Luke Parker open to move

[Gorgoroth 13,184]

I would be happy with Parker, him and Trac swapping midfield to half forward all game long would be great and would also help negate the loss of Nibbler.

[Ollie fan 3,623]

Guess what!! It's not just Melbourne that has players leaving!

Perhaps it is not the sign of an imploding club, after all.

[Jaded No More 68,975]

Just now, Ollie fan said:

Guess what!! It's not just Melbourne that has players leaving!

Perhaps it is not the sign of an imploding club, after all.

Can you imagine the implosions currently happening at Essendon and Carlton?

They are media darlings tho, especially Carlton, so it’s radio silence from Tom Morris isn’t it?  🙄

[demon3165 2,830]

Does he come with a walking frame NO

[mo64 5,881]

1 minute ago, Ollie fan said:

Guess what!! It's not just Melbourne that has players leaving!

Perhaps it is not the sign of an imploding club, after all.

Different scenario. Parker is struggling to get a game.

Getting Parker reeks of Hunter and Billings. All are past their prime, and their clubs were happy to get them off the books.

[Jibroni 5,035]

Would suit North for leadership and experience. 

Edited August 14, 2024 by Jibroni

[dazzledavey36 55,853]

5 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Different scenario. Parker is struggling to get a game.

Getting Parker reeks of Hunter and Billings. All are past their prime, and their clubs were happy to get them off the books.

Parker is far superior player to Billings and Hunter and would help in the trenches with our lack of midfield depth.

Our midfield need more support. Add a pick 6 midfield talent, hopefully James Peatling and a Luke Parker and all of a sudden our midfield has some potency in there.

With Rivers going to a new level next year in the midfield, this finally gives us new added depth.

[roy11 3,965]

2 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

Would suit North for leadership and experience. 

Makes sense instead of going for Viney.

If the trade/price is right i'd still take him even at that age. 

 

 

[whatwhat say what 23,420]

If he was in red and blue this weekend he’d be our #1 midfielder

[Demons11 7,096]

Would be a great pick up for a couple of years.  The bloods culture is the envy of the league and getting some of this intel would be invaluable.  

 

[DubDee 26,298]

I reckon the Swans have let him know he is not in their plans

Old now and lost whatever pace he had. No way you play him and viney in the same team

[mo64 5,881]

10 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Parker is far superior player to Billings and Hunter and would help in the trenches with our lack of midfield depth.

Our midfield need more support. Add a pick 6 midfield talent, hopefully James Peatling and a Luke Parker and all of a sudden our midfield has some potency in there.

With Rivers going to a new level next year in the midfield, this finally gives us new added depth.

Parker will be 32 before the season starts. He's achieved pretty much everything as a Swans player, so I question his motivation for leaving.

We have 3 older mids in Trac, Viney and Oliver. We don't need a 32yo with a recent injury history on our list.

[Sir Why You Little 37,297]

I don’t think it would be a great idea. He is obviously on the outer, up North

Too old for our needs. We need young fast players who can hit the scoreboard 

[roy11 3,965]

3 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I don’t think it would be a great idea. He is obviously on the outer, up North

Too old for our needs. We need young fast players who can hit the scoreboard 

I think he'd play a role in the first team, even if not every week. Worst case - adds a mature-body to casey midfield which theyve been devoid of all season.

[demon3165 2,830]

23 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Parker is far superior player to Billings and Hunter and would help in the trenches with our lack of midfield depth.

Our midfield need more support. Add a pick 6 midfield talent, hopefully James Peatling and a Luke Parker and all of a sudden our midfield has some potency in there.

With Rivers going to a new level next year in the midfield, this finally gives us new added depth.

We need pace and skill in the midfield not another 32 year old that will set the club back again, we built a midfield on contested football contest to contest but that style has moved on, he would be OK if we had a young midfield but we havent Trac will play more forward next year than midfield, Viney, Oliver, Sparrow and to an extent Rivers are not highly skilled under pressure.

[Sir Why You Little 37,297]

1 minute ago, roy11 said:

I think he'd play a role in the first team, even if not every week. Worst case - adds a mature-body to casey midfield which theyve been devoid of all season.

If he is superfluous to the Swans needs, what role is he going to play?

We already have experience in the Midfield 

He should look at North

[Sydee 4,632]

Rate him highly but right now I wouldn’t have thought that’s a fit with what we need 

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,935]

Package him up with Grundy and swap them for a pick in the 30's.

[Billy 2,563]

54 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Different scenario. Parker is struggling to get a game.

Getting Parker reeks of Hunter and Billings. All are past their prime, and their clubs were happy to get them off the books.

Parker is one million times better than Billings & Hunter put together 

[Demons11 7,096]

49 minutes ago, DubDee said:

I reckon the Swans have let him know he is not in their plans

Old now and lost whatever pace he had. No way you play him and viney in the same team

You play him as mainly a forward and pinch hit mid.  Go and watch his last qtr on Friday against the Pies 

[Mickey 4,756]

Played very well forward on the weekend, and provides mu h needed grunt when moved into the middle. Wouldn't be against it at all

[titan_uranus 25,174]

1 hour ago, mo64 said:

Different scenario. Parker is struggling to get a game.

Getting Parker reeks of Hunter and Billings. All are past their prime, and their clubs were happy to get them off the books.

Parker’s struggling to get a game because Sydney’s midfield is stacked. 

I’m not convinced he’s the best option out there but he’s so much better than Billings and Hunter that the comparison is silly.

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,766]

Next.

Go get your pension at Norf.

Edited August 14, 2024 by YesitwasaWin4theAges

[demon3165 2,830]

Another view of where we are...

 

https://www.threads.net/@rohanconnolly65/post/C-pDA6BsMbA/?xmt=AQGzh3CHcgzcdPQV5GK7YbCEhkbVzb6i8pyy33nY4SEwIw

[Sir Why You Little 37,297]

16 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

Another view of where we are...

 

https://www.threads.net/@rohanconnolly65/post/C-pDA6BsMbA/?xmt=AQGzh3CHcgzcdPQV5GK7YbCEhkbVzb6i8pyy33nY4SEwIw

Can’t argue with any of that. The Game style needs a big adjustment..