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Brandan Parfitt Darwin boy and a friend of my youngest daughter. Very generous with his congratulatory praise back in ‘21 when we won the flag. My daughter was able reprise that the following season when the Cats took the urn.

Looks a solid player worthy of serious consideration. Given our midfield requires some strengthening and experience.

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1 hour ago, Tarax Club said:

Brandan Parfitt Darwin boy and a friend of my youngest daughter. Very generous with his congratulatory praise back in ‘21 when we won the flag. My daughter was able reprise that the following season when the Cats took the urn.

Looks a solid player worthy of serious consideration. Given our midfield requires some strengthening and experience.

Parfitt’s name is in the jar.  Wait and see who and what’s available … then we may open the jar 

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1 hour ago, Tarax Club said:

Brandan Parfitt Darwin boy and a friend of my youngest daughter. Very generous with his congratulatory praise back in ‘21 when we won the flag. My daughter was able reprise that the following season when the Cats took the urn.

Looks a solid player worthy of serious consideration. Given our midfield requires some strengthening and experience.

Would be a handy depth option for us.

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33 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Parfitt’s name is in the jar.  Wait and see who and what’s available … then we may open the jar 

The AFL Trade period should just be a lucky dip at a School fete. 18 jars with a bunch of names

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Yes agree given that Geelong are participating in finals at AFL AND VFL levels. Current priorities of players would not likely to be beyond the finals horizon. Opportunities may still occur for promotion into the senior side and a change of fortune, from being overlooked to feeling more valued. Obviously a wait and see re-availability. I'm sure there would be multiple suitors in any case. 

The media driven frenzy, rife with hyperbole and speculation about possible player movement has reached a premature, overheated, fever pitch. Personally I try to avoid the threads 'running hot' on individual players thru multiple pages on these boards etc. The 'lids' will finally come off by Black Friday 13th of October. Question the sustainability of it all. Hope nobody gets burnt.

 

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Hawthorn also have a very good coach that seems to be very well liked and trusted by everyone. I’m sure that goes a long way. 
 

Now I love what Goody has done for the club and I know the players like him, but cmon let’s deal with the elephant in the room I just can’t see that kind of work being done by Goody like what Sam Mitchel has done to attract players and sell them success. Everyone knows what Goody will do, boring defensive game play, it needs to change big time because the dees supporters need this change to get interested again too!!

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13 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Sure, but who?

Harvey Langford

Cooper Hynes

Peter Wright

James Peatling or another top 30 draftee.

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12 minutes ago, Young Angus said:

Hawthorn also have a very good coach that seems to be very well liked and trusted by everyone. I’m sure that goes a long way. 
 

Now I love what Goody has done for the club and I know the players like him, but cmon let’s deal with the elephant in the room I just can’t see that kind of work being done by Goody like what Sam Mitchel has done to attract players and sell them success. Everyone knows what Goody will do, boring defensive game play, it needs to change big time because the dees supporters need this change to get interested again too!!

What are you talking about? He attracted Lever, May and Langdon, who were all vital pieces to the premiership puzzle.

TPP then can become a problem when you win a flag.

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2 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

What are you talking about? He attracted Lever, May and Langdon, who were all vital pieces to the premiership puzzle.

TPP then can become a problem when you win a flag.

People find it very difficult to understand this.  They think you can just grab top end talent every year and there is no such thing as a salary cap 

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1 hour ago, Vineytime said:

Hawthorn 2023

Ginnivan

Watson

Chol

DAmbrosio

It can turn quickly, this is the sort of injection we need this off season. 

Wright

Peating

Hobbs/Davis

Rosas?

 

thats all I can think of that we would have the slightest chance at getting haha

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20 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

Harvey Langford

Cooper Hynes

Peter Wright

James Peatling or another top 30 draftee.

Reality..

Trade Pick 5 out

Caleb Daniel

Jayden Laverde

Sam Day

 

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1 hour ago, Vineytime said:

Hawthorn 2023

Ginnivan

Watson

Chol

DAmbrosio

It can turn quickly, this is the sort of injection we need this off season. 

And now they are getting Battle for free and will get Barrass from WCE

Hawks will be scary good before we know it

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17 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Reality..

Trade Pick 5 out

Caleb Daniel

Jayden Laverde

Sam Day

 

We won't be trading pick 5. Take it to the bank.

We may well go for Daniel, and he might be handy for us. 

But I'm thinking more about mids and forwards that can improve our stoppage and forward half work.

That said, Daniel could improve our stoppage work as well.

I think the template should be a mixture of Port's 2018 draft where they brought in 3 talented youngsters, and then I also think we can use some older guys like Daniel and Wright.

Day would be a disaster and not make sense for our list at all, but I get you're being facetious.

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I think we have to bring in a mature ruck I wonder if we could get Pittonet as part of the deal for Trac. 
If Trac goes to Carlton I think they will be a massive chance for the flag next year so most players that are under contract will be reluctant to leave and come to us. 
But if they tell Pittonet that TDK will be playing in front of him next year then maybe he could be convinced. 
Same goes for Cerra- if he’s told that Trac coming in means he won’t be getting a game then he may be more interest in a move. Not sure I want him but they could trade him out and get some capital in. 

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3 hours ago, Adam The God said:

What are you talking about? He attracted Lever, May and Langdon, who were all vital pieces to the premiership puzzle.

TPP then can become a problem when you win a flag.

This is very true and back then it either at treat, but something isn’t right now and it needs to be dealt with. 

Very very happy to be proven wrong though

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1 minute ago, Young Angus said:

This is very true and back then it either at treat, but something isn’t right now and it needs to be dealt with. 

Very very happy to be proven wrong though

I agree, we need changes, but not the coach.

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3 hours ago, Young Angus said:

Hawthorn also have a very good coach that seems to be very well liked and trusted by everyone. I’m sure that goes a long way. 
 

Now I love what Goody has done for the club and I know the players like him, but cmon let’s deal with the elephant in the room I just can’t see that kind of work being done by Goody like what Sam Mitchel has done to attract players and sell them success. Everyone knows what Goody will do, boring defensive game play, it needs to change big time because the dees supporters need this change to get interested again too!!

It’s very fun to just ignore than 2017/2018 Melbourne were exactly what this Hawthorn team was

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26 minutes ago, Young Angus said:

I wonder when we will all actually find out the truth about what’s been going on and what has upset so many people. 

Take a look at all the re-signings and they wouldn't be re-signing if they didn't believe in Goody and get on with him.

Doesn't mean Goody can't get better though.

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46 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

Take a look at all the re-signings and they wouldn't be re-signing if they didn't believe in Goody and get on with him.

Doesn't mean Goody can't get better though.

I agree it is positive, just wouldn’t mind seeing some adaptive game plans and, perhaps some more exciting interesting fun watchable footy wouldn’t go astray. I’m sure he has it in him and occasionally we see something we like I guess. Perhaps patience is required from us fans 

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4 hours ago, Adam The God said:

We won't be trading pick 5. Take it to the bank.

We may well go for Daniel, and he might be handy for us. 

But I'm thinking more about mids and forwards that can improve our stoppage and forward half work.

That said, Daniel could improve our stoppage work as well.

I think the template should be a mixture of Port's 2018 draft where they brought in 3 talented youngsters, and then I also think we can use some older guys like Daniel and Wright.

Day would be a disaster and not make sense for our list at all, but I get you're being facetious.

You need to pick up on sarcasm mate.. you are God after all!?

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34 minutes ago, Young Angus said:

I agree it is positive, just wouldn’t mind seeing some adaptive game plans and, perhaps some more exciting interesting fun watchable footy wouldn’t go astray. I’m sure he has it in him and occasionally we see something we like I guess. Perhaps patience is required from us fans 

He's adaptable season to season, he's also coached the highest scoring team in the league before, so he knows how to coach offensively, it's just he rightly IMV, values defence more.

I think it's likely we'll shift towards the 2018 style next year. We could play the 2018 attacking style in the H&A season and go back to the defensive territory game in the finals if we make it.

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3 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

He's adaptable season to season, he's also coached the highest scoring team in the league before, so he knows how to coach offensively, it's just he rightly IMV, values defence more.

I think it's likely we'll shift towards the 2018 style next year. We could play the 2018 attacking style in the H&A season and go back to the defensive territory game in the finals if we make it.

i think this year showed how hard it is to set up the core identity you want to have as a team from season to season, let alone in-season

i think we'll continue to evolve our game plan based upon our personnel

my biggest concern is that we are seemingly wanting to move to a more skill-based gameplan - much like everyone else in the competition - but without the players possessing the skillset to pull it off 

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