couchy555
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Didn't realise he was pick 10 in the 2005 draft. At some stage they thought this kid had real potential. Change of environment can hopefully bring out the best in this kid. Maybe the next Tom Harley? fingers crossed.
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i could be wrong but i think we still only have to delist a minimum three players, according to the picks we want to use. so, if we delist 4 then we use our first 4 picks as they stand at the end of trade week.
like when we traded steven king for a pick we didn't even use.
i'd be surprised if we delist more than 5.
Purple_Passion
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Good trade for you guys. Has a lot of potential, good size, good disposal and a new environment might make him more motivated.
good luck Marcus.
good luck Marcus.
Lonergan got a new contract last IIRC ,so he stays.
To be traded for Smith or used? Im not sure but Im not totally surprised with a heap of lower picks. When other think thin , Wells thinks opportunity. The thing is just how late will ones third pick be next year with GC picks in the system. They might figure a 40 something this year is like a R2 pick next year , I suspect the plan will be to only have two picks next year and upgrade a Rookie.
So this year.
Donohue, Egan , Djohnson , Harley , Tenace and probably Wojo gone
(Maybe offer to Re-Rookie Donohue if he is not picked up by someone else)
As for Drum its a risk but worth it. Pick 40 something for a 191cm Haley/Milburn replacement. Some think he will take a while but just how much better do you think he is going to look with Scarlet and Enright and Mackie etc around him. Just like Harley, Sanderson , Sholl , McGrath we have a history of 2nd chance champion backmen , lets hope we just got another one.
To be traded for Smith or used? Im not sure but Im not totally surprised with a heap of lower picks. When other think thin , Wells thinks opportunity. The thing is just how late will ones third pick be next year with GC picks in the system. They might figure a 40 something this year is like a R2 pick next year , I suspect the plan will be to only have two picks next year and upgrade a Rookie.
So this year.
Donohue, Egan , Djohnson , Harley , Tenace and probably Wojo gone
(Maybe offer to Re-Rookie Donohue if he is not picked up by someone else)
As for Drum its a risk but worth it. Pick 40 something for a 191cm Haley/Milburn replacement. Some think he will take a while but just how much better do you think he is going to look with Scarlet and Enright and Mackie etc around him. Just like Harley, Sanderson , Sholl , McGrath we have a history of 2nd chance champion backmen , lets hope we just got another one.
Gillies is our FB of the future don't worry about that.
I'm not expecting much from him yet, but I haven't seen a lot of him at all.
He had a good game against us in round 22, he may have caught Wells eye then.
He had a good game against us in round 22, he may have caught Wells eye then.
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yeah more a Harley type replacement id say.
we had Siegert do a preseason with us in (I think) '06? Even in our shit state then we never bothered to take him so de-freo'n must be a labourious process
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Welcome to the Cats Marcus. It must be like a dream come true for you. Good luck!
That's Jesse Smith, wrong thread.
Oh...... my..... Been posting on too many threads tonight. Time for bed me thinks...
Welcome Marcus. Time to get stuck into a real pre-season with the premiers.
It's been a busy trade week.
http://www.countryfootyscores.com/m...ol/2993-three-years-on-still-a-way-to-go.html
Here is an article on Him.
I do think you need to put some meat on him. His legs look a bit on the skinny side for a defender.
He has been a little injury prone at the wrong times, just enough to lose his spot to older senior exp. players(not nec. better). Only 22 so pretty good for pick 49...
True Blue Cat
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From what i gathered from the other thread about him he is similar to Harry Taylor right?
Will be interesting to see how he plays. Will make it more difficult for Gillies but hopefully competition to get into the side will be good for both of them. Lets just hope we can get him to stay injury free.
Will be interesting to see how he plays. Will make it more difficult for Gillies but hopefully competition to get into the side will be good for both of them. Lets just hope we can get him to stay injury free.
Good luck to Marcus, hope he finds in well at a real footy club and we can knock the Freo out of him during the pre-season if we're lucky. Will be interesting to see what role he is earmarked for.
No I think he's much more of a Milburn utility type. Not terribly quick, but solid footy brain and uses the ball well.
Cameron Ling (and ex-Cat Greg Williams in years gone by) has proven that, even if you play like a friggen slow monkey you can still dominate if you've got a quick footy brain.
We've got a Drum now, let's beat it for a while and see what kind of game it attracts...
We've got a Drum now, let's beat it for a while and see what kind of game it attracts...
True Blue Cat
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Backwards, Gillies will make it difficult for Drum
Hmm i don't know... The fact that Drum has more experience may get him a spot before Gillies. Although neither will get a permanent spot next year unless we have a season ending injury.
pretty obvious that they're trying to create a succession plan for Scarlett, Harley and Milburn with Gillies, Drum and maybe Smith. Don't know where that leaves Laidler, unless they're going to continue to develop him. I'd think that we still need another genuine tall, not sure if McKenna will be that player.
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