopefully he comes back strong, if not I hope the new coach makes a statement, personally I would trade him knowing we’ll have to pay part of his wage.

PS, to the **** sucker who decided to give that contract to a ruckman wow, I mean WOW, Dean Cox at his best wasn’t worth 10% of a cap lol.

 

[Lip Gallagher]

Moving on Grundy would be an awesome salary dump. Lynch/Cameron become our rucks. But only if we can get Pick 1 and a late first rounder. We can nominate for Darcy and force the Dog’s hand. We then pick up Horne AND Daicos. We then have a midfield for the next 4-5 years of DeGoey, both Daicoses, Horne, McInness, McRae, Bianco, Poulter … that’s looking good. With all that extra dough we keep Moore, DeGoey and chase Parker as a free agent and Weideman in the preseason draft.
Who’d want Grundy?… GWS… that pick 2 with a late first rounder for North’s number 1.

If we can get our grubby little mitts on pick 2 North will trade pick 1 with us for our pick 2 and a future second, they’d be daft not too (given we don’t select Horne of course), but, I don’t want JDG being part of the deal, if we can make Grundy part of the deal then we go full regalia IMO.

 

[gouki88]

If we can get our grubby little mitts on pick 2 North will trade pick 1 with us for our pick 2 and a future second, they’d be daft not too (given we don’t select Horne of course), but, I don’t want JDG being part of the deal, if we can make Grundy part of the deal then we go full regalia IMO.

What is the point of trading for the top pick if we're not getting Horne? The other top 3 talent is also a F-S pick, so we wouldn't end up with Darcy and Daicos

 

[gouki88]

So McRae is basically saying, yes i know you are a different cat and that's fine, we are not looking to change you, but you need to buy into what we are doing as a group. (I reckon Treloar leaving the club probably bothered him more than most.)

Its time to buy into the group and lead the way.

Who are Brodies mates at the club? When you think about it.....when he was recruited Hine recruited a little pony in Kennedy for him (they are good mates?).....then he seemed pretty close with Treloar and to some degree Buckley. I have a feeling that trust was broken last season.

Now its decision time for Brodie. Does he want to buy in? Brodie may decide that moving back home and being with family is what he needs.

Alternatively this may be a turning point in his career and he finally returns back to his Copeland trophy winning form.

I think McRae and GW have the ability to operate in a velvet sledge hammer kind of way.

Grundy and Roughead were reportedly the leaders most happy for Buckley to leave, so I'm not sure that losing Buckley was that major for him.