List Mgmt. Trade & Draft UltraThread- Warning, May Contain Speculation #combinethethreads

[EagleEgo]

he actually played WAFL and looked good though

True, but he started his football very late.
Some of those rookie B from other codes have played footy at their early age too.
I have to admit, there are risks involved. Hence rookie B.

 

[twce13]

Never like the whole demote to rookie list, just delist and move on (obviously those suggestions around willie is a special case).

 

[Godfather32]

One from left field, I watched Hayden Ballantyne on the Front Bar and said he'd be open to playing for the Eagles if the call came. Won't happen but interesting.

Please never mention this again

 

[Ghossein]

One from left field, I watched Hayden Ballantyne on the Front Bar and said he'd be open to playing for the Eagles if the call came. Won't happen but interesting.

mods

 

[EagleEgo]

One from left field, I watched Hayden Ballantyne on the Front Bar and said he'd be open to playing for the Eagles if the call came. Won't happen but interesting.

Only if he has found a working time machine!

 

[nameless]

I disagree, Rotham isn't built to be that shutdown defender. He'd be ragdolled if we played him in Schoey's role.

I'm honestly super confused why it was even a possibility that Schofield could look elsewhere. We actually need him in the B22, because he allows both Barrass and Gov to play their own games. IMO it's become even more apparent this year with the poor form of Barrass in the latter half of the season.

Was waiting for this.
Rotham doesn't have to play Schofield's exact role, Barrass when in form can take the #1 fwd and use his leap to effect.

Shep plays tall as well.
Rotham plays as the 4th tall who can use his excellent reading of the play to intercept.

Teams are now targeting Gov and blocking him from contests, so Rotham will need to assist.

 

[CM9000]

Was waiting for this.
Rotham doesn't have to play Schofield's exact role, Barrass when in form can take the #1 fwd and use his leap to effect.

Shep plays tall as well.
Rotham plays as the 4th tall who can use his excellent reading of the play to intercept.

Teams are now targeting Gov and blocking him from contests, so Rotham will need to assist.

Barrass just isn't as good as a stopper though. His natural game is very similar to Gov's, and when he's played as a 1v1 defender, he's been beaten quite a few times. I think he'll get there in time, just atm, he struggles quite a bit.

 

[MrWoollie]

One from left field, I watched Hayden Ballantyne on the Front Bar and said he'd be open to playing for the Eagles if the call came. Won't happen but interesting.

Not even close to interesting. A long past it slow, injury prone hack who had one good year, and that was 2014.

2014 - averaged 2.45 goals a game. Didn't even get close to 2 goals a game in any other year. As a comparison...
Mark LeCras averaged 2 goals a game over his career and averaged 2+ goals a game in six separate seasons.
Eddie Betts averaged nearly 2 goals a game over his career and averaged 2+ goals a game in six separate seasons.
Phil Matera averaged 2.17 goals a game over his career and averaged 2+ goals a game in six separate seasons.

I'd rate Ryan, Cripps, Petrucelle and Cameron better than him. HB would be about as much use as a pork roast at an Israeli - Palestinian reconciliation dinner.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Even Freo thought he was cooked. Surely that’s all you need to know.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Being from Mandurah, Hayden is a different kind of cooked bruv.

 

[Wedgetailed Westerner]

McInnes gone after 39 seasons and 14 games. Farewell sweet prince.

Mcinnes after those 39 years

 

[EagleEgo]

Mcinnes after those 39 years

Can I borrow your time machine?

 

[Wedgetailed Westerner]

I also think that is quite likely. IIRC, he actually re injured it as well on coming back.

It doesnt surprise me at all. For anyone who hasnt torn a Pec before. It bloody hurts

 

[amazingjoshy]

One from left field, I watched Hayden Ballantyne on the Front Bar and said he'd be open to playing for the Eagles if the call came. Won't happen but interesting.

ban

 

[Byron_Clanger]

One from left field, I watched Hayden Ballantyne on the Front Bar and said he'd be open to playing for the Eagles if the call came. Won't happen but interesting.

Gross. Just play Jarrod Cameron. We've got a pre season to get him into peak fitness. Have him run around the our forward half of the ground and just deal with the teething process.

 

[ROO DOGG]

Robertson from Brisbane completely shut Whitfield out of the game last weekend. Out of contract and could play that tagger role for us easily.

Would be way better than hutchings, dont like hutchings as a forward.

 

[Ishmael_]

2× under 18 All Australian ruck.

Shhh you'll ruin the Victorian narrative that Nic Nat fell from a coconut tree onto a football field.

He doesn't get AUSTRALYIAN football gaiz, he's blAck and has dreadlocks. Unlike all those other football geniuses in the ruck. Longer. Vardz. Mason Cox. Grigg. Mumford PhD. et cetera

Oh, he coaches West Coast's other rucks, does he? All the way through to a grand final hey?

Fine. BUt how many uncontested marks does he take on the half bak flank?!?!?!?

 

[Coasters7]

Only if he has found a working time machine!

Even then.. **** using it on Ballantyne. I’m going back and slapping that Gatorade and piss cup straight out of Willies hand followed by a backhand to the face.

 

[beatlesmith]

One from left field, I watched Hayden Ballantyne on the Front Bar and said he'd be open to playing for the Eagles if the call came. Won't happen but interesting.

How can I delete someone else's post?

 

[InTheWings]

Does the AFL have a provision for players and clubs in our position with Rioli? Can we put him on the long term injury list and elevate a rookie into his spot?

I would not delist him with the idea to rookie list him. It would be too risky that another club would pick him up n the rookie draft before our pick.

 

[archiemoses]

Delist Josh Smith and move Mallen to rookie list. Delist Ah Chee.

 

[Godfather32]

Delist Josh Smith and move Mallen to rookie list. Delist Ah Chee.

Why keep Allen over Ah Chee?

 

[wooshwhisperer]

If he keeps getting games, though, he will definitely face the wrath of posters like HT week in week out irrespective of actual performance.

If we're talking Facebook mouthbreathers, then Nelson is already the whipping boy.

Haven't seen such unwarranted hate at one of our own on there since Jetta was the whipping boy.

Hate is TOO powerful... more like disappointment. Players at this level making bad/no decision at critical moments... like being pinged twice in front of goal in the final against Essendon.

 

[Eagleboy68]

This made for some elite reading, but like you said, Geelong will almost certainly ask for 13.

I'd give it to them.

 

[archiemoses]

Why keep Allen over Ah Chee?

Ah Chee has had enough time in the system. Allen is younger and still learning a mid role, hence I think there's upside. Also has more strings to his bow.