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

[bobs head soup]

Sad to see Jack go. A champion of the club who will always be held in the highest regard.

Good move for all parties though, doesn't dent his legacy with us.

I hope he doesn't go to a rebuild basket case for his sake.

Reckon StKilda would be a good fit. Looks like Brad Crouch

5

Brad Crouch

Age

30

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

26.1

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

14.0

5star

M

2.7

3star

T

5.5

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

20.3

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

9.1

5star

M

1.5

2star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

21.6

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

4.2

5star

CL

2.6

5star

may be an injury related early retirement and Jacko would slide straight into his role.

 

[Bonty4]

Starting to feel like the Brendan Mccarthy era with players leaving...

Who’s brendan mccarthy?

 

[Leon]

Macrae is a great player, great guy and a club legend.


Very very sad to see him go.

 

[Doggy]

Think Garcia signature becomes important

Always need depth in midfield

Might be gone too

 

[Mantis Toboggan]

Absolutely sick that it’s come to this. Alright, if he’s not getting a gig inside mid, I can accept that. But when he has come in and played other roles this year he has been good to very good.

Then he’s out of the side again on Bevo’s whim.

Makes me sick that we have shown so much faith in VDM & McNeil despite poor performance and minimal upside, while a Bulldogs hero rots on the bench.

I would show Bevo the door and ask Jack to reconsider.

Genuinely gutted about this one.

 

[Claudonious]

this is the ridiculousness of Bevo, spuds like Gardy get played and played when its clear what they are, then with nothing much changing, they are banished never to play again, in this case with a long term deal

You are fully Al dente… Gardner was injured all year, not banished.

Shit post……


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[weltschmerz]

Absolutely sick that it’s come to this. Alright, if he’s not getting a gig inside mid, I can accept that. But when he has come in and played other roles this year he has been good to very good.

Then he’s out of the side again on Bevo’s whim.

Makes me sick that we have shown so much faith in VDM & McNeil despite poor performance and minimal upside, while a Bulldogs hero rots on the bench.

I would show Bevo the door and ask Jack to reconsider.

Genuinely gutted about this one.

So you know for sure that Bevo's told him he's not wanted? Not that he's asked to go somewhere he'll be a top three mid and play every week?

 

[cecil]

Absolutely sick that it’s come to this. Alright, if he’s not getting a gig inside mid, I can accept that. But when he has come in and played other roles this year he has been good to very good.

Then he’s out of the side again on Bevo’s whim.

Makes me sick that we have shown so much faith in VDM & McNeil despite poor performance and minimal upside, while a Bulldogs hero rots on the bench.

I would show Bevo the door and ask Jack to reconsider.

Genuinely gutted about this one.

Macrae doesn't play small forward like VDM or McNeil. He's fighting Garcia, Gallagher, Harmes, Daniel et al

 

[Foxman98]

Absolutely sick that it’s come to this. Alright, if he’s not getting a gig inside mid, I can accept that. But when he has come in and played other roles this year he has been good to very good.

Then he’s out of the side again on Bevo’s whim.

Makes me sick that we have shown so much faith in VDM & McNeil despite poor performance and minimal upside, while a Bulldogs hero rots on the bench.

I would show Bevo the door and ask Jack to reconsider.

Genuinely gutted about this one.

What other role has he been good at?

 

[Dogs 13]

Macrae is a great player, great guy and a club legend.


Very very sad to see him go.

Maybe off to North, then you’ll have to say something nice about them

 

[seaweed]

You know that Bevo's told him he's not wanted?

Source?

 

[threenewpadlocks]

The same logic that saw us pick Gallagher consistently this season (on top of Vandermeer, McNeil etc.) despite games where he was getting 8 touches and turning over 4 of them was the same reasons we'd drop Macrae two games after getting 22 touches at 88% efficiency or whatever this year.

There was lots of criticisms last year about the ability for the opposition to move the ball from the deepest part of their defence through overrunning us and simple switches etc. and a lot of that was the simple fact that those pieces of play simply required one opposition player to be sprinting side by side with our player and the opposition player being faster than ours.

If we genuinely believe that Macrae will continue to decline in value and that he's only going to get slower from here, it's being on the hook for his contract in the final year or two that's going to be the issue. Whatever club he goes to will end up giving him a three year deal, which is a good thing to avoid.

 

[Freshwater]

Macrae doesn't play small forward like VDM or Gallagher. He's fighting Garcia, Gallagher, Harmes, Daniel et al

A 3x All Australian and premiership hero has the ability to change. If he got half the opportunity those other two and some others get, he’d be a great role player finishing his career at the only club he should.
I mentioned before Bevo is great but has a massive blind spot in selection.

 

[weltschmerz]

Source?

Asking Mantis Toboggan for theirs, will edit my post to make it cleaer.

 

[Leon]

Maybe off to North, then you’ll have to say something nice about them

Nahhhh.

 

[WAbulldog]

Sad about the news that Macrae wanting out but probably the best for both sides. Wish the best of luck to him.

 

[Foxman98]

A 3x All Australian and premiership hero has the ability to change. If he got half the opportunity those other two and some others get, he’d be a great role player finishing his career at the only club he should.
I mentioned before Bevo is great but has a massive blind spot in selection.

He’s not suddenly going to become significantly quicker

 

[Bald]

Look we had to free up the Butters cash somehow.

 

[The Inbetweener]

Jack and Baz having the same manager makes it even more interesting. Going to be some pretty tense discussions

 

[Foxman98]

The list needed rejuvenating this is how it happens

Jacko legend of the club but the time is now

 

[TheScriptorWL]

Might be gone too

Don't think we have to worry about Garcia. As long as he still gives a shit about our players re-signing. We should be good.

 

[Dogs 13]

He was my fav after Bont back when he was like a T1000, just wind him up and off he went.
Pretty handy SuperCoach choice back then too

 

[seaweed]

Asking Mantis Toboggan for theirs, will edit my post to make it cleaer.

Ah yes I see what you meant now

 

[Doggy]

We signed Buku for 2 years?

 

[wayniac]

I hope he stays. Libba probably won't last beyond next season and Jack will be handy in the middle. However, if he wants out regardless, good luck to him.