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On 7/26/2021 at 7:57 PM, Simon Port said:

Outside mids/ball use: Oliver Florent, Liam Duggan, Harry Perryman, Xavier Duursma, Justin Mcinerney, Sam Petrevski-Seton

Would love a josh kelly/karl amon type but that just won't happen

Defenders: Brayden Maynard, Dan Houston, Ed Richards, Darcy Tucker, Sean Lemmens, Jake Kelly, Daniel Rioli (liked his move to half back)

Forwards: Ben Ainsworth, Jack Petrucelle, Lachie Schultz, Mitch Wallis, Jeremy Finlayson, Todd Marshall, Sam Reid

Definitely think Ben Ainsworth is worth targeting. He’s worth the Dees putting a phone call to his manager. 

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    11 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Definitely think Ben Ainsworth is worth targeting. He’s worth the Dees putting a phone call to his manager. 

    Been watching a few Gold Coast games and Ainsworth and sharp really stand out for me.

    Would love t Miller at the dees. I wanted him in his draft year 

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    jake riccardi from gw$ should be a target; after a pretty impressive debut season last year up forward where he looked really good, he has definitely stagnated this year and is now playing back for their, ahem, 'vfl' side

    choco coached him at werribee and would know what he could offer

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    On 7/24/2021 at 8:56 PM, spirit of norm smith said:

    We had LJ and kozzzy.  Then I reckon it was Deven Robertson, Trent Rivers and Jeremy Sharp.  Happy with the Riv. 

    Jason taylor wanted M georgiades badly with our 3rd pick, but he was very happy rivers was still available 

     

     

     

     

     

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    Would j Elliott be worth another shot

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    7 hours ago, Paulo said:

    Would j Elliott be worth another shot

    No. He never gets on the park.

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    17 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    jake riccardi from gw$ should be a target; after a pretty impressive debut season last year up forward where he looked really good, he has definitely stagnated this year and is now playing back for their, ahem, 'vfl' side

    choco coached him at werribee and would know what he could offer

    Good call. Definitely on the list. Proven multiple goalkicker which is desperately needed.  

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    Duggan is a real interesting one who is out of contract. Could play on the wing. What would be cost in a trade?

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    37 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    Crikey, sons.  Is there anybody who's NOT on your list of trade targets?  Anybody?

    john oliver hello GIF by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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    15 hours ago, Demonstone said:

    Crikey, sons.  Is there anybody who's NOT on your list of trade targets?  Anybody?

    I’ll state some types that fit into our needs.  Runners.  Pace.  Skills.  Still our need to compete against Cats and Dogs and Lions.  Sure I’d love the Josh Kelly, Cerra, Amon types but that in my opinion won’t happen given our tight salary cap and lack of low trade picks. 

    free agents - Not anyone of note. Billings is soft and expensive.  Tom Lynch from the Crows (if only he was a few years younger ) but age and physical question marks so it’s tough. 

    Maynard of course but another very unlikely   

    So here’s the targets   

    1- Dylan Stephens (Swans) on the outer currently however showed plenty of skill in limited games so far. Perfect fit for the other wing opposite to Langdon. 

    2- Oliver Florent (swans) exactly the player we need. Smart, great skills and pace to create outside run.  Would have to trade out the Weid and get picks back to make this happen.  He’s a Melbourne boy so a chance if the timing is right. Four year deal and $$$. 

    3- Ed Richards (Dogs) has had injury worries but looks excellent half back /wing. Skilled left footer.  Probably be able to offer him a good deal to push dogs salary cap pressure   

    4- Oliver Hanrahan (Hawks) for some reason not getting a game with Hawks. Smooth runner and good skills. Loves a goal.  Probably behind Wingard and Breust and Shiels right now.  Definitely a chance as a wing/half forward. Would be a late draft pick in the 50+ as starting offer.  On the list as a highly likely opportunity   

    5- Ben Ainsworth (Suns) top 5 pick who hadn’t quite fulfilled his talent. Tough and skilled.  Good goalkicker. Would fit into our forward structure.  I’d have consider a swap of Weid and Ainsworth with other pick swaps to make up the spare biscuits.  

    Others down on the list.  Riccardi from giants has shown good goalkicking.  If there’s a chance he wants to come back to Victoria then choco connection comes into play.  Petruccelle for his pace and goalkicking is appealing if he wants to get back to Vic. 

    No to Crouch.  No to Constable.  

    This is just my opinion and just putting the 5 target names out there.  

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    i'm a little confused. All season we've been watching our dysfunctional fwd line kick behind after behind or failure to get busy. We've got Jackson prove that he's going to become an elite ruckman but isn't a genuine forward, Ben brown unable to be the player we paid heavy for and Weideman failing to make the team. We've also seen Tom Mcdonald find some good early form but has dropped away. And we've seen Kozzie to remarkable things but also let us down continuously with set shot goal kicking. 

    We need forwards that know what they're doing. Forwards that kick straight. Bottom line. Or we can continue watching goal kicking let us down for another season.

    i'd look into guys like Breust and Sidebottom. And sidebottom would be playing permanent forward. 

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    With Sam Mitchell flagging significant changes at Hawthorn - I'd be inclined to offer something to wedge Luke Breust out of there, or perhaps Jack Gunston (though he is like for like with Fritsch for mine). 

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    4 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    I’ll state some types that fit into our needs.  Runners.  Pace.  Skills.  Still our need to compete against Cats and Dogs and Lions.  Sure I’d love the Josh Kelly, Cerra, Amon types but that in my opinion won’t happen given our tight salary cap and lack of low trade picks. 

    free agents - Not anyone of note. Billings is soft and expensive.  Tom Lynch from the Crows (if only he was a few years younger ) but age and physical question marks so it’s tough. 

    Maynard of course but another very unlikely   

    So here’s the targets   

    1- Dylan Stephens (Swans) on the outer currently however showed plenty of skill in limited games so far. Perfect fit for the other wing opposite to Langdon. 

    2- Oliver Florent (swans) exactly the player we need. Smart, great skills and pace to create outside run.  Would have to trade out the Weid and get picks back to make this happen.  He’s a Melbourne boy so a chance if the timing is right. Four year deal and $$$. 

    3- Ed Richards (Dogs) has had injury worries but looks excellent half back /wing. Skilled left footer.  Probably be able to offer him a good deal to push dogs salary cap pressure   

    4- Oliver Hanrahan (Hawks) for some reason not getting a game with Hawks. Smooth runner and good skills. Loves a goal.  Probably behind Wingard and Breust and Shiels right now.  Definitely a chance as a wing/half forward. Would be a late draft pick in the 50+ as starting offer.  On the list as a highly likely opportunity   

    5- Ben Ainsworth (Suns) top 5 pick who hadn’t quite fulfilled his talent. Tough and skilled.  Good goalkicker. Would fit into our forward structure.  I’d have consider a swap of Weid and Ainsworth with other pick swaps to make up the spare biscuits.  

    Others down on the list.  Riccardi from giants has shown good goalkicking.  If there’s a chance he wants to come back to Victoria then choco connection comes into play.  Petruccelle for his pace and goalkicking is appealing if he wants to get back to Vic. 

    No to Crouch.  No to Constable.  

    This is just my opinion and just putting the 5 target names out there.  

    Florent. Offer up that coin. We desperately need this kid. He hasn’t exploded yet. Highly rated, but has not done what he will. Throw the kitchen sink at him. We need good ball users and have not many. Sydney need inside mids. We have a few 

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    32 minutes ago, KingDingAling said:

    Florent. Offer up that coin. We desperately need this kid. He hasn’t exploded yet. Highly rated, but has not done what he will. Throw the kitchen sink at him. We need good ball users and have not many. Sydney need inside mids. We have a few 

    We’ve got a lot of NQR inside mids, not sure that helps us when they don’t have any currency.

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    1 hour ago, BW511 said:

    We’ve got a lot of NQR inside mids, not sure that helps us when they don’t have any currency.

    Florent doesn’t have the currency he should either. He’d require only slightly more than a first rounder. He isn’t a dominant player - but will be. Heeney will require increasing midfield minutes next year, as will Mills. Pair that with Kennedy, Parker, and whoever else runs through there, and I could see Florent at least entertaining a pitch. 

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    6 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    I’ll state some types that fit into our needs.  Runners.  Pace.  Skills.  Still our need to compete against Cats and Dogs and Lions.  Sure I’d love the Josh Kelly, Cerra, Amon types but that in my opinion won’t happen given our tight salary cap and lack of low trade picks. 

    free agents - Not anyone of note. Billings is soft and expensive.  Tom Lynch from the Crows (if only he was a few years younger ) but age and physical question marks so it’s tough. 

    Maynard of course but another very unlikely   

    So here’s the targets   

    1- Dylan Stephens (Swans) on the outer currently however showed plenty of skill in limited games so far. Perfect fit for the other wing opposite to Langdon. 

    2- Oliver Florent (swans) exactly the player we need. Smart, great skills and pace to create outside run.  Would have to trade out the Weid and get picks back to make this happen.  He’s a Melbourne boy so a chance if the timing is right. Four year deal and $$$. 

    3- Ed Richards (Dogs) has had injury worries but looks excellent half back /wing. Skilled left footer.  Probably be able to offer him a good deal to push dogs salary cap pressure   

    4- Oliver Hanrahan (Hawks) for some reason not getting a game with Hawks. Smooth runner and good skills. Loves a goal.  Probably behind Wingard and Breust and Shiels right now.  Definitely a chance as a wing/half forward. Would be a late draft pick in the 50+ as starting offer.  On the list as a highly likely opportunity   

    5- Ben Ainsworth (Suns) top 5 pick who hadn’t quite fulfilled his talent. Tough and skilled.  Good goalkicker. Would fit into our forward structure.  I’d have consider a swap of Weid and Ainsworth with other pick swaps to make up the spare biscuits.  

    Others down on the list.  Riccardi from giants has shown good goalkicking.  If there’s a chance he wants to come back to Victoria then choco connection comes into play.  Petruccelle for his pace and goalkicking is appealing if he wants to get back to Vic. 

    No to Crouch.  No to Constable.  

    This is just my opinion and just putting the 5 target names out there.  

    Would think 1, 4 and Riccardi are your only realistic chances of moving.

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    3 hours ago, Redleg said:

    Would think 1, 4 and Riccardi are your only realistic chances of moving.

    After today, Ainsworth might want to jump off the sinking Suns boat and join the Dees push for premiership glory.  

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