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  • bulldogtragic
    The List Manager
    • Jan 2007
    • 34289

    Operation: Get Alex Rance

    Alex Rance, 194cm & 90kg, full back. 100 games. Full back. Son of Footscray player Murray Rance. Out of contract after 2015 season. Rest. Free Agent from 2015 season.

    Salary freed up if Morris, M. Boyd &/or Bob retire. Richmond are stretched.
    Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
  • Happy Days
    Hall of Fame
    • May 2008
    • 10139

    #2
    Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

    Originally posted by bulldogtragic
    Alex Rance, 194cm & 90kg, full back. 100 games. Full back. Son of Footscray player Murray Rance. Out of contract after 2015 season. Rest. Free Agent from 2015 season.

    Salary freed up if Morris, M. Boyd &/or Bob retire. Richmond are stretched.
    Like it.

    Rance is a stud and exactly what we need. Plus between him and Boyd we would overwhelm opposition sides with handsomeness.

    Also like how in the dystopian realisation that is the current day AFL we can fix everything by throwing money at it.
    - I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -

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    • GVGjr
      Moderator
      • Nov 2006
      • 44622

      #3
      Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

      He would be a great addition. I'd be surprised if we couldn't offer him more money than Richmond can but I still doubt he will move.
      Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"

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      • bulldogtragic
        The List Manager
        • Jan 2007
        • 34289

        #4
        Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

        Originally posted by GVGjr
        He would be a great addition. I'd be surprised if we couldn't offer him more money than Richmond can but I still doubt he will move.
        Couldn't we put on a ex-players function around 'bring your son to dinner' and award Murray a honourary award? And just so happen to have Peter Gordon and Jason McCartney sit on either side of Alex. Fairly subtle...

        If that doesn't work, get Tom Boyd on stage and tell young Alex 'you're either with Tom Boyd, or playing against Tom Boyd'. Easy decision.
        Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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        • Go_Dogs
          Hall of Fame
          • Jan 2007
          • 10152

          #5
          Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

          Worth a crack I say. Has become a solid player and fits our age profile and a ready made option as we mount our push up the ladder.
          Have you heard Butters wants to come to the Dogs?

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          • Remi Moses
            WOOF Member
            • Jan 2009
            • 14785

            #6
            Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

            I've still got some doubts on Rance as a top liner.
            Big improver granted, but he over commits at critical times and is known to shank his disposal .

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            • 1eyedog
              Hall of Fame
              • Mar 2008
              • 13235

              #7
              Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

              Yeah has a lot of Alex Rance moments as Dimma calls them. If we are going to go hard at somebody wouldn't we look at another young franchise club player who knows some of our boys, is preferably Victorian and in the same age profile as our guns?
              But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.

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              • bulldogtragic
                The List Manager
                • Jan 2007
                • 34289

                #8
                Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

                Originally posted by 1eyedog
                Yeah has a lot of Alex Rance moments as Dimma calls them. If we are going to go hard at somebody wouldn't we look at another young franchise club player who knows some of our boys, is preferably Victorian and in the same age profile as our guns?
                As a restricted FA it costs us only money not draft picks, as per a trade. I'd like to see us hold a top 5 pick (and 25ish) as a rule if we end up 13-18th. Time we got some FAs paid back to us.
                Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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                • Happy Days
                  Hall of Fame
                  • May 2008
                  • 10139

                  #9
                  Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

                  Originally posted by bulldogtragic
                  As a restricted FA it costs us only money not draft picks, as per a trade. I'd like to see us hold a top 5 pick (and 25ish) as a rule if we end up 13-18th. Time we got some FAs paid back to us.
                  Is it really?

                  Harbrow I'll pay but Ward was woeful mismanagement. The rest I'm glad are gone.

                  "Time we got x" sucks; Boyd-style coups are where it's at.
                  - I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -

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                  • Bornadog
                    WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                    • Jan 2007
                    • 66688

                    #10
                    Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

                    No thanks too short
                    FFC: Established 1883

                    Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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                    • always right
                      WOOF Member
                      • Nov 2007
                      • 4189

                      #11
                      Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

                      All this money to buy what we need instead of going to the draft.....are we turning into the Carlton of old?
                      I thought I was wrong once but I was mistaken.

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                      • GVGjr
                        Moderator
                        • Nov 2006
                        • 44622

                        #12
                        Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

                        Originally posted by bornadog
                        No thanks too short
                        194cm and 96kg, I don't think he is too small for a key position defenders position
                        Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"

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                        • BornInDroopSt'54
                          Bulldog Team of the Century
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 5254

                          #13
                          Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

                          Get Murray to persuade him.
                          Footscray Football Republic.

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                          • chef
                            Hall of Fame
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 14617

                            #14
                            Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

                            Originally posted by bornadog
                            No thanks too short
                            Too short for what?
                            The curse is dead.

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                            • Bornadog
                              WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 66688

                              #15
                              Re: Operation: Get Alex Rance

                              Originally posted by chef
                              Too short for what?
                              Fullback.

                              Rance is already monstored against guys like Franklin and in years to come, Patton, Boyd, and other talls. We need Roughie at 200cm to develop into a top line Fullback.
                              FFC: Established 1883

                              Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.

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