AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
How did I know you would take this track.
Or they paid him more cash.
Agree..We don't or can't sell our club as well as the other clubs .It really is mind boggling !
Technically he is right, he just prefers the Collingwood list of things he could buy with the extra cash
Can we start calling Treloar "You know who" so the Pies fans alerts don't go off anymore?
If potential equalled success the 2005 draft would have set us up for many flagsI actually don't disagree with Treloar on some points. This club seems to be much more focused on winning a final rather than winning a Premiership, whereas teams like Geelong and Collingwood are more focused on winning the Premiership. Recent Premiership success from those teams will drive expectations higher at those clubs, whereas we haven't won a final since 2001.
I can see why players would be put off by that. Actually, this should give us an idea as to what goes through the mind of a gun player when picking between us and another club.
Having said that, I don't think Collingwood have a better list though based on output alone and not "potential" in the last 3 years prior to Treloar going there. Potential ≠ success, so Richmond have Collingwood's measure on performance in recent years. Now that they recruited Treloar, Howe and Aish, I am not so sure anymore. I still think Richmond is better even with those inclusions as I'd say that Richmond have a better spread of talent on-field, but we'll just have to wait and see.
In all honesty, losing that EF essentially ruled us out of getting a big gun this off season from the looks of it. You cannot lose an EF 3 years in a row after finishing 5th in two of those years and expect good talent to pick you over an up-and-coming team. You'd have portrayed yourself as a mentally weak club, and "potential" would be more attractive than that to them.
So overall, I have no problem with what Treloar said and am not bitter about his decision. If that is how he sees things, then it is what it is. We'll just have to grow our own talent. At least we don't lose them when they come on
Exactly just like Buckley missing out on flags with Lions & Roos.. He destined not to win a flag as a player nor coach.
Exactly
We obviously sold our club well enough for the best rebounding defender with pace to burn who can also go forward that was available to nominate Richmond and only Richmond who in turn told Hawthorn to GAGF.
Really ... The same guy dropped twice this year by the bottom team & thought about giving game away . Maybe he was worried he wouldn't get a game at Hawthorn. Besides most of us are talking about players like Adams, Greenwood etc rejecting us recently.
