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Farewell Adam Tomlinson

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1 hour ago, Neil Crompton said:

Thanks, it just seemed 2 years ago. We lost to Geelong that night if I remember correctly

Yep, it was to watch the Geelong game and hear from KR. Were you there?

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    9 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

    Yep, it was to watch the Geelong game and hear from KR. Were you there?

    Yes. A club at Milsons Point.

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    28 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

    Yes. A club at Milsons Point.

    I gather the view is to die for. Came in handy as a distraction as the evening progressed, I guess?

    I've presumed your quote of KR was close to exact. Was there any collective intake of breath from the floor? And 'Tomlinson', not even 'Adam'?

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    14 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Goodwin … early sign of his madness?

    The Age. October 2019.
     

    Adam Tomlinson is looking forward to some consistency in his playing role after being earmarked for a spot on the wing at Melbourne.

    The Demons recruit was unveiled at AAMI Park on Tuesday after joining the club as a free agent on a five-year deal on Monday. Melbourne have identified Tomlinson primarily as a wingman. 
    Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin spoke about him playing a consistent role, and once games start, being cemented in that spot. 

    I think I recall Tomlinson saying he was looking forward to playing on a wing with Stephen May kicking the ball out to him. He did play early games on a wing. Had a shot from 50m one night v Geelong which just missed. Had it been a goal we won . Good luck to the bloke !

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    He was never going to play on the wing.  That was fanciful. I liked him as a tall defender who reads the play, could play on big forwards and disposal was composed.  Played on Lynch and McKay one year and kept both goalless.  Would still have value to teams like Kangas and Crows in my view that need tall defenders.  

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    he played on the wing for gw$ quite often early days

    from that age yarn from when he joined us:

    During his time at GWS, Tomlinson was used as a utility, spending time both in attack and defence, on the wing, and even pinch-hitting as an undersized 194-centimetre ruckman.

    he played all bar 4 games in his first season with us, so really he only had one year with us before we found a 'role' for him - as a tall defender; the knee injury robbed him of a chance to play that role permanently

    i much prefer either petty or t mac playing as the third tall accompanying may + lever in the backline set-up

    Edited by whatwhat say what

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    Any chance the Saints can give him Battle's $ so we trigger first round pick compo?

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    As someone posted, it'll be a trade so the Saints don’t dilute their Battle first round compo. A F3rd could be handy with White F/S.

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    4 minutes ago, old55 said:

    As someone posted, it'll be a trade so the Saints don’t dilute their Battle first round compo. A F3rd could be handy with White F/S.

    How about a straight swap for Membrey? 

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    Is Jed Adams close to a game yet?

    With Tomo gone we're down a player in the defensive depth chart, and we're going to need coverage for when May and/or Lever are unavailable.

    Despite Petty's ordinary season, he's a key re-signing as we can use him as defensive cover.

     

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    18 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Is Jed Adams close to a game yet?

    With Tomo gone we're down a player in the defensive depth chart, and we're going to need coverage for when May and/or Lever are unavailable.

    Despite Petty's ordinary season, he's a key re-signing as we can use him as defensive cover.

     

    They tried Jefferson there a few times.  Maybe if he doesn't come up as a forward, that cold happen.  I think Adams is a way off in his development as he missed the whole first year with injury.

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    2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

    How about a straight swap for Membrey? 

    This makes the most sense for both parties i'd say, part of the appeal for them obviously is the Battle compensation. 

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    Best of luck to him.  Wont get the opportunity he deserves at our club without an injury. He'll get a regular gig wherever he ends up.   

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    A fine player, easily in our best 25, we would have 20 players worse than Tommo.

    Sign him up now.

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    4 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Is Jed Adams close to a game yet?

    With Tomo gone we're down a player in the defensive depth chart, and we're going to need coverage for when May and/or Lever are unavailable.

    Despite Petty's ordinary season, he's a key re-signing as we can use him as defensive cover.

     

    Defensive Cover????? THATS WHERE HE SHOULD BE ALL THE BLOODY TIME But Badloss has other ideas

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    3 hours ago, darkhorse72 said:

    Best of luck to him.  Wont get the opportunity he deserves at our club without an injury. He'll get a regular gig wherever he ends up.   

    That’s a stretch, he got plenty of opportunities & proved he’s handy backup, that’s about it

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    4 hours ago, stinga said:

    They tried Jefferson there a few times.  Maybe if he doesn't come up as a forward, that cold happen.  I think Adams is a way off in his development as he missed the whole first year with injury.

    No he didn’t, he’s just no good 

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    38 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

    Fairly confident the club wouldn’t be seriously considering Membrey.  

    Why’s that?

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    On 05/09/2024 at 14:04, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Is Jed Adams close to a game yet?

    No. He'll want a good preseason and plenty of progress in '25. Maybe the loss of Tommo will bring him out of his shell. If there's no improvement, I'd swing him forward later next year as he played forward a bit as a junior. Then the ideas run out.

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    Adams is a young 20 with good speed who needs another preseason or two to build strength, repeat endurance and with that confidence to position himself for a game. The only young keys from that draft playing any reasonably consistent level of AFL games to this point are Cadman and Weddle (who is more a utility than a key). I suggest the club have quiet confidence in him being they extended his contract to end of 2026 before the recent season commenced. 

     

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    1 hour ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

    Adams is a young 20 with good speed who needs another preseason or two to build strength, repeat endurance and with that confidence to position himself for a game. The only young keys from that draft playing any reasonably consistent level of AFL games to this point are Cadman and Weddle (who is more a utility than a key). I suggest the club have quiet confidence in him being they extended his contract to end of 2026 before the recent season commenced. 

     

    josh weddle looks like a midfielder playing half-back currently but he's the same size as van rooyen

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    11 hours ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

    Adams is a young 20 with good speed who needs another preseason or two to build strength, repeat endurance and with that confidence to position himself for a game. The only young keys from that draft playing any reasonably consistent level of AFL games to this point are Cadman and Weddle (who is more a utility than a key). I suggest the club have quiet confidence in him being they extended his contract to end of 2026 before the recent season commenced. 

     

    I think it was a stinker of an extension at about the same time as the Laurie one, too much hype over preseason improvement that was untested in games.

    I’m not phased that he’s not playing afl, the issue is he’s a poor vfl player in year 2. 

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    On 05/09/2024 at 09:29, Billy said:

    That’s a stretch, he got plenty of opportunities & proved he’s handy backup, that’s about it

    Unfortunately after his knee injury it reduced his speed and flexibility, that really limited him to filling in for May in the backline.

    The backline was too slow with May, Lever and Tomlinson.

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    Was watching the GWS game last night with an unamed GWS player! Hnmm

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