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Re: List Management 2015
Can't acces it. Can somebody post the text please?They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.Comment
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Re: List Management 2015
I think Adcock is a good player, but I don't think we're the club for him at this point in his career. Any 1st team time he gets this year will be at the expense of a Webb or a Dale or similar, don't see the value.Comment
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Re: List Management 2015
FORMER Brisbane midfielder Jed Adcock is confident of finding a new home in one of next week’s drafts, with the Western Bulldogs one of several circling clubs.
Adcock was forced out of Brisbane at only 29 given the club’s youth push but is keen to play on elsewhere.
Next Tuesday’s national draft is followed by the pre-season draft and rookie draft the following Friday.
In an extremely thin national draft a number of clubs might take delisted players with late picks because they can sign them up for only a single season.
Clubs must sign 18-year-olds on two-year deals and many are reluctant to commit to kids they don’t believe will ever make the grade.
Adcock’s manager Anthony McConville confirmed on Tuesday the Dogs were one of several clubs who had expressed interest in the former captain.
The Dogs would seem more likely to consider him for the rookie draft next Friday given they have only four national draft picks — 20, 21, 30 and 51.
“The Dogs have an interest, that’s all I can say. He has met with a couple of clubs and time will tell where they and the Western Bulldogs sit, but I am confident he will be at another club,’’ McConville said.
“He has been doing boxing and has a personal trainer in Brisbane so he’s working really hard in the off-season to really prove a point.
“He is a proud man and he is looking forward to making the most of another opportunity.
“At this stage he won’t get picked up as a free agent but as to where he ends up, that will be up to the footy gods.”If you kicked five goals and Tom Boyd kicked five goals, Tom Boyd kicked more goals than you.
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Re: List Management 2015
He would be excellent cover. He's only 29 too I thought he was a bit older.They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.Comment
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Re: List Management 2015
McConville has a cheek putting the media pressure on us. Whats happened to the old straight bat approach of yes there is a club or two interested? Still I wouldn't expect much in ethics from him.
I think it's an interesting approach to consider him but it might not sit well with potentially a 29yo being added even if it is a rookie spot. I think it's probably insurance for Clay Smiths injury.Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"Comment
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Re: List Management 2015
No Thankyou on AdcockFFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Western Bulldogs: 2016 PremiersComment
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Re: List Management 2015
We have to remember our rookie list is effectively only 3 players next year with Roarke Smith likely to miss most of the season.
We probably can't afford to have 3 speculative long term prospects take up those rookie spots. We will need at least one ready to go player that we can call upon if needed. Adcock fits that bill. He would be a Brett Goodes replacement.Comment
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Re: List Management 2015
I like Adcock as a player and think he has plenty to offer, whether that be as mentor in VFL or to play in senior side. Also, he is reasonably tall. Hopefully we can use a rookie spot rather than use one of our main draft picks.Josie :)
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Just like '54 again.Comment
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Re: List Management 2015
As a rookie, why not? He is clearly AFL quality and has only left Brisbane because they've gone on yet another youth splurge. I'm not confident Clay Smith will ever be the player we drafted him for, and Libba is coming off a serious knee. Stevens has also had his fair share of injuries throughout his AFL career to date.
No issues at all if we rookie him, and also not fussed at all if another club takes him instead."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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