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Good Oliver yes - but would cost too much.
Bad Oliver no - because he would cost too much.
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Bad Oliver no - because he would cost too much.
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Yes to Stengle - young, the best crumbing small in the comp. Exactly what we need beneath H & C.
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Why do we need another small forward when Williams is killing it there and we still have Motlop to come in and we have the likes of owies and fog who do a bit of the small forward work as well?
Yeh … in hindsight we really should have paid for his airfare from the Gold Coast rather than making him walk.
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Any news on EH contract? Have we extended his contract as yet?
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Williams is 30 this year and has played 4 good games as a small forward. When he's our best option of the lot why wouldnt we be considering another small fwd who's at an AA level?
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Should be thanking their scouts and coaches. Not the contract guy. The other areas made him look good that simple.
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Yep, being gifted Daicos x 2, Moore, Quaynor played a bit of a part I reckon. Doubt accidentally cooking the books did much good for anyone
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Having some of the best experience in the league too... Pendles, side etc... Yup.
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I think we can get another 3-4 years out of Williams.
I also believe we are a good chance to win a coupla flags in that time…
A more pressing issue is signing tdk and weits.
With salary cap squeeze I’m not sure spending $700k on a small forward upgrade is the wisest decision. We still don’t know how good Motlop is going to be with our improved ball movement and f50 entries.
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Obviously Weitering and TDK would be a priority over any incoming player, if it were between Weiters or TDK or Stengle we'd always prioritize our own. It's about whether we have the cash for a free agent, which due to the talk of us chasing Hayward earlier in the year may suggest we have some spare $$$.
However I wouldn't be surprised if TDK's breakout the last month means any $ we had planned for him has gone up significantly.
Just don't get this attitude. Whatever situation they got themselves in, he's fixed it in two years. They are the reigning premiers, and have $$$to burn in the salary cap. That's an unbelievable outcome.
A lot of hope resting on Motlop... but he is very much an unproven quantity.
We still have a gap in the small forward role. That gap hasn't suddenly disappeared because of Williams' recent form, as good as it's been. He is 30 in a couple of months and there is that small thing in his history about "getting on the park" (I won't mention the "I" word).
IMO we still have a need for lightning quick, crumbing goalkicker. And one of the best small forwards in the comp happens to be available... and we don't need to give up any draft capital. Bonus! For mine, we gotta go hard after Stengle.
We still have a gap in the small forward role. That gap hasn't suddenly disappeared because of Williams' recent form, as good as it's been. He is 30 in a couple of months and there is that small thing in his history about "getting on the park" (I won't mention the "I" word).
IMO we still have a need for lightning quick, crumbing goalkicker. And one of the best small forwards in the comp happens to be available... and we don't need to give up any draft capital. Bonus! For mine, we gotta go hard after Stengle.
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Hate to admit, but what they've done since Guy left has been exemplary. Think a lot of it comes down to Graham Wright.
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Good point - let’s see how the season unfolds in finals.
Fog isn’t a crumbing goal kicker, Williams plays more like the Martin role, Motlop lacks break away speed & Owies plays more like a HF.
Stengle would provide a very quick, goal kicking crumbing small forward who breaks lines - brilliant by foot up the field & can kick crazy (Eddie- B-like) freaky goals.
Very much the glazing on top!
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He’s great value. Priority signing - lock him away for a few years
So rumour? Stengle to dogs?
Would not have been super cheap. Suns pay/paid priority to keep VIC kids. Just hoping reducing that contract length for his indiscretion is not going to cost us too much now he has become an integral part of the team.He’s great value. Priority signing - lock him away for a few years
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I doubt his extension at the Suns would've been on anything too crazy given the amount of games he missed.
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I know its a small sample size but we've made some clear advances in the way we play in recent weeks and I don't believe a small forward upgrade is as important as it might have been when we were clearly struggling with f50 entries and little ability to score from turnovers.
The way we are playing now is more about systems rather than individuals. I'm not saying a small forward isnt important but we have enough there atm and they appear to be getting the job done. And we still have motlop to come in. Motlop did show good glimpses before getting injured so Id like to have another look at him under our current game plan and systems.
Im happy to see how we go for remainder of H&A and then deciding where we can improve the list.
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Are you sure? EH and his management would have had a weak negotiation stance, given the news that came out during that timeframe
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