GWS. Wood or Ward?

[LostDoggy]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

If I had a to make a choice, I wouldnt like to but I would keep Callan Ward. He will be a 300 gamer.

[boydogs]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

Gotta go the A grade mid over the A grade defender

[Dry Rot]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

If I had a to make a choice, I wouldnt like to but I would keep Callan Ward. He will be a 300 gamer.

And with his haircut he will get the lead role in the re-make of the film "Boogie Nights".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118749/

[LostDoggy]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

If I had a to make a choice, I wouldnt like to but I would keep Callan Ward. He will be a 300 gamer.

Absolutely agree. He has enormous potential

[The Adelaide Connection]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

I don want to drive myself crazy worrying about who will/wont go this year and it would be a flip o the coin out of these two for mine.

Is it too early to start watching the young talents of the new teams (especially GC) with the intention of poaching some of their kids?

I am not talking about the Swallows, more the kids in the middle. There is always the "want to go home factor" and I assume that as some of these kids blossom and start demanding more cash fitting them all in to their cap is going to be impossible.

Does anyone know when their extra salary cap concessions end? That won't help them.

[always right]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

Is Scott Clayton now recruiting for GWS? If not then there is no Clayton factor.

What was I thinking?

[EasternWest]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

Is it too early to start watching the young talents of the new teams (especially GC) with the intention of poaching some of their kids?

That's an interesting point. Never even crossed my mind.

What was I thinking?

I'm saving this post as admission of and evidence to that you're not, in fact, always right !

[always right]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

That's an interesting point. Never even crossed my mind.



I'm saving this post as admission of and evidence to that you're not, in fact, always right !

I'm thinking of changing my name to "Seldom Wrong". Nah...I'll stick with "Always Right"....much more arrogant and more likely to get up people's noses.

[LostDoggy]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

I don want to drive myself crazy worrying about who will/wont go this year and it would be a flip o the coin out of these two for mine.

Is it too early to start watching the young talents of the new teams (especially GC) with the intention of poaching some of their kids?

I am not talking about the Swallows, more the kids in the middle. There is always the "want to go home factor" and I assume that as some of these kids blossom and start demanding more cash fitting them all in to their cap is going to be impossible.

Does anyone know when their extra salary cap concessions end? That won't help them.

I think this actually poses more of a threat than an opportunity. I think the so-called big Melb clubs will be using the farcical third party payment system to bring stars back to Melb. Think Buckley, Clement, Judd, Kane Johnson, McPhee (ok scrap McPhee).. all over again. Struggling to think of many we 'got back' from WC/Bris/Adelaides, etc.. Eagleton is the only one that comes to mind (but I think we only marginally did well out of that in the long-term). We lost a hell of alot to these club at inception (Hardie, Edmund, McGuinness, Tregenza, etc..) for not much return...

I think the club should be on the front foot about this and be asking some questions to afl about the legitimacy of these deals before GC/GWS start leaking players

[The Adelaide Connection]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

I think this actually poses more of a threat than an opportunity. I think the so-called big Melb clubs will be using the farcical third party payment system to bring stars back to Melb. Think Buckley, Clement, Judd, Kane Johnson, McPhee (ok scrap McPhee).. all over again. Struggling to think of many we 'got back' from WC/Bris/Adelaides, etc.. Eagleton is the only one that comes to mind (but I think we only marginally did well out of that in the long-term). We lost a hell of alot to these club at inception (Hardie, Edmund, McGuinness, Tregenza, etc..) for not much return...

I think the club should be on the front foot about this and be asking some questions to afl about the legitimacy of these deals before GC/GWS start leaking players

Yeah very good point and a huge potential for concern. I think our club is a much more attractive place to land these days and, as can be seen with the Aker and Hall scenarios, when all is above board and fair we should be able to shake our fair share of oranges from the tree. But I agree that the club should be proactive about third party "juddesque" deals now because we don't have the same financial muscle to get the next big thing by giving their pet dog a secretarial role at WO with a salary of 500k.

[Bulldog Joe]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

Yeah very good point and a huge potential for concern. I think our club is a much more attractive place to land these days and, as can be seen with the Aker and Hall scenarios, when all is above board and fair we should be able to shake our fair share of oranges from the tree. But I agree that the club should be proactive about third party "juddesque" deals now because we don't have the same financial muscle to get the next big thing by giving their pet dog a secretarial role at WO with a salary of 500k.

While I love your comment I don't think Rebecca Twigley would find it as amusing as I do.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

While I love your comment I don't think Rebecca Twigley would find it as amusing as I do.

Ha! Did they actually give her a secretarial job? That was not my intention at all!

More just a general reference to a practice that has been rumoured to have happened for years.

[Bulldog Joe]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

Ha! Did they actually give her a secretarial job? That was not my intention at all!

More just a general reference to a practice that has been rumoured to have happened for years.

Not sure either, but I believe they did something. Might only have pulled a few strings for the modelling gig.

It was more the pet dog reference, that had me thinking of the situation and I feel she would not like being in that category.

However, I am certain (without proof) that there has been and will likely be plenty of instances occur that you allude too.

Richmond under Clinton Casey apparently gave investment in property deals (or in the case of Ben Holland promised them).

[Mofra]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

Ha! Did they actually give her a secretarial job? That was not my intention at all!

Not sure about Twigs, but there was a rumour that Judd's mum was a very highly paid staff member at Visy doing "general admin" for a while.

Ward's family are locals

[The Underdog]

Re: GWS. Wood or Ward?

Ha! Did they actually give her a secretarial job? That was not my intention at all!

More just a general reference to a practice that has been rumoured to have happened for years.

Apparently she's a trained speech therapist and works at the Alfred (at least that's what a friend who works as a nurse at the Alfred told me).