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So who is our best player?he's not our best player
he is a fine player when he wants to play and puts in
but not with a bottom team,who are years away from contending
he wants out - and the time is now - No Hold = trade !
Rioli, Balta & Bolton probably our best 3. Rioli most consistent, Bolton highest ceiling, Balta most important.So who is our best player?
I think he has the most trade value of anyone on our list. Balta second.
Bolton is a match winner, who’d be a game changer in any team challenging for a Premiership.
That’s why he is worth more than a couple of mid 1st rounders.
Yeah agree mate... Add in floss too though. Rioli and Floss are equally our best playersRioli, Balta & Bolton probably our best 3. Rioli most consistent, Bolton highest ceiling, Balta most important.
Agreed.Rioli, Balta & Bolton probably our best 3. Rioli most consistent, Bolton highest ceiling, Balta most important.
WC probably best bet if they want multiple picks. Pies late wins have made this trade a lot more difficult than it was looking.Agreed.
Our list has gone from multiple A graders a couple of years ago to probably those 3 ( Lynch when fit, Taranto maybe).
It’s why I think you need to be getting a pick that’ll give us access to one of the elite mids in this draft IF we trade Bolton.
I mean you could roll over and accept a couple of later r1 picks, but even in this very even draft there is still elite talent then it tapers off. And we are going to have a handful of very solid late r1 early r2 picks anyway.
Rioli, Lynch and Balta are the best playersSo who is our best player?
I think he has the most trade value of anyone on our list. Balta second.
Bolton is a match winner, who’d be a game changer in any team challenging for a Premiership.
That’s why he is worth more than a couple of mid 1st rounders.
Who thinks we should go full Norf?
if by that you mean, taking a big slice out of the listWho thinks we should go full Norf?
Thanks, appreciate the detailed response. List needs a massive chop but a rebuild with kids? Even with Clarko, their handout picks and North mafia in the media pumping their tyres continually, they're well adrift of the pack however many years running. I reckon we're better off getting a handful of kids in through the draft and using the trades to get some fairly experienced hardworking guys in for midfield and key positions.if by that you mean, taking a big slice out of the list
and move on - baker-bolton-rioli-graham-short-macca-grimes
and replacing with new kids through the draft
yep i'm all in
will it work out for us? i don't know
but i am willing to go down that road and try... yes
I am right.I hope you're right, otherwise it's going to get ugly really quickly for us and Yze
North's handouts they've been forced to trade and the only players they've been able to lure are really C graders or worse.Thanks, appreciate the detailed response. List needs a massive chop but a rebuild with kids? Even with Clarko, their handout picks and North mafia in the media pumping their tyres continually, they're well adrift of the pack however many years running. I reckon we're better off getting a handful of kids in through the draft and using the trades to get some fairly experienced hardworking guys in for midfield and key positions.
Though having seen what our experienced mids have done recently that might be a bad idea I dunno
See North.Hi guys long time reader first time poster if we don’t make these trades where do people see us in 5 years?
They may be desperate and have made some strange trades in the past, but it doesn't mean they will continue to do so.Yea yea yea , but we know how flipping desperate the campaigners are ,,,play the long game and draw blood from the stone ,,,they’d do it , look at their history on trades for uncontracted players , o meara and prestia
Our blokes contracted and about to win a bf , pretty good resume by comparison , 2 picks or they can gf ,,,,,I know dimma , he’d bark down the phone to his comrades ,,,,get it doneeeeeeeee
I judge it on match winning ability and trade value, he’s by far our greatest asset.Anyone who doesn’t think Bolton is our best player has rocks in their head
I was bang against trading him but the reality is if he wants to leave he’ll eventually go (see Tim Kelly) and perhaps in this case when both WA teams have reasonable currency we should let it happen rather than wait and then get stuck with receiving less
They’ve made a mess of it, trading and drafting. They’ve never been able to attract an A grade established player so have paid overs for mediocre talent.North's handouts they've been forced to trade and the only players they've been able to lure are really C graders or worse.
Other than that they've been rebuilding mostly with their natural picks. If we go in with pick 1 & 21 and try rebuild that way it will take an eternity. Would like to think being a big club if we were forced to use some gifted picks in a trade we could entice better players & also be enticing for FA's in a couple of years.
You'd also hope we don't cop a draft like they did in 2020 & lose our #1 pick after 1 season. Those 2 drafts have been an absolute disaster for them.
Rock bottom with no trade/draft capital and facing possibly a decade or more trying to become relevant.Hi guys long time reader first time poster if we don’t make these trades where do people see us in 5 years?
In a way we are lucky, we’ve bottomed out, with full access to 3 drafts before Tassie take all the decent talent.Hi guys long time reader first time poster if we don’t make these trades where do people see us in 5 years?