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Bring-Back-Powell Legend

Bring-Back-Powell   14,387

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Trading Robbo is a stupid idea.

All we need it for Neitz to miss games next year- then we'll have the most impotent forward line in the AFL. Unfortunetly Miller's 8 goals a year won't make up for Robbo's loss.

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EDIT -Understand why the club would say no to 3 years though. Hopefully they'll come to a compromise ie- 2 year contract with higher salary.

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sylvinator Redleg

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we will be fine without Robbo. he is 29 and will be gone in 2 years anyways. he isnt our future and has deteriorating knees.

even if Neitz misses games we have players who can kick goals.

Newton, Bate, Davey and Yze are genuine goal-kicking forwards.

i think next year we should play green as a forward more, and also Bruce.

Dunn can also play forward.

we have options, though another key forward to help replace Neitz is necessary.

if we trade for another top10 pick, we could pick up a Henderson type which will leave us in good stead up forward post Neitz.

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Real Demon Redleg

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I like Robbo, and would prefer to see him play out his career with the Dees.......but under the clubs terms.....not his.

3 years is too much, and he won't accept 2 them he leaves himself open to a trade.

We are not unique in offering older players less years, and even a player as good as Crawford has been playing on 1 year deals for the past few seasons.

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This bloke bleeds blue and red, why trade him.

Replace bleeds red and blue with wins premierships and I'd agree.

That would be like trading Flower, Viney, Lyon or Neitz.

Its not right....

All of those mentioned were infinitely better players than Robbo and I'd've traded any to win a premiership.

All this stuff about bleeding red and blue is complete garbage...

Players who bleed for their club are team players - Trevor Barker bled for St.Kilda he didn't whinge to the media about contractual matters in fact quite the opposite.

I'm not expecting Robbo to be Trevor Barker in any facet but don't paint him to be some kind of martyr he's not - he's a handy footballer - no more, no less and he certainly isn't indispensible.

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sylvinator Redleg

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if we got a couple of picks for Robbo id do it in a second.

he's not our future.

we need to start filling the holes in our list- ruckman to replace White, forward to replace Neitz, midfielder with pace, forward pocket.

the only way to fill those holes is by getting a few good draft picks.

if we have to trade a 29 year old who wont accept a 2-yr deal to achieve this, then so be it!

be ruthless bailey. we support the jumper, not the player. selfish players who want 3 yr deals when they are old with bunged knees can get farked.

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If we can improve our list, and Robertson can find three years somewhere else, it's probably a win/win.

I don't think we're legit flag chances in the next couple of years anyway, so losing Robertson for some short-term pain is justifiable if it brings with it some chance of gain in the longer term.

if we have to trade a 29 year old who wont accept a 2-yr deal to achieve this, then so be it!

be ruthless bailey. we support the jumper, not the player. selfish players who want 3 yr deals when they are old with bunged knees can get farked.

It's silly not to try and get as many years out of AFL footy as possible when it's your job. I imagine that after their football careers are over, a very high percentage of players will never make anywhere near the money that they were on when playing AFL.

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