On 29/08/2025 at 16:28, Fritta and Turner said:

He had 5 possessions and at least 1 of those was kicking out from full back. First job of a footballer is to get the ball.

He was on Naughton, who had been on fire the previous 6 weeks, all game. Should not have been left on him after the third goal.

11 hours ago, The Lobster Effect said:

Exactly. We already wasted a good pick in the Sharp trade (last year and this year)

We traded pick 49 for sharp

This by all measures, is not a good pick

On 03/09/2025 at 18:57, Red and Blue Flame said:

What is the club's obsession with this bloke? We've already got JVR and Jefferson. The bloke has shown nothing

Tim Lamb must have photos. I cannot for the life of me see how he stays if the new CEO is about accountability.

I dare say we made a promise to him last year and giants knew he was going to move him down back

17 minutes ago, MrFreeze said:

We traded pick 49 for sharp

This by all measures, is not a good pick

Agree here. Between picks 45 and 55 you have the following likely success rate:

1 game = 55%
50 games = 15%
100 games = 5%

Picks outside of the first 2 rounds are highly overrated. They should be used on players where you can see some mature potential whether trade in or mature age from VFL, WAFL, SANFL etc where you can see their potential attributes and fit more clearly. Worth having a swing when you have picks there but it should be secondary to finding a higher confidence way to put them to use during trade period.

39 minutes ago, Kent said:

whats the rush we have no coach at the moment

Players are agreeing to clubs right now. We have a list manager for a reason. If the new coach wants to kibosh some deals that we have made then I would prefer to manage that fallout then being quiet and then the new coach coming in and seeing no potential opportunities because they were ‘waiting for them to arrive.’

1 hour ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

Agree here. Between picks 45 and 55 you have the following likely success rate:

1 game = 55%
50 games = 15%
100 games = 5%

Picks outside of the first 2 rounds are highly overrated. They should be used on players where you can see some mature potential whether trade in or mature age from VFL, WAFL, SANFL etc where you can see their potential attributes and fit more clearly. Worth having a swing when you have picks there but it should be secondary to finding a higher confidence way to put them to use during trade period.

Do you have stats for other game ranges? The only problem I have with giving up late picks is you miss out on a TMc.

I wonder, should Woey be delisted, if Derksen might take over his jumper number.

WD40 would help make things run a little more smoothly.

7 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

I wonder, should Woey be delisted, if Derksen might take over his jumper number.

WD40 would help make things run a little more smoothly.

He is a swingman so there is always another use!

18 months in the making, hopefully he gets home to his family

On 03/09/2025 at 19:01, Red and Blue Flame said:

Yes - and he does not enthuse me at all.

Could almost say that about (insert name here) - and give you a long list of blokes that might go ok at VFL level but aren't up to AFL. Jack Billings.

this post tells me you havent watched him at all.....

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

WD40 would help make things run a little more smoothly.

I don’t know. Gut feel tells me he’d be too loose

3 hours ago, Tracca said:

this post tells me you havent watched him at all.....

I have. And he will not be adding anything to our team or list. There is a reason he has not played a game at GWS in nearly 4 years

9 hours ago, MrFreeze said:

We traded pick 49 for sharp

This by all measures, is not a good pick

Pick 49 would have been fine on its own but for some reason even though he was uncontracted and had only played 16 games we also swapped this year's third round pick with Brisbane's third round. I know that'll blow out this year but every little bit makes a difference in the draft (e.g hypothetically could be the difference between getting Sam Davidson in last year's draft at pick 51, compared with Aiden Johnson at pick 68)

9 minutes ago, Red and Blue Flame said:

I have. And he will not be adding anything to our team or list. There is a reason he has not played a game at GWS in nearly 4 years

i guess we will see.

hes better than most of our spud forwards at casey bar luker

19 minutes ago, The Lobster Effect said:

Pick 49 would have been fine on its own but for some reason even though he was uncontracted and had only played 16 games we also swapped this year's third round pick with Brisbane's third round. I know that'll blow out this year but every little bit makes a difference in the draft (e.g hypothetically could be the difference between getting Sam Davidson in last year's draft at pick 51, compared with Aiden Johnson at pick 68)

The Tim Lamb special

I know its been noted on here but with gee GWS' depth for talls both forward and back so strong I can see why this guy hasn't had much opportunity.

Key Backs : Taylor, Buckley and Himmelberg. Then the progression of Alir and Idun as versatile talls down back as firmed them up even more.

Key Forwards: Jesse, Cadman, Riccardi, Brown and now Gruzewski added to that depth.

GWS coaches are really set on the structure they have, especially down back. Up forward, even this Gruzewski kid has been banging down the door, kicking bags in VFL and could only get a few games this season.

So there's definitely one big reason there why WD hasn't had a good look at AFL level yet.

A low cost trade to boost our aging Key back stocks and hopefully push our Key Forwards for a more competitive selection pool.

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by Young Blood

2 hours ago, Tracca said:

i guess we will see.

hes better than most of our spud forwards at casey bar luker

I'll agree with you on one thing - we had spud fowards