Delisted free agents

[DaTBird187]

So lee gaskin

More like Lee Gas Can.

 

[shewho]

The comparisons to the “Crazy Vossy” era are hilarious. We aren’t bringing in Amon Buchanan, Andrew Raines and Brent Staker to be our best 3 players! FFS

Now be fair. Vossy's big signing was a 110 kg Brendan Fevola which might have worked if Queensland had no casinos, no TABs and no bars.

 

[TheFVK]

>Opposition Supporters 2011-2017: "nice signing but BEWARE of our injured player he is COOKED etc"
>Port: "sure mate" nekminnit Glass Ankles Charlie and no Feet Polec play 22 games
>Opposition Supporters: "nice signings but BEWARE of mortgaging your future and not putting games into fourth round picks"
>Port: "sure mate" nekminnit Ports just go and poach Paddy, Rockliff, Dixon, Ebert, Polec, Watts, Motloff

Thank you for all the thoughtful warnings kind opposition supporters

 

[Kingfish73]

As long as Trengove, Thomas and Mackenzie are only on one year deals who gives a shit what opposition supporters say? It's 100% the right decision for now and the future.

Look at our list and there isn't much fat to cut next year when we have a bunch of picks. If we draft kids at pick 60+ now we are stuck with them for 2 years.

If just one has a couple cracker seasons it has paid off. 1 year contract they will be busting to prove to the club they are in our best 22. Just delist next year if does not work

 

[GremioPower]

I hope all DFA we hire to have a great season. I want our list management for 2019 to be a work in hell!

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

Someone over on the lions board made a quip that port are doing what Voss did in the '09/10 off season. I have to agree, it looks like Voss is up to his old tricks again! Hope it fairs a bit better for port than it did for us though. Has real potential to get ugly...

Pick 12 ---------- Charlie Cameron!

Maybe it wasn't 'crassy' Vossy who was responsible for your 09/10 recruits? Whoever it was, is probably still there!

 

[charcolechaddy]

Brad and Lindsay are incredibly close, almost like a Father/Son type thing. Brad helped him through some incredibly trying off field times over the last few years, battling bouts of mental health issues with the way he was treated in the media as well as issues in his personal life that were never reported.

There are a few players that are ahead of Lindsay now due to moving into rebuild mode finally and both Lindsay and the Club could see that a move back home would be good for him Professionally as well as Personally. So the club went out of it's way to find a way to get him there at personal expense to itself. It's the same thing we will likely be doing for Swallow, he has given us great service and now wants to play with his brother, so we're considering letting him walk to GC via DFA.

For all the shit slung at North, we are a Family, not just a club. We look after our own.

Those of you who are unsure about bringing him over because of his 'reputation', you'll come around, it's vastly over stated. Wasn't even in the top 20 for head high frees during the time the media were having a go at him.

Guy is a consummate professional, hard trainer, hard player and we've rarely seen a player so welcoming to young/indigenous kids at the club, as mentioned earlier he regularly has the first and second year players over to dinner with his young family to ensure that they immediately feel part of the club.

You'll love him too, I promise, because we're going to miss him.

Thanks for the insight great post.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Wow the *Are Port over doing it!* fred on the main board is fun

 

[Young Gun #6]

It’s hilarious how dumb opposition supporters are. As soon as you clearly move in the right direction, or do things that are better than what their clubs are doing they’ll try to dismantle you.

Comparisons to Crazy Vossy, Richmond a few years ago or North are ridiculous. They brought in spuds to be best 22 player with average, or in some cases very old lists and poor salary cap management.

We have by absolutely no means an old list, have plenty of cap space to sign our young guns, have heaps of young talent (of which most supporters would have no idea how good they are looking, I.e Clurey, DBJ, Houston, Howard etc.) and have given up nothing to obtain these guys.

They can find any reason to try discredit it but the simple facts are, we brought in 3 very high upside best 22 players, lost no good young talent, lost no cap space in regards to what’s come out and what’s come in, have replaced depth players who have proven they won’t make it with experienced depth (who, if they don’t work out can be delisted and replaced with 6 picks before the 4th round next year in the super draft) and high upside zero risk players for next year.

It’s equisite list management and every team would be wishing they’d done the same if they were in our position last year. It gives us a realistic chance at winning a premiership over the next 3-4 years and also allows us to continuing developing our young guns (wines, Wingard, spp, Houston, DBJ, Howard, marshall and whoever we draft next year). Could not have asked for a better off-season and the idiocy or fear (in the guys who are actually smart enough to see what we’ve done) from opposition supporter is delicious to see.

 

[Smithy7]

It’s hilarious how dumb opposition supporters are. As soon as you clearly move in the right direction, or do things that are better than what their clubs are doing they’ll try to dismantle you.

Comparisons to Crazy Vossy, Richmond a few years ago or North are ridiculous. They brought in spuds to be best 22 player with average, or in some cases very old lists and poor salary cap management.

We have by absolutely no means an old list, have plenty of cap space to sign our young guns, have heaps of young talent (of which most supporters would have no idea how good they are looking, I.e Clurey, DBJ, Houston, Howard etc.) and have given up nothing to obtain these guys.

They can find any reason to try discredit it but the simple facts are, we brought in 3 very high upside best 22 players, lost no good young talent, lost no cap space in regards to what’s come out and what’s come in, have replaced depth players who have proven they won’t make it with experienced depth (who, if they don’t work out can be delisted and replaced with 6 picks before the 4th round next year in the super draft) and high upside zero risk players for next year.

It’s equisite list management and every team would be wishing they’d done the same if they were in our position last year. It gives us a realistic chance at winning a premiership over the next 3-4 years and also allows us to continuing developing our young guns (wines, Wingard, spp, Houston, DBJ, Howard, marshall and whoever we draft next year). Could not have asked for a better off-season and the idiocy or fear (in the guys who are actually smart enough to see what we’ve done) from opposition supporter is delicious to see.

Yes, some opposition supporters are as dumb as....
Ken is our coach and what he says goes. Voss is an assistant who can make a suggestion to ken and that's all.
Port have made a move on players and I see nothing wrong with that.
Look at what picks we have in the draft.
We gave some of these players a one year deal so they can improve themselves, and if it works out. they might get a few more years at Port.
This also gives some of our young players time to develop and get ready for the big stage as some are not quite there yet.
Interesting times ahead

 

[OneGreatClub]

I reckon they're just getting a little anxious that we're not relying purely on organic growth. Any one of Watts Rockliff or Motlop will improve us.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Trent McKenzie is the only one that will get a game in my view barring a major injury toll

 

[Edgepower]

I wouldn't have so much faith in rocky's body mate. Has missed a fair chunk of football through injury over his career

mwahhhhh look at you trying to make your self feel better. poor little cherub.

 

[Edgepower]

Brad and Lindsay are incredibly close, almost like a Father/Son type thing. Brad helped him through some incredibly trying off field times over the last few years, battling bouts of mental health issues with the way he was treated in the media as well as issues in his personal life that were never reported.

There are a few players that are ahead of Lindsay now due to moving into rebuild mode finally and both Lindsay and the Club could see that a move back home would be good for him Professionally as well as Personally. So the club went out of it's way to find a way to get him there at personal expense to itself. It's the same thing we will likely be doing for Swallow, he has given us great service and now wants to play with his brother, so we're considering letting him walk to GC via DFA.

For all the shit slung at North, we are a Family, not just a club. We look after our own.

Those of you who are unsure about bringing him over because of his 'reputation', you'll come around, it's vastly over stated. Wasn't even in the top 20 for head high frees during the time the media were having a go at him.

Guy is a consummate professional, hard trainer, hard player and we've rarely seen a player so welcoming to young/indigenous kids at the club, as mentioned earlier he regularly has the first and second year players over to dinner with his young family to ensure that they immediately feel part of the club.

You'll love him too, I promise, because we're going to miss him.

nice sentiment from a loyal supporter ... still support your guys on the wayout rather than shit canning them and oh they were never any good anyway and you just signed a spud type comment.. can see that you are a true supporter

 

[Edgepower]

Trent McKenzie is the only one that will get a game in my view barring a major injury toll

maybe .. but we are replacing depth = insurance = tilt at snafl

 

[1954]

nice sentiment from a loyal supporter ... still support your guys on the wayout rather than shit canning them and oh they were never any good anyway and you just signed a spud type comment.. can see that you are a true supporter

Agreed, it's good to see, and there have been plenty of positive comments about Lindsay Thomas from roo's supporters as well.

Charlie Chaplin copped it from many of us, but no doubt the major reason for that was the way he left the club not that he actually was leaving, but his finger pointing and complete inability to accept responsibility for his own c*ck ups didn't help either.

Danyle Pearce left Port at the same time and I can't recall him getting much, if any criticism, which was good to see.

 

[Macca19]

Trade out our depth = lol Poorts have no depth, bring on the injuries

Bring in AFL quality depth = lol Poorts, Crazy Vossy has taken over they are ****ed

I'm alright with what we are doing this year knowing these guys wont be in our first 18 unless they earn it

Weve still got as good depth as almost any club in the league in terms of afl experience and youth coming through

 

[Pappagallo]

Trade out our depth = lol Poorts have no depth, bring on the injuries

Bring in AFL quality depth = lol Poorts, Crazy Vossy has taken over they are ******

I'm alright with what we are doing this year knowing these guys wont be in our first 18 unless they earn it

Weve still got as good depth as almost any club in the league in terms of afl experience and youth coming through

It’s the same as politics, you won’t catch the Libs saying “actually that’s not bad” about a Labor policy and vice versa.

We zig they zag.

 

[mic59]

Now be fair. Vossy's big signing was a 110 kg Brendan Fevola which might have worked if Queensland had no casinos, no TABs and no bars.

And Fevola came in a trade which saw Lachie Henderson traded and Daniel Bradshaw and Michael Rischitelli become disgruntled after being offered as trade bait and leave the club.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Trade out our depth = lol Poorts have no depth, bring on the injuries

Bring in AFL quality depth = lol Poorts, Crazy Vossy has taken over they are ******

I'm alright with what we are doing this year knowing these guys wont be in our first 18 unless they earn it

Weve still got as good depth as almost any club in the league in terms of afl experience and youth coming through

Wait until they see our list dynamic after we raid the 2018 bumper draft.

 

[Jack Grange]

I hope all DFA we hire to have a great season. I want our list management for 2019 to be a work in hell!

What about 2018...we just bypass...lol

 

[GremioPower]

What about 2018...we just bypass...lol

We are living it already. My comment is on the offseason.

 

[BoakingAccident]

Hi guys, I don't come on here often but looking at the main board thread about our recruiting is actually comedy gold. It's fantastic to read comments that are a combination of stupid, nuff, and salty. I understand that some supporters of opposition clubs don't have as good of an insight into our list management compared to us and whatnot but goddamn these people are dense. I love it. You guys are the best.

 

[tribey]

The comparisons to the “Crazy Vossy” era are hilarious. We aren’t bringing in Amon Buchanan, Andrew Raines and Brent Staker to be our best 3 players! FFS

The false analogies the masses concoct for us

 

[tribey]

Someone over on the lions board made a quip that port are doing what Voss did in the '09/10 off season. I have to agree, it looks like Voss is up to his old tricks again! Hope it fairs a bit better for port than it did for us though. Has real potential to get ugly...

lol no