The Association Football AFL Thread 3.0

[Jatz]

I'd be telling Clayton to suck it up if I were the Dees.

His problems with that club are self inflicted. Short of Geelong offering overs, I wouldn't be moving on him.

 

[Bradesmaen]

I read on AFL.com.au that we were prepared earlier in the year to give up three first rounders for Bolton. Even two is too many, thought we'd finished with the idiotic trading.

 

[gaskin]

I read on AFL.com.au that we were prepared earlier in the year to give up three first rounders for Bolton. Even two is too many, thought we'd finished with the idiotic trading.

I wouldn't believe that. Nobody in their right mind would give 3 first rounders. There was a little talk at the mid point of the season but that was just media speculation over what they think he was worth and what Richmond would accept based on his contract.

 

[jod23]

I'm not sure what's going on with Hawthorn but trading away 14 leaves the Barrass deal pretty dead.

Not that I'm complaining, I want him to stay.

 

[Spanish Sahara]

I'm not sure what's going on with Hawthorn but trading away 14 leaves the Barrass deal pretty dead.

Not that I'm complaining, I want him to stay.

Barrass will get done. Hawks won’t commit to someone and then not get the deal done.

 

[SM]

I'm not sure what's going on with Hawthorn but trading away 14 leaves the Barrass deal pretty dead.

Not that I'm complaining, I want him to stay.

Haha this is cute.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Haha this is cute.

Bah humbug.
I was waiting until it got done before replying.

 

[SM]

Big win for Richmond here Art Vandelay_, our mate would be pumped.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Big win for Richmond here Art Vandelay_, our mate would be pumped.

That doesn't narrow it down completely. Could be the doxxer or could be our Failmantle friend with the inferiority complex.
Geez we're shit this season, had a better day missing it entirely and we got pumped at cricket. So yay.

 

[Kram]

That doesn't narrow it down completely. Could be the doxxer or could be our Failmantle friend with the inferiority complex.
Geez we're shit this season, had a better day missing it entirely and we got pumped at cricket. So yay.

What are ya whinging about now.

 

[Loonerty]

Good deal for us. Shame that a bid for Kako is looking like it'll come before pick 9, but getting three first rounders in two years isn't too bad. Wonder whether we do pursue the option of trading back into the first round this year.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

club email confirming home games increased from 9 to 10.
Suspect the 1 Melbourne game will be Easter Monday.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

utter madness. The only small forward that wasn't complete ass and is squeezed out.
List management madness.

 

[Jatz]

club email confirming home games increased from 9 to 10.
Suspect the 1 Melbourne game will be Easter Monday.

Moving Easter Monday to Geelong? I'd be surprised with that.

 

[Jatz]

utter madness. The only small forward that wasn't complete ass and is squeezed out.
List management madness.

You're welcome to him. Defensively poor. Kicked a few this year but any half decent small forward would sitting under Charlie and Harry. Betts would've kicked 60-70.

I won't miss seeing him particularly.

 

[Jatz]

Plenty of negativity around the AFLW in the media at present. Hard to argue with a lot of it.

Seems a lot agree expansion may have come too quickly. Rightfully though, they realise they now just need to come up with solutions rather than focusing on the mistakes.

Good article by Peter Ryan today.

How the AFL’s poor decision-making is dragging AFLW down

The impact of the condensed fixture can be reeled off like movie credits and points to administrators taking their eyes off the ball.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Moving Easter Monday to Geelong? I'd be surprised with that.

Might want to re-read that.

You're welcome to him. Defensively poor. Kicked a few this year but any half decent small forward would sitting under Charlie and Harry. Betts would've kicked 60-70.

I won't miss seeing him particularly.

That's a flawed logic. You scraped finals on the back of Cripps being brilliant, and with Hawthorn coming soon your window coincides with both those factors. Cripps duration as a top level player and how long it takes Hawthorn to reach that next level.

So removing your best small forward and not bringing in anyone of note is madness, especially if you bring in yet another HBF in Houston.

 

[SM]

Moving Easter Monday to Geelong? I'd be surprised with that.

That's the opposite of what he said.

 

[Jatz]

Might want to re-read that.


That's a flawed logic. You scraped finals on the back of Cripps being brilliant, and with Hawthorn coming soon your window coincides with both those factors. Cripps duration as a top level player and how long it takes Hawthorn to reach that next level.

So removing your best small forward and not bringing in anyone of note is madness, especially if you bring in yet another HBF in Houston.

Yep, misread it.

We aren't getting Houston.

Disagree with the flawed logic part. Owies makes no difference with a game plan that goes down 60-0 in a final. Would rather see what Motlop can bring on a much smaller contract with a new head of fitness.

Btw, what would you say an acceptable contract for Owies is? He's not one that creates his own goals from nothing (ala Stengle etc) so I don't really see him as a top 5 small forward.

 

[Magma]

you could give me guesses for the rest of my life and i would never have guessed that rory atkins

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Rory Atkins

Age

30

Ht

185cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.9

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

7.9

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

1.9

4star

MG

367.4

5star

D

9.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

0.3

1star

T

2.7

4star

MG

147.7

3star

D

14.2

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.2

3star

MG

217.8

4star

is what gets houston out of port.

 

[RPCB]

Might want to re-read that.


That's a flawed logic. You scraped finals on the back of Cripps being brilliant, and with Hawthorn coming soon your window coincides with both those factors. Cripps duration as a top level player and how long it takes Hawthorn to reach that next level.

So removing your best small forward and not bringing in anyone of note is madness, especially if you bring in yet another HBF in Houston.

If I am reading that right, you’re in agreement with the majority of the supporters on our board. Houston would cost Pick 12 or 14 and lots of money. No thank you. Our squad doesn’t need another high priced HBF. That is not one of the holes on our list.

The improvement will come from within. Better list health, Haynes, Campo twins, 12 and 14 (possibly trading them to move up into the top 3). In 12 months we have Ison and Gresham as NGA selections. In 2 years, we have Cody Walker as a F/S, a highly touted and possible top 3 selection. Houston shouldn’t be in our plans, the draft (with Tasmania coming in) should be.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

A penny for Jodlington's thoughts.

Edit:



****ing lols that Owies was the missing piece to unlock a top 5 pick.

 

[jod23]

A penny for Jodlington's thoughts.

Edit:



****ing lols that Owies was the missing piece to unlock a top 5 pick.

Yeah obvious bullshit. There just has to be more to it.

Cos I mean that's ****ING ATROCIOUS for us.

Surely we cant be that stupid.

Baker isnt worth a top 20 pick. We dont have the right value to get him. So we simply have to walk him to the PSD.

Unless the Barrass deal gets done and we somehow end up with a pick in the 20's somewhere that we can give for Baker then it might happen. I mean we have 26 right now that is right on the value IMO but we just need more young talent so using that on Baker is not the play, I think we want to keep 3 and 26 then find another pick in the 20's to give up for Baker.

We cant give up pick 3, we are in DESPERATE need of top young talent. And if we get more first round picks from Hawthorn for Barrass then we must use them on young talent also, not on trading them for Baker.

But Hawthorn doesnt even have first round picks to give us now. Just future firsts and future first dont really help us right now. And we need to get better quickly if we are to convince Reid his future lies here.

So no idea what we're doing to be honest. I dont think I've ever seen a player ask to be traded, picking the club they want to go to and then it not happening.

But at this point, if I was in charge, I'd just tell Hawthorn to come back next year with the right value for Barrass and walk Baker to the PSD. If he wants to come, he will find his way to WC, if not, we havent lost a whole lot.

Then use 3 and 26 on best available talent in the draft.

Then next season just smash more games into Reid, Ginbey, Hewitt, whoever we get at pick 3 and 26, more games into Hall, Maric, Dewar, Chesser, Hough, Long etc need to turn the ship around or we risk losing Reid.

But we all know that wont happen. When a players asks to be traded, it always somehow happens.

Will be amazing to be as shit as we have been for three years and have just one pick in the top 5 for three straight years. Even then Victoria tried to get us to trade away the chance to take Reid.

 

[RPCB]

 

[Jatz]

I very much like it from a navy blue point of view...