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Why aren't they happy OD?

Could well be, won Rising Star in his first year? Anyway, we are wasting our time, it's all probably just a rumour anyway

Funny! I guess Hannebery is more of the same? I haven't taken much notice of him last year though, just his form of late seems slow, might be injured.

And yet Haw were happy to offload premiership heroes, BnF winners and former captains as well as Coleman and Brownlow medalists

All those Syd, Haw and Geel mids from their bash n crash years will tire early. That's why Clarkson was a mastermind, offloaded Lewis, Hodge and Mitchell while they still had some value. We should think of doing the same to Jones.

That's who I think, he looks cooked at the moment.

Quick look on my phone and here are some candidates: SYD: Cunningham *Hannebery Lloyd Rohan WCE: Cripps Hutchings Frem: *Langdon Port Adel Hartlett Bris: Bastinac Christensen GWS: *Buntine Greene Kennedy HWSNBN Shiel Ward Adel: *Mackay Seedsman Gold Coast: Hall *Lyons *Swallow Realised I didn't look at if they were from VIC, so just went from memory, asterix are players club has been interested in in previous years. I'm sure "the player" isn't even in my list!

I hope it isn’t Daniel Rich

That’s because he’s an accumulator

Thanks ET, much appreciated, that’s worse than I thought.

What is our record in Darwin and after Darwin like? Anyway know the exact facts?

Nothing worse than peeling back a peel to find no banana

They ran out of bananas clearly. Or running on them

That's the question, is Frosts papers stamped and will Keilty and Petty (18) make it, they are probably still a long way off? Recruiting a May, like Lever, we know what we'll get rather than wait and hope. I'm not saying it's the reason why we are losing, just an area to look at, Lever along with May for eg and Oscar will be the first defence for years to come. Running HB's like Atley may be worth a look as I said above but the first priority will be gut running, two way outside mids, which is currently our biggest problem?

He played very well on the weekend, I thought we may have had a crack at him last year but may still this year

B: Jetta, O McDonald, Lever HB: Hibberd, May, Atley

Now is someone like a Shaun Atley (RFA), an upgrade or replacement for a potentially retiring Bernie Vince?

And there you go again.

Most people, including experts will all say Lever is more a floater, intercept player, 3rd man up, not a KPD and Joel Smith is our current CHB. We are still missing a KPD, IMO and that's what this thread is about - trade and FA discussion. If you don't think we need a KPD that's cool, we need plenty of things.

When did I knock Oscar? I said 'does he continue to get a game' which was in reference to if we go for May and next year, our team is currently unsettled. Last year and before I was very critical of Oscar but have given him plenty of credit this year and have been very happy for him. Sam Reid never played CHB??! You have followed me around for months, poking and prodding and disagreeing with just everything I say, I don't care if you have your own opinion, but it's getting a bit creepy, I'm not the only one you do it to and others notice it also. Keep posting for likes and I will just keep telling it how it is and trying to involve others in conversation, rather than belittling them, perhaps use the ignore function? Most people, including experts will all say Lever is more a floater, intercept player, not a KPD and Joel Smith is our current CHB. We are still missing a KPD, IMO.

That's because I don't think Lever is a KPD..... also, I went back through selected teams for the year. Fails miserably? "Don't be so melodramatic" Rather than attack posters for their opinion in a psycho ex girlfriend style, throw up who you think are those teams KPD's?

Richmond: Rance, Astbury Sydney: Grundy, Reid Geelong: Taylor, Blicavs Port: Jonas, Hombsch, Clurey Adelaide: Talia, Hartigan WCE: McKenzie, McGovern GWS: Davis, Haynes Haw: Frawley, Sicily North: Tarrant, Thompson Essendon: Hurley, Hooker Gold Coast: May, Thompson Melbourne: O McDonald, Joel Smith Another KPD, or two, is definitely something we need.

Take your pick, Atley worth a look of HB? http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-07-03/on-the-market-free-agents-still-up-for-grabs

I'd go hell for leather at Steven May, I think we need an experienced defender whos a leader, Lever can be third man up where he plays his best. We still don't know what our best 22 is, where do we play Tmac? Does Omac continue to get a game? Hogan needs to play forward. Does Weid fit in? It's all very unsettled. But I think we need that KPD. Frost is obviously out of favour, Petty is a long way off and who knows with Kielty. We need some pace obviously, another Saad tupe who breaks the game open off HBF, develop and go over and beyond with Hunt. We need to rebuild the defence with experience, I don't think J Smith is the answer, Jetta is getting older too.

This concerns me. They are busting their gut in close with bash and crash but it must be sapping their confidence from all the effort and no results, lets hope we don't capitulate from here.