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A Saints mate is absolutely certain, that Ben King will join his brother at the Saints in 2021.

But it is only half that time, until the next season starts.

Not only is the list not poor, it can look and be improved very quickly, by the addition of a Langdon, Tomlinson and maybe another experienced player, together with an injury free run at it, from May, Tom Mac, Melksham, Weid, KK, AVB, J.Smith, Hannan, Jetta etc and the development of Sparrow, Jordon, Nietsche, Bedford, Chandler and any new draftees, together with the moving on of a few more NQR's.

What about that great marking bloke on the HBF for the Pies, who they thought was a forward?

I believe it is the former.

Because we are making changes after a poor season.

It says that his younger brother is the new CEO at North and has offered him more money to come back to one of the clubs he played at.

Adam Tomlinson Born:10-Aug-1993 (Debut:18y 227d Last:26y 14d) Height:194 cm Weight:96 kg VFL/AFL: 12035th player to appear, 1425th most games played, 2564th most goals kicked Greater Western Sydney: 18th player to appear, 5th most games played, 20th most goals kicked [Best][By type][Averages][By opposition][By venue] [Games Played] By totals By averages Abbreviations key#=Jumper GM=Games played KI=Kicks MK=Marks HB=Handballs DI=Disposals DA=Disposal average GL=Goals BH=Behinds HO=Hit outs TK=Tackles RB=Rebound 50s IF=Inside 50s CL=Clearances CG=Clangers FF=Free kicks for FA=Free kicks against BR=Brownlow votes CP=Contested possessions UP=Uncontested possessions CM=Contested marks MI=Marks inside 50 1%=One percenters BO=Bounces GA=Goal assist %P=Percentage of game played SU=Sub (On/Off) ↑=subbed on ↓=subbed off Year Team # GM W-D-L KI MK HB DI GL BH HO TK RB IF CL CG FF FA BR CP UP CM MI 1% BO GA Totals 137 59-3-75 1324 789 755 2079 35 24 139 284 232 263 135 295 64 97 671 1433 55 43 329 22 35 Averages 17.13 44.16% 9.66 5.76 5.51 15.18 0.26 0.18 1.01 2.07 1.69 1.92 0.99 2.15 0.47 0.71 4.90 10.46 0.40 0.31 2.40 0.16 0.26 2012 Greater Western Sydney 20 9 0-0-9 56 31 43 99 2 1 16 10 14 6 14 3 2 41 62 5 4 18 3 2013 Greater Western Sydney 20 17 1-0-16 179 127 89 268 5 6 22 27 26 36 7 31 11 7 77 194 6 6 29 6 4 2014 Greater Western Sydney 20 19 4-0-15 181 127 126 307 8 6 9 47 26 19 12 31 8 13 74 234 7 12 31 4 6 2015 Greater Western Sydney 20 8 5-0-3 70 50 40 110 2 3 16 13 14 14 3 13 4 3 31 80 6 6 15 2 2 2016 Greater Western Sydney 20 14 8-0-6 110 66 70 180 1 3 1 21 20 23 3 24 6 11 65 114 10 3 47 1 3 2017 Greater Western Sydney 20 24 14-2-8 227 119 103 330 1 39 66 32 3 60 14 19 89 242 4 90 5 1 2018 Greater Western Sydney 20 24 14-1-9 255 129 144 399 12 4 34 63 37 69 53 57 8 22 154 253 9 7 50 3 8 2019 Greater Western Sydney 20 22 13-0-9 246 140 140 386 4 1 57 58 33 56 48 65 10 20 140 254 8 5 49 1 8

I just can't see them letting him go. He is one of their best players, ( when fit ) and one of the most popular among their fans. Has Sier got tattoos?

While we got to finals last year, with a fitter list and playing chaos footy, the new rules changed things and we were exposed. IMO, as the rules now stand, 6-6-6, with no outside pace or small goal kicking forwards, we will improve with a fitter list, but cannot improve to win enough games to make finals. That is why we are chasing the likes of Langdon and others to fix these deficiencies on the list. Also, again IMO, the game style of last year will not succeed now and needs tinkering with, not wholesale changes. That could be why we are changing Assistant Coaches, who can bring in a slightly different approach to the way we play. So IMO the 3 things needed to succeed for us are: . A strong pre season, with a good injury run during the season. . A modified game plan, not totally reliant on contested possession, but incorporating improved, uncontested possession. . Some better players with pace and skill and a few small, goal kicking, pressure forwards. A softer draw will also help if we get the above in place.

I have posted this before, but my son saw Cook training with us pre season and came home and said to me that he would never play for us in the Seniors. I laughed at him as he was an AA CHF . I stopped laughing very quickly. The point of that was, how can full time recruiters get it so wrong, when an amateur can see that he wasn’t up to it in one training session. Worst of all he was our first pick .

Funny film ?.

I know you can stuff up picks, but surely a club should get a top 5 pick right. Imagine if we drafted a Bontempelli type at that pick how much better we would be.

So you agree with me.

Surely you are joking. I have seen plenty. Dad’s as coach of their son’s sport’s team, among the worst examples.

Now Bin, we picked Toumpas, enough said.

I don’t care that Jack is not at the finals. Why is it a bad look? I would suspect most non finals players are on their break, as mandated by the AFL. I would be pretty sure most Bombers players will be on their break, as soon as exit interviews are completed early this week just like the loser of Giants v Dogs. Most players need their break, unlike supporters.

You need to take a deep breath. He is on holiday and doesn't look a clown at all. Gee, if he had a beer in his hand, you would probably accuse him of being a rolling drunk. Players have lives and people need to understand that. They are not robots.

The interesting part of that will be, if he stays in footy, or has got an opportunity in another field.I am guessing the latter.

And Richo has a reputation of getting on with players and being good at player development.

I wonder how players and their managers see the changes and whether it puts them off or encourages them to stay/join us.

Yet where he could have used his conflict of interest, re Ollie Wines, his son's mate, we didn't and totally wasted pick 4. A disaster that still costs us.

Well if we maintain our current ladder position, we are probably a big chance to get him.

Maybe not only the club needs to improve its culture, some supporters could do with culture improvement as well.

If true, wonder if it could fit in with a DL's post of Tomlinson to us, compo pick end of first round to GWS and then that compo pick plus picks 12 and 14 from GWS for our pick 3. King appears to be out of the equation from GC for next year. If we lose pick 2, then 3 might be used in a deal.