Tom Lonergan

[Bornadog]

Re: Tom Lonergan

One positive in all this is Lonergan remains a poorer man.

To me it was the 3 years and the money. Posters convinced me we could do with him in the backline, but 2 years would be enough and not on those dollars.

[Bornadog]

Re: Tom Lonergan

The Age says he is staying at Geelong - HOORAY

[Sedat]

Re: Tom Lonergan

Dodged a bullet there. Not what we need from a list management perspective.

Geez I hope Talia and Roberts come good

[Doc26]

Re: Tom Lonergan

Dodged a bullet there. Not what we need from a list management perspective.

Geez I hope Talia and Roberts come good

I suspect he's saying the same thing right now.

[anfo27]

Re: Tom Lonergan

Dodged a bullet there. Not what we need from a list management perspective.

Geez I hope Talia and Roberts come good

You might have to pray for Talia cause he looks a million miles away from AFL level.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Tom Lonergan

You might have to pray for Talia cause he looks a million miles away from AFL level.

Thought he played well in VFL Grand Final.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Tom Lonergan

Lonergan wont be the last in the next week to say no to us after watching us implode in the last 24 hours

[Bornadog]

Re: Tom Lonergan

Lonergan wont be the last in the next week to say no to us after watching us implode in the last 24 hours

That's fine - lets draft draft draft

[anfo27]

Re: Tom Lonergan

Thought he played well in VFL Grand Final.

Can't afford to have someone like him in the back half. When he is out of position and being so inexperienced thats all the time, all he does is hold and just gives away free kicks all the time. Then when he gets the ball he has no composure, just kicks it 50m up the line.

[Greystache]

Re: Tom Lonergan

That's fine - lets draft draft draft

Because we've been so brilliant at drafting key position players over the last 20 years.

[Bornadog]

Re: Tom Lonergan

Because we've been so brilliant at drafting key position players over the last 20 years.

So what is your suggestion then.

[Greystache]

Re: Tom Lonergan

So what is your suggestion then.

Is it that hard to work out? Mindlessly using draft draft draft is a pretty limited approach. We need to be targeting players that fill a need and getting them. Today's efforts from the club have made sure that's not going to be possible. So like every other part of the club we're screwed.

Hawthorn built the basis of back to back premierships at the trade table, so did Sydney, and yet all we hear from our supporters is draft draft draft, like it's the no risk approach.

[Sedat]

Re: Tom Lonergan

Hawthorn built the basis of back to back premierships at the trade table, so did Sydney, and yet all we hear from our supporters is draft draft draft, like it's the no risk approach.

To be fair, as a club we haven't really embraced a full-scale assault on the draft until the last couple of years. We still need an urgent injection of quality onto our list, and (hopefully) 3 picks inside the top 10 gives you a much better chance of securing that sort of talent.

Agree wholeheartedly that astute trading is fundamental to building a premiership quality list - I think we will be in a much better position to do that in 12 months' time.

[G-Mo77]

Re: Tom Lonergan

Is it that hard to work out? Mindlessly using draft draft draft is a pretty limited approach. We need to be targeting players that fill a need and getting them. Today's efforts from the club have made sure that's not going to be possible. So like every other part of the club we're screwed.

Hawthorn built the basis of back to back premierships at the trade table, so did Sydney, and yet all we hear from our supporters is draft draft draft, like it's the no risk approach.

What players would want to come here after what has happened over the past 2 - 3 days. I don't think there is any choice but to load up on picks this season. 12 months on when this is all behind us we should then target outside players.

[Bornadog]

Re: Tom Lonergan

What players would want to come here after what has happened over the past 2 - 3 days. I don't think there is any choice but to load up on picks this season. 12 months on when this is all behind us we should then target outside players.

Thank you for answering for me. Under the circumstances we have no choice.