Recent content by doggy_dog

Gallagher is a defender, should be playing Brambles role

I hope he’s on 18 months, unfair to judge a kid off half a season with no proper pre-season under him imo

Not really, he’s been good for Footscray but I wouldn’t say he’s shown anything to suggest he’d be a significantly better AFL player than his last stint. I think most of the links to us drafting him were just born out of complete lack of any other intel. Can’t exactly publish an article saying...

Elite traits, has upside, position of need. I like it, exactly what a lot of us have been calling for with our late/MSD picks. Good luck to the kid excited to see what he can do

Pace and physicality were two of his knocks at Collingwood from memory, not exactly things that can be learned

Ah yes the completely untested 18yr old without a second position. I like the kid but he’s 3-4 years away, I’d like a stop gap

The image of Zaine Cordy getting pantsed in the ruck every week still hasn’t left my mind. We’d have been rucking Buku the last two years if it weren’t for Lobb. Happy enough with the trade for that alone and can’t begrudge a guy for wanting AFL minutes, victim of circumstance with Darcy...

If Weightman was playing I think we could run with two talls, since Cody basically functions as a marking forward anyway. But with him still out I think Lobb comes in

Would love to see Treloar win it

Drafting Bianco would just be continuing with our recent poor role player recruitment strategy. We go for players who look good at VFL level but have no real AFL traits. We should be getting really specific with these types of players

I don’t really get the outcry over Cleary. He’s a neat kick but not exactly a run and carry type (likely why Bramble has cemented a spot particularly without JJ). His primary role is to be a ‘defensive’ defender but he just doesn’t have the body strength to win enough contests. I actually doubt...

Maybe we can find some spare blocks of land in Ballarat

The Daicos’s and Sheezel’s of the world dominating from day 1 have clouded a lot of peoples judgement. They are the exception not the rule. It is perfectly normal for a 19yr old to play VFL in their first season - even more so when they were drafted to a team who traded up to get them and have...

Can never have too many good players. Would way rather have Smith than throw a dart and hope to land a player as good as Smith

I’d take Battle if Busslinger leaves. Butler I also think would fill a need. Both only for the right price of course