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that handball out of a pack to a moving anb is poetry in motion

hey! got us to 100 pages!!

home grown dees over 25 and over at the conclusion of this season (before delistings etc.): jones watts garland spencer jetta plus t smith as a rookie gawn is turning 25 at the end of 2017, maynard is about to do, and trengove turned 25 at the start of the finals series could you argue pedo was 'homegrown' as he's really emerged with us? we definitely skew young and have brought in experienced players to top up we haven't been helped by the likes of frawley, howe, etc walking out on us

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in terms of those on / upgraded to senior list, i'd adjudge it more like this... high value on open market: hogan, petracca, viney, gawn, oliver, hibberd, t mac, hunt, jetta medium value on open market: salem, watts, brayshaw, hannan, weideman, o mac more value to us than on open market: jones, lewis, tyson, frost, melksham, pedersen, vince, anb, garlett, j smith little value on open market: stretch, kent, garland, vandenberg, jkh, bugg, king, kennedy, t smith, johnstone, mckenna, wagner, harmes

he had a glorious patch but as the season dragged on and the pressure came to bear he completely went to water - he was okay at the last game for casey before the round 23 game, and potentially should've been brought back to face the pies do i still see him as starting defender in 2018, without / with lever coming on board? 100% he definitely strikes as the sort of player who just needs to 'do his job' and focus on his objectives - stopping his man getting a free run at the ball in the marking contest, pushing the key forward beyond 50 to receive 'loose' possessions whilst maintaining the pressure upon him, and for god's sake, sort yr short kicking out! honestly, if you can't pinpoint a pass over 15-35m - with or without having had a couple of bounces of the ball - then you're either not going to make it as an afl player longterm or you need to focus on 'kicking for touch' - and that doesn't mean blazing away, but instead making the strategic decision WHERE to kick it hunt sorted his short kicking out as the season went on and i'm sure frost can too turning 25 at the end of next season, he should be entering his prime as a footballer

he's yet to master the 'look over there...a squirrel!' art of deflection that roos has, but he's definitely adopted the 'say nothing' mantra

Turns 32 midway thru 2018 You'd want to effectively give up nada for him and have GW$ cover the majority of his salary in their cap, which would probably defeat the purpose of them offloading him

Does a unicorn appear when we get there?

looks like a player...has never lived up to his undoubted potential he has the skill and the speed to be a weapon; does he have the want and desire? the most disappointing thing is that you really expected him to be best 22 all year - but he actually ended up playing more games for casey than for melbourne he needs to adjust his attitude and his weight, not to mention his effort and skill, in order to be any shot to make it as a high-level afl player i can't imagine he'd have much value for any wa-based team; they're not going to want an occasional cameo player either

Actually just 0.5%

A throughly disappointing season; really expected him to go on with it after a super encouraging 2016 and despite our senior player injury setbacks he failed to capitalize on opportunities His best mate ANB went past him He needs to become an elite runner if he's going to make it as a senior player - we need him to move up and down the park like Gaff

Work rate and faith from teammates

I would presume non-interstate, non-cellar dweller from his perspective, and a reasonable exchange for us, i.e. low first round / guaranteed best 22 player

I hate this franchise and I would happy if they never win a premiership in my lifetime Actually, make it never make a grand final And I’m only 38 and intend to live another 40+ years so basically what I’m saying is all I wish upon GW$ is utter, utter misery

Would happily have him at the Dees

Offensively he is an absolute weapon, and clearly an outstanding pick-up from the Peptides Defensively he doesn’t tackle, so it will be interesting to see how his role adjusts in 2018 with the excepted acquisition of Lever, who will take over the intercept and set-up defensive position role if we are fortunate enough to recruit him Hibberd’s kicking is absolutely extraordinary - that left boot is lethal I didn’t expect him to be anything like the player that he was for us in 2017 He’s a gun

His second year was, probably, the best second year I have ever seen from any player, ever This kid has an innate ability to win the ball and then do something creative with it - I can’t believe he lasted til pick 4 in the draft, let alone that we were smart enough to trade up to have access to him and make sure our pick was ahead of the Peptides so that we secured him He is a far better kick than he thinks he is, I think, and there’s no doubt that he’ll become a weapon by foot just like he is with by hand His reading of the play and his marking prowess are also exemplary I don’t think we can possibly judge where he’s going to go - the sky is the limit for Oliver

He kicks the ball better than most No good for us if he’s only kicking it six times a game tho I still maintain that Lynch is everything we want him to be, and he’s nowhere near as effective a player - doesn’t work nearly as hard and I don’t think he ever will If he’s part of a trade to make us better, all to the good - he’s absolutely best 22 for us, and I imagine would be for the majority of afl clubs, so he has some value in trade...just not as much as he should

Yes, running would be the ‘one’ that he consistently does

tigers recruiting has been inspired, and i for one love the way they've reconstituted their side to become a grand final team they are great to watch

because he doesn't have anything like the same work ethic - lynch runs and runs as well as kicking well and putting continuous defensive pressure on jack, on his day, does two of these three key attributes; more often that not, just the one if he's part of the deal netting us lever / another quality player, move him on

has never been dropped for form, simply missed games with injury, i believe? he strikes me as the sort of player the coaches must just love because of his worth ethic the potential is there to form a wicked partnership with petracca as a mid who moves forward / forward who moves into the mid

Barrett hates Beveridge since he belted him at the Brownlow a few years back Dont believe a word that purple muppet says

You gotta give to get The only players of ours with any value to clubs are those with upside - other clubs aren't going to want our scraps, and we are not going to want to trade the likes of Trac or Oliver(as Crows opened with for Lever) so instead it's those next tier of importance of players that we will need to look to move on if we want to bring in the likes of Atley, who would benefit our side enormously