or Iljia GrigicNeither Sweet or English compare to Peter Street so they have some work to do
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or Iljia GrigicNeither Sweet or English compare to Peter Street so they have some work to do
or Iljia Grigic
At least we got a guy who could play every week on the wing...right?
Read it and weep.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1223432...63Y6g8SKNEN1Qca0LA_aem_02BZO4jFjudIEHTzvRlv3w
Throw in number 1 pick next year Ashcroft and that is going to be one amazing midfieldHow good would Cam Rayner look in red white and blue. Pay the guy Dogs, Lions cap must be tight and free agent soon.
It’s to do with points, they need a surplus of points for academy players. The talk is a bevy of picks with Noble will come back.Collingwood supporters are actually delusional if they believe they are getting one of GC's first rounders for Noble.
Huge destination club we are.O'Driscoll staying at Fremantle.
We couldn't even get a bit part player over the line
Butters was overlooked by us in the draft, we took Baz.Butters grew up in the Western Suburbs, played for the Western Jets, supported the Dogs as a kid, and was a top draft pick that ended up drafted interstate and has turned into a very good player.
Excluding the "supported the Dogs as a kid" element, there's a very short list of players that all of those factors are also true, and we typically are linked to those players ... for precisely the reason we can offer things that other clubs can't (like living close to family and the club).
That list of players, going back to the 2011-12 expansion era, is very short:
Zak Butters
Xavier O'Halloran
Cam Rayner
Daniel Venables
Liam Duggan
Will Hoskin-Elliott
We've genuinely been linked to all of those players at some stage.
The very fact that we haven't been able to get any of those seven players over the line is more just representing nuances case-by-case and a small sample size of players:
Butters: heavily involved
O'Halloran: we've been heavily linked and some in the know posters have suggested we were on the edge of recruiting him in more than one off-season recently
Rayner: we've been heavily linked
Venables: Concussion ended his career before whether he would want to move back to Melbourne or not would be relevant
Duggan: We were heavily linked early in his career. Eagles were able to keep him by basically paying him all the money they got off their books when their six or seven million dollar per year premiership players' contracts expired over the last few years
Hoskin-Elliott: He was traded in the 2016-17 offseason in the same time that he was a talented young player being pushed out of a top GWS team wanting more opportunity. Given we traded out Koby Stevens and Nathan Hrovat that same off-season we were never going to trade for a player like Hoskin-Elliott when we could have just kept one of those two players with the same vague age/ability.
And yet there he is in a Grand Final and we are still mediocre.Call me salty but it would be pretty funny to watch Dunkley lose his 3rd Grand Final.
Even funnier when the context is he went to that club to be the Number 1 Midfielder and now he's just a tagger (aka Failed Midfielder à la Kane Cornes).
Picking up Dunkley is a key reason why Brisbane are playing in a 2nd Grand Final in a row after they gave up very little for him.And yet there he is in a Grand Final and we are still mediocre.
At 22, he is averaging the 3rd highest shots at goal per game just behind Cameron and Curnow. Rather than shipping him off, let's invest in the right coaching to get the best out of him.Outlandish suggestion but should we look at what Jamarra might get us?
We are overstocked for KPF's. His accuracy seems like a permanent problem. Seems a bit mentally fragile at times. His value is probably at it's peak in terms of draft picks...
Is it worth trading one of the KPF's out to get a better balance across the whole side?
Spot onAt 22, he is averaging the 3rd highest shots at goal per game just behind Cameron and Curnow. Rather than shipping him off, let's invest in the right coaching to get the best out of him.
PleaseOutlandish suggestion but should we look at what Jamarra might get us?
We are overstocked for KPF's. His accuracy seems like a permanent problem. Seems a bit mentally fragile at times. His value is probably at it's peak in terms of draft picks...
Is it worth trading one of the KPF's out to get a better balance across the whole side?
I think that at some point we will look to cash in on one of our talls and turn them into some serious draft and/or trade capital.Outlandish suggestion but should we look at what Jamarra might get us?
We are overstocked for KPF's. His accuracy seems like a permanent problem. Seems a bit mentally fragile at times. His value is probably at it's peak in terms of draft picks...
Is it worth trading one of the KPF's out to get a better balance across the whole side?
I tend to agree with this, and think it would be a shrewd move.I think that at some point we will look to cash in on one of our talls and turn them into some serious draft and/or trade capital.
The 2 year contract that JUH signed is probably the right timeline. I think we’ll well and truly know whether the forward structure will work long term and whether his goal kicking and inconsistencies are permanent.I tend to agree with this, and think it would be a shrewd move.
Right now isn't the time though.
Yep let's hope the forward structure will work in the future The current Bulldogs forward coach who never actually played the majority as a forward and kicked a total of 13 goals in his careerThe 2 year contract that JUH signed is probably the right timeline. I think we’ll well and truly know whether the forward structure will work long term and whether his goal kicking and inconsistencies are permanent.
Why not trade JUH get a decent ruck in the trade put English as a forward and second ruck and get two early picks. Deal done and thank your mother for the rabbitsI tend to agree with this, and think it would be a shrewd move.
Right now isn't the time though.
I'd ideally revisit it at the end of next year. The "cash out" strategy only works if we've got the upper hand, which means acting before players are out of contract.The 2 year contract that JUH signed is probably the right timeline. I think we’ll well and truly know whether the forward structure will work long term and whether his goal kicking and inconsistencies are permanent.
Sorry to ask a silly question but if Cotton on and the laundry power player nominates Geelong they can offer their first pick. Pick 15 nowPicking up Dunkley is a key reason why Brisbane are playing in a 2nd Grand Final in a row after they gave up very little for him.
In such a tight competition at the top, I hope Sam Power has learnt his lesson and drives a much harder bargain this time around. Bailey Smith is the difference between PF loss and GF win for Geelong, so pay up!