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Who would you have JMac target this year?
We have salary cap banked, and sooner or later an increased salary cap with a new EBA. Imagining that the trade currency and spare salary cap we would've used on Hurley is still around, who would have Jason McCartney chasing hard?
Here is the smorgasbord of uncontracted 2017 players:
http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/o...yers?year=2017
Josh Kelly would be a great get, but GWS trading him is not something they're going to want to do.
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First two that come to mind are Fyfe and Shiel, both are long shots and knowing a few of Shiels relo's and they say he is pretty entrenched at GWS.
Tom Barrass would be a decent pick up and ready made replacement if we lose Adams.
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KT31
First two that come to mind are Fyfe and Shiel, both are long shots and knowing a few of Shiels relo's and they say he is pretty entrenched at GWS.
Tom Barrass would be a decent pick up and ready made replacement if we lose Adams.
So Adams & Barass swap clubs if Adams requests a trade to WCE.
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I read or saw somewhere only this morning that Josh Kelly is about to recommit to GWS. He's happy there and isn't interested in playing for a proper footy club.
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bulldogtragic
So Adams & Barass swap clubs if Adams requests a trade to WCE.
Would be happy if this was the outcome.
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I want JJ signed up as a first priority.
Then Caleb Daniel.
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Locking away all our guns would be a good starting point.
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The thread has another assumption that we've signed up everyone we want to.
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Twodogs
I read or saw somewhere only this morning that Josh Kelly is about to recommit to GWS. He's happy there and isn't interested in playing for a proper footy club.
Didn't he and The Bont holiday together over Summer?
I'm sure Bonty has been in his ear about coming to play for a real club with recent Premiership sucess and a rich history of suburban roots?
If he wants to keep playing for The Plastic Fruit Bowl Oranges then stuff him!!
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redders70
Didn't he and The Bont holiday together over Summer?
I'm sure Bonty has been in his ear about coming to play for a real club with recent Premiership sucess and a rich history of suburban roots?
If he wants to keep playing for The Plastic Fruit Bowl Oranges then stuff him!!
Precisely. I know there's money and the prospect of playing in a gun team and that but I just don't know why you'd choose to play for GWS over doing all that at a real club. Whether it's us or one of the other clubs with a history and a culture. That you meet legends of the club from. That have a supporter base.
I don't see how you'd stand out on the field after the prelim thinking that playing for GWS any acheivment is just going to be incremental and expected. Not celebrated and lionised. Surely some of them thought "get me to St Kilda or Melbourne, I want a chance at some of this"
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Sure they might,MIGHT be able to say that they were clubs very first premiership players but who is really gunna give a shit when they are funded and endorsed to succed by the AFEL.
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redders70
Didn't he and The Bont holiday together over Summer?
I'm sure Bonty has been in his ear about coming to play for a real club with recent Premiership sucess and a rich history of suburban roots?
If he wants to keep playing for The Plastic Fruit Bowl Oranges then stuff him!!
Love this, I'm gonna refer to them as plastic fruit bowl oranges too. Thanks Redders.
I despise quite a few GWS players, however I think Lobbe is/will be a gun and admire his overcoming a tough teenage/young adult period. Would be delightful if we could prize him free and would actually prefer him over their much vaunted midfielders. Also agree re-signing our young guns is first priority and confident our club is doing all it can to extend this amazing successful time.
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Originally Posted by
redders70
Didn't he and The Bont holiday together over Summer?
I'm sure Bonty has been in his ear about coming to play for a real club with recent Premiership sucess and a rich history of suburban roots?
If he wants to keep playing for The Plastic Fruit Bowl Oranges then stuff him!!
Seem to be mates - see here
Chef will like seeing The Bont in a Chelsea jumper
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bornadog
Seem to be mates - see
here
Chef will like seeing The Bont in a Chelsea jumper
What's that? The Bont has signed with Chelsea? Noooooo!
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Twodogs
What's that? The Bont has signed with Chelsea? Noooooo!
https://scontent-syd2-1.cdninstagram...63285248_n.jpg
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bornadog
Twodogs does not thank for this post! :eek:
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Dustin Martin is seemingly on the move, putting contract talks off until the end of the year is usually a bad sign.
He is probably incredibly unlikely to be coming to us, but hypothetically would you take him? No doubt he is a gun player, but his character is questionable.
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Axe Man
Dustin Martin is seemingly on the move, putting contract talks off until the end of the year is usually a bad sign.
He is probably incredibly unlikely to be coming to us, but hypothetically would you take him? No doubt he is a gun player, but his character is questionable.
Would not want Martin anywhere near our group.
The salary he would be after is better used keeping the players we already have.
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Twodogs
Twodogs does not thank for this post! :eek:
May be you like him in this jumper
https://scontent-syd2-1.cdninstagram...25379584_n.jpg
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Shiel won't be going anywhere
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-01-3...appy-at-giants
Although i'm not sure the article can be taken seriously when it contains a mistake or two:
"Shiel’s declaration is sure to please Giants' fans" pretty sure that shouldn't be plural.
He also said he loves it up there so perhaps the whole article was being sarcastic.
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Fyfe to St Kilda has been a fairly strong rumour, I could also see them throwing around the sort of big money that Dusty wants. Culture be damned.
Shiel has said in an interview today that he has no plans to leave the AFEL Giants.
As for us, our needs are the same as always. If Adams leaves, then we definitely need another ready-to-go KPD. Outside run and skills is always helpful, but it needs to be someone who will buy in to the contested mantra as well.
As far as actual names, who knows? Barrass appeals, Kelly would be great. Either of the McGovern brothers would be ideal (but unlikely).
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Axe Man
Dustin Martin is seemingly on the move, putting contract talks off until the end of the year is usually a bad sign.
He is probably incredibly unlikely to be coming to us, but hypothetically would you take him? No doubt he is a gun player, but his character is questionable.
Last time his manager through his name around he had to go back to Richmond with his tail between his legs.
Big no from me, he is not the sort of character you infect on a great bunch of kids.
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jazzadogs
Fyfe to St Kilda has been a fairly strong rumour, I could also see them throwing around the sort of big money that Dusty wants. Culture be damned.
Surely if the Saints have a shot we must be in the running, who wouldn't want the opertunity to play under Bevo ?
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jazzadogs
As far as actual names, who knows? Barrass appeals, Kelly would be great. Either of the McGovern brothers would be ideal (but unlikely).
Both have plenty of upside and either would slot nicely into our backline.
As mentioned in a previous post Barrass would be idea especially if we can't keep Adams, I can't see it being easy though as I think he is WA born and bread.
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bornadog
"Fake news. Didn't happen. This is just the left wing media. All lies."
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If there is anything in the war chest after we have looked after our own I would love to have a crack at Zaharakis. Good player who would be in our best 22, is flexible, the right age bracket and can be a point of difference for minutes in a game.
He's 27 at the start of the season so get Stew to ask him if he wants a premiership before he retires.
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1eyedog
If there is anything in the war chest after we have looked after our own I would love to have a crack at Zaharakis. Good player who would be in our best 22, is flexible, the right age bracket and can be a point of difference for minutes in a game.
He's 27 at the start of the season so get Stew to ask him if he wants a premiership before he retires.
Isn't DZ the new Jim Jones? I recall some media last year around him pressuring Hurley to stay and be 'loyal'.
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bulldogtragic
Isn't DZ the new Jim Jones? I recall some media last year around him pressuring Hurley to stay and be 'loyal'.
Actually you're right.
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bulldogtragic
Isn't DZ the new Jim Jones? I recall some media last year around him pressuring Hurley to stay and be 'loyal'.
Zaka bleeds red and black. More chance of Bevo moving to Zimbabwe mid season.
I'm not sure the players we really want are gettable at a decent price. I'd consider an old, experienced defender who can provide leadership on field because we've lost every game we've played without Matty Boyd in the past two years and it's likely we lose Morris and Murphy in the next year or two as well.
Wood is a leader but not sure anyone else down there is.
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Mofra
Zaka bleeds red and black. More chance of Bevo moving to Zimbabwe mid season.
I'm not sure the players we really want are gettable at a decent price. I'd consider an old, experienced defender who can provide leadership on field because we've lost every game we've played without Matty Boyd in the past two years and it's likely we lose Morris and Murphy in the next year or two as well.
Wood is a leader but not sure anyone else down there is.
Yep a reliable and experienced defender (who can actually defend) is something we need a couple of. We lose three of the best over the next couple of years. There's a fair chance that we may have lost one already. Murph isn't back on the park yet.
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Pittard is an RFA we can consider (having passed over him to take Christian Howard).
Not much else really appeals from a FA/RFA perspective.
At a stretch, Rockliff as a Matty Boyd substitute.
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Mofra
Pittard is an RFA we can consider (having passed over him to take Christian Howard).
Not much else really appeals from a FA/RFA perspective.
At a stretch, Rockliff as a Matty Boyd substitute.
Continuing on our fine tradition of ex Brisbane captains on our list. Tried it once, won the flag!
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bornadog
Yeah, I was all over that a couple of months back. Just when you thought the great man couldn't get any greater.
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chef
Yeah, I was all over that a couple of months back. Just when you thought the great man couldn't get any greater.
I think it's been Photoshopped.
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Twodogs
I think it's been Photoshopped.
Nah, i saw it on his twitter at the time.
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chef
Yeah, I was all over that a couple of months back. Just when you thought the great man couldn't get any greater.
My god if that was a Chelsea mill wall or west Ham back in the day, you'd be seriously concerned
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Mofra
Pittard is an RFA we can consider (having passed over him to take Christian Howard).
Not much else really appeals from a FA/RFA perspective.
Please no; can't think of a player that I've seen be as careless with the ball as Pittard. If Boyd's kicking stayed at the same level upon moving to the backline then his game would resemble what Pittard's does now.
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Mofra
Pittard is an RFA we can consider (having passed over him to take Christian Howard).
Not much else really appeals from a FA/RFA perspective.
At a stretch, Rockliff as a Matty Boyd substitute.
IMO Pittard is the worst good player on an AFL list. And by close reports Rockliff is a shit bloke
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Pittard is too inconsistent and undoes good work with poor disposal or bad decision making. He wouldn't be best 22.
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Zach Williams would be an excellent Bob Murphy replacement, but we may already have that with Bailey Williams. The only other Giant I would consider to boost our back half if Adams goes is Tomlinson. I'm assuming Coniglio and Kelly will stay.
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1eyedog
Zach Williams would be an excellent Bob Murphy replacement, but we may already have that with Bailey Williams. The only other Giant I would consider to boost our back half if Adams goes is Tomlinson. I'm assuming Coniglio and Kelly will stay.
I wasn't that impressed with Tomlinson in the Prelim.