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  1. #1156
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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    Quote Originally Posted by Yankee Hotel Foxtrot View Post
    Or the awkwardness with his Mrs' comments during finals about the Dogs players making too much noise in the hub hotel?
    That gets sorted out with Jack at the Yarraville nets
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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    Quote Originally Posted by The Bulldogs Bite View Post
    Credit to Saints. They have transformed their list in 12 months. Will it work? Who knows, but I like their aggressive approach after some failed drafting years.

    I'd like us to be much more aggressive. Hell, the one time we were, it delivered us a flag.
    They also had nobody of any quality to pay money to, and could offer ample opportunities across the park to incoming players. Neither of those are so simple for a side that has a number of All-Australians/premiership players with a strong midfield and clear opportunities only in the lower rungs of the 22. I feel like it's a lot simpler to refresh a list at the bottom of the ladder, than a list like ours - it is one of the potential benefits of Dunkley leaving.

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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    That gets sorted out with Jack at the Yarraville nets
    Is Happy Days still lurking around looking for mouth punches?
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jazzadogs View Post
    They also had nobody of any quality to pay money to, and could offer ample opportunities across the park to incoming players. Neither of those are so simple for a side that has a number of All-Australians/premiership players with a strong midfield and clear opportunities only in the lower rungs of the 22. I feel like it's a lot simpler to refresh a list at the bottom of the ladder, than a list like ours - it is one of the potential benefits of Dunkley leaving.
    Yep, agreed the JD. We're in a much tighter spot than the Saints and if they don't get success from this they're going to have to churn again.
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
    Is Happy Days still lurking around looking for mouth punches?
    It's his regular hangout isn't it?

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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogsthru&thru View Post
    So Higgins’ reasons were more playing opportunity. Would have thought we’d be able to give him the most. Perhaps $$$ we’re too high for our liking?
    He was a Saints fan as a kid, he even got his young mug on the telly celebrating a St Kilda snag in the 09 prelim *

    * Sorry for referencing that
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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
    Is Happy Days still lurking around looking for mouth punches?
    Let's revisit it after the Dunkley trade.
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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    Quote Originally Posted by jazzadogs View Post
    They also had nobody of any quality to pay money to, and could offer ample opportunities across the park to incoming players. Neither of those are so simple for a side that has a number of All-Australians/premiership players with a strong midfield and clear opportunities only in the lower rungs of the 22. I feel like it's a lot simpler to refresh a list at the bottom of the ladder, than a list like ours - it is one of the potential benefits of Dunkley leaving.
    Yep, can't argue with any of that but it does make our two losses to them / them overtaking us hard to swallow. We're treading water with our list at the moment.

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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    Quote Originally Posted by The Bulldogs Bite View Post
    Yep, can't argue with any of that but it does make our two losses to them / them overtaking us hard to swallow. We're treading water with our list at the moment.
    Yes they beat us twice this year, but they haven't overtaken us. They won the same amount of H&A games as us and beat us by 3 points in a final

    I prefer our list to theirs.
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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    I struggle with why Peter Wright goes for a pick in the 4th round
    Surely he is worth another role of the dice for a team as a defender or 2nd ruckman?
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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    I struggle with why Peter Wright goes for a pick in the 4th round
    Surely he is worth another role of the dice for a team as a defender or 2nd ruckman?
    Probably on a sizable contract so GC are prioritising getting his salary off the books over the draft compensation
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sedat View Post
    Probably on a sizable contract so GC are prioritising getting his salary off the books over the draft compensation
    I understand that would be a consideration but North would have a huge amount of cap space and he would fit a rebuilding team.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GVGjr View Post
    I understand that would be a consideration but North would have a huge amount of cap space and he would fit a rebuilding team.
    I guess quasi free agency takes effect when a player nominates a specific club. The total system is not working right.
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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    Quote Originally Posted by Happy Days View Post
    Let's revisit it after the Dunkley trade.
    I figure I'm going to be summoned to them one way or another come 6pm Thursday.
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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    Re: 2020 Player movement

    Quote Originally Posted by The Bulldogs Bite View Post
    Yep, can't argue with any of that but it does make our two losses to them / them overtaking us hard to swallow. We're treading water with our list at the moment.
    I completely disagree with this TBB. Our list has, particularly given we won a flag a few years ago (yep, that did happen), undergone a huge amount of transition and we're only starting to get/ figure out the balance we need.

    Any reasonable assessment of a list going through a considerable rebuild would look at our last two years and suggest we're tracking correctly. I guess the hard part is convincing people we've been rebuilding for a few years now.
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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