Everything posted by mo64
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
Bris v Richmond was another game where ruck domination was meaningless. 55-16 and Tiges lose. Tiges without their best mid Prestia was more impactful than Lions losing Oscar McInerney.
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
Herald Sun reporting that Geelong have pulled out of the race for Grundy. I can't read the full article. It says that it's us unless he can stay at Collingwood. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=HSWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Fsport%2Fafl%2Fafl-trade-news-2022-all-the-whispers-ahead-of-a-bumper-period-of-player-movement%2Fnews-story%2F39b0c254b2b672543f8226208b92dfb1&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-groupa-control-noscore&V21spcbehaviour=append
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Farewell Luke Jackson
I said under the Roos tenure. If you hadn't noticed, he's been gone for 5 years.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
Every year GNF promised us that we'd land a "Big Fish" under the Roos tenure. All we got was White Bait.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
You haven't addressed either point. If Jackson nominates Freo, whatever WC have to offer becomes irrelevant, and is not a problem for Freo at all. And of course you are belittling Jackson. You are saying that he's too immature to call his own shots. Like most big decisions in life that people make, Jackson is factoring in his family. That's not the same as your assertion that his mum wants him at Freo.
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
Ok. So you borrow $10k from the bank and give it away to charity. You didn't give the money to charity, the bank did.
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Farewell Brodie Grundy
That's a horrible deal for us and the Pies make out like bandits. People need to wake up to the fact that the Pies need Grundy off their books if they want to keep DeGoey and get their trade targets. His contract at the Pies is a noose around their neck. Why are we not only assisting them in acquiring players, we're giving them a 1st round pick as well? t
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List management - this year's tricky decisions
You lost me when you said that Young and a high pick is equitable to Jackson. If Young was out of contract, Vic clubs would be offering a salary package marginally less than what Freo are supposedly offering Jackson. The fact that Young currently has a long term deal with Freo on less than extravagant money, it actually means that his trade value is equitable to Jackson, if not higher.
- Trade and Free Agency rumours
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Farewell Luke Jackson
I see more upside in Turner than Tomlinson post his knee reco.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
Because that wasn't the question. I was responding to the assertion that if all the draftees from the past 3 years were available, Jackson would be the no.1 pick. Daicos is already a proven commodity, whereas Jackson is still a work in progress. So who would you take?
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Farewell Luke Jackson
How can they be incorrect when neither of us know what the final trade for Jackson will look like? I'm betting that I'm closer to the mark than those suggesting that we should get a top 5 pick.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
I'm not allowed to comment on a player we're allegedly chasing? You better let the Mods know, so that they can delete the other 1000 posts about Grundy.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
Unless Jackson is happy to go to the Eagles, Freo are not in a bidding war with anyone. What people perceive his trade value to be and what we get, is likely to be totally different. The reality is that Freo won't be able to acquire a top 5 pick, so a top 15 pick, a future 1st and a fringe player is what I'm expecting.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
This article makes me nauseous, with the talk that we'd have to give up a 1st round pick for Grundy.
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Farewell Luke Jackson
Nick Daicos goes 1 and Jackson is not even close. I'd take Sam Darcy at 2. And there are numerous other players that have played more consistently better football than Jackson, such as Serong, Young and Noah Anderson.
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Farewell Sam Weideman
Should Max be out injured for any period of time, I wouldn't want a makeshift ruckman like Weid as no.1 ruckman. You can get away with it for a week here and there, but not long term. Also a forward line the includes BBB, T Mac and Weid hasn't worked in the past. I'd like to see BBB and Fritsch as leading forwards, with T Mac and possibly Meek as a bash and crash forward. Weid hasn't created contests as a forward.
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Farewell Sam Weideman
Weid's game yesterday was as well as I've seen him play in years. Yes, he's previously kicked bags at Casey against ordinary opposition, but he was up against seasoned AFL ruckmen, and competed very well. But I wouldn't be making a decision on the club's ruck stocks based on one game from Weid. Two weeks prior, he was absolutely putrid, and gave no effort. Assuming there's no interest from other clubs, I'd have Weid as the starting ruck at Casey next year. I'd be chasing a young ruckman like Meek, plus a rookie ruckman. Meek played in Freo's last game, so it will be interesting to see if he gets a game this week. Weid needs to show the same effort he did yesterday on a consistent basis before I'd consider him as a 2nd ruck.
- Farewell Toby Bedford
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
Spot on. The knock on his kicking is justified.
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
Unfortunately he can't kick like Shai Bolton. But seriously Bedford is nowhere near as polished as Bolton. Can't question his endeavour though.
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CASEY: QF vs Sydney
Weid and Woey playing well, though a bad miss by Woey. Buntine good in defence. JVR getting out-muscled. How slow are the umpires in calling a ball-up or holding the ball? Little wonder sling tackles occur.
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Training Ground?
But they can't burn their bridges with the Government, so it's a delicate situation.
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Farewell Toby Bedford
Chandler hasn't been given a block of 4 AFL games like Bedford. At VFL level, Chandler has shown a better skillset than Bedford, but Bedford has shown a bit of X Factor at AFL level. It's line ball IMO. With most required players re-signed for next year, and Hibberd, Hunt and Melksham likely to get another contract, we need to move on some fringe players. Players like Bedford and Tomlinson have some currency.
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Training Ground?
Well it basically comes down to Government funding at all levels. I just saw North's facilities were upgraded through council funding, because it incorporated community facilities. It's difficult to put forward a case for a training facility close to the CBD when there's no votes to be gained. We have more chance of getting funding for a facility out at Casey.