1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

NO NO NO 

HES SMALL AND SLOW 

has lost his pace 

he can kick the footy but only over short distances 

definitely NO NO NO 

don’t take another salary dump player for farrrrk sake !!! 

What are you trying to say Normie...

I have stated before that Caleb Daniels had the best highlights package of any U18 player I have seen and he has shown he can have an impact with his clever kicking at the heart of his skillset.

But he is now 28 and lost some of his zip and there is now way he can play like a Nick Watson and nor does he have his passion for tackling. 

Essentially he is another pick up like Jack Billings, someone who has great skills and smarts but no longer has the intensity required for the current game.

If Tim Lamb thinks he is worthy, then we know he's not. Enough said.

I truly hope there is no way we recruit this bloke 

Please take our picks to the draft we must be able to get better value there - a big refresh is needed 

Fingers still burnt after the Shack Attack.

If it's out of Caleb Daniel or Jake Bowey version round 1 2022 to present, you'd be choosing Caleb Daniel. I'm sorry but Bowey hasn't come along as we all hoped he would.

If we do get Daniel, hopefully he's not our #1 signing from another club, but given Billings was our 'marquee' recruit last year, Caleb probably would be.

 

Edited September 9, 20241 yr by Bring-Back-Powell

8 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

If it's out of Caleb Daniel or Jake Bowey version round 1 2022 to present, you'd be choosing Caleb Daniel. I'm sorry but Bowey hasn't come along as we all hoped he would.

If we do get Daniel, hopefully he's not our #1 signing from another club, but given Billings was our 'marquee' recruit last year, Caleb probably would be.

 

Sure hope we don't have a 'marquee' signing, means we'd be pissing too many picks away

Happy to take a punt on cheap options

Edited September 9, 20241 yr by adonski

No to Daniel for me. 

Jake could yet improve, Caleb almost certainly will not. 

Personally I wouldn't mind if they tried Jake as a forward, either close to goal or high HF/3rd winger like they tried with Billings. 

1 hour ago, bluey said:

Fingers still burnt after the Shack Attack.

Every so often I glance at BigFooty to try get a more "impartial" view of the world.

Saw this commented on the CD thread by a bulldogs fan and had a little chuckle;

"Our annual shuffling of deck chairs between our sinking ships."

 

 

On 08/09/2024 at 03:23, MrFreeze said:

At the same time, it pushed Jordon out of the wing spot, which probably contributed to him leaving.

He was already pushed out of the wing spot by Brayshaw. But even when Jordan played the wing he was in/out of the side.

9 hours ago, Deespicable said:

If Tim Lamb thinks he is worthy, then we know he's not. Enough said.

if anyone thinks that these kinds of decisions come down to Tim Lamb and Tim Lamb alone ...

For starters there is a List Management committee which includes Taylor and presumably Richardson, but decisions on bringing in players would involve coaches as well.

8 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Billings was our 'marquee' recruit last year

Seriously? He was cheap depth, traded for a future 3rd-rounder.

1 hour ago, bing181 said:

He was already pushed out of the wing spot by Brayshaw. But even when Jordan played the wing he was in/out of the side.

JJ played 22 games in 2022 mostly on the wing, got injured in round 23 and actually missed finals to Harmes on the wing. Gus was already moved in different roles in 2022 - half back and midfield.

JJ finished 12th in the best and fairest after a strong start.

Hunter didn't crack the top 10 in the B+F in 2023.

JJ was relegated to Casey, the sub and various other roles.

Bad list management and bad coaching too, because Hunter never had to earn his spot. Plenty of times in 2023 when JJ should've been backed in to get his spot back and keep it.

15 hours ago, bing181 said:

Seriously? He was cheap depth, traded for a future 3rd-rounder.

Yeah agreed.

I meant ''marquee'' (in the loosest sense) because he was the only recruit that actually contributed to the MFC this year.

Speaks to our non draft recruiting of late when Billings was considered out best import of last year.

15 hours ago, bing181 said:

Seriously? He was cheap depth, traded for a future 3rd-rounder.

Cheap depth over the past 3 years has only brought us list cloggers, and actually destroyed our depth.

We need to stop this nonsense. Either recruit players who we rate as top 20 on our list or go to the draft with our picks.

Good lord will this year from hell never end?

Bloke can’t even get a gig at the Dogs FFS

It's a no from me.

Sorry, but I can only take one Caleb at a time.

1 minute ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Sorry, but I can only take one Caleb at a time.

How about if we call Windsor Cale-A and Daniel Cale-B?

17 hours ago, bing181 said:

Seriously? He was cheap depth, traded for a future 3rd-rounder.

Agree. 

We'd recruited half a dozen blokes in their prime on big money/long terms deals before the flag, then had marquee premiership players to contract long term after. 

We just haven't didn't have the cap space 2022/23 to bring in big names on big money. We were forced to moneyball it. 

FWIW I actually thought Hunter was pretty good in 22 and not terrible for the first half of 23. 

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

How about if we call Windsor Cale-A and Daniel Cale-B?

nah, triggers too much when you get to Cale-M ....orton.

Edited September 10, 20241 yr by Ouch!

Anb out Caleb in, his best was quite good not sure what’s happened 

CD wants to stay at the bulldogs and see out his 2 year contract

(read: no interest elsewhere)

On 08/09/2024 at 11:43, whatwhat say what said:

caleb daniel is reportedly on a heavily back-ended deal, $700-750k a year for the next two seasons

his best position is as a running small defender who, well, doesn't defend that well cos he's so small

i struggle to see how we can play bowey and daniel in the same side unless one of them changes roles

Unless we play one of them on the HFF in ANB;s role and clean up F50 entry. 

On 05/09/2024 at 16:31, adonski said:

Chol was unwanted by two clubs, kicked out twice by Dimma

Dimma disliked him obviously and it’s no reflection on Chol. Earnt  his place at Hawks.