We are going to be reported as chasing everyone with a pulse between now and the end of the trade period. Only 5% of it will likely have any substance.
I'm just waiting for us to be linked to Israel Folau.:rolleyes:
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Really like him, but don't see why he'd leave and we'd be paying a lot for him.
Think there's nothing in this one.
i don't want to derail the thread but i think that the whole Folau thing has been a cunning plan to get him into the NFL sooner rather than later right from the outset. i don't think hes any chance of succeeding in the NFL but good luck to him with it.
He'd be a quality addition. I suspect we will see a number of names being linked with us before the trade period
History suggests we won't land a big name - reality is not many of them actually leave and the ones that do typically go to the bigger clubs.
Whilst we should still go for who we want, I hope we are also being astute in plucking a few other lists. Suckling has been an excellent selection, ditto Crozier. If we can keep finding a few of these (ideally key defender/ruck) it'll help.
Meh - he did burst onto the scene but was a long time ago, he's good but not great. Good mark for his size, decent set shot. Very ordinary below his knees and not overly quick, even lumbering. He's a natural but traditional forward and we need a player like that but like you I can't see him giving up on everything the West offers both on and off the field.
I'm ok with that because he's not the type of player I'd get fixated on. Still better to spend the money on him than the likes of Issac Smith.
Fine, be proactive behind the scenes but can we avoid challenging for Norf's desperate and dateless mantle please. The list of who we won't throw a line at will be shorter than the list of blokes we will by year's end.
Darling's better than anything we have up forward at the minute and a perfect second fiddle in a high quality outfit.
He'd be a complete disaster in ours.
I agree, but in saying that we do need to consider how to improve our list, and there's no doubt he would. We have to at some stage bite the bullet I suppose and start to fill our holes down forward. We will get better through the midfield as our list matures. In two years he'll be 28 and hopefully we have brought in more outside run and a good back. If Naughton can progress as a forward, we sort our shite out in the midfield and half back and Darling comes in, he may be productive for us.
Still, I'd rather we spend our money on Tomlinson who would be far more gettable, is younger and a bit cheaper and throw the sink at Astbury. I'm open to Martin as a small forward for the right price. Tomlinson, Astbury and Martin would be great acquisitions.
Sure, but where's that going to come from? The draft?
Darling's also doubly-buggered in our system because if he's not making hay up forward where else can you play him? Footscray, that's where.
If we're going to throw the kitchen sink at someone let's prioritise a high-energy small forward with quickness and an appetite for chasing. I'll take two of those thank you.
Failing that an athletic tall defender who can lock down on troublesome opposition bigs and hurt them going the other way. One of those will do nicely.
Ideally we have players identified we think can thrive with us and our system who are maybe struggling in their current environment/role (in the Crozier mold) rather than just big name players but a big name player wouldn't hurt either.
I wonder if we're looking at Adelaide.
We were linked to Josh Jenkins recently (whom I'm not excited about) but Hugh Greenwood seems like our cheap type of target.
Big body who can play forward and pinch hit in the midfield if need be.
190cm / 90kg and 27 as he was in the US playing basketball.