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- Mar 14, 2011
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It’s like playing tennis against a wall. Still fun, but not really tennis.
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Lets see what the next decade or 2 brings when the Father son and academy prices start to look fairer and other clubs start to use outside sponsors to avoid cap pressure.
I mean… west coast related entities only just started crowing about the lions getting Ashcroft.
Another 1-2 years sucking eggs at the foot of the ladder and all of a sudden it won’t be lowly little st Kilda kicking up a fuss.
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Finn isn’t the type of mid I would have wanted. Great talent.
But I rate the potential of Tauru as high as anyone. I said as much on your board the other week.
And if he's not AFL probably give them extra picks again.
Possibly Pick 2 for Luke Davies Uniake when he Dons the sash.
can't really lose.
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Still doesn’t make the trade better though does it?
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Yep. I bet when everything's fair it'll finally be St Kilda's turn.
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Must be nice throwing around F1s with no regard for the past decade because you’ve always had a safety net of having junk picks landing you top 10 talents.
North really need to finish above tenth for it to make sense.
but Tigers were linked to the player North took, so they did need to pay overs.
I would rather hold Norths future first than Essendon or Melbourne's.
And Whitlock isn't a midfielder he is a big guy, so unlikely to help them rise up the ladder next year as will take time.
Also not sure North taking another mid early was the right option. But I guess they can say they took a KPP player too that they must have rated highly internally.
Think you are letting your club off a bit lightly.
They did the Daniel trade knowing that there would likely be talls who suit a need available with that selection.
Regardless of whether Whitlock become Tom Lynch or similar, if you had a consistent strategy heading into the trade/draft period you wouldn't have traded that pick away. You'd have FOS and Whitlock and still have a future F1.
I don't think it's a disaster but it not great management.
ok.
SO the saints were offering 7 + F1 for Tauru? How lucky things fell your way mate. Come on.
I LOVE Tauru dude, could be anything, but he just wasn't pick 2. You HAVE to take the best avail at 2. We should both be happy. The draft as a whole is the draft, not just one pick.....let's see what happens from here. You are just keen to bag North....that's ok, but don't expect no clips back
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I don’t think Finn was the mid my club wanted.
I think they wanted someone who was more a pure mid like a Langford Jagga or Draper.
Yeah no complaints at all from me, he could be anything, and play anywhere.
Was restricted to just two Coates League games last year due to injury and then missed a chunk of footy early this year as well, then exploded in the back half.
Also worth noting that given he only turned 18 a few days ago, so he’s almost a year younger than guys like Jagga and Bo Allan, is a year behind them at school, and looks to still be growing.
So he’s probably only just scratching the surface of what he’s capable of.
Couldn't agree more mate....I wouldn't have done the Daniel trade......think that's a major issue. I personally don't think Daniel helped at all in that trade, by sitting on the fence. SO we end up over-paying.
I would also have let Zurhaar go, for Band 1 or Band 2, but that's me........and others.
I don't think we have the best operators in place, it's almost like you now need an economics degree to be in the position Rawlings is in. Not just "know" footy. He's out of his depth, iMO, but he's not operating alone.
I'd be happy to see a change there, but you get what you get.
It's no use shouting at the clouds, gotta try and see the upside and what they are trying to do.
You can't teach that bravery in the air....not many have it to just launch from anywhere....he's gunna stand on plenty of heads. Exciting prospect for supporters....One of those change ends each quarter types.
Yep could have offered F2 for Daniel, would have likely solved it. Dogs wanted him gone anyway.
This is a very fair take.
I think it's tough when you've struggled for a while. Cannot be understated how important it is for all the decision makers to be on the same page. Trading out Zurhaar looks like a strong option in hindsight, seeing what compo the teams got for Battle, Perryman & Co. But if he wants to stay, he does offer something different to your mix.
Parker I can see the benefit of, and the price was right. But the idea of bringing Daniel in to allow mckercher to play mid looks silly now when you bring in Parker & Fos to a side that already has LDU, Sheezel, Wardlaw.
You've got some really good talent - things will absolutely turn but this looks like an own goal which definitely doesn't help and it puts everyone under even more pressure if it doesn't go well.
That would also seem to be consistent with them rating this years draft. FOS & Whitlock this year.
F1 best available next year, or use it to trade for a gun if you feel like you have enough talent.
Yeah there’s a lot of Trevor Barker and Nick Riewoldt about the way he flies for those marks.
Like them, he’s also of course blonde, so I think we had to do it!
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why? they got half of their picks right. just went to Tauru, a better player than Armstrong. Saints killed it.
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Out of the 25 draftees, in the class photo, Harvey Langford was the only one not smiling. He makes Dusty look like a class clown. I hope the dees did plenty of character research because I'm a little concerned. Sure there's people with flat affect but when the photographer says 'okay, now a big smile everyone' and Langford doesn't twitch at all, it's borderline psychopathic.
Wasn't even happy with his friends.
Wasn't even happy with his friends.
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That’s right out of the St.Kilda “wave the white flag” playbook.
Good on you for towing the company line
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