Recruiting EFC Trade/Draft Talk II with F/A rules in OP - Billings for a fourth rounder the latest rumour

[Don35]

Hibbo not one u want to lose but if we are going to regenerate the team quickly, he's the type we can get something for without a huge loss.

He was ordinary last year and only slightly better the year before.

You've got to give something to get something and I don't think he'll get better from here.

 

[lenny2013]

Hope pig stays, but I wouldn't pay overs to keep him either.

Plenty of options to play on the HBF. If our young midfielders come on like they should players like BJ will be squeezed back to the HBF anyway.

 

[eth-dog]

Maybe they haven't made their debuts due to bad luck with injuries.

Even if that's the case, Hibberd is a top 10 player at the club and arguably top 10 half backs in the league. Players like that aren't "easily replaced". Replaceable yes, but not easily.

 

[parishfanclub]

Even if that's the case, Hibberd is a top 10 player at the club and arguably top 10 half backs in the league. Players like that aren't "easily replaced". Replaceable yes, but not easily.

You can't be a top 10 half back in the league and not be able to kick both feet nowadays. Simple as that.

 

[parishfanclub]

Goddard should move back to the half back line next year. Let him get his disposal back to his best. He's a better kick then Hibberd anyway at his best.

 

[Yoda_]

You can't be a top 10 half back in the league and not be able to kick both feet nowadays. Simple as that.

Jason Johanieson dislikes this

 

[eth-dog]

You can't be a top 10 half back in the league and not be able to kick both feet nowadays. Simple as that.

Dane Rampe, Bachar Houli, Jasper Pittard are all up there and are also very one sided like Hibberd. So you're wrong. Again.

 

[Seagrave_Holmes]

Dane Rampe, Bachar Houli, Jasper Pittard are all up there and are also very one sided like Hibberd. So you're wrong. Again.

Are those 3 players really top 10 half-backs in the league or just the first three one-sided players you could think of?

 

[eth-dog]

Are those 3 players really top 10 half-backs in the league or just the first three one-sided players you could think of?

They'd be close to it. Rampe and Pittard are in the AA side at this point IMO. If I made a list it would be something like:

1. Heath Shaw
2. Grant Birchall
3. Brodie Smith
4. Dane Rampe
5. Shannon Hurn
6. Jasper Pittard
7. Jason Johanniesen
8. Michael Hibberd
9. Bob Murphy
10. Zac Williams

With the likes of Houli, Sam Docherty, Kade Simpson and Rory Laird unlucky.

 

[Yoda_]

Are those 3 players really top 10 half-backs in the league or just the first three one-sided players you could think of?

Pittard and Rampe are arguarbly in most peoples AA teams thus far.

 

[SherbertLemon]

Guys it's okay. We recruit half backs exclusively to the club.

We got this.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Are those 3 players really top 10 half-backs in the league or just the first three one-sided players you could think of?

They probably are, but outside the top 5 it's not a very impressive list.

Who are the top 10 half backs?

Johannisen, Murphy, Docherty, Simpson, Shaw... Laird maybe but more of a pocket.

 

[parishfanclub]

Dane Rampe, Bachar Houli, Jasper Pittard are all up there and are also very one sided like Hibberd. So you're wrong. Again.

Bachar Houli? Top 10 half back flanker? Ur joking right? The only decent half back flanker you've named there is pittard. Just look at bob murphy. Great half back. Can kick both feet.

 

[parishfanclub]

To be an elite half back flanker you have to have awareness, elite kicking both sides and pace. Hibberd lacks elite kicking both sides. Good half back flanker. Not a vital part of the team.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Dane Rampe, Bachar Houli, Jasper Pittard are all up there and are also very one sided like Hibberd. So you're wrong. Again.

Bachar is nowhere near a top half back. Barely hanging on.

 

[eth-dog]

Bachar Houli? Top 10 half back flanker? Ur joking right? The only decent half back flanker you've named there is pittard. Just look at bob murphy. Great half back. Can kick both feet.

Houli's just outside the top 10 but he's definitely up there. Just keep digging.

 

[parishfanclub]

Houli's just outside the top 10 but he's definitely up there. Just keep digging.

Houli is definitely not near a top 10 half back. I go to a load of Richmond matches and he's just another mature age Richmond dud.

 

[parishfanclub]

Too many times has Hibberd had to turn on to left side to get it out of defense. Results in turnovers easily replaced by Goddard next year.

 

[eth-dog]

Houli is definitely not near a top 10 half back. I go to a load of Richmond matches and he's just another mature age Richmond dud.

 

[parishfanclub]

How many Richmond games have u been to last 3 years?

 

[eth-dog]

How many Richmond games have u been to last 3 years?

Enough to know that he's a very good HB, no matter how much we laugh at him.

 

[monty1104]

To be an elite half back flanker you have to have awareness, elite kicking both sides and pace. Hibberd lacks elite kicking both sides. Good half back flanker. Not a vital part of the team.

Let's be honest. If a half back flanker is a "vital part of the team", your team has more problems than who is playing half back flank.

 

[Duckworth]

Has no right foot. Easily replaceable with Morgan or the 2nd rounder will get for him.

Your argument has strayed from this original point. Although hibberd is one-sided, he is still best 22 comfortably. He cannot be 'easily' replaced with someone who is yet to play AFL.

 

[parishfanclub]

Your argument has strayed from this original point. Although hibberd is one-sided, he is still best 22 comfortably. He cannot be 'easily' replaced with someone who is yet to play AFL.

What about Goddard?

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Let's be honest. If a half back flanker is a "vital part of the team", your team has more problems than who is playing half back flank.

Hawthorn disagrees.