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1 hour ago, Mazer Rackham said:

There has never been a shortage of clubs believing that they will be the one, that their strong wonderful culture will be the game changer, that this wastrel prodigal son can be reformed for the better. Most times the player continues doing what they did at the previous club. There are of course exceptions (Ablett Sr comes to mind) that make the risk/reward enticing.

Martin Pike and his x4 premership medallions also say hello. Beast of a player, on (and off) the field.

I seem to recall from his Open Mike interview, that by the time he got to Brisbane, he'd realised that he had to pull his head in amd Leigh Mathews certainly wouldn't have put up with any crap, which might also have had something to do with it.

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    Rankine is an absolute jet. Is already a top performing small forward but also has the potential to become an elite midfielder. Hard to say what has caused his stagnation, but i think a lot of player development issues exist at Gold Coast. Remember when Rowell exploded onto the scene in his first 3-4 games before he did his shoulder? Since coming back has really just faded in obscurity. 

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    Needs to get properly fit. Apparently one of the poorest runners at Gold Coast. 

    Can't see us making a play for him with Kozzie, Spargo, Chandler, ANB, etc. all with plenty of footy left.

    And if we did he would cost far too much.

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    How do we possibly chase any one of note ? We have neither draft capital or potential salary cap space .The only solution would be to trade an established premiership player and  to do that would be madness.Should just concentrate on those that we are fortunate enough to already have .

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    On 12/16/2021 at 9:56 AM, leave it to deever said:

    I know we have Weid and Daw but I think that maybe a big young full forward is something we should consider. I think there has been a " Shortage" of them in the draft. 

    Given the ages of Tmac and Bbb, looking ahead for continued success in five years time we should probably address this.

    I think this year’s draft picks do this very well. And they are teenagers! Great to see the Dees continue to be one of the youngest lists in the comp, in spite of their success. I have great confidence in our recruiting strategies, in contrast to Geelong who seem to want to stick in the present with expensive recruits 28+. I much prefer our policy of recruiting elite talent and developing them. Geelong will remain in the 8 with this strategy, but won’t get past the second week of finals. 
     

    We are much better set up for finals success, which delights me as l can’t stand those supercilious bastards at Kardinia Park!

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    4 minutes ago, kallangurdemon said:

    How do we possibly chase any one of note ? We have neither draft capital or potential salary cap space .The only solution would be to trade an established premiership player and  to do that would be madness.Should just concentrate on those that we are fortunate enough to already have .

    We shouldn’t and we won’t. There is no need, great talent is knocking our doors down. We have the luxury of picking and choosing - a legacy of our success. Let them come to us, and pay reasonable price if they improve our overall strategy, but let Geelong and Hawthorn  pat over the odds for recruits 30+ which won’t set them up for premiership success. 

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    2 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    Martin Pike and his x4 premership medallions also say hello. Beast of a player, on (and off) the field.

    I seem to recall from his Open Mike interview, that by the time he got to Brisbane, he'd realised that he had to pull his head in amd Leigh Mathews certainly wouldn't have put up with any crap, which might also have had something to do with it.

    It's very rare I disagree with you RBG. But... Pike was no Saint at Brisbane.

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    15 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

    I’m just disappointed I didn’t think of this first and create a thread about the club targeting me…

    ’Pros - will be cheap.

    Cons - no turning circle, no left foot, …and he’s 43’

    walkup for the cats......can't miss

     

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    6 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    walkup for the cats......can't miss

     

    Imagine Patrick Dangerfield coming to the Demons in a last pitch effort to finally win a Premiership? That would be a huge news story! I doubt Patrick Dangerfield would do that though as I think he is very happy living down in Geelong.

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    55 minutes ago, Supreme_Demon said:

    Imagine Patrick Dangerfield coming to the Demons in a last pitch effort to finally win a Premiership? That would be a huge news story! I doubt Patrick Dangerfield would do that though as I think he is very happy living down in Geelong.

    I think Chris Judd's grandmother said it's a chance.

    Maybe he could carry the water for Oliver and Petracca.

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    47 minutes ago, Supreme_Demon said:

    Imagine Patrick Dangerfield coming to the Demons in a last pitch effort to finally win a Premiership? That would be a huge news story! I doubt Patrick Dangerfield would do that though as I think he is very happy living down in Geelong.

    i know you're speaking hypothetically but he can stay where he is. We have a youthful list that has just won a flag. No need for top-ups

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    1 hour ago, Wrecker46 said:

    It's very rare I disagree with you RBG. But... Pike was no Saint at Brisbane.

    Fair enough, I probably wasn't following those issues that much/closely at the time.  Was just going off what he's publicly stated on the record.

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