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Were we too hasty in delisting Fitzy?

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With the reigning Premiers likely to pick up Fitzy, we're we too hasty in delisting him rather than either keeping him on the list or using him as valuable trade bait? He may have been a good straight swap for some of the players that have left Hawthorn in the last week seeking other opportunities!

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Edited by CBDees

 
 

Yes


There must be a reason why they wouldn't play him. Was on the list for long enough. We know what he can do.

Had to go really.

By the OP's reasoning we should have kept Kyle Cheney and Brent Grgic... LOL

No we weren't. His time with us was up, especially with the additions of Oscar & Frost.

He was very good at VFL level this year and I thought was good in two of his three senior matches despite tunnel ball.

I thought he could of been useful steak knives for a trade, but didn't see him with us for 2016.

I wish him well. Always liked him.

Edited by AngryAtCasey

He was one of those players who only showed form prior to signing a new contract. Then disappeared again. Too many of those in the past and some still around. I am glad he wasn't given another opportunity to make good so that he could slack off again once he got a new deal. No doubt we would have been stuck with him for another couple of seasons. If any club want him then that's his good luck.

Edited by america de cali

 

Nah he had years to show something. Very unlikely he will make afl grade but big blokes will always get looked at

No.

Fitzpatrick has been a better defender than forward and we have better players down back.

Max King is the same height as Fitzpatrick and is a far better prospect in the forward/ruck role, albeit he's 1-2 years away.

It just might be that Hawthorn are more deficient in some areas than us. Cheney had better prospects at Hawthorn and Adelaide than he did at Melbourne.

It's all about list balance.

Edited by ProDee


No.

Stop seeing things without its context.

If Hawthorn are giving him two seconds of thought it is because he is a DFA and available for nothing.

Does anyone really think we would get anything decent for him?

'Oh, no, rpfc, but he could be a part of something bigger!'

At some point, the argument above becomes redundant - if a player of little worth is involved in something bigger then they are what we call 'steak knives' and those are ubiquitous - they're everywhere - so to answer the question of the thread:

No.

As if we would've gotten more than a packet of chips for him even if we hadn't delisted him.

Good luck Fitzy.

Fitzpatrick still might make the grade, but we are not in a position to wait another 2 years to find out.

Hawthorn need depth, and won't be flush for cash. Fitzpatrick is cheap, fills a potential need.

We might have got pick 107 or something for him. Pretty sure in a shallow draft we could do without it.

I've always been a fan of Fitzy as Big tall players that can play back forward and Ruck who can run do not grow on trees.

I always thought he offered more than a Dawes, but I suppose that since Terlich and Jones are still contracted we had to make room and I believe he was the unlucky one.


As if we would've gotten more than a packet of chips for him even if we hadn't delisted him.

Good luck Fitzy.

We should have looked at trying to trade him last season , someone may have been interested. Either way not too fussed about this, out of interest what kind of chips were on offer, and would we have had a half eaten Mars bar thrown in to sweeten the deal?

Is that no to the Mars bar? We're too nice!

No.

And I doubt such a question would even enter anyones mind if it were GWS sniffing around instead of Hawthorn

I've always been a fan of Fitzy as Big tall players that can play back forward and Ruck who can run do not grow on trees.

I always thought he offered more than a Dawes, but I suppose that since Terlich and Jones are still contracted we had to make room and I believe he was the unlucky one.

Has shown no signs of being an AFL forward or a ruckman. Hawks may take a chance on him because he's a DFA and $cheap.


Is that no to the Mars bar? We're too nice!

Nah that's a no to delisting Fitzy too soon, we would never get any more out of him that we were getting, if he takes the next step at another team good on him but it was never going to happen with us.

We've delisted or traded plenty of players over the years who didn't kick on at all. Morton, Maric, Petterd, Blease... the list goes on.

Fitzy falls into that group. We weren't too hasty at all.

The FD want players who are more aggressive, and hard at the ball .

 

I was a little surprised when Fitzy was delisted but he had plenty of chances to show something.

I don't think we should be insecure about letting him go just because its the Hawks.


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