Cats punt Spriggs

[scroda]

Geelong has axed David Spriggs after failing to organise a post-season trade for the pacy midfielder.

The Cats also promoted Shannon Byrnes to the senior list while cutting Daniel Foster plus rookies James Allan and Jeff Smith.

Geelong had told Spriggs before the trading period that it would try to swap him to another AFL club, but did not muster enough interest at the trade table.

Spriggs made his debut in 2000 and missed only two games in his first two seasons, finishing tenth in the 2001 best and fairest.

But he missed the entire 2002 season after a bizarre pre-season knee injury suffered on a beach, and was never the same player again.

Although he did play in the qualifying final against Port Adelaide this year, he only took part in five matches.

Byrnes was promoted off the rookie list this year, playing four matches but lost his place in the team for the finals.

South Australian Foster played 17 games over 2000-02.

Meanwhile the Cats are on the lookout for three new board members after the departure of Greg Giles, Glynn Harvey and Adam Trescowthick

 

[BB gun]

someone will pick up spriggs

 

[Catman]

someone will pick up spriggs

Richmond will.

 

[mattyc2422]

As long as Hawthorn don't.

 

[Ricketts]

good to see him go.

 

[BB gun]

good to see him go.

why?
Geelong would want to make sure they still have depth through the midfield. All the good sides have 25-30 players that wold make the best 22 of other clubs. I would have like freo to have a go at spriggs, if we hadn't of picked up black and Carr.

 

[nut]

Richmond will.

Not if Pat Bowden's available they won't.

 

[Heisenberg_]

will be at hawthorn next year

 

[Halo-9]

Or the bulldogs

 

[Ghostwriter]

What was so bizarre about his knee injury, someone jog my memory?.

 

[NeoBlaze]

What was so bizarre about his knee injury, someone jog my memory?.

the circumstances in which he got it

 

[Robin Hood]

I hope he ends up at Richmond.

 

[crazy_big_al]

was about time foster got the arse

 

[magic51]

Or the bulldogs

doubt the dogs will go for spriggs, they have enough outside midfielders

 

[catluke]

Daniel Foster was good why didn't they get rid of McCartney.

 

[Catman]

Daniel Foster was good why didn't they get rid of McCartney.

What's Brendan done wrong?

 

[Woodson]

Re:

someone will pick up spriggs

Benny Robbins and Shane Clayton are better value

 

[Robin Hood]

Daniel Foster was good why didn't they get rid of McCartney.

Are you serious?

 

[crowsarethebest]

Foster has had enough chances. Mccarthy?? he's a great talent isn't he?

 

[Catman]

Foster has had enough chances. Mccarthy?? he's a great talent isn't he?

He is if constantly dropping marks and not being able to make the distance from 30m out is what you call talent.

 

[Weaver]

I hope he ends up at Richmond.

If Richmond wanted him you'd guess he would have been thrown in as a free-be in the Ottens trade. Richmond are going to struggle to create enough list vacancies to use their draft picks down to pick 31 as it is. Unlikely to spend either pick 31 in the national or pick 1 in the PSD draft on him ... and we won't have any lesser picks to spend.

 

[jimmy35]

I dont really know that much about him. Before he did his knee I recall he was a pretty pacy 'outside' type. Kicking may have let him down a bit.
Is this about right? Might add a bit of pace to the Pies or is he not worth it?

 

[Samson]

Not if Pat Bowden's available they won't.

Spriggs is available in the national draft, Bowden probably won't. Hence Rich first pick in the PSD will most likely be irrelevant for picking Spriggs - expect him to go somewhere between 35-50 in the national draft.

Cheers

 

[Deestroy]

I dont really know that much about him. Before he did his knee I recall he was a pretty pacy 'outside' type. Kicking may have let him down a bit.
Is this about right? Might add a bit of pace to the Pies or is he not worth it?

He has the pace of R.Shaw and the footskills of... R.Shaw.