Early Trade talk - Anyone we want that may be available?

[kruder]

Re: Early Trade talk - Anyone we want that may be available?

Here is a hypothetical challenge we face with recruiting a player like James Stewart who is the type of player we probably need to consider

- Could he play in a team that has a forward line of Boyd, Crameri, Stringer, Dickson, Bontempelli and has Redpath knocking on the door?
- If we said lets play him mainly as a forward and use him as that 5 minutes per quarter ruckman instead of Tom Boyd then could that still work with our current ruck tandem of Campbell and Roughead? Does that mean Roughead needs to go into the back line a bit more?

The only way I could see it working is to delist Redpath, which would be a harsh call, return Roughead to the back line and use both Stewart and Tom Boyd as that back up ruck option to support Campbell.

Strangely our list is still a bit misaligned. We still have some gaps but it's increasingly hard to fit players in unless we are prepared to make some very hard calls.

If we were playing a final next week, going on form this year and last and both were available who would you chose out of Redpath and Boyd?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Early Trade talk - Anyone we want that may be available?

I think a player on our shortlist would be the yet to re-sign Michael Apeness.

[Happy Days]

Re: Early Trade talk - Anyone we want that may be available?

I think a player on our shortlist would be the yet to re-sign Michael Apeness.

Why?

Tomlinson 52 touches in the NEAFL GVG...thinking he's a midfielder for sure now.

[Ozza]

Re: Early Trade talk - Anyone we want that may be available?

If we were playing a final next week, going on form this year and last and both were available who would you chose out of Redpath and Boyd?

Redpath.

[jeemak]

Re: Early Trade talk - Anyone we want that may be available?

If we were playing a final next week, going on form this year and last and both were available who would you chose out of Redpath and Boyd?

Both, and leave one of Roughead or Campbell out of the side.

[GVGjr]

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Why?

Tomlinson 52 touches in the NEAFL GVG...thinking he's a midfielder for sure now.

A Bont like 193cm midfielder.

[bulldogtragic]

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A Bont like 193cm midfielder.

GWS would want a fair bit then, assuming he picked the dogs.

[GVGjr]

Re: Early Trade talk - Anyone we want that may be available?

GWS would want a fair bit then, assuming he picked the dogs.

They can't demand a lot if he isn't being played. I suspect he might land at Carlton if he is traded.

[bulldogtragic]

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They can't demand a lot if he isn't being played. I suspect he might land at Carlton if he is traded.

Then he's a dim wit. Carlton is where GWS players go to have their careers die.

[soupman]

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Then he's a dim wit. Carlton is where GWS players go to have their careers die.

I think it's quite the opposite really. Carlton is where GWS fringe players who will be delisted if they continue their current form another year go so that they can get three year contracts and become "good solid players". Liam Jones and Jason Tutt are an excellent example of players dying careers (or at the very least "time spent on an AFL list with AFL wages") being extended by the Blues ineptness.

Carlton is the fringe player career extender.

[KT31]

Re: Early Trade talk - Anyone we want that may be available?

Carlton is the fringe player career extender.

Ecker Nirvana.

[Twodogs]

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Carlton the ecker extender.

[Twodogs]

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It's quite a phenomenon isn't it? They gave away a decentsh draft pick for three players was it? The kids have walked into Carlton's team though. According to an article from a couple of weeks ago. I don't really pay them much attention. I had to be reminded last week that we had already played them this year.

[Bornadog]

Re: Early Trade talk - Anyone we want that may be available?

Jake Nial reporting: Brisbane makes lucrative offer to out of contract Crow Josh Jenkins, believed to be worth close to $750,000 per season.

Out of our price range? Would we consider him?

[GVGjr]

Re: Early Trade talk - Anyone we want that may be available?

Jake Nial reporting: Brisbane makes lucrative offer to out of contract Crow Josh Jenkins, believed to be worth close to $750,000 per season.

Out of our price range? Would we consider him?

Sounds a bit rich for me but he could fit into our side perfectly