Operation: Get Alex Rance

[bulldogtragic]

Alex Rance, 194cm & 90kg, full back. 100 games. Full back. Son of Footscray player Murray Rance. Out of contract after 2015 season. Rest. Free Agent from 2015 season.

Salary freed up if Morris, M. Boyd &/or Bob retire. Richmond are stretched.

[Happy Days]

Alex Rance, 194cm & 90kg, full back. 100 games. Full back. Son of Footscray player Murray Rance. Out of contract after 2015 season. Rest. Free Agent from 2015 season.

Salary freed up if Morris, M. Boyd &/or Bob retire. Richmond are stretched.

Like it.

Rance is a stud and exactly what we need. Plus between him and Boyd we would overwhelm opposition sides with handsomeness.

Also like how in the dystopian realisation that is the current day AFL we can fix everything by throwing money at it.

[GVGjr]

He would be a great addition. I'd be surprised if we couldn't offer him more money than Richmond can but I still doubt he will move.

[bulldogtragic]

He would be a great addition. I'd be surprised if we couldn't offer him more money than Richmond can but I still doubt he will move.

Couldn't we put on a ex-players function around 'bring your son to dinner' and award Murray a honourary award? And just so happen to have Peter Gordon and Jason McCartney sit on either side of Alex. Fairly subtle...

If that doesn't work, get Tom Boyd on stage and tell young Alex 'you're either with Tom Boyd, or playing against Tom Boyd'. Easy decision.

[Go_Dogs]

Worth a crack I say. Has become a solid player and fits our age profile and a ready made option as we mount our push up the ladder.

[Remi Moses]

I've still got some doubts on Rance as a top liner.
Big improver granted, but he over commits at critical times and is known to shank his disposal .

[1eyedog]

Yeah has a lot of Alex Rance moments as Dimma calls them. If we are going to go hard at somebody wouldn't we look at another young franchise club player who knows some of our boys, is preferably Victorian and in the same age profile as our guns?

[bulldogtragic]

Yeah has a lot of Alex Rance moments as Dimma calls them. If we are going to go hard at somebody wouldn't we look at another young franchise club player who knows some of our boys, is preferably Victorian and in the same age profile as our guns?

As a restricted FA it costs us only money not draft picks, as per a trade. I'd like to see us hold a top 5 pick (and 25ish) as a rule if we end up 13-18th. Time we got some FAs paid back to us.

[Happy Days]

As a restricted FA it costs us only money not draft picks, as per a trade. I'd like to see us hold a top 5 pick (and 25ish) as a rule if we end up 13-18th. Time we got some FAs paid back to us.

Is it really?

Harbrow I'll pay but Ward was woeful mismanagement. The rest I'm glad are gone.

"Time we got x" sucks; Boyd-style coups are where it's at.

[bornadog]

No thanks too short

[always right]

All this money to buy what we need instead of going to the draft.....are we turning into the Carlton of old?

[GVGjr]

No thanks too short

194cm and 96kg, I don't think he is too small for a key position defenders position

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Get Murray to persuade him.

[chef]

No thanks too short

Too short for what?

[bornadog]

Too short for what?

Fullback.

Rance is already monstored against guys like Franklin and in years to come, Patton, Boyd, and other talls. We need Roughie at 200cm to develop into a top line Fullback.