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44 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Giving Spargo a 4 year deal last year meant the end for Toby. Bedford has a 10 times higher ceiling than Spargo. Poor list management.

Yes. I think keeping Spargs and letting Bedford go looks bad. One decision the list management team got wrong.

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Article in The Age today about Bedford. Gist of the story is how he is loved at the Giants, recruit of the year, blah blah. The interesting line by the journo is “discarded by the Demons”. Really? From what I recall, and stand to be corrected, is a player who wasn’t exactly carving it up at VFL level. There was one game at AFL where I remember a couple of good goals, but there were few highlights in my book. Let’s see how he goes when the Giants hit the inevitable slump

Would Bedford have become the player he is now had he stayed at Melb? Very hard to say.

Ultimately he made the decision and is making the most of his opportunity. We could use the pace but I'm not crying over spilt milk on this one. 

 

 
18 minutes ago, layzie said:

Would Bedford have become the player he is now had he stayed at Melb? Very hard to say.

Ultimately he made the decision and is making the most of his opportunity. We could use the pace but I'm not crying over spilt milk on this one. 

 

Absolutely we could use the pace. Our only really quick player is in the FP.

6 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Absolutely we could use the pace. Our only really quick player is in the FP.

Anyone else find it odd that 3 of the 4 quickest players on the list left - Baker , Bedford & Hunt.


1 hour ago, bobby1554 said:

Article in The Age today about Bedford. Gist of the story is how he is loved at the Giants, recruit of the year, blah blah. The interesting line by the journo is “discarded by the Demons”. Really? From what I recall, and stand to be corrected, is a player who wasn’t exactly carving it up at VFL level. There was one game at AFL where I remember a couple of good goals, but there were few highlights in my book. Let’s see how he goes when the Giants hit the inevitable slump

I thought we offered him a three year contract but the offer and role at GWS was more appealing.

 

1 hour ago, Cranky Franky said:

Anyone else find it odd that 3 of the 4 quickest players on the list left - Baker , Bedford & Hunt.

No

1 hour ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

I thought we offered him a three year contract but the offer and role at GWS was more appealing.

 

Yes, I believe we did, which further misconstrues the statement about being discarded!

 

was my favourite player on the list there and was desperate for him to get a chance. dissapointed he chose to go, but im loving what he's producing and makes watching giants games all the more fun

10 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

Anyone else find it odd that 3 of the 4 quickest players on the list left - Baker , Bedford & Hunt.

It's no more odd than our best accumulator (Dunstan) not getting games in the seniors. There's more to football than a single strength.

With respect to Bedford, I don't think it was Spargo keeping him out; I suspect (but obviously don't know) that the club thought Chandler had moved ahead of him in the pecking order and consequently thought Bedford was unlikely to get the game time he wanted.  


11 hours ago, layzie said:

Would Bedford have become the player he is now had he stayed at Melb? Very hard to say.

Ultimately he made the decision and is making the most of his opportunity. We could use the pace but I'm not crying over spilt milk on this one. 

 

Agree. And I would strongly argue to date Chandler has had more stand out games. He’s not up to that level lately, but he’s had some stellar games. 

7 hours ago, Turner said:

was my favourite player on the list there and was desperate for him to get a chance. dissapointed he chose to go, but im loving what he's producing and makes watching giants games all the more fun

Agree, i've really enjoyed watching the Giants play this year. 

They play such a fast attacking brand of footy that suits their playing list.

If we get knocked out on Friday night I'm 100% on the giants train for this finals series.

 

At one stage Spargo was a regular choice, based on his ability to find space and his intelligent, accurate ball use. He's gone off the boil this year but that could be partly because he doesn't fit in with Goodwin's blind faith in bombing it long into a static and crowded forward line. Our woeful conversion rate against Collingwood cried out for a change of tactics that never came.

I supported the decision to keep Chandler ahead of Bedford, but on reflection I might just go the other way based on this season's performances. Bedford has made a lot of progress lately.

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