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    4 minutes ago, Travy14 said:

    Nick or Jack Riewoldt would be my targets.  Jack was a sole key fwd in an average forward line that won a flag, then evolved his game to incorporate another key fwd to join him and Dusty(Petracca).  He is a great fit.

    Nick is apparently coming back to Aus soon and he has a wealth of knowledge on work ethic and forward craft.

    Id be happy with either or 

    Nick Reiwoldt was a great player but I would not want to see his arrogance anywhere near our club.  If we were going to target recently retired players than Selwood would be number 1 and Cotchin number 2.  On the experienced side I’d move heaven and earth to get Leppa out of the Pies 

     

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    6 hours ago, Go the Biff said:

    Chaplin backs
    Yze mids
    Stafford forwards & rucks

    I believe Stafford got the forwards gig added to his ruck responsibilities in either 20 or 21 when footy departments were slashed as the league adjusted to the impacts of covid on costs & revenues. Can't remember who ran the forwards prior to that

    Yze 🤣🤣

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    8 hours ago, 640MD said:

    We recruited well with May, Lever, Lsngrrs and props Tomlinson but not so great since 

    But some really great draft picks. A very hard call.  Depends who is available and hind sight is spectacular and always correct 

    You have to understand when we recruited those players we had cap space.  It’s a lot harder to recruit quality when you have tight cap which we would have had over the few years

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    36 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

    No, I'm not joking. Our midfield next year will include Gawn, Trac, Oliver, JV7, with Kozzie, Sparrow and Rivers and hopefully a high draft pick. We can't and won't put ALL of our half backs into the midfield - apart from anything else, half back is a vital position and good players should be kept there. As for saying the ones I mentioned are fringe players, they are developing players who i hope will have a future.

     

     Houston got torched by Kozzie last week. He may be a good player but he is, i think, 28 and he is not filling a gaping hole in our team.

    You can’t have enough good players and Houston absolutely fills a need.  We don’t have many elite distributors in our side and he is definitely that.  We will be a far better side with Houston in it and not the developing players you mention 

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    6 minutes ago, Mickey said:

    I wouldn't read to much into that afl.com article. Very specifically doesn't say that Houston is having second thoughts or rethinking coming to us, just that our tumble down the ladder and Trac's unhappiness throws a doubt on his preference, I.e. it might make a difference.

    Just the media beating something up again.

    I saw a PA supporter saying that the starting should be Pickett plus pick 6.  There is some really dumb footy supporters out there 

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    49 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    I reckon the Swans have let him know he is not in their plans

    Old now and lost whatever pace he had. No way you play him and viney in the same team

    You play him as mainly a forward and pinch hit mid.  Go and watch his last qtr on Friday against the Pies 

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    16 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

    If this crosses over other threads so be it. Thought Goodwin's press conference today was simply outstanding.  Eloquent, precise, informative and measured.  Put to bed any of the media nonsense in a no frills manner. Petracca and Oliver staying. What a surprise! Outlined that all footy clubs have their frustrations, debates and times of angst. It's called human nature. This is not true only in the AFL but all footy clubs in this country. Our mate Tom Morris was back pedalling at a rate of knots and was noticeably quieter throughout proceedings. For those who believed a word this 'person' said well, it's just embarrassing.  Finally, the revelations re Clarry were stark. We find now he has been playing with a busted hand, knee and a cracked rib. What an awesome effort from a guy who many said would never play for the club again. To all those people in the media and those on this site who mercilessly got stuck into Oliver hang your collective heads in shame. He is a champion of the club and one of the all time greats in the history of the game. He will be back bigger and better than ever. Once again well done Simon.✔️

    💯 agree, it was incredibly positive in light of the stuff going on. 

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    58 minutes ago, Ollie fan said:

    I just hope we don't trade for Houston. We have Bowey, Hore, McVee, AMW , Rivers, Howes, Woey - we don't need another HBF. 
     

    Out of left field: Ratagolea? He does some really dumb things but has size, can take a contested mark, and can chop out in the ruck.

    You are joking aren’t you? Riv and McVee will play mid next year and the rest you mentioned are fringe players at best and Houston is an A grader 

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    12 hours ago, Binmans PA said:

    Wouldn't mind Macrae and Brodie.

    Particularly, if our midfield is a little bit younger next year.

    You need those older bodies and heads over the course of a long season.

    They are soooooo slow and won’t help us 

    1 hour ago, SPC said:

    Waterman keen on the Hawks. We appear heading into a period, where we can only attract talent with paying overs and giving long contracts.

    Even after our flag, no one wanted to come to us, now we are on the nose.. it’s going to be real hard

    Waterman was pretty clear in an interview on the weekend that he won’t be leaving WC

    10 hours ago, The Stigga said:

    I reckon the players have absolutely hated playing to the recent GWS and Port crowds

    So who’s fault is that?   Perform and play an attractive brand of footy and the fans turn up.  This is on the club and the players 

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    Just now, DubDee said:

    This is why you sign your guns up long term

    This us most likely a beat up with a little bit of truth to it 

    the media love trying to divide the club as it’s very easy. just look at the ‘supporters’ on this thread

    Where there is smoke. 

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    5 hours ago, 58er said:

    Salo has no real equity for a trade as he is a Demon also to his bootstraps. 

    Salem showed on Saturday night, he still has lots of AFL footy in front of him.  Salem just needs to get his body right and he definitely makes us better.  I’d rather Salem over Bowey 

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