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36 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

If Vardy was available l say get him subject to a medical of course. We need another backup ruck, forward for Max and Spencil. 

And interim before King shows any maturity.  We so need that forward/follower.

So Vardy, or whoever, we need one.

7 hours ago, armstrong35 said:

Would love Rockliff. Mature age, we know he is a great leader and would add to our midfield and yes we need our young midfield to get games we also need to think about if any of them get a serious injury. We need other players to help. I think he'd be a great addition 

Not now with Viney Oli etc.   We need speed, quick, skilled, clean pace, in our younger brigade.

Tommy can go to Saints or Hawks or Blues.

Posted
8 hours ago, armstrong35 said:

Maybe they don't like his style? Doesn't mean our players won't..

Yes probably expects them to try harder and put in. Meaningless statement

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Any thoughts on Liam McBean from the Tigs? 202cms and has kicked a fair few goals in the VFL over the last few years. He'd come as a delisted free agent so effectively get him for nought and wouldn't cost much salary.

I know when he's played seniors he hasn't done a whole lot, but I wonder if that's because the way Richmond play don't suit him at all. In a team that moves the ball better and quicker he could provide that fwd-ruck role we're crying out for. Not sure what his ruckwork is like, but has the height for it. 

Posted
2 hours ago, jackaub said:

Yes probably expects them to try harder and put in. Meaningless statement

How so? Wouldn't all players want that? Means any player in the afl could captain if they all have that same quality. 

Posted
3 hours ago, Red and Blue realist said:

Any thoughts on Liam McBean from the Tigs? 202cms and has kicked a fair few goals in the VFL over the last few years. He'd come as a delisted free agent so effectively get him for nought and wouldn't cost much salary.

I know when he's played seniors he hasn't done a whole lot, but I wonder if that's because the way Richmond play don't suit him at all. In a team that moves the ball better and quicker he could provide that fwd-ruck role we're crying out for. Not sure what his ruckwork is like, but has the height for it. 

Rookie list at best I suspect.

Posted
7 hours ago, Red and Blue realist said:

Any thoughts on Liam McBean from the Tigs? 202cms and has kicked a fair few goals in the VFL over the last few years. He'd come as a delisted free agent so effectively get him for nought and wouldn't cost much salary.

I know when he's played seniors he hasn't done a whole lot, but I wonder if that's because the way Richmond play don't suit him at all. In a team that moves the ball better and quicker he could provide that fwd-ruck role we're crying out for. Not sure what his ruckwork is like, but has the height for it. 

I think he's soft as butter but he kicked a stack of goals in his first year in the VFL then hasn't got any better. A speedy 2nd ruck ala Josh Jenkins would really suit us as we could play that player alongside Hogan, Weid and Watts, but I don't think McBean is AFL quick nor does he have much by the way of defensive pressure. Don't think he's up to it.

Posted (edited)
17 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Brett Anderson: Outside of Hibberd it's been very quiet around Melbourne regarding trades @SENAfternoons

 

Because we dont have a 1st rounder or because players still dont want to come play for us?

Dont think I can handle a boring MFC trade period.  Rumours of any big fish coming will be shot down immediately as we dont have a 1st round pick.     zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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22 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Brett Anderson: Outside of Hibberd it's been very quiet around Melbourne regarding trades @SENAfternoons

I love the silence.. I hated being the club linked to everyone, who attracted no one.. Now that is Richmond and to some degree Collingwood.

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8 minutes ago, SPC said:

I love the silence.. I hated being the club linked to everyone, who attracted no one.. Now that is Richmond and to some degree Collingwood.

You mean Collingwood who got Treloar and Richmond who are getting Prestia?

It's ok, at least we scored Kennedy...

 

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1 hour ago, SPC said:

I love the silence.. I hated being the club linked to everyone, who attracted no one.. Now that is Richmond and to some degree Collingwood.

I agree.  Just because we're quiet doesn't mean that we don't have things going on behind the scenes.  We all know how silly the Tigers were made to look last year, so I like the fact that we generally go about our business in a quiet and efficient manner.  There is no need to bang on the drums in the media.

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Whats really sad is that Mark Neeld landed  a bigger fish in his first month on the job (Mitch Clark) than Roos did in 3 years.

Posted
8 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Whats really sad is that Mark Neeld landed  a bigger fish in his first month on the job (Mitch Clark) than Roos did in 3 years.

Really, some of the pick positioning and players gained have been a success.  Oliver/Weiderman, Tyson/Salem on top of Brayshaw/Petracca, plus Vince, Cross and Frost, I think Roos and co have fished pretty well over the past three years. 

 

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Looking through the blue smoke and I hear an idea that could make you scratch your nuts and it involves the suns with whom we are on positive terms and so if they have picks 4 8 21 23 24 and 27 and they get 6 for prestia perhaps they would be forward thinking and give us 8 in exchange for our 2017 first rounder now would that be irony or serendipity?

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33 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Whats really sad is that Mark Neeld landed  a bigger fish in his first month on the job (Mitch Clark) than Roos did in 3 years.

Dom Tyson...already been streets ahead of Clark and still has a big career ahead of him.

 

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16 minutes ago, grey wolf said:

Looking through the blue smoke and I hear an idea that could make you scratch your nuts and it involves the suns with whom we are on positive terms and so if they have picks 4 8 21 23 24 and 27 and they get 6 for prestia perhaps they would be forward thinking and give us 8 in exchange for our 2017 first rounder now would that be irony or serendipity?

Perfectly reasonable. I'd suggest both Collingwood and us would be asking around Gold Coast and GWS to get back in to the first round.

Gold Coast also have a top 5 rated academy kid and you can't pay for them with a bunch of cheap picks this year. So they'll probably look to trade up with Essendon or Brisbane and will surely look to trade picks back to next year.

As an alternative to getting pick 8 we might have to gamble with getting picks 21 and 23 from them, sending one for Essendon to overpay for Hibberd as is our wont, and then having 2 top 30 picks this year if we favour getting in more depth of talent instead of another top 10 pick. Early days but I'm not a huge wrap for the top 10 in this draft and we need depth of talent so it might be a good idea.

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16 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Early days but I'm not a huge wrap for the top 10 in this draft and we need depth of talent so it might be a good idea.

Yep, the gulf between top 10 picks and the end of the 2nd round is not as great this year, compared to other years. Though i don't really rate this year's draft quality as good as other year's either.

Next year is supposed (though they say it just about every year) to be a bumper crop.

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On 31 August 2016 at 10:26 PM, DV8 said:

 

Tommy can go to Saints or Hawks or Blues.

Why not, everyone else seems to be going there and tigers and bombers. 

Posted
3 hours ago, rjay said:

Dom Tyson...already been streets ahead of Clark and still has a big career ahead of him.

 

I think they meant in regards to the perception at the time. Mitch Clark was the big fish of that trade period, and his signing was supposedly huge for the club. 

Dom will be a better player easily, but was just another GWS mid being squeezed out

Posted
19 minutes ago, Mickey said:

I think they meant in regards to the perception at the time. Mitch Clark was the big fish of that trade period, and his signing was supposedly huge for the club. 

Dom will be a better player easily, but was just another GWS mid being squeezed out

Yep, I know what they meant 'Mickey' but it shows the folly of putting a lot on the line for a big fish.

Will watch this draft/trade period with interest.

Expect nothing early on but wouldn't be surprised to see us pull something out in the end, not a big fish though.

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2 hours ago, Redleg said:

Why not, everyone else seems to be going there and tigers and bombers. 

I don't think we need him. 

And concerned about metaphorical finger pointers.

 

Posted
8 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Brett Anderson: Outside of Hibberd it's been very quiet around Melbourne regarding trades @SENAfternoons

I wouldn't mind a quiet trade period or two. Key for us is to keep our top 10 players under 22 yo. For the first time in a looooong time we have great young talent. 

When oliver tracca brayshaw etc have 50 games under their belt, bring in a senior gun. 

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