News Izak Rankine, Gold coast holding Rankine to Ransom- #FreeIzak

[Scorpus]

Mod note:

Opposition posters making outlandish trade suggestions to bait the Crows board will be considered trolls and dealt with in the usual manner

No one wants a repeat of the Gibbs thread

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Don't remember a fella by the name of David Gallagher?

I have tried to block him out of my mind...

 

[Brett Cummings]

Its fine to have your opinion and have high standards etc, but the one thing you need to do while doing it is to at least give credit where credit is due. Thats how constructive critique works. Otherwise no one takes your opinion seriously. You've made your point about his skills, no need to attack the other areas just because.

His kicking, handballing and awareness are shit. If thise 3 things are shit then you're a shit footballer.

 

[Pugsley]

Oh boy, that poor guy. He was our David Mackay before David Mackay. He was hated on so hard.

I don't think Mackay closed his eyes before any contact

 

[adelaidecrows]

His kicking, handballing and awareness are s**t. If thise 3 things are s**t then you're a s**t footballer.

His awareness is the least of his issues.

 

[Pugsley]

I have tried to block him out of my mind...

Just do what he did, close your eyes

 

[rabidcrow]

Yeah in the sanfl where he belongs.

Would play Keays at half forward in front of Ned every day


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[Pugsley]

I did think this thread was about Rankine.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I did think this thread was about Rankine.

It would appear you are mistaken...

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

So GC expecting Rankine to make an announcement over the next couple of days.

 

[Crow till I die]

 

[Go the Guts]

He has limitations, but his workrate is elite.

We do need to more skilled players in the side, but we need to move on small forwards like Rowe, Murphy & McHenry.

There is a place for Keays as a midfielder/forward.

His work rate is elite, but his disposal is sub-par under 8's. He would have to be the worst kick in the AFL.
Every time he has the ball I am very confident it's going straight to the opposition, and it usually does.

 

[Pugsley]

Waiting in anticipation.

 

[Brett Cummings]

Would play Keays at half forward in front of Ned every day


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I wouldn't. Sometimes ned actually kicks straight.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

How often does a player refuse to sign the contract extension put in front of him... then decide to stay...

 

[Bay62]

There is just only so many Rory Atkins you can have on your list, before you say enough is enough.

Kerry Packer sold channel 9 to Alan Bond for $1bn and bought it back three years later for $250m, saying “You only get one Alan Bond in your life”

Atkins got a 5 year deal..he must be thinking “You only get one Gold Coast in your life”

 

[Crow till I die]

How often does a player refuse to sign the contract extension put in front of him... then decide to stay...

rare as this I think

 

[Bay62]

I don't think Mackay closed his eyes before any contact

Very true. Although I’d close my eyes whenever Mackay went near the ball

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I wouldn't. Sometimes ned actually kicks straight.

Keays has kicked 25 goals, 25 points for AFC.

Murphy has kicked 56 goals, 57 points.

McHenry has 24 goals, 17 points... but then a huge chunk of his shots haven't even scored!

 

[Bay62]

How often does a player refuse to sign the contract extension put in front of him... then decide to stay...

Comments from Dew recently sounded like they were resigned to losing him

 

[LeftyLuke]

How often does a player refuse to sign the contract extension put in front of him... then decide to stay...

Not often but maybe Rankine is angling for GC to match the offer which is unlikely they can. I think Dew is just playing the game to try and extract maximum trade value for him. If they really valued him they would have offered him an offer he would have signed.

 

[Go the Guts]

I wouldn't. Sometimes ned actually kicks straight.

albeit with a maximum 25 m kicking range....

 

[Bay62]

His work rate is elite, but his disposal is sub-par under 8's. He would have to be the worst kick in the AFL.
Every time he has the ball I am very confident it's going straight to the opposition, and it usually does.

All he has to do is aim to kick it to the opposition, and it will fall in Fog’s arms!

Gotta play to your strengths.. weaknesses..whatever works..

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Not often but maybe Rankine is angling for GC to match the offer which is unlikely they can. I think Dew is just playing the game to try and extract maximum trade value for him. If they really valued him they would have offered him an offer he would have signed.

GC won't be matching our money.

 

[Danger in Texas]

I know they both come from QLD clubs, but surely it’s not that hard to not mix Rankine and Keays up

Take your Keays rhetoric elsewhere Brett Cummings

 

[Scorpus]

Me to the last page of this thread:



Take the Keays talk elsewhere, this is a Rankine thread