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Sheedy seeks injection of experience to help his colts

Competitive as GWS may have been at times during the first half of the season, they have had trouble backing up week after week and Sheedy conceded his exceptionally young team was feeling the heat of top-line football.

While the club's focus will remain on developing its talent base for a premiership assault in about five years, the coach said they would need to be busy during trade week to secure players capable of providing instant assistance. A planning meeting at the Giants' Blacktown headquarters will be held this week to establish which positions they need to fill with more experienced players from other clubs and, more importantly, which players could be tempted to join the Giants.

 

The exact opposite to what Bailey was doing. You're not going to be competitive for 22 rounds fielding a TAC Cup team each week.

I think GWS have recruited very well - hats off to them IMO. I had thought they'd be way off the pack this year, but they're not.

 

Sheedy is trying to avert the disaster that's befallen the GC Suns in their second season. It's a good move because they can't rely on their veterans such a Cornes, Brogan, Power and Junior to give them the sort of back up support supplied this year. I suspect also that they can't go out and buy too many expensive players either as the day will come when they have to negotiate new contracts with some of their younger breed of promising young players who are doing well enough to start asking questions about their contract values compared to the millionaire on the list who isn't exactly performing all that well.

Bate, Dunn, Petterd, Joel MacDonald..?


Bate, Dunn, Petterd, Joel MacDonald..?

Davey, Moloney,Spencer?

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Boy...this is a Sporting Breakthrough. What clalrity of vision. Cutting edge developments.

mind boggles at the inaneness of it all.

The Capt Obvious award in footy goes to..............

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Davey, Moloney,Spencer?

I think Moloney would be one, who seems to have his nose well out of joint, and would fit well with Sheeds. We'd get fair compensation I think, which we may well use on a Port player package.

Davey could be interesting, this could go either way & I think we'd all be better off if Aaron took a superannuation package.

Joel Macdonald I think is showing he has something to offer them in a role similar to the way we've played him.

Bail: ???? I'm not sure on this one. I think we need his run & spread.

Sylvia: Still undecided re Col. One day he looks disinterested, & then another he looks like he wants to stay?

* We can cover the loss from defence with Rivers to come back, as well as Garland, & Davis almost ready to stepup.

Tynan demanding a spot, as well as Strauss.

Blease would cover Davey's place straight off, & Nicho seems versatile with a good engine.

 

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