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    Don't necessarily buy into this whole 'attitude problem'. If had played for the Lions for that long, I'd have an attitude problem too. They're a basket case. It's no suprise that poor performing clubs seem to be synonomous with poor culture and players with 'attitude'. Look at us circa 2007-2014. The Blues of that period too. I'd be inclined to take a punt on him. Although a slightly different situation, Roos was able to get the best out of Mcglynn at Sydney and he was touted as having a poor cultural stigma. I see no reason why Rockliff wouldn't do the same for us. Major issue that I see is his contract, but if Brisbane were that desperate to offload him and retain a minimum salary cap, I'm sure they'd be more than happy to pay a portion of the contract, maybe even around 40%.
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    I rate him, he has all the attributes. The only knock on him for mine, apart from his kicking, is that he needs to understand his limitations. Far too often is he caught holding the ball when he tries to take on the tackler coming out of the D50. Don't get me wrong, his endeavour is there, but a man's got to know his limitations.
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    I think he's actually retired to pursue interest outside of football, if I understand correctly.
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    Played forward in some early games for Freo, back in 2013. He wasn't horrible. Decent sized body, 101kgs and 200+ cms. Although he doesn't have the ability to move well like Hale, Ryder etc.
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    I'm not totally against Lowden and I'm the first to admit, I haven't seen a lot of him. But seeing he's already effectively made no impact at two clubs, why would it be any difference if he came to us? Would he actually be an upgrade of Spencer? Could be an option, but was very underwhelming for Freo and being delisted by a poorly finishing side hardly speaks well. Especially given he only played two (?) games this year with Sandilands being injured.
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    That page belongs in the cesspit, absolutely heinous page.
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    That's what I think too, I'd assume it will be (in the case of a ruck/foward) a second/third string player at another club. I'll be most interested in who the outside mid will be, assuming we go for one. We haven't had much success with Michie or Newton, so we may see a younger player from one of the expansion clubs targeted.
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    Hello, Andrew!
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    This is what I was suggesting in my earlier posts but was pretty quickly shot down. Apparently, there's an inherent belief that if a player is over 30, they automatically add leadership values to a side. I definitely agree that in our position, a player around that age mark would be far more beneficial. In saying that, I think across the board, the AFL landscape is bereft of available players who fit this category in the coming trade season. Unless, one were to look at an established player in the state leagues, but we've been down that path before and all know how that turned out. James Magner, take a stand!
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    Laetitia
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    I'm glad some people can see things clearly.
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    It is a myth, officially tallies absolutely do not include 'pet memberships'. Not too shabby, especially considering premium membership numbers haven't rolled over yet.
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    Contextually, when something is used to denigrate, you'd be very hard pressed to contend that the term isn't an insult.
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    Hightower is another.
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    Was about to post the same thing. Miss the infamous legend.
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    Especially when the only time (that I'm aware of) that they've been in the leadership group was in 09.
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    Throw Richmond and Hawthorn into that mix too.
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    Collingwood also alledgedly ready to pounce on Wells.
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    I believe it's on now.
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    I'd assume the Footy Show.
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    Maybe read over my original post, I never suggested that and that's not my logic at all. If you can't apply the reasoning as to why these two situations are different, then I'm not even going to waste my time quantifying why. Read over and analyse what I've posted, believe it or not, I have never stated we don't need experience. I don't even have a problem recruiting an older player. Clearly, as I have stated, clarified and reposted, I'm contending that NDS is not the player to provide any of those things.
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    I totally agree with what you're saying. Leadership is extremely important, we've cried out for it in certain games and we've potentially lost a few because of it. I just don't see NDS as fitting into the realm of leadership, nor does he have an ability to improve our list (for the previous reasons I've listed). I essentially agree with most of things that you've stated, I just don't apply these provisions to Dal Santo.
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    Sorry, clarified what I was referring to in my original post.
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    Ah, fair enough if that's the case. May have misread if that's what the poster intended. Personally, I think it's time to leave the game alone. I really don't see this issue with the game being played as it is. It's adaptation, it happens. It's cyclical in nature, removing two players from the field will just result in the game developing in another way. Ergo, people will merely find something else to complain about.
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