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10 minutes ago, Ham said:

Sounds terrible. 

Why.?  BBrown is approaching 28Yrs of age.

Brayshaw is 24.

We might have something else they like.?

 

I'd prefer BBrown over Daniher,  to play that same role.

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    8 minutes ago, MyFavouriteMartian said:

    I'd stay away from Daniher.   While he's on the bummers list,  he's chewing on their cap space.   Which could mean we might claim another of their list.?  What about Parish,  What is Fantasia like.?

    I wasn't saying go for Daniher, I was saying Saad's offer from the Bombers may be connected to Daniher's contract offer as far as the salary cap goes.

    Parish & Fantasia aren't really the types I would consider a priority at the moment.

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    Saad should be happy he is getting a wage during these times

    $400,000 a year not enough??

    wish i had been able to say that during my working days!!

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    4 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    I wasn't saying go for Daniher, I was saying Saad's offer from the Bombers may be connected to Daniher's contract offer as far as the salary cap goes.

    Parish & Fantasia aren't really the types I would consider a priority at the moment.

    Parish is an outside mid with skills;  But I don't know Fantasia, other than he's been talked about in trade discussions past, and he's a small forward I believe.  Don't know if he's quick, skilled or what.?

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    20 minutes ago, MyFavouriteMartian said:

    Why.?  BBrown is approaching 28Yrs of age.

    Brayshaw is 24.

    We might have something else they like.?

     

    I'd prefer BBrown over Daniher,  to play that same role.

    Ben Brown is a star. He is not going anywhere. He would immediately be arguably our best player. 

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    9 minutes ago, MyFavouriteMartian said:

    Parish is an outside mid with skills;  But I don't know Fantasia, other than he's been talked about in trade discussions past, and he's a small forward I believe.  Don't know if he's quick, skilled or what.?

    Parish is yet to really prove himself and I don't really think he would add much to our mix personally,

    Fantasia I like, but I don't think the cost v need analysis weighs up right now.

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    3 minutes ago, Half forward flank said:

    Ben Brown is a star. He is not going anywhere. He would immediately be arguably our best player. 

    You don't want him.?  Star yes.

    What do Nth want from us.?

     

    Nothing ventured nothing gained.

    Try imagining your Alan Aylett,  and you want to build your kanga's for the longer term  and to strengthen the side.  They aren't going anywhere in a hurry in the next 2 seasons.

    And they need to add many players.

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    2 hours ago, MyFavouriteMartian said:

    You don't want him.?  Star yes.

    What do Nth want from us.?

     

    Nothing ventured nothing gained.

    Try imagining your Alan Aylett,  and you want to build your kanga's for the longer term  and to strengthen the side.  They aren't going anywhere in a hurry in the next 2 seasons.

    And they need to add many players.

    They would laugh at Brayshaw for Brown.  

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    7 minutes ago, Half forward flank said:

    They would laugh at Brayshaw for Brown.  

    So would I 'Hff'.

    They would want something else as well probably.

     

    Or perhaps they'd trade P-11 to us for Brays.?

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    48 minutes ago, MyFavouriteMartian said:

    So would I 'Hff'.

    They would want something else as well probably.

     

    Or perhaps they'd trade P-11 to us for Brays.?

    more likely their p-33

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    It's an interesting one this, because I think Saad is exactly the type of player that is only good if you want to play a certain system. I thought we were going for an Adelaide zone system (circa 2017), but we seem to have drifted away from this and more towards territory with a pressing zone. This makes sense given our stoppage and contest work, but I think we need more strings to our bow. I'd support us targeting Saad if the coaching team were convinced we wanted to play a complimentary style to his gun and run game. 

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    Saad's reluctance to do a contract deal right now is probably a similar reason to why I think it is somewhat futile and highly speculative in trying to hypothesize a deal for him - no one really knows what is going to happen to list sizes and salary caps etc for 2021. 

    Until that dust settles, I think the best move is for our football department to engage where they can with any player we might want to target comming out of contract, which to me includes covering for players we might not want to loose, but may well seek to play elsewhere.  I think we could have a significant issue on our hands in this later respects due to the shear number of players we have comming out of contract.

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    10 hours ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

    more likely their p-33

    More like it.  For a number of reasons it is hard to see Bradshaw  currently valued highly by other Clubs. He is an unusual player in some ways. Hard nosed reputation but it is mostly from contests going forward of the ball. I may be wrong but cannot visualise his hard nosed approach in the backline. To me he loks like the strong, fit kid who always got selected to play in the middle  throughout his jjuniors. never learned other positions and got lots of on ball easy kicks.

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    Given that Tomlinson has gone into defence I wouldn't mind another gut running winger if our current gameplan persists.

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    I think if we are to target anyone, this is the guy. 
     

    I have real concerns about our exits out of D50 and I think we are a better side when we transition quickly into the forward line, like we did when we were at our best in 2018. Our forward set up is just no good with congestion.
     

    This guy would compliment our back half or wing compliments nicely. Skilful and quick. 

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    Trade for Goodwin and some cash (to us) then on-sell Saad for more cash and a 2nd rounder...win/win/win

     

     

     

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    1 hour ago, bragswoewodin said:

    I think if we are to target anyone, this is the guy. 
     

    I have real concerns about our exits out of D50 and I think we are a better side when we transition quickly into the forward line, like we did when we were at our best in 2018. Our forward set up is just no good with congestion.
     

    This guy would compliment our back half or wing compliments nicely. Skilful and quick. 

    Saad has also been very good with his defensive assignments. We've looked particularly vulnerable to the ground ball in defensive 50 since Nev has gone out of the side. A genuine two way player that helps genuine areas of weakness for Melbourne.  Makes too much sense.  

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    1 hour ago, McQueen said:

    Given that Tomlinson has gone into defence I wouldn't mind another gut running winger if our current gameplan persists.

    I wouldn't want to attempt to turn Saad in to a winger, he's a natural defender. Got to look elsewhere to fix the wing situation.

    Possibly Salem and Rivers shift up to the wings but I don't think either are best used there.

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