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Thats like winning $13 on powerball.

At the time most of us were pleased to get him. Hasn't turned out how we would of liked. If Pedo/Frost are fit and depending on who we draft I've got not problem with him seeing out his contract as Casey.

Some of your best work.

Not often but on this one we are on the same page. Would much rather Trenners given every chance then continue to carry players who will never rise above VFL level. Sadly for him even if he plays next year, after that he may always be considered a year by year proposition. The club it seems is taking the hard but fair line with everybody.

Cheers.

Can play on Franklin or Rioli.....ok

Yeah, someone mentioned the other day he can still be bundled up in a trade. I'll have a look and see if I can find it.

Howe, Grimes and 2nd round pick for Bennel + 3rd round pick Watts and Garland for Redden

Not really Grimes has been doing it for years.For those who don't believe me watch his games, only played 5.

Like Watts I'm interested to see who wants him.But yeah 5 games for the year and I pick the Crows....

phew....

Jon Ralph....no interest from other clubs.... Ralph may be as credible as the next clown but has anyone heard anything linking Watts to another club? Remembering many think he will become a star upon changing.

Great bloke, speaks well blah blah blah. No ones doubting that. We all want him back but lets not forget 12 months ago the club had him out the door. A year to prove himself. Footys tough these days.

Petracca.

Tmac falls under the "shizen to average" and is getting better. But his primary role as a defender is to take intercept marks which he does and spoil the ball which he does. If we were organised better and had Salem(he was injured for part of the year) and someone else with similar skill he would simply take the mark and handball off to one of our back flankers. I've said before key position defenders and ruck men aren't are probably the only exception to the "elite disposal when recruiting" rule.

And Grimes/Garland....

I posted in the contracts thread yesterday about what I call the "Trengove factor". Similar to last year players who think they're safe will/should be shopped around. If a suitor is found they tell the player that a club a potential deal looms and they have 24 hours to decided. If no suitor is found the player is unaware his name had been thrown up. Carrying passengers is bad enough but disgruntled passengers is another thing. By the end of trade 2016 all the garbage should be removed from our list.

When someone is drafted, ideally they already have elite disposal. Those that have good disposal work with the skills coaches to try to improve to elite disposal. We already have enough players on the list that we read things like "his disposal has improved this year" which translates to "it gone from shizen to ok at times". Again I must be watching different games to most.

To elaborate (beyond a joke might be a bit harsh but let's remember he is playing AFL) his kicking is like The Princes, an up and under style with the ball often going over teammates heads or falling short or out of bounds. I found myself laughing out loud in disbelief watching him.

Living in Sydney I've watched a lot of GWS games. Natural competitor - Yes he takes the game on and as someone eluded to he has dash and dare. Footy smarts - He finds himself in the right places at times, when he has the ball he has the right intentions but see below.... Disposal - His disposal is diabolical, it's that bad it's beyond a joke. It's a no.

Currently not even standing up at Casey throughout the year.

And some not at all.

Its also deja vu as to why he hasn't come good. But funnily enough he only had one year under Neeld(and wasn't he injured for most of that?? can't remember....)We are now seeing young players coming in and impacting games. Yes some take longer to develop but let's not forget he was a gun at junior level and to date has given us nothing to work with. Send him home.

Its a great point, was thinking as much today. I put it down to the "Trengove Factor", and by that I mean players will be shopped around without their knowledge, if a likely suitor is found player x will have 24 hours to make a decision(if that's the case they should just go because it's clear they are not wanted). If no suitor is found player x is none the wiser. We have enough passengers as it is without making them disgruntled.

Who looking after that these days....