Ballas. Celebrating his one year contract with 4 disposals. Great.
Nah not celebrating more likely this to Freo *middle finger*
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Ballas. Celebrating his one year contract with 4 disposals. Great.
Not that I usually endorse this segment, but item No. 7 has certain logic to it, no doubt ...
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To be fair, he had a good few weeks.
If he is in the team round 1 next year I’ll be filthy. Depth only now
I have not seen anything of Matera or Switkowsi to suggest they will be better than him next year.His extension is symptomatic of the confusion and complete lack of planning that seems to be pervading the club atm.
He's been a loyal servant, but so were Barlow, Mayne, Mzungu etc. Why another contract for Ballantyne when we have Matera, Switkowsi and Walters on the list?
I have not seen anything of Matera or Switkowsi to suggest they will be better than him next year.
I feel Matera is too slow to make it as a small forward.
Matera’s 2015, 2016, 2017, while at GCS, look to be far superior to Ballas over those years. Our coaching panel just have no idea what to do with forwards.I have not seen anything of Matera or Switkowsi to suggest they will be better than him next year.
I feel Matera is too slow to make it as a small forward.
huh? His last couple of games he got 4, 14, 11, 10, 10, 10, 10 disposals and kicked a goal a match.
The bloke has been cooked for 3 years. His last good year was 2014.
We're supposedly rebuilding, Ballantyne's output hasn't been significantly better...and he'll be 32. If he was still undoubtedly best 22, then no problems, but logic dictates you prioritize the younger guys at the stage we're at, even if you aren't sure whether they'll make it.
It's a decision that isn't congruent with the lines Lyon et al. keep trotting out. It's not going to have any significant impact on next year, but it's just a question of why?
Matera is below average but Switkowski is what, one year and one game into his career?I have not seen anything of Matera or Switkowsi to suggest they will be better than him next year.
I feel Matera is too slow to make it as a small forward.
Matera is below average but Switkowski is what, one year and one game into his career?
Point is we're supposed to be rebuilding. Ballantyne shat the bed in that Grand Final and that was the last we ever really saw of him. He played his best football when he was hungry and angry and that's completely dropped from his game. He seriously should have been axed in about 2016, at the absolute latest, with someone else coming in to replace him in about 2015, at the absolute latest.
His best football is about six years gone, he's about 33, he's also complete shit these days.
He's just another little favourite of Ross Lyon. It's honestly one of the most baffling list management decisions I have ever ever seen.
If he was at Hawthorn he would have been shipped off four seasons ago.
Mundy is the only one of the old brigade who deserves a contract extension. Johnson, Sandilands, Spurr, Pearce all played their best football nearly half a decade ago. It's a complete indictment on how clogged our list is, how terribly managed it is, and how piss poor some of our drafts were that these guys were kept around.
Switkowski is what, one year and one game into his career?
Mundy is the only one of the old brigade who deserves a contract extension. Johnson, Sandilands, Spurr, Pearce all played their best football nearly half a decade ago. It's a complete indictment on how clogged our list is, how terribly managed it is, and how piss poor some of our drafts were that these guys were kept around.
Ballas is 31.
More than anything I hope there's a change in game plan to allow these small forwards some opportunity to kick goals.
Pisses me off watching Rioli, Cripps and Ryan waltz into goals or cheat out the back. They're simply allowed to roam.
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What also bothers me is the whisper that he was awarded a new contract to coincide with a revised clause in the recently negotiated CBA - players who serve a tenure of service would qualify for "top-up" payments in 2019 and 2022. This was an apparent bug bear of a recently departed club official who was rolled on his position by other more powerful club figures.
How can the club move in the right direction if there is a shred of truth to any of the above, trust the source of this information.
It's ridiculous. Danyle looked genuinely shattered on Saturday while Ballantyne hardly got off the planeD.Pearce has flogged himself at Peel gets zero rewards. Balla goes through the motions at Peel and gets another contract on what?
Mmmm. Fairly reasonable post, but four posts into your time here, not sure of you as a source ether TBA. But what is that bold bit you're referring to?
I see the Balla signing is not that big a deal either direction. Just don't see what the hoopla is about really.
A recently departed figure did not wish to extend a contract to HB, was rolled on by other parties and the "top-up" payments was cited as justification for another year. That official walked the next day.
I get why we kept Ballantyne. He stays for one year, then goes. Any player we pick at 100 or so gets a 2 year contract... not as flexible. I would have been fine if we'd rolled the dice on some kid, but reality is they would have got us all excited with comparisons to Pendlebury or something but 95% most likely would have been crap... and then we miss out the next year. It doesn't look great in light of the Geelong game, but I just don't think it's the worst thing ever. Just meh.
Matera is below average but Switkowski is what, one year and one game into his career?
Point is we're supposed to be rebuilding. Ballantyne shat the bed in that Grand Final and that was the last we ever really saw of him. He played his best football when he was hungry and angry and that's completely dropped from his game. He seriously should have been axed in about 2016, at the absolute latest, with someone else coming in to replace him in about 2015, at the absolute latest.
His best football is about six years gone, he's about 33, he's also complete shit these days.
He's just another little favourite of Ross Lyon. It's honestly one of the most baffling list management decisions I have ever ever seen.
If he was at Hawthorn he would have been shipped off four seasons ago.
Mundy is the only one of the old brigade who deserves a contract extension. Johnson, Sandilands, Spurr, Pearce all played their best football nearly half a decade ago. It's a complete indictment on how clogged our list is, how terribly managed it is, and how piss poor some of our drafts were that these guys were kept around.