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RECRUIT OF THE YEAR! Serious questions need to be asked of the club...Stuff up of the year

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    recruiting him for a second rounder or trading him out for second rounder. what’s your specific issue?

    clearly he didn’t work as a fwd and clearly we already have the best ruck in the league. 

    I personally thought he was worth the risk with very limited fwd options to trade in

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    5 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    recruiting him for a second rounder or trading him out for second rounder. what’s your specific issue?

    clearly he didn’t work as a fwd and clearly we already have the best ruck in the league. 

    I personally thought he was worth the risk with very limited fwd options to trade in

    Or just keep him on the list to stop a contender from having an awesome ruck? Wasn't costing us a fortune...

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    Ur kidding? He is at least equal if not better Ruckman than Gawn. Go look at the stats!

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    no point keeping him on the list when neither he or Max could play forward.

    if you want to be critical then have a pop at the club for trading him in. Trading him out was the right thing to do.

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    If he is the recruit of the year then more power to the Swans. The guy is 2 x AA, more than handy.

    Why is it a big indictment on us?

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    3 minutes ago, layzie said:

    If he is the recruit of the year then more power to the Swans. The guy is 2 x AA, more than handy.

    Why is it a big indictment on us?

    Because it is Pot The Club Week and nothing is exempt.

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    4 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Ur kidding? He is at least equal if not better Ruckman than Gawn. Go look at the stats!

    better than Gawn? lol  not even close

    so you think we should play them together like last year?

    please answer the question

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    4 minutes ago, layzie said:

    If he is the recruit of the year then more power to the Swans. The guy is 2 x AA, more than handy.

    Why is it a big indictment on us?

    Collingwood signed him to a 10 year deal and mis-counted the money and had to ship him out for almost nothing with 5 years to go

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    9 minutes ago, wonnabeeri said:

    Or just keep him on the list to stop a contender from having an awesome ruck? Wasn't costing us a fortune...

    you think anyone would come to us if we keep players against their will?

    can we be real?

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    1 minute ago, DubDee said:

    Collingwood signed him to a 10 year deal and mis-counted the money and had to ship him out for almost nothing with 5 years to go

    Should be more laughing at them!

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    23 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Ur kidding? He is at least equal if not better Ruckman than Gawn. Go look at the stats!

    Don't be effing ridiculous. 

    As for your original post: how many times does it need to be said?- he is a good ruckman when, and only when, he is the main man. The same is true of Gawn. And the idea of keeping him at Casey just so he didn't  go elsewhere: that is a really generous, good-culture thing to  do - not!  Not even Collingwood descended to that. Do you want us to be lower than them?

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    19 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    better than Gawn? lol  not even close

    so you think we should play them together like last year?

    please answer the question

    He is killing it this year! Thats all I have to say, take ur blinkers of!

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    He is killing it this year! Thats all I have to say, take ur blinkers of!

    Er, So is Gawn...... 

    Gawn will be the AA ruckman, not Grundy.

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    1 minute ago, Ollie fan said:

    Don't be effing ridiculous. 

    As for your original post: how many times does it need to be said?- he is a good ruckman when, and only when, he is the main man. The same is true of Gawn. And the idea of keeping him at Casey just so he didn't  go elsewhere: that is a really generous, good-culture thing to  do - not!  Not even Collingwood descended to that. Do you want us to be lower than them?

    Hnmm so Why WHY would not have we gone with BG as the main man, with Max chop out and play MAX more forward???????

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    2 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

    Er, So is Gawn...... 

    Gawn will be the AA ruckman, not Grundy.

    Im not so sure!

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    James Jordan has been ok for them as well.

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    4 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Hnmm so Why WHY would not have we gone with BG as the main man, with Max chop out and play MAX more forward???????

    Because it is a waste of Max. He is capable of taking a big mark in the forward line occasionally, and if he is 50+ metres out he might kick the goal, but he is a key player as a ruckman  - his tap work, his goal-saving marks in defence, his marking between half back and wing as we come out of defence - these are all the work of s ruckman. Oh, and I forgot the clearances where he kicks it out of the centre himself. 
     

    Which is why he has been 6 times AA ruckman.

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    1 minute ago, Ollie fan said:

    Because it is a waste of Max. He is capable of taking a big mark in the forward line occasionally, and if he is 50+ metres out he might kick the goal, but he is a key player as a ruckman  - his tap work, his goal-saving marks in defence, his marking between half back and wing as we come out of defence - these are all the work of s ruckman. Oh, and I forgot the clearances where he kicks it out of the centre himself. 
     

    Which is why he has been 6 times AA ruckman.

    And yet...One flag to show for what u have said!!??

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    39 minutes ago, BDA said:

    no point keeping him on the list when neither he or Max could play forward.

    if you want to be critical then have a pop at the club for trading him in. Trading him out was the right thing to do.

    No it wasn't

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    Just [censored] off we couldn’t get him on the park whatever the role during the finals last season. Why did it come to why he could not play? Cost us big time. 

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    43 minutes ago, BDA said:

    no point keeping him on the list when neither he or Max could play forward.

    if you want to be critical then have a pop at the club for trading him in. Trading him out was the right thing to do.

    Not to Sydney it wasn’t.

    We should have traded him to a lowly Club if he was unhappy.

    There must be some responsibility in a signature when signing a 4 year contract   
     

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    8 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    No it wasn't

    What would you do with Grundy if he was still with us?

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    Play him as main Ruck and play Max full forward with Kossy at his heels and clear the forward 50 

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