There was another article about 2 days ago that listed the dogs, Saints and Hawks as interested and said that Melbourne had no interest at all. There's a whole heap of guess work and made up BS from jurnos at the moment

[censored] I hope we are also going after a marking forward who can crash a pack and kick a few goals a game.

No point having the best back 6, when the rest of the team refuse to defend...

We definitely need more intercept defenders, and how about some more inside mids who can’t kick while we’re at it?! I certainly hope we don’t target any outside run, small forwards or key forwards that would be madness!

2 hours ago, Frustrated Demon said:

[censored] I hope we are also going after a marking forward who can crash a pack and kick a few goals a game.

Keith was originally part of the Suns first intake as a key marking forward, but then went off to play cricket, then when he came back to the game he was tried first forward then settled much better down back. Unless the club thinks he could go back to a forward role (similar to TMac and Petty) then I see no reason at all for him.

11 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

If we're offering big money to Keath we might as well just pack up shop and be done with it

This.

We need a strong forward and a pacy midfielder. Recruiting Keath would be stupidity of the highest order. Then again it is Melbourne.

12 minutes ago, dl4e said:

We need a strong forward and a pacy midfielder. Recruiting Keath would be stupidity of the highest order. Then again it is Melbourne.

Watch us hand over a future first rounder for him aand give them Billy Stretch or ANB but we will pay their existing contract out, while the Saints get Matt Crouch for a second rounder plus  Eddie Betts.

13 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Victorian-born Keath is reportedly being offered big money from Melbourne while Hawthorn is keen on Greenwood, according to an AFL report last month.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/adelaide/brad-crouch-attracting-interest-from-rival-clubs-after-starring-in-his-return-from-injury-with-the-adelaide-crows-this-season/news-story/68c43da3f62f9304af48d3dab5af3c1b

If it is in a trade for Lever and his giant pay packet, then it sounds good to me.

On 6/10/2019 at 9:09 PM, dazzledavey36 said:

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2019-melbourne-considering-a-swoop-for-out-of-contract-adelaide-defender-alex-keath/news-story/25e6139f15a367e01d470da075193caa

Amazing how the club is saying that a defender is still high on our priority list... 

Our defence is the 17th best in the league

5 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Our defence is the 17th best in the league

For the best part of the year we've had Jetta, May, Hibberd, Lever out while Lewis has done other roles. Only way I understand going after Keath (hopefully not big $$$) is they will utilise May forward with TMAC. Just a thought.

1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

Our defence is the 17th best in the league

Yeah OK but how many games did may, lever and Hibbard play together other clubs target forwards and midfielders this obsession with chasing defender has left the forward line and midfield with holes, the list is full of defenders, it's getting close to having 15 defender on the list, josh has to go or we will have only defender's on the list.

1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

Our defence is the 17th best in the league

We've barely had Lever May and Jetta all in the one side this year.

The few games May has played this year pur defence has looked the best it has in a long time.

If we do recruit Keath, where does he fit into the Frost, Lever, May lineup??

Frost is also out of contract currently as we speak.

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Frost is also out of contract currently as we speak.

This the only way I can rationalise this. If they think Frost is on the move and they're after an immediate replacement. 

3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

We've barely had Lever May and Jetta all in the one side this year.

The few games May has played this year pur defence has looked the best it has in a long time.

If we do recruit Keath, where does he fit into the Frost, Lever, May lineup??

Frost is also out of contract currently as we speak.

I don't know much about Keath to be honest,  but there is a bit of a love fest for him in the media it seems.  

Someone started a thread about Frost to the wing which I initially thought no way,  but it may be worth experimenting with these last few rounds when both Hore n May return.

A bit of Frost Footy into out F50 would be far more unpredictable than bombing long like we do only for the opposition to pick us off every fuggn time. 

2 hours ago, dl4e said:

We need a strong forward and a pacy midfielder. Recruiting Keath would be stupidity of the highest order. Then again it is Melbourne.

FFS - these sorts of comments are ludicrous. I would suspect the recruiting team would also be after pace AS WELL as what other players can bring. Remind me how many list spots are available again ??

8 hours ago, sisso said:

We definitely need more intercept defenders, and how about some more inside mids who can’t kick while we’re at it?! I certainly hope we don’t target any outside run, small forwards or key forwards that would be madness!

I believe we have our eyes on an assistant boot studder.

5 hours ago, Demon3 said:

Watch us hand over a future first rounder for him aand give them Billy Stretch or ANB but we will pay their existing contract out, while the Saints get Matt Crouch for a second rounder plus  Eddie Betts.

Won't be ANB as he has signed for 2 years.......

4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

We've barely had Lever May and Jetta all in the one side this year.

The few games May has played this year our defence has looked the best it has in a long time.

If we do recruit Keath, where does he fit into the Frost, Lever, May lineup??

Frost is also out of contract currently as we speak.

And Adelaide apparently had some interest in Frosty a couple of years ago before he recommitted with us.

Keath for Frost, where do I sign? 

4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

We've barely had Lever May and Jetta all in the one side this year.

The few games May has played this year pur defence has looked the best it has in a long time.

If we do recruit Keath, where does he fit into the Frost, Lever, May lineup??

Frost is also out of contract currently as we speak.

We are 17th in defence this year, 9th in 2018,  9th in 2017 and 11th in 2016.

But we don't have any room for more defenders because ours are such guns.

5 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

We are 17th in defence this year, 9th in 2018,  9th in 2017 and 11th in 2016.

But we don't have any room for more defenders because ours are such guns.

You see things in such excruciatingly simple, black and white  terms.

 

Edited July 31, 20195 yr by binman

Aaron Francis has put talks on hold at the Bombers due to concerns they have no long term key position role for him. i think he's someone that could improve our side at either end of the ground. 

 

3 minutes ago, Patches O’houlihan said:

Aaron Francis has put talks on hold at the Bombers due to concerns they have no long term key position role for him. i think he's someone that could improve our side at either end of the ground. 

 

He did SFA up until the back half of last year, and has done SFA since. Massively overrated. Pass.

10 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

He did SFA up until the back half of last year, and has done SFA since. Massively overrated. Pass.

Sounds like Weid 2.0!

3 hours ago, Redleg said:

I believe we have our eyes on an assistant boot studder.

I heard he won't come to us, so we've decided to recruit an injured nutritionist who we hope can be re-trained as an assistant boot studder.

We'll have to pay overs, but it'll totally be worth it.