Everything posted by Uncle Fester
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Sam Gray
More a mid or HFF than a small forward. OK-ish but I'm not that sure he fills a need
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Hayden Young (Drafted by Fremantle)
Having fast players is great when you don't have the ball, or trying to open up (and I hate this phrase, but you know what I mean) the fat side. But mostly having quick thinkers will win the day. Hawthorn wasn't the fastest team when they their flags, but their kicking would leave you stranded. Geelong ditto, but they would do it in handballs until the world opened up for them. I'll take a team of slow of foot but quick of mind players over a team of Hunts. Speed is nice, but it will never beat talent
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2019 Player Reviews: #30 Alex Neal-Bullen
I think that is really what it is. He kicks 2.1 in a game then he has had a good game (with the running etc). He kicks 0.3 then he has had a bad one. All sport is decided on moments and millimeters. He has to make them count. My take is that he is a good player that has a bad case of the yips.
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Jack Martin
Rather roll the dice on a cheap Bennell then an over priced Martin or a DH like Murray - tho a cheap Murray might be worth a roll too
- Poll: Who do you want with our first two picks?
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Farewell Sam Frost
Without really knowing I wonder if he was offloaded because he just wouldn't follow team rules. Goodies 'Frostball' comments make me think he went off sailing by himself one time too many.
- Poll: Who do you want with our first two picks?
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Jack Martin
I'm hoping we have zero interest in him but want Carlscum to pay waaaaaaaaay overs for a so so player
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Brodie Kemp (drafted by Carlton)
The whole team had that
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Jack Martin
OK. So he is there and we can make a play... if we want... but do we want him? Does he fill a need? Is he worth the coin? He strikes me as a ball tickler. Big on potential but not much on action. As it is spring and racing season I'd say 'prefer others'. Let Carlton pay overs for someone that won't make a difference to the team, and may cost them a good player come next contract signing time. Edit - and pretend we are going to go hard at him to drive up his price
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How do you rate our trade period?
I liked it. B plus I guess. We got what we wanted, and did it early. We obviously are backing ourselves to bounce back next year, and don't rate our chances of our next years pick being close to what 8 this year will bring. I don't know enough about the kids to know who we'd be looking at, but I think we are pretty switched on with that these days so I'd expect at least one of them to be a very good player for us.
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Gun target - Key Forward recruit?
OK. I must have misheard or misunderstood. I thought we offered a lot more.
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Gun target - Key Forward recruit?
Was Elliot 7 8 or 9 hundred K? Just asking for a friend
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Gun target - Key Forward recruit?
Papley... it might explain the pick 8 trade. And we have the cash as evidenced by the Elliot chase. Double and he is what we need.
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Splitting Draft Pick 3
I agree. I was just throwing up possibilities. But some odd late deals get done every year
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Splitting Draft Pick 3
Keep what we have. We have done well. Two top tens and promote Dunkley with pick 100 or whatever. Or (and I think he could be a dodgy pick but for nothing we might do it) for Murray
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The 2019 Draft and Trade Targets Thread
Daniher >>>>> Hogan. At his best Daniher tears backlines apart. He just can't kick straight often enough
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Jon Ralph says Demons are effectively a basket-case team
The whole thing was trite, and a blow off. A couple of hundred words to satisfy the editor. Sure. We do have problems. I'm 80% convinced that last year was a combination of injuries, no pre seasons and a bit of bathwater drinking. The other 20%... dunno. but the off field moves may tell us a bit about that. But I really don't know. We have talent. We have a pretty good team looking after us. We have a game that can scare the best on our day. What we don't have is belief. I expect us to [censored] it up. As do you. And that permeates into the club. Richmond had it for years, got it right, and now they don't believe that they can get it wrong. I don't know the answer but I do know basket case is not it
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Jon Ralph says Demons are effectively a basket-case team
You want that crazy uncle in the family... then ok
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Time for the MFC to grow a pair and take a risk.
Putting people on your list that are [censored] is risky. Very, very risky. I've played and won flags with guys that the team hated, but they had talent. They'd get [censored] after the game and want to fight with teammates. They'd try and poke teammates wives. God I had one bloke that thought it was funny to bite a pot glass and then tell us a bouncer punched him for no reason. Nearly got a bunch of us in an all in. Thank god cooler heads prevailed. A good team can carry one... maybe... but a team like us... nah. We are just asking for an infection doing things like that. Pass. Let him play out his days being an idiot in the country league
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Jon Ralph says Demons are effectively a basket-case team
You can call me Unc if you want.
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Jon Ralph says Demons are effectively a basket-case team
Words will be eaten
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Splitting Draft Pick 3
Essendon seem to be interested in Green, and want 5 as part of the Joe deal. Gives us something to play off GWS and Ess against each other
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Jamie Elliott
Is it OK if I don't care. Good player sure, but geez the chances of getting 50 games from him was not ever looking good
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Jamie Elliott
This is not the droid we are looking for