Retirements, Trades, Delistings and the Rookie list

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Retirements, Trades, Delistings and the Rookie list

What if we decided to trade Ayce Cordy. Who could we get for him.

Based on his performances this year I doubt if there would be a lot of interest in Cordy.

[Eastdog]

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Based on his performances this year I doubt if there would be a lot of interest in Cordy.

Agree. He doesn't have too much value. Who could we potentially though and get a quality player in return.

[soupman]

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Agree. He doesn't have too much value. Who could we potentially though and get a quality player in return.

I assume that you are asking who we could trade for a qulaity player in return.

The answer to that is a quality player or a high draft pick. You can't get quality players for nothing in a trade scenario, you only stand a chance if they are out of contract and eligible for free agency.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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Djerrkura, Grant, Hooper, Moles, Mulligan, Sherman, Veszpremi need to go IMO.

Skinner i would keep on as i can see potential.

DJ is a shame as he has endeavour but he has been in the system too long now without effect. Same goes for Vez. Delist.

Grant and Sherman are tricky as they have so much potential but again have been around long enough with ample opportunity to improve and they both have barely improved. Possible trade bait here.

The rest are no-brainers.

Thats 7 candidates with the added possibility of Hill and Panos but i think we should continue with them due to our lack of a decent forward target.

Add the retirements of Gilbee and Hargrave and that is potentially 9 players to turnover. Thats a lot. But with our recent success with the rookie draft and the number of quality draft picks we have this year i think its a godd opporunity to rid the deadwood and finalise a quality list.

[LostDoggy]

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Brian Lake is one of the player from the more experienced that should stay on to guide the younger players.

Be good to see Lake and a fit Morris get back to working well together.

[Maddog37]

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Is it silly to say that Brian was able to become the great player he was because he had Dale Morris to support him?

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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Is it silly to say that Brian was able to become the great player he was because he had Dale Morris to support him?

Quite the opposite. Its spot on.

We all know Morris is our best defender and that Lake is not the best when playing 1-on-1. Lake is best utilised when playing off his man.

[soupman]

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Djerrkura, Grant, Hooper, Moles, Mulligan, Sherman, Veszpremi need to go IMO.

Skinner i would keep on as i can see potential.
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Why does Skinner stay on because of potential and Grant gets cut? Grant has more realistic potential and has shown much much more than any of the players listed above (excluding Sherman). Skinner however is yet to show an ability to do anything, and I mean anything anywhere near AFL level and he is retained? I don't get it.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Why does Skinner stay on because of potential and Grant gets cut? Grant has more realistic potential and has shown much much more than any of the players listed above (excluding Sherman). Skinner however is yet to show an ability to do anything, and I mean anything anywhere near AFL level and he is retained? I don't get it.

Most don't realise that Skinner is older than Grant

[Bornadog]

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Most don't realise that Skinner is older than Grant

yes by 9 days

[Ghost Dog]

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Most don't realise that Skinner is older than Grant

Why not try Grant as a midfielder? Toughen him up a bit?

[LostDoggy]

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Why not try Grant as a midfielder? Toughen him up a bit?

Why not try him as a forward.

[ledge]

Re: Retirements, Trades, Delistings and the Rookie list

Maybe throw him on a wing give him some freedom he would go ok I think.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Retirements, Trades, Delistings and the Rookie list

I'm quite serious about the Midfield. Recently, I started doing laboring work and cleaning, only because I had to. Actually I discovered that I was good at it. Of course it's not sustainable but you can learn things. Sometimes if you put people out of their comfort zone, they learn something about themselves. I'd like to see what would happen.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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Why does Skinner stay on because of potential and Grant gets cut? Grant has more realistic potential and has shown much much more than any of the players listed above (excluding Sherman). Skinner however is yet to show an ability to do anything, and I mean anything anywhere near AFL level and he is retained? I don't get it.

mostly because Grant has had 2 more years in the system. i have barely seen any improvement from him at all. He has had almost 50 games to show some improvement. We all know he has the ability but if you cant increase your effort after 50 games i doubt it will happen. As opposed to Skinner who has had 6 games, with probably half as a sub, and you are ready to write him off? I'm not saying Skinner will definately amount to something but you have to give him a chance. Grant has had those chances.