2 hours ago, Demonland said:

 

He's gone then.

Just grabbed this from BigFooty for those who didn’t think he’s worth it:

 

Would prefer to keep but would definitely be an astute trade for Collingwood.

Obviously they'd be getting a classy, clever, versatile and consistent forward who has made the AA squad 5 times. However, they key thing from Collingwoods point of view is his performance in finals. Tall forwards typically struggle to impact finals but Gunston goes up a level.

He has kicked 35 goals from 15 finals (12 of those in Grand Finals) and is pretty unlucky not to have a Norm Smith or 2.

Compare him to the other forwards on the market...
Jeremy Cameron has kicked 16 from 9.
Ben Brown has kicked 9 from 7.

He even outperforms the best forwards of their finals rivals...
Hawkins has kicked 33 in 22
Riewoldt has kicked 25 in 11
Darling has kicked 30 in 16
Others (Lynch, Dixon, Hipwood, etc) are largely unproven with fewer than 4 finals.
Kennedy is the only comparable one with 37 from 16 (but Gunston does a lot more around the ground).

3 minutes ago, BW511 said:

Just grabbed this from BigFooty for those who didn’t think he’s worth it:

 

Would prefer to keep but would definitely be an astute trade for Collingwood.

Obviously they'd be getting a classy, clever, versatile and consistent forward who has made the AA squad 5 times. However, they key thing from Collingwoods point of view is his performance in finals. Tall forwards typically struggle to impact finals but Gunston goes up a level.

He has kicked 35 goals from 15 finals (12 of those in Grand Finals) and is pretty unlucky not to have a Norm Smith or 2.

Compare him to the other forwards on the market...
Jeremy Cameron has kicked 16 from 9.
Ben Brown has kicked 9 from 7.

He even outperforms the best forwards of their finals rivals...
Hawkins has kicked 33 in 22
Riewoldt has kicked 25 in 11
Darling has kicked 30 in 16
Others (Lynch, Dixon, Hipwood, etc) are largely unproven with fewer than 4 finals.
Kennedy is the only comparable one with 37 from 16 (but Gunston does a lot more around the ground).

If only we played finals. 

18 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

If only we played finals. 

Fair point, but it would be nice to have the luxury of one player that can go up a level

 

On 9/30/2020 at 7:23 AM, BW511 said:

Just grabbed this from BigFooty for those who didn’t think he’s worth it:

 

Would prefer to keep but would definitely be an astute trade for Collingwood.

Obviously they'd be getting a classy, clever, versatile and consistent forward who has made the AA squad 5 times. However, they key thing from Collingwoods point of view is his performance in finals. Tall forwards typically struggle to impact finals but Gunston goes up a level.

He has kicked 35 goals from 15 finals (12 of those in Grand Finals) and is pretty unlucky not to have a Norm Smith or 2.

Compare him to the other forwards on the market...
Jeremy Cameron has kicked 16 from 9.
Ben Brown has kicked 9 from 7.

He even outperforms the best forwards of their finals rivals...
Hawkins has kicked 33 in 22
Riewoldt has kicked 25 in 11
Darling has kicked 30 in 16
Others (Lynch, Dixon, Hipwood, etc) are largely unproven with fewer than 4 finals.
Kennedy is the only comparable one with 37 from 16 (but Gunston does a lot more around the ground).

He would be a great get, but the Hawks will surely look to re-sign him as a priority. Also, I’m not sure how Collingwood, who are apparently needing to off load players in order to re-sign Moore and De Goey, are now able to fit Gunston into their plans as well?

On 9/30/2020 at 9:14 PM, Demonland said:

 

As stated on many occasions, he’s a gun.  Wish we had him in our forward 50. 

Some talk of Gunston to Dees next year. I like it

1 minute ago, Bring Back Barassi said:

Some talk of Gunston to Dees next year. I like it

Talk from where?

spent the whole year injured

turns 31 next year

pass

A poor mans Mitch Brown. 

5 minutes ago, Ethan Trembley said:

A poor mans Mitch Brown. 

Extremely disparaging of a premiership player.

Gunston is absolute silk and exactly what we need. He's still younger than me, so he's not too old (for the record, Cale Morton was the first MFC player younger than me).

1 hour ago, Chook said:

Extremely disparaging of a premiership player.

Gunston is absolute silk and exactly what we need. He's still younger than me, so he's not too old (for the record, Cale Morton was the first MFC player younger than me).

^ Joke’s gone right over old mate’s head with this one…

FWIW he’s not a better player simply because he played in premierships. That’s like saying Shannon Byrnes was better than Gary Ablett Sr.

Gunstone NO.... BRUEST, HELLL YEAH.🤩

2 hours ago, Bring Back Barassi said:

Some talk of Gunston to Dees next year. I like it

Gonna be an awesome full forward line with Tex and Gunners down there. 
 

FML

On 9/10/2020 at 4:34 PM, Watts the matter said:

Luke Bruest please.

We should be pursuing Bruest at seasons end, Would love him at the Dees for minimum chips, can't see it happening though.

Class act.

Edited August 7, 20214 yr by Win4theAges

One word. Soft.

I for one, look forward to having the tallest forwardline in history. Would look great next to Mac Andrew in a pocket.

3 hours ago, Bring Back Barassi said:

Some talk of Gunston to Dees next year. I like it

I like him but not sure where he fits? TMac, Brown, Jackson, Fritsch, Pickett, Spargo, ANB - I doubt we'd want to drop any of the smalls as we need their pressure game. If Tmacs form holds he's a shoe-in as is Brown. Jackson will continue to get games. He'd basically be backup in case Fritsch got injured or we'd try and play him as a high half forward in the Melksham role from 2018 but again, at whose expense?