Suns dump four

[BLWNBA 732]

Personally I'm not interested, but for the sake of discussion:

Danny Stanley

Seb Tape

Luke Russell

Tom Keogh

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2016-09-01/suns-say-farewell-to-four.mobileapp

 

 

Edited September 1, 2016 by BLWNBA
Clarification.

[dazzledavey36 52,728]

Nothing to discuss, they are all spuds

[Satyriconhome 10,339]

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Nothing to discuss, they are all spuds

Tape is one the type of players you continually write off, had a shocking run with injuries, new club, get his body right, he was pick 13 in the draft, which isn't a bad number for a small defender

[praha 11,105]

The AFL must be clamouring about trying to manage its PR game ahead of the inevitable bail-out package for Queensland footy.

My bets on salary cap concessions, priority picks, and maybe exemption from anti-drug rules.

[Ted Lasso 18,766]

I don't think we'll get very far as a club if we're picking up guys like this, i wouldn't have thought any of the above would be in our top 30 players let alone best 22.

 

[hemingway 7,615]

Despite all the glamour and money available to the lucky ones, it is a ruthless business with  plenty of casualties at the end of each season. Dreams crushed and hopes of AFL careers over.  I feel sorry for those cast aside and hope they find good careers elsewhere.  They may not have made it but they are not failures. They had a go and did their best. Given the injuries and the life time physical problems many footballers experience, the "not good enough" brigade may be the lucky ones.

[MadAsHell 4,209]

I posted the below in the culling time thread:

Gold Coast have just delisted 4 players:

http://m.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/2016-09-01/gc-suns-make-four-list-changes

Seb Tape is a player that intrigues me. I'd rather us get in someone like a Tom Lamb, but i think finding a genuine utility is something we lack. 

Tape was a high pick a few years back as a 3rd tall defender, but has spent time recently in the NEAFL plying his trade in the midfield and forward.

Assuming we trade out Garland i think Tape would be worth a crack as a DFA assuming we can't land a Tom Lamb who i'm a big wrap for.

[Hampton 22 519]

21 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Despite all the glamour and money available to the lucky ones, it is a ruthless business with  plenty of casualties at the end of each season. Dreams crushed and hopes of AFL careers over.  I feel sorry for those cast aside and hope they find good careers elsewhere.  They may not have made it but they are not failures. They had a go and did their best. Given the injuries and the life time physical problems many footballers experience, the "not good enough" brigade may be the lucky ones.

Well said and most thoughtful. I'm sure that I'm in the minority, but I don't think AFL players earn enough given their generally short careers at elite level and the toll on their bodies. A far harder life running round getting smashed umpteen times per game than the dozens of AFL executives on multi-$100k salaries.