Would you do it?
Here's one - English for Barrass. Yay or nay?
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Would you do it?
Here's one - English for Barrass. Yay or nay?
No way!
English had a great start to the year & hasn't quite been the same since the concussion. I feel he proved to me that he can be a first ruck & i like the Lobb interest. Thats when we looked our best last year with that forward/ruck being a genuine ruck option.
Waited so long to see English be the player we hoped he would be & we can't trade him now.
If Keath retires, we will definitely need another QUALITY KPD…and even if he doesn’t, I have no confidence in Cordy, Gardner or O’Brien.
Darcy isn't a KPD.
No. A ruckman like Tim only comes along once in a while. In ruckman terms he's still a baby and has a lot of growth in him. If he develops as we hope he could be on the most influential/top 5 players in the comp
He can play 80%+ time in the ruck, he can go forward and is a fair shot at goal and he can take relieving marks in defence. On top of that he's a natural footballer. There's nothing manufactured about him at all. As far as I'm concerned Tim stays for as long as he wants because he will continue to improve year on year
Tom Barrass is a Perth boy, just signed a 5 year contract extension, and will be the next captain of the West Coast Eagles.
Why would he give all that up to join a pissant club like the Bulldogs.
How did we let Lewis Young go. He has played pretty well for Carlton tonight and is not on much coin. Now here we are looking for a Big body defender. Go figure Deja Ve. Another Roughead situation
Melbourne getting the rub of the green umpire wise but might not be enough.
May could get an Oscar for his work tonight.
"Someone" at WB thought Young was a ruckman just as they thought Dunkley was a ruckman. That same "someone"
thinks McComb, McNeill and Cordy are best 22 and Bruce (this week "managed") will be an automatic walk up after three grossly underwhelming games.
How on earth has the Lewis Young debate ended up in this thread? At least propose a trade to get him back to the club.
Whilst I’m here, what about Sean Darcy for Tim English. Yay or nay?
wrong thread
If you take a step back from that position the answer might have been as simple as "we see you as the CHB for this club in 2022 and we will give you an extended run at it to prove your worth". "Your days of filling in with the rucks and forward spots are behind you".
The retention of players doesn't stop with a contract offer. That's the easy part and you need to sell the vision of support and development.
In 2018 Young got 2 games
in 2019 he got 5.
In 2020 he got 1.
In three seasons he missed selection in over 50 games- for a team that was often dysfunctional.
In 2021 he was overlooked for most of the season. Then got a few games in the ‘ruck crazies’ era.
Any player who can hack that treatment is an imbecile.