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Rumour Jack Luk-no-sius
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ANB and Cumming is not empty handed. Regardless of what you say, both improve our best 18 and will make our team better. I just don't see a need to blow Port out of the water with Luko given that we have good depth in this area of the ground and hopefully continue to groom Curtin in a similar role.
Hopefully you’re still on the money re: Cumming
Thought as much.
Yeah the fact we have Curtin already helps
He's not as proven as Luko yet, but at this point in time has a higher ceiling and greater scope for versatility
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The inability to work up the order in the 2018 draft finds new ways to bite us.
Still find it incredibly weird that players choose clubs because of a mate though.
Can only imagine that was the cherry not the basis.
Total fail by the club if they've been working on him this long though.
Anyway, they better hope they get Cummings because it'll be bad enough getting only Cummings and ANB letalone just ANB.
Makes you wonder whether the club will overpay for someone like Oliver to save face.
Still find it incredibly weird that players choose clubs because of a mate though.
Can only imagine that was the cherry not the basis.
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Total fail by the club if they've been working on him this long though.
Anyway, they better hope they get Cummings because it'll be bad enough getting only Cummings and ANB letalone just ANB.
Makes you wonder whether the club will overpay for someone like Oliver to save face.
With the 1 quarter of game time Nicks gives him every week, I can see him developing into one of the best players in the comp in 30 years or so.
Snore. I'm just as down on Nicks as a coach as everyone else, but Curtin ended the season well. I'd hope and expect he carries that momentum into 2025 (hopefully aided by the coaching staff rightfully picking him)
Given his links with Rozee, probably kidding ourselves thinking he was coming over to the Crows.
A blow not getting him over, but not the end of the world given our forwardline is not our biggest area of concern.
Get Cumming in and focus on making our midfield better.
A blow not getting him over, but not the end of the world given our forwardline is not our biggest area of concern.
Get Cumming in and focus on making our midfield better.
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6 years is a big commitment to a very frustrating footballer. Wouldn't have minded him at the club but can understand him choosing port. Will be interesting to see how they get the trade done. If the answer is trading Houston I would rather have Houston.
People will of course preach the rhetoric he’s not the right fit at the Crows because they need to magically find midfielders instead ect. or point to the faults in his game but at the end of the day the football club has proven for many years now they struggle to bring in or even find anyone interested joining the club that has a remote semblance of talent that’s not from South Australia/has really strong SA connections.
So to have one of the only handful league-wide talented South Australian footballers knock you back when that’s the only recruitment strategy the club relies on it’s a painful blow and disheartening as it exposes the club and shows just how limited the club is when it comes to finding a way to improve its playing list from a consistent bottom 8 side.
So to have one of the only handful league-wide talented South Australian footballers knock you back when that’s the only recruitment strategy the club relies on it’s a painful blow and disheartening as it exposes the club and shows just how limited the club is when it comes to finding a way to improve its playing list from a consistent bottom 8 side.
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Win-Win-Win? Luko is a talented player, but he fits port's current needs better than ours. Add in that they're actively in the top 4 hunt and we keep our cap open for more "needs" this doesn't really seem like the worst case scenario imo.
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I'm not sure we know where to play him.
Nicks is used to crash and bash players with very little skill.
Will be interesting to see where he trains in the preseason.
I think given that future picks could be involved we will need to look at it in 12 months.
I think they will use picks from Houston, I don't think it will be a pick in the 20's but will see.
I'm hoping he plays mainly wing next year, maybe with a few bursts in the middle, but that'll be where he can utilise his footskills the best IMO
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Port should really be going all out, as they're in their window. If they're selling Houston just to have the trade capital to get Luko over the line is really just robbing Peter to pay Paul. Luko + Perryman will also blow their salary capital out of the water, but it will technically provide them with an option at either end, but Houston is a massive loss.
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Lukosius has never been anything but a role player either
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Would have been nice to get Luko to see if we could get out of him where the Suns have basically failed but that's life. What will be interesting is how and where the Powa will utilise him, if it's as a KPF or KPD I will watch with interest because that's not where I see him being best utilised. Will also be interesting how they structure his salary.
I'd rather our f1 than luko, so if that was the deal then I'm glad we missed out.
But I think West Lakes works against us big time, the sooner we move to a proper suburban footy club with first class facilities the better.
This is a huge factor IMO.
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But I think West Lakes works against us big time, the sooner we move to a proper suburban footy club with first class facilities the better.
This is a huge factor IMO.
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I would have liked him for the right price, which I think is a late first rounder. Find the right role for him and he could be a damaging player.
Would be handy for port. Let's see Edgar they have to give up.
Would be handy for port. Let's see Edgar they have to give up.
I kind of agree but he fits their age bracket and they have a desperate need for a key forward. There are not many around and guys like Rozee and Butters could be past their best if they wait to develop one.
Houston is more an opportunity given his circumstances but he is also at peak value in terms of draft picks.
You can't improve your list just via the trading of draft picks. I get your point he doesn't improve their list but maybe over the next five years he does.
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