Delisted free agents

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Means if the bloke was 185cm he wouldn't have got drafted. He's a Spud, the only thing he has going for him is he's 209cm.

But he IS 209 cm.

Players are drafted for their physical attributes to play the roles that capitalise on their phyisical attributes. If Dangerfield was 200cm he probably wouldnt have won the Brownlow. He would have had different physical attributes to what he has now.

I think youre trying to say hes a one position specialist ruckman due to his height.....which is kinda saying the obvious...

 

[Snoop Dog]

Richards might be tempting but seems slow from what I've seen.

aint slow. played on heath shaw at times in the swans vs gws first final and had a lot of speed on him.

 

[Snoop Dog]

Anybody seen this bloke in action recently?

TOM LEE
ST KILDA gave up a fair bit for Lee in the 2012 national draft and have received little in return. In fairness, much of this is due to various shoulder and leg injuries, but given the 25-year-old has proven himself as an elite kick up forward and in defence, he could have some currency on the open market.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/han...7/news-story/032d93d2d42dfd72c3d5361646549fe7

yep played some very good games in the VFL in defence and i think even came in through the year when they were short and had a very good game. Got dropped bc someone was coming back they needed to play. I remember bc I watched him and was surprised. Good call.

 

[pablo disco bar]

Any rumours on who we may look at?

 

[DaVe86]

yep played some very good games in the VFL in defence and i think even came in through the year when they were short and had a very good game. Got dropped bc someone was coming back they needed to play. I remember bc I watched him and was surprised. Good call.

This guy just never came on didn't he? He was very highly touted in his draft year. The Saints didn't give him many opportunities.

 

[Snoop Dog]

This guy just never came on didn't he? He was very highly touted in his draft year. The Saints didn't give him many opportunities.

Started at Crows and didnt make it and then went back to WAFL and killed it as a forward. Went as a high pick to the Saints and had an ok first year but isnt big enough to be a forward at AFL level. For mine has always been a CHB type. Bit like Sam Rowe. Isnt massive but has good agility, reads the ball well and can nullify the ball. He has got the ability to then attack and take some distance away from opposition. I have watched him play some good games in defence. He would be one to look at.

 

[4#Didak#4]

What is the deal with Mitch Brown. By all accounts he is definitely coming back to Melbourne but is unsigned. Seems a logical depth player, no world beater, but anyone signing as a DFA never is.

 

[PepperFace]

What is the deal with Mitch Brown. By all accounts he is definitely coming back to Melbourne but is unsigned. Seems a logical depth player, no world beater, but anyone signing as a DFA never is.

He is possibly the worst player to play AFL. Ever. If we pick him up I will be outraged.

 

[little_chris]

I read somewhere Big Will Minson was delisted. surely he is worth a punt as a backup ruckman.

 

[ADiddy4]

What about John Butcher (ex-Port) to try at CHB, history is littered with failed forwards having a second-coming in the backline (e.g. Reid, Tarrant). Surely it's worth a crack

 

[THATSGOLD]

What is the deal with Mitch Brown. By all accounts he is definitely coming back to Melbourne but is unsigned. Seems a logical depth player, no world beater, but anyone signing as a DFA never is.

Mitch Brown is a bigger spud than Dunn. A shocking kick and all round shit.

 

[THATSGOLD]

What about John Butcher (ex-Port) to try at CHB, history is littered with failed forwards having a second-coming in the backline (e.g. Reid, Tarrant). Surely it's worth a crack

No

 

[THATSGOLD]

I read somewhere Big Will Minson was delisted. surely he is worth a punt as a backup ruckman.

A backup at best.

 

[Harambe Pie]

O'Shea, Richards and Henderson could all be handy recruits. Certainly hope we have a look.

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[MagpieJoel]

He is possibly the worst player to play AFL. Ever. If we pick him up I will be outraged.

There has been worse.

 

[aussierulesrules]

Started at Crows and didnt make it and then went back to WAFL and killed it as a forward. Went as a high pick to the Saints and had an ok first year but isnt big enough to be a forward at AFL level. For mine has always been a CHB type. Bit like Sam Rowe. Isnt massive but has good agility, reads the ball well and can nullify the ball. He has got the ability to then attack and take some distance away from opposition. I have watched him play some good games in defence. He would be one to look at.

Lee has been super-unlucky. By the end of his first year with us he was comfortably in our starting 18 up forward and kicked 16 goals in his last 8 games (including 3 games of 3 goals, in a poor team) and was looking like being excellent in the 2nd or 3rd role up there for years to come, but then he had both shoulders reconstructed after that season (injuries that he played with all year, along with a calf issue and a dodgy knee) and he then had significant issues with one or both shoulders throughout the following season, which left him a shadow of his late previous season self in that 2nd year.

By this time Watters had been sacked and Richo had taken over and I don't think Richo was impressed with his first impressions of Tom (who was way out of form and confidence when he was brought in to the seniors due to injuries to others and him being about the only option we had) and ever since he's rarely been given a fair crack at senior footy.

The following year he was struggling up forward at the beginning and was switched back to defence and seemed to regain his confidence back there and started to play some really good footy consistently again, but was not rewarded once for it with a senior opportunity, before an injury prematurely ended his season.

Then this year he again played a lot of strong footy down back in the VFL and was finally rewarded with a return to AFL level and had 19 disposals and 9 marks against Hawthorn and then played what most on our board thought was an even better game the following week, against GWS (I for one thought he was about our only positive to take out of the match, when he took a number of strong intercept marks) but then he was to the shock of most of us dropped the following week (apparently because they didn't think he had a "defend first" attitude) and when he was brought back in again for a couple of weeks later in the year, he really struggled (seemed to have lost all his attacking/intercepting instincts) and wasn't seen at senior level again. Was switched forward in the VFL finals and kicked 4 or 5 goals in Sandy's first final, as a reminder that he can also play forward.

Basically I think circumstances have really hurt Tom's chances of making it. Firstly the shoulder and other injuries at in-opportune times, the arrival of the likes of Bruce, Paddy and Membrey and possibly even more importantly, the coaching change after his first year. He is the type that Watters seemed to like, but he just isn't Richo's type and as such he's rarely given him much of a go.

Up forward Lee showed in his first year that he can really hurt teams with minimal opportunities (due to his deadly kicking, good marking and ability to pick the ball up even on the half-volley), but Richo is massive on forward pressure and that is not a strength of Tom's (and also Membrey is now killing it in that 3rd tall role that I reckon Tom could play), while down back, Tom is the sort that I reckon could do really well in teams who play a zone set-up in defence (as opposed to going 1-on-1), as he reads the play really well, intercept marks strongly and has a superb and long kick on him, but we don't play that way and prefer to play the traditional 1-on-1 set-up and Tom is not as well suited that that, as he lacks body strength in particular. The other thing that I believe holds him back from getting a game back there for us is that for that 3rd-tall role back there Richo prefers them to be able to play both tall and small and Tom doesn't really have the agility/mobility/speed to play small, like say Dempster/Gilbert/Roberton do.

So he's really been shit out of luck ever since he had both shoulders reconstructed and Richo took over from Watters at the end of his first year with us. In a different team and with a better injury run, he could have played a lot more footy by now IMO and been likely to have a pretty long career. He's also struggled to build a tank, which wasn't as much of an issue when he started, but is harder to get by without now.

 

[ant22]

There has been worse.

Very Harsh. We had a heap with worse Talent. Suffered a badly broken leg from memory and had constant injuries after that.

 

[MagpieJoel]

Very Harsh. We had a heap with worse Talent. Suffered a badly broken leg from memory and had constant injuries after that.

No doubt. He was just an example.

To be honest, I just remember the bad hair and bad name.

 

[mike123]

What is the deal with Mitch Brown. By all accounts he is definitely coming back to Melbourne but is unsigned. Seems a logical depth player, no world beater, but anyone signing as a DFA never is.

I wouldn't mind him, he's quicker than he's brother. Was going alright a couple of years back, I reckon injuries and WC new defensive set up has made him seem worse than he actually is.

 

[TW Sherrin]

aint slow. played on heath shaw at times in the swans vs gws first final and had a lot of speed on him.

not sure which final it was and he put the ball under his arm and ran away from his man.

 

[Couch Coach]

It is a possibility that there are a couple of additional Delisted Free Agents depending upon how many picks clubs want to take to the draft:

36 Alex Silvagni 192 92 29.09.87 Rd 1,2010 Berwick (Vic)/Casey Scorpions (VFL)

20 Henry Schade 197 89 08.10.93 Sandy Bay (Tas)/North Hobart (Tas)

39 Tim Mohr 198 105 19.10.88 Rd 1,2012 Launceston (Tas)/Tas U18/Tasmania (VFL)/Casey (VFL

 

[12kilos]

The fact that we have signed 3 experience players over 28 would rather see us take a punt on players no older then in there early 20s.
The Dogs did it with Hamling and a few others and it paid dividends! Eventhough he got traded to Fremantle.
Even if we loose Blair he is surplus to the pies with Wells and Mayne in.
If we loose him we will have 6 senior spots open.Would like to see at least 4 kids drafted preferably 2 father sons 2 key positional players.
Then depending on whats available either go with extra rookie spots or get someone like Richards and Buckley and put them on 1 year deals what can we loose!

 

[Snoop Dog]

It is a possibility that there are a couple of additional Delisted Free Agents depending upon how many picks clubs want to take to the draft:

36 Alex Silvagni 192 92 29.09.87 Rd 1,2010 Berwick (Vic)/Casey Scorpions (VFL)

20 Henry Schade 197 89 08.10.93 Sandy Bay (Tas)/North Hobart (Tas)

39 Tim Mohr 198 105 19.10.88 Rd 1,2012 Launceston (Tas)/Tas U18/Tasmania (VFL)/Casey (VFL

Tim Mohr would be the one I would be interested in. Played good footy for GWS but copped a few injuries and the Tomlinson, Davis, Haynes trio have gone past him and they will prefer Corr and Himmelberg over him. He'd be ok. Uses it well. I'd just want to be sure his pace and agility havent dropped off with his injuries.

Be interesting to see if Matt Spangher gets cut loose.

 

[Snoop Dog]

not sure which final it was and he put the ball under his arm and ran away from his man.

did a bit of asking about him on weekend. was tried a lot as a back and wasnt great so the view is he is a forward. given i think we are locked into a key forward for 2018 he may not be on our radar.

 

[whiskeytown]

Said it already... Xavier Richards is the perfect utility. A cheap, ready made and capable replacement for long term depth player Goldsack - who is on too much coin, injury afflicted and in the twilight of his career.

I would've offered pick 83 to the swans for him. And I reckon they would've taken it cause Richards clearly doesn't want to be there...