Mega Thread Non-Freo AFL Discussion 2024 Part 2

[Mr Cheese]

We ****ed up big time on Meek.

Could have traded out Darcy and got a packet for him with Meek up our sleeve.

Now he's dominating and Darcy can't even get on the park.

Colulda shoulda woulda. The bone-on-bone is being overplayed; it's manageable if he's professional (should be our lowest expectation), and he's a game-changer when he plays. We win that Hawks game with him in, no doubt.

Could still go wrong, but even if he has issues, I'm confident Reidy is good enough against non-A-Grade rucks so that he can be managed well if required.

He's the best tap ruck in the comp and a physical beast (plus can kick a goal), plus when he gets back to marking like we know he can, it adds another dimension to transition. See how he pulls up this year before going full doom and gloom.

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[pK75]

We ****ed up big time on Meek.

Could have traded out Darcy and got a packet for him with Meek up our sleeve.

Now he's dominating and Darcy can't even get on the park.

The herald sun highest paid players puts Darcy at 700-800k he’s not on 1mil or even 850k, Meek would be on somewhere around $500k given he had numerous suitors when he left, to me the 200-300k more to keep Darcy is justified if he can get back onto the park, and that amount of $$ isn’t the difference between landing Warner and or Pickett this year. Our biggest issue is we didn’t replace Meek with a ready to play journeyman ruck instead we went for two young unproven ones in Reidy and Knobel which given the injuries in the last two years has caused selection problems.

 

[Paracleet]

Meek is not dominating. Average in the true sense of the word. Middle of the pack for AFL 1st rucks. I'm happy for him he is doing really well. He's come up into the top tier from a long way back.
There is no need though for people to go round raging and pretending Meek is a like for like replacement for one of the top 2 or 3 rucks in the comp because he's not.

 

[MadMundy]

If anything I'm just happy to see Meek playing consistent football.

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

Meek is not dominating. Average in the true sense of the word. Middle of the pack for AFL 1st rucks. I'm happy for him he is doing really well. He's come up into the top tier from a long way back.
There is no need though for people to go round raging and pretending Meek is a like for like replacement for one of the top 2 or 3 rucks in the comp because he's not.

He toyed with English like a school child.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

He toyed with English like a school child.

Any half decent ruck does that.

English is a shit ruck but a decent midfielder.

 

[Dockernut]

He toyed with English like a school child.

English is prone to those down games though. Jackson brained him in that GF and it turned the whole game.

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

I've clearly struck a nerve

 

[s_wd6]

He toyed with English like a school child.

Keyword being English

 

[nurries]

The bullshit of using 2 million on 2 rucks is just that, bullshit.

I know through a close schoolmate of Jacko who is a daughter of a good mate that he is on closer to 750k pa over the full contract.

So between them about 1.5, with increases of salary cap, the league average wage by the time their contracts finish will be between 650k so it isn’t as bad as it seems

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

The bullshit of using 2 million on 2 rucks is just that, bullshit.

I know through a close schoolmate of Jacko who is a daughter of a good mate that he is on closer to 750k pa over the full contract.

So between them about 1.5, with increases of salary cap, the league average wage by the time their contracts finish will be between 650k so it isn’t as bad as it seems

It's not about the money.

It's about Darcy having no knees, being unfit and being unable to get on the park enough.

Surprised that seems up for debate

 

[james haish]

The only character anyone has got an insight into from this extended exchange is yours.

It turns out it wasn’t on.

 

[nurries]

It's not about the money.

It's about Darcy having no knees, being unfit and being unable to get on the park enough.

Surprised that seems up for debate

Yes we know that but the media go on about 2m which is simple crap

 

[Paracleet]

It turns out it wasn’t on.

Zinger!

 

[Dirty_banchez]

Meek has been good for the Hawks, but it is the midfield who are really dominating. Worpel and Newcombe have been excellent.

 

[TheInjuryFactory]

Yes we know that but the media go on about 2m which is simple crap

Oh mate, fully agree. Not worried about the cap or what we're paying him.

I just think we have a broken down ruck on a long term contract who can't get on the park, while we let go of a very handy apprentice who's gone on to stamp himself as a premier ruck.

Darcy was a liability this year. Knees don't get better with more and more surgeries.

Sliding doors moment.

EDIT: TLDR....

Meek is the highest rated player on the ground playing finals, Darcy is injured and home season over. Yikes! Sliding doors moment.

 

[james haish]

Zinger!

Can’t believe there are adults in 2024 who still think Monty Python is funny.

 

[MadMundy]

 

[wakojako]

Can’t believe there are adults in 2024 who still think Monty Python is funny.

 

[BeinPurplenGreen]

Can’t believe there are adults in 2024 who still think Monty Python is funny.

 

[freo_leo29]

Any half decent ruck does that.

English is a shit ruck but a decent midfielder.

We actually struggle with English, its infuriating to watch

 

[Taylor]

We actually struggle with English, its infuriating to watch

Only after the ruck contest. He tears us apart getting involved moving the ball from defense to forward after we either turn it over or kick a behind - but before that he is a non involvement.

 

[freo_leo29]

Only after the ruck contest. He tears us apart getting involved moving the ball from defense to forward after we either turn it over or kick a behind - but before that he is a non involvement.

We don't dominate the dogs in the middle anywhere near enough though

 

[Taylor]

We don't dominate the dogs in the middle anywhere near enough though

Not near enough is true, but we did in the first game this season. Blew them apart at the ruck and clearance game.

 

[freo_leo29]

Not near enough is true, but we did in the first game this season. Blew them apart at the ruck and clearance game.

Fyfe went beast mode in that game

From memory english was pretty good actually but obviously it was his around the ground stuff that was best