Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

[westdog54]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

Is there a player in the league ATM who has never, ever missed a shot on goal?

He would've made an impact last night.

[The Coon Dog]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

BUMP.

What players could have actually made an impact last night, and thus who we should target like hell.

Graham

Hall

Cousins

Lovett

Campbell

Thorp

Dowler

Reid

Barry Hall would have made an enormous difference last night.

[hujsh]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

We wont get Hall now. He's good again

[Bornadog]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

We wont get Hall now. He's good again

and too old.

[GVGjr]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

Barry Hall would have made an enormous difference last night.

We wont get Hall now. He's good again

and too old.

Rocket is indicating some interest in Nathan Thompson.

[BulldogBelle]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

Trade Cross
Cross is an energy leech. His usual play is to quickly handball off rather than to run and carry the ball himself. He should be expending the energy to have that shot at goal when in the forward 50 rather than passing it off, and usually stuffing things up.

So why the word "leech"? He should be expending the energy to run and carry and not off-load the ball to his team-mates (who the have to expend the energy), creating an energy drain on his team-mates. His team-mates expend the energy that he should be expending.

Besides that fact that he can't run and carry - also he can't take a big mark, or spoil. He makes too many mistakes by short kicking that doesn't reach the target on the full.

Another annoying trait about Cross is that he often passes backwards. Maybe it is because he can't kick long enough. What then generally happens is a cancer sets in the team and everybody starts kicking backwards.

Its true, Cross expends a lot of energy running around getting the ball and also diving in where angels fear to tread, but I don't think that that makes up for his short-comings.

We have Boyd who is a similar player to Cross but does everything better.

We would probably get a good trade for Cross. Problem is that Cross has become a bit of an icon of the club. But if they can trade Leon Cameron, they can trade any-one.

If we don't trade Cross I would hope that he would spend the summer practising long-kicking and carrying the ball.


Retire Brad Johnson
Too many skill errors in his game now. Lost his spring and lost his pace. His future injuries will have worsening effects. His time is up!

Eagleton and Welsh to be retired. May have to be paid out, but at the moment they are occupying a space that can be taken up by new draftees.

Scott West - toss of the coin. Don't know. Just how bad is his injury? Not much difference between West and Cross? Yes there is, West can run and carry and West has "presence".

Barry Hall
If he makes himself available through the pre-season draft I would pick him up. When we were gong well at the start of the season the nay-sayers were saying that our lack of a major forward will be our undoing come the finals, and they were right. Give him a 1 year contract while our younger talls develop.

[Happy Days]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

Trade Cross
Cross is an energy leech. His usual play is to quickly handball off rather than to run and carry the ball himself. He should be expending the energy to have that shot at goal when in the forward 50 rather than passing it off, and usually stuffing things up.

So why the word "leech"? He should be expending the energy to run and carry and not off-load the ball to his team-mates (who the have to expend the energy), creating an energy drain on his team-mates. His team-mates expend the energy that he should be expending.

Besides that fact that he can't run and carry - also he can't take a big mark, or spoil. He makes too many mistakes by short kicking that doesn't reach the target on the full.

Another annoying trait about Cross is that he often passes backwards. Maybe it is because he can't kick long enough. What then generally happens is a cancer sets in the team and everybody starts kicking backwards.

Its true, Cross expends a lot of energy running around getting the ball and also diving in where angels fear to tread, but I don't think that that makes up for his short-comings.

We have Boyd who is a similar player to Cross but does everything better.

We would probably get a good trade for Cross. Problem is that Cross has become a bit of an icon of the club. But if they can trade Leon Cameron, they can trade any-one.

If we don't trade Cross I would hope that he would spend the summer practising long-kicking and carrying the ball.


Retire Brad Johnson
Too many skill errors in his game now. Lost his spring and lost his pace. His future injuries will have worsening effects. His time is up!

Barry Hall
If he makes himself available through the pre-season draft I would pick him up. When we were gong well at the start of the season the nay-sayers were saying that our lack of a major forward will be our undoing come the finals, and they were right. Give him a 1 year contract while our younger talls develop.

Or...

we could keep Cross and Johhno?

I dont think we're even in the PSD.

[Happy Days]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

Rocket is indicating some interest in Nathan Thompson.

Hall > Thompson every day of the week.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

Was mentioned on Ch7 that we were 'after' Thompson.

Then I saw the interview with Rocket and, after being asked if we were interested, gave the usual cliche about how we'd look at all our options and won't rule anything out etc. etc.

Ch7 turned this into 'BULLDOGS CHASING THOMPSON'

[GVGjr]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

Was mentioned on Ch7 that we were 'after' Thompson.

Then I saw the interview with Rocket and, after being asked if we were interested, gave the usual cliche about how we'd look at all our options and won't rule anything out etc. etc.

Ch7 turned this into 'BULLDOGS CHASING THOMPSON'

I heard the clip on Fox and it appeared that he was asked directly about Thompson and didn't rule it out. A simple 'he's retired' would have knocked it on the head. Ch7 did make out that it was an exclusive interview.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

I won't quote the James Cuming post as its mostly a load of rubbish and doesn't deserved to appear again.

[hujsh]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

Thompson's risky. We won't get him

[Happy Days]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

From http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTIC...x?newsId=67970

Dogs won't target ex-Roo Thompson
By Jennifer Witham
1:08 PM Sat 20 September, 2008

THE WESTERN Bulldogs won't look to lure retired North Melbourne forward Nathan Thompson to Whitten Oval next year, believing there is little point in adopting a one-year solution to their forward-line problems.

The Dogs, having lacked a power forward in recent times, could have targeted Thompson after the Kangaroos this week reneged on their decision to allow the 30-year-old to play on in 2009.

But assistant coach Leon Cameron said his side would be more interested in a longer-term prospect than the former Hawk and Roo.

"You can't just keep going down that track of having one year here, one year there," he told SEN on Saturday morning.

"If you're talking about a key forward, you've got to go all out."

Cameron said the recruitment of such a forward would be on the agenda this week when the Dogs begin the post-mortem on their season.

"We meet first thing Monday morning. We'll let the dust settle this weekend and then meet and assess it all next week," he said.

"We have player interviews and assess the list. You keep assessing it during the year as well, but we'll make some calls sometime next week on some players and what we need.

"What do we need? We would love a big key forward.

"It's a priority, but it's a game where you've got to give up to get it.

"You look at it and say, 'Who do you give up?', but it's about what's out there as well,"

"There's probably three or four key forwards out there and they've all re-signed.

"Do you then go to the second or third stringers? They're the decisions we'll make next week."

He also said the Dogs remained optimistic 2007 No.5 draft pick Jarrad Grant would develop into such a player, after his debut season was ruined by the early onset of osteitis pubis.

"He's a young kid who we hope will play a dozen games next year," he said.

"He's come along in terms of his physicality in the gym really well, but again, for consistent football, he's two to three years away."

Cameron also defended the Dogs' decision to play Adam Cooney on Friday night in their losing preliminary final after it was revealed the on-baller has been battling a knee problem.

"It's the risk you take, but if we had our time over, then no [he wouldn't have missed]. Adam Cooney is a quality player and yes, he has been restricted a little bit, but they've got to put a good quality player on him as well," he said.

"If he's not there, then all of a sudden, they just target Ryan Griffen."

Cooney will have scans this week to find out if his kneecap is cracked.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

Trade Cross
Cross is an energy leech. His usual play is to quickly handball off rather than to run and carry the ball himself. He should be expending the energy to have that shot at goal when in the forward 50 rather than passing it off, and usually stuffing things up.

So why the word "leech"? He should be expending the energy to run and carry and not off-load the ball to his team-mates (who the have to expend the energy), creating an energy drain on his team-mates. His team-mates expend the energy that he should be expending.

Besides that fact that he can't run and carry - also he can't take a big mark, or spoil. He makes too many mistakes by short kicking that doesn't reach the target on the full.

Another annoying trait about Cross is that he often passes backwards. Maybe it is because he can't kick long enough. What then generally happens is a cancer sets in the team and everybody starts kicking backwards.

Its true, Cross expends a lot of energy running around getting the ball and also diving in where angels fear to tread, but I don't think that that makes up for his short-comings.

We have Boyd who is a similar player to Cross but does everything better.

We would probably get a good trade for Cross. Problem is that Cross has become a bit of an icon of the club. But if they can trade Leon Cameron, they can trade any-one.

If we don't trade Cross I would hope that he would spend the summer practising long-kicking and carrying the ball.


Retire Brad Johnson
Too many skill errors in his game now. Lost his spring and lost his pace. His future injuries will have worsening effects. His time is up!

Eagleton and Welsh to be retired. May have to be paid out, but at the moment they are occupying a space that can be taken up by new draftees.

Scott West - toss of the coin. Don't know. Just how bad is his injury? Not much difference between West and Cross? Yes there is, West can run and carry and West has "presence".

Barry Hall
If he makes himself available through the pre-season draft I would pick him up. When we were gong well at the start of the season the nay-sayers were saying that our lack of a major forward will be our undoing come the finals, and they were right. Give him a 1 year contract while our younger talls develop.

Congratulations.

You've not just passed Jerry you've completely obliterated him as the biggest ****wit on Woof.

I've never read more poorly considered bollocks in my life.

[wb_age]

Re: Official 2008 Draft/Trade Thread

Leon Cameron was on SEN this morning and was asked about Nathan Thompson, his response was a definite no basically hinting at his age and that we'd prefer to recruit younger players. (youth policy)

Also mentioned that there aren't any gun KP forwards available and that than suggested that we may have to look at second/third stringers etc.

One more thing, he said he would definitely be at the club next year.


EDIT: Previous posts beat me to and actually had the article on what I heard.