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Engorged Onion   9,391

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Whispers say he is out the door.... ha, no idea on that one at all really.

However, I have always rated him and although he fluctuates from a C to an A grade on his day, I think he'd compliment our midfield quite nicely. 

 

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Would take him in a heartbeat... could be like Green who was disinterested at the Lions and since moving to the Bummers, has really stepped up (and I rate him much more highly than Green).

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2 minutes ago, Tony Tea said:

He's always had trouble breaking a tag, and he's slow. Nevertheless, his left leg is a cannon and if he can be one of a fleet of on-ballers he'd be handy.

Does he fit Goodwin's attacking style?

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would play half-back distributor for us you'd think - he is not nearly quick enough to run through the middle

i was sure he signed a new contract relatively recently and would not qualify as a free agent; what's he worth on the open market? about the same as hibberd / melksham - a second round pick?

edit: he signed a 5 year, $3m contract at the beginning of the 2016 season, so he'd have three years left on his contract at the conclusion of 2017 presumably

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14 minutes ago, Danelska said:

Whispers say he is out the door.... ha, no idea on that one at all really.

However, I have always rated him and although he fluctuates from a C to an A grade on his day, I think he'd compliment our midfield quite nicely. 

 

Did you get those whipsers from the Buckenara article?  He only suggested he could be someone of currency that they could trade.

Either way I have little interest in him.

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3 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

would play half-back distributor for us you'd think - he is not nearly quick enough to run through the middle

You now need pace off half back, otherwise forward pressure will close you down. Hibberd is quick enough and strong enough to run past the pressure and find space. Not sure Rich had the same ability.

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Would rival Brayshaw for the biggest head at the club if he joined us.

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Is he an upgrade over what we already have? Not overly quick, but good kick. 

He's actually a player I recall at the time that he was drafted where the 'experts' questioned how much more development/upside he had in him, but still ranked as top draft pick... but slid to Brisbane in the end as a 'bargain'

... experts probably got it right!

 

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23 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Would take him in a heartbeat... could be like Green who was disinterested at the Lions and since moving to the Bummers, has really stepped up (and I rate him much more highly than Green).

Green is a spud

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I thought Rich was the ducks nuts in his first couple of seasons. That laser left foot of his is a real weapon. Can go over defences and hit up a target. But as others have said he is slow and if he can't find space his value is negligible. Daniel turns 28 next year so would be close to his twilight years for any team to pick him up. He should see out his career as a one club player

 

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Would rival Brayshaw for the biggest head at the club if he joined us.

It does not  suffer concussion every other week Steve.

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43 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Did you get those whipsers from the Buckenara article?  He only suggested he could be someone of currency that they could trade.

Either way I have little interest in him.

read me like a book...not the I read it, just the headline. I swooned over him in his first few years.

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17 minutes ago, Danelska said:

read me like a book...not the I read it, just the headline. I swooned over him in his first few years.

I thought so.  Buckenara was only suggesting that Rich can be used as trade bait if they are looking to add more picks, he didn't say he has heard anything about him wanting out.

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4 minutes ago, DemonLad5 said:

HEd be a free agent if I'm not mistaken, Would be a really nice pickup for free

Think you are indeed mistaken lad:

http://m.afl.com.au/news/2017-06-04/whos-on-the-move-every-free-agent-analysed

And see the bottom of Andrew's post

1 hour ago, DemonAndrew said:

would play half-back distributor for us you'd think - he is not nearly quick enough to run through the middle

i was sure he signed a new contract relatively recently and would not qualify as a free agent; what's he worth on the open market? about the same as hibberd / melksham - a second round pick?

edit: he signed a 5 year, $3m contract at the beginning of the 2016 season, so he'd have three years left on his contract at the conclusion of 2017 presumably

 

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