Round 22 - The season proper over, whose career ends

[bulldogtragic]

BUMP.

I think we need 6 selections.

Name your six.

[LostDoggy]

Lynch, Street, O'Shea, West and McDougall all certainties to go. Others under the pump include Wight, Skipper and Eagleton depending if they are out of contract.

[strebla]

Lynch, Street, O'Shea, West and McDougall all certainties to go. Others under the pump include Wight, Skipper and Eagleton depending if they are out of contract.

Skipper just re-signed Eagleton must go would keep wight

[Sockeye Salmon]

Lynch, Street, O'Shea, West and McDougall all certainties to go. Others under the pump include Wight, Skipper and Eagleton depending if they are out of contract.

West doesn't count because he's on the veterans list.

Macdougall, Street, Wight, Lynch, O'Shea.

Ray will go but we will probably pick up a player for him so that cancels each other out.

If we must have 6 Eagleton would be next in line.

[westdog54]

BUMP.

I think we need 6 selections.

Name your six.

McDougall
Street
Lynch
O'Shea (Rookie)
Eagleton

Number 6 is tricky.

If Ray is traded for a pick, then well and good.

If not, Cameron Wight might be the one. He'll need to watch trade week very very closely.

[MrMahatma]

Doogs
West
Street
Ray
Eagleton
Wight
O'Shea (rookied)

We may cut even deeper and I wouldn't be surprised to see some unexpected names thrown up at trade time either - perhaps for picks.

[GVGjr]

Doogs
West
Street
Ray
Eagleton
Wight
O'Shea (rookied)

We may cut even deeper and I wouldn't be surprised to see some unexpected names thrown up at trade time either - perhaps for picks.

It all depends on contract situations but McDougall, West, Lynch and O'Shea are either gone or close to going. Eagleton and Street could depend on their contracts but I think Street is out of contract.
I think Wight will survive and Ray will be trade material and wouldn't be delisted as such.

[LostDoggy]

Tiller anyone?

YES - keep him, his finals effort shows merit and there are those out there that have not performed and I think this kid will make it if Eade will just let him settle in a set position as with a few other young kids

[bulldogtragic]

YES - keep him, his finals effort shows merit and there are those out there that have not performed and I think this kid will make it if Eade will just let him settle in a set position as with a few other young kids

I know Clayton says it every year, but he did say he took Steve a year early knowing full-well his development would be slower (i.e. suddenly playing on men) because he believed he would go top 10 the following year.

I think Tiller is already miles in front of Skipper and Wight who have had twice as long as him.

[The Underdog]

I haven't seen enough of O'Shea or Lynch to make a call on them but if Friday night showed me one thing it's that Eags should be let go, whether traded or delisted. We have a heap of young guys on the list who should be given an opportunity next year and I think while Eagleton has some good footy left in him he is essentially standing in the way of someone else's development. He's not a Johnson whose standing in the club mandates another year minumum or an Akermanis who we brought in fairly recently (I wouldn't be adverse to trading Aker if he could help get through a deal that would help us but I think he's probably too old for anyone else to want him).

Unfortunately I think Westy will be asked to walk. Street is gone. Wight is 50/50 but I'd let him go. Ray will most likely be used as a trade option. I honestly don't think we have enough that other teams will want to trade for or that in the crunch we will be willing to trade to pull off the kind of big trade we probably need, especially with our first pick committed to Cordy (most likely).

[Sedat]

The thing that scares me though is a lot of the players will be young guys, Higgins, Everitt, Williams, Hill, Harbrow, Ward, Addison, Callan etc are not guys with a lot of experience...we're really going to be fielding a pretty young side.

It would scare me if they were Gwilt, McQualter, Clinton Jones, Raph Clarke, Jaryd Allen and Robert Eddy. But our youth actually showed they are AFL quality during their careers to date, and more importantly in the heat of finals. Our best players in the finals were a mixture of 25-27 year olds (Cross, Lake, Morris, Hargy, etc..) and the under 22's (led by Griffen, and most of your list above including Tiller). That leads me to be comfortable with the quality of the majority of our list for the next 3-4 years.

[Mofra]

I think Tiller is already miles in front of Skipper and Wight who have had twice as long as him.

On pure intensity I agree. He was playing Werribee reserves at the start of last year, and still needs to put on some kgs but is realistically our most improved player over the last season and a half (apologies to Harbrow & Hill).