Strategy Trade and List management Thread Part 6 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

[VitalDread]

Watching the Swans vs GWS game showcases how far behind our midfield is in terms of speed

 

[RWnBluey]

Watching the Swans vs GWS game showcases how far behind our midfield is in terms of speed

Spot on VD. As poor as our sone of our forwards and defenders were last night the game was lost in the midfield. We desperately need some burst speed and a quality wingman

 

[Doggy]

Watching the Swans vs GWS game showcases how far behind our midfield is in terms of speed

Beat both of them comfortably and should have been twice each.

Had an absolute mare last night, doesn't diminish other results

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Watching the Swans vs GWS game showcases how far behind our midfield is in terms of speed

We did go 3-1 against these teams throughout the year. Absolutely pantsed the GWS midfield twice. I think we made their midfield look slow on those days too. Obviously it means little now.

 

[_Mike_]

Have to move English out of the ruck now. Play him forward and make him a rich man’s Todd Marshall. Or trade him, my preferred option but he just signed on.

The forward line can’t take English along side JUH, Astro and Darcy

Darcy is better as a forward, Astro will need to stay there. English will just have to keep playing ruck & backline.

Having JUH and Astro together on the forward line hasn’t been working, they just keep getting in each others way

 

[RWnBluey]

Beat both of them comfortably and should have been twice each.

Had an absolute mare last night, doesn't diminish other results

Play Hawks at the SCG we win. We’re very one-paced and lack the speed through the midfield which gets exposed on bigger grounds like the G

 

[MaxiBont]

Watching the Swans vs GWS game showcases how far behind our midfield is in terms of speed

Richards has helped that at lot, imagine our midfield speed without him..

Sanders is slow but will be a good inside mid, but we need a mid such as Butters or Warner who can break the game purely from their speed.

At the very least, we need some fast wingers. I like truck but with our slow midfield we need some fast outside mids at the bare minimum.

 

[RWnBluey]

The forward line can’t take English along side JUH, Astro and Darcy

Darcy is better as a forward, Astro will need to stay there. English will just have to keep playing ruck & backline.

Having JUH and Astro together on the forward line hasn’t been working, they just keep getting in each others way

We simply can’t move forward with Tim in the ruck. As much as we want him to be he’s not a ruckman.

Darcy must take up the no.1 ruck role next year. He’s already far stronger in the contest than Tim and has the mongrel needed to be competitive.
Tim’s strengths, however, is his marking and kicking. He is a great mark and a far more reliable shot at goal than both Jamarra and Naughts.
I think it’s a viable setup we need to trial.

 

[PurpJuice]

The forward line can’t take English along side JUH, Astro and Darcy

Darcy is better as a forward, Astro will need to stay there. English will just have to keep playing ruck & backline.

Having JUH and Astro together on the forward line hasn’t been working, they just keep getting in each others way

Might be blasphemy, but I wouldn’t be against trading Juh if we can nab 3 first rounders out of it and replenish the midfield.

 

[maddog37]

JUH is 2 years away from maturity. Very young and still growing into the man he will become.

Last night will sting and he will learn.

 

[Libba39]

Is Duryea contracted next year? I really think we need a new dependable back pocket player. I don't think we have one on our list to replace him?

Any idea what we do here? Could Garcia handle a role change? He has some mongrel at least. Anyone we could trade for to fill this gap?





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[RWnBluey]

Might be blasphemy, but I wouldn’t be against trading Juh if we can nab 3 first rounders out of it and replenish the midfield.

We currently have a somewhat imbalanced list so trading one of English, Jamarra, Naughts (preferably English) might need to happen. Ideally not what you’d want and it wouldn’t be popular but trading for A graders in areas of need requires substantial currency.
The only untouchable tall on our list is Darcy.

 

[ossie_21]

We currently have a somewhat imbalanced list so trading one of English, Jamarra, Naughts (preferably English) might need to happen. Ideally not what you’d want and it wouldn’t be popular but trading for A graders in areas of need requires substantial currency.
The only untouchable tall on our list is Darcy.

If I was English or his manager, I’d be having that tough talk that #1 ruck isn’t the be all & end all. Focus on being a forward-ruck, that he’d likely be the best in the comp at being.

Not a good fit at the Dogs with Naughton, JUH & Darcy (possibly Croft on the way too), but that would be super appealing to many other clubs out there. He’d get more money as a KPF-ruck elsewhere, than a ruck anywhere.

 

[Dogs Rule]

Play Hawks at the SCG we win. We’re very one-paced and lack the speed through the midfield which gets exposed on bigger grounds like the G

How good was it playing the lower ranked side at their home ground?

Anyway, Butters is head and shoulders top of my list.

 

[goodcop badcop]

Is Duryea contracted next year? I really think we need a new dependable back pocket player. I don't think we have one on our list to replace him?

Any idea what we do here? Could Garcia handle a role change? He has some mongrel at least. Anyone we could trade for to fill this gap?

Not sure if there's much available trade wise.

There's a fair few available in the draft at least. Harry Oliver won't take long and would get games next year. Oliver Hannaford is another that's well built. He's been playing forward more now though, kicked 6 goals today and could replace McNeil or VDM potentially too. Then there's Lachie Jaques and Angus Clarke, but they may take a bit more time.

 

[maddog37]

Is Duryea contracted next year? I really think we need a new dependable back pocket player. I don't think we have one on our list to replace him?

Any idea what we do here? Could Garcia handle a role change? He has some mongrel at least. Anyone we could trade for to fill this gap?





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Gallagher.

 

[DannyB4]

Ahhh can always rely on Carlton to take the heat off us.

 

[Libba39]

Gallagher.

Hmmm, I am watching Brisbane and a small mobile defender with a good kick like Zorko would be nice. I don't think Gallagher is that good at ground level (yet)

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[dergert]

Sam Switkowski

39

Sam Switkowski

Age

27

Ht

179cm

Wt

74kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.8

3star

K

5.3

2star

HB

6.5

4star

M

2.7

3star

T

4.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.4

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

4.0

5star

G

0.4

3star

is available.

 

[Bulldogs85]

Sam Switkowski is available.

Does he want out Fremantle

 

[Doggy]

Does he want out Fremantle

Makes sense with Bolton going in

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Sam Switkowski is available.

Interesting, should be someone we're interested in. Regularly in the top couple of small forwards for pressure acts, tackles and tackles inside 50. Doesn't really hit the scoreboard though but maybe that's not priority one for us.

Champion Data always overrate him. They always overrate us. Match made in heaven.

 

[TMoney22]

I said this end of last year but we need to stop hanging on to this current generation and do a proper quick rebuild. Love Macrae and Daniel but we should see what we can get back for them. Move on Scott, Gardner, Keath and Duryea - possibly JJ depending on his body. We'll suffer for a year or two but I'd rather that if it means we can become a proper contender.

2027 we could easily be back in finals with a refreshed side something like:
Bramble (29) - Busslinger (23) - TBC
Freijah (21) - O'Donnell (25) - Dale (31)
Williams (29) - Sanders (22) - TBC
Darcy (24) - Naughton (27) - TBC
Weightman (26) - JUH (25) - West (27)
English (30) - Bont (31) - Richards (28)

Think our main focuses should be all around pace. A quick small forward to replace McNeil/Vandermeer, a small defender to replace Duryea and another couple of young midfielders - I'd like to see us try West in their full-time for a bit and if he's not up to it, can stay forward.

Agree with this, think we need to take a step back to go forward to catch the end of Bont. Otherwise we continue to hang around the middle which is the worst place to be.

Next year Sanders, Garcia, Coffield, Gallagher to play as many games as possible and have bigger roles.
Buss and JOD given every game possible.

Macrae, Daniel, Keath, JJ gone and dare i say, my all time fav Libba to roll as the sub a fair bit.

And even though Clarke's debut was one of the worst, i see a bit of small forward spunk about him and want to see him have more opportunity.

English and Darcy 50/50 ruck.

 

[lachy]

We currently have a somewhat imbalanced list so trading one of English, Jamarra, Naughts (preferably English) might need to happen. Ideally not what you’d want and it wouldn’t be popular but trading for A graders in areas of need requires substantial currency.
The only untouchable tall on our list is Darcy.

We do not have an imbalanced list. We have an underdeveloped list. Still need a good small forward but really need more midfield grunt. Maybe have that on the list at the moment, B Smith, hope he stays here

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[RWnBluey]

We do not have an imbalanced list. We have an underdeveloped list. Still need a good small forward but really need more midfield grunt. Maybe have that on the list at the moment, B Smith, hope he stays here

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We have an abundance of talls with deficiencies in the midfield, wings and small forwards. That’s an imbalance.

Who, apart from Sanders, in those particular positions are underdeveloped? Maybe Arty but there’s still question marks on whether or not he’ll make it. Freijah could possibly move to a wing at some stage but that’s still a while off.
And I’m working under the assumption that Bailey is gone.