Oh god no not Toy. Please someone get on the phone to the dogs and tell them to stay away from him. I completely agree with everything said above. Seems like the dogs are desperate for a Gilbee replacement.
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Oh god no not Toy. Please someone get on the phone to the dogs and tell them to stay away from him. I completely agree with everything said above. Seems like the dogs are desperate for a Gilbee replacement.
Hey toy could pretend to be Adam Cooney he looks like him at least!
Is Andy Otten at the Crows interested? Struggling to get a match v Sam Shaw and Talia, only hope may be Rurren being old and slow. Has been pretty good in the SANFL as a key defender.
What about Austin?
The question was:
When are we going to start targeting players who have proven themselves at senior AFL level like the stronger clubs in Hawthorn, Sydney Swans and Collingwood have done?
And I think it's a fair question, especially when the clubs named just happen to be three of the last four standing in 2012.
Josh Toy to decide future next week after meeting with Western Bulldogs
GOLD Coast defender Josh Toy will decide next week whether to continue his career in Melbourne next season.
The highly-skilled backman met Western Bulldogs officials yesterday about a possible shift to Whitten Oval.
Toy's ball distribution from half back would be a welcome addition to the Dogs following the retirement of lethal flanker Lindsay Gilbee this season.
However, St Kilda, Carlton and Hawthorn are also believed to be keen on the 20-year-old.
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley, who was an assistant coach when Toy was in the AIS-AFL program in 2009, also has a strong relationship with the right-footer.
The former under-18 All-Australian has had a frustrating first two seasons with the Suns, playing only 13 games, but could remain in Queensland.
After eight games in his first season, Toy made five appearances this year.
Gold Coast has tabled a one-year contract for Toy and will drive a hard bargain for the former Calder Cannons player should he opt to leave.
Toy's manager, James Pitcher from Strategic Management, said the playmaking defender would make a call on his future in a week.
"He might still stay up there. He has come home to discuss things with us and talk to his mum," Pitcher said.
"He hasn't made any decisions yet, but he is committed to making the most of himself and his AFL career.
"He wants to play senior footy and I certainly think he has the ability to do that."
Toy was considered one of the most outstanding under-age talents and would probably have been a top five pick in the national draft had the Suns not chosen him as one of their 17-year-old access selections in 2010.
The 185cm backman has a booming right foot but has been told he needs to improve his endurance and defensive aptitude.
After eight games in his first season, Toy made only five AFL appearances last year and failed to string together more than two consecutive games.
He averaged only three and half possessions per game last season.
Thanks for posting that BAD.
It paints Toy as a defender who has no endurance or defensive aptitude and someone who we'd use as our key playmaker yet he only averaged 3.5 touches a game? If we have to give up anything for him, I'd be very reluctant.
I didn't notice him this year, does anyone know if he was the sub a few times. The most kicks he got in a game was 3, and twice he recorded 0. That's hardly inspiring.