Recycled players

[Bulldog Revolution]

Re: Recycled players

Does Skinners de-listing mean we are more likely to look for a recycled?

or might we upgrade another rookie (Austin or Jong) and take another rookie?

[Eastdog]

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What is Sydney's trick? They are a club that seems to do very well with recycled players and it paid off this season with a premiership. When we pick recycled players up the just don't amount to a lot and disappoint.

[azabob]

Re: Recycled players

Does Skinners de-listing mean we are more likely to look for a recycled?

or might we upgrade another rookie (Austin or Jong) and take another rookie?

Not sure, feel a bit for Panos, but no point re-drafting Panos, nor a recycled player.

I hope we draft a kid in either the main draft or rookie draft.

[Eastdog]

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Not sure, feel a bit for Panos, but no point re-drafting Panos, nor a recycled player.

I hope we draft a kid in either the main draft or rookie draft.

Hopefully we draft a future champion full forward.

[GVGjr]

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Does Skinners de-listing mean we are more likely to look for a recycled?

or might we upgrade another rookie (Austin or Jong) and take another rookie?

I don't know but what it does do for us is provide a few options.
Skinner was a project player and it didn't quite work. Good luck to him but now lets find someone we can get a 100 games from.

[Ghost Dog]

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Moles can't play at AFL Level.

And Bate can?

[GVGjr]

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And Bate can?

I think he can GD. He was an excellent junior footballer which Moles wasn't and I think he has suffered for a few seasons from being in a poor team. I'm not saying he can be a gun footballer but for the right side he might be able to add another 60 games or more to his career.

[Bornadog]

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I think he can GD. He was an excellent junior footballer which Moles wasn't and I think he has suffered for a few seasons from being in a poor team. I'm not saying he can be a gun footballer but for the right side he might be able to add another 60 games or more to his career.

Now that Skinner has retired, do you think Bate is the logical replacement?

[Ghost Dog]

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Ok fair enough. Just going on what Melb supporters say and what I have seen.
Where would you play him?

[Bornadog]

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Ok fair enough. Just going on what Melb supporters say and what I have seen.
Where would you play him?

Forward pocket if we pick him

Personally, I would prefer to bring in another 18 year old kid, or even Toy.

[Ghost Dog]

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We have Dickson, Dahlhaus, Higgins, even Howard, Gia for another year, I'm not sure we are wanting for blokes in that position.
I'd much rather have someone you can play all over the ground. And we could use another tagger type.

[Bornadog]

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We have Dickson, Dahlhaus, Higgins, even Howard, Gia for another year, I'm not sure we are wanting for blokes in that position.
I'd much rather have someone you can play all over the ground. And we could use another tagger type.

Don't forget Murphy will be playing in the forward line next year. As I said, I hope we don't pick Bate or Prismall but if we had to go to the PSD, then a young player is preferred. We don't need a tagger, we need a hard running long kicking midfielder who can hit targets in the forward 50.

[Ghost Dog]

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Don't forget Murphy will be playing in the forward line next year. As I said, I hope we don't pick Bate or Prismall but if we had to go to the PSD, then a young player is preferred. We don't need a tagger, we need a hard running long kicking midfielder who can hit targets in the forward 50.

Agree, although Stevens and Howard should be able to do this. We recruited Howard on the strength of his kicking and I've been underwhelmed by that aspect of his game, but also been surprised that he is quite hard at the ball.
What if Picken were to go down? Would leave a massive gap.

[LostDoggy]

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I think he can GD. He was an excellent junior footballer which Moles wasn't and I think he has suffered for a few seasons from being in a poor team. I'm not saying he can be a gun footballer but for the right side he might be able to add another 60 games or more to his career.

Actually Moles was an excellent junior footballer in Tassie.

[Mofra]

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We have Dickson, Dahlhaus, Higgins, even Howard, Gia for another year, I'm not sure we are wanting for blokes in that position.
I'd much rather have someone you can play all over the ground. And we could use another tagger type.

I think Bate plays differently - a harder, Mitch Hahn type forward role.
Dickson I have complete faith in (and think he'll lead our goalkicking next year) and Dahlhaus is a known entity, but Gia will surely decline, Higgins would be wonderful if his body ever held up and I have to be honest in having little faith in Howard as a player, let alone as a forward.

B-Mac mentioned we want a half forward who can "do it all" - to me that means we have a list of players to consider like Menzel, Membrey, perhaps even a Max Duffy as a late pick, or will look to a recycled type like Bate or one of those 'Tullamarine-people'