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Is this Paddy McCartin's "how's the turntables" moment then?Isn't it funny how things change, two years ago you'd snap up De Goey and Ahern for McCartin and laugh your head off.
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Is this Paddy McCartin's "how's the turntables" moment then?Isn't it funny how things change, two years ago you'd snap up De Goey and Ahern for McCartin and laugh your head off.
You could switch that entire argument to some clapped out player.Sorry, this doesn't really mean anything to me. Comben has been on the list for 3 years and weighs 84kg. Edwards turns 20 in November and he is 85kg, these guys are around 15kg away from being able to hold up physically at AFL level. I do hope Clarkson boosts "standard setting" but he isn't a miracle man, he didn't perform miracles with the Hawks young players. If those two make it, I am guessing they will need a year to two in order for a half decent program to get results.
If he and the club thinks those two are worth developing then awesome. But we need something better than what we have going forward for next year and we need there to be some kind of baseline that a player needs to hit and we just aren't gifting games regardless of standard. This isn't just about the second key forward, we are harming Larkey's development forcing him to compete against 2-3 defenders because nobody else is a threat.
pick swap with GC after Rankine trade..
OUT: 1, 55, 66
IN: 5. 7, 23, 32
Throw the other PP's in and we're cooking with gas for highly touted draftees and some picks to go after Logue, Acres, etc..
Idk as I've not really studied his kicking technique. Though to counter your points he often tries the pin point pass inside, and is hit and miss with them. He's certainly hit a few, but the miss is just a lot more noticeable, imo. Iirc he's (Taylor) DE is around 66%, not sure what his kicking efficiency is in comparison. I'm a fan, but agree his kicking, or rather accuracy, could do with a lift.Yeah it's definitely good to see he's got his tank fitness up to such a high level. So that's the good. The not so good is his ball drop and lack of kicking penetration. Clarko didn't have too many poor-ball-dropping, non-penetrating kicks in his sides at Hawthorn.
The counter to that is, we trade pick 1 and then this happens:Id swap pick 1 for 5 & 7 in a heart beat. We don’t need more midfielders.
Absolutely. Athletic enough to play on those dynamic medium sized types as well as talls. McKay and he would be an elite 1-2 for the rest of the decade.He's one of the best one-on-one defenders in the league. He should be priority #1.
Yep I'd be happy with a defensive lineup of McKay, Logue, Corr and Dawson.Absolutely. Athletic enough to play on those dynamic medium sized types as well as talls. McKay and he would be an elite 1-2 for the rest of the decade.
Great work. Thanks for doing this.
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pretty confident the 5s and 7s have it over the 1s, particularly the further you go back.
pick swap with GC after Rankine trade..
OUT: 1, 55, 66
IN: 5. 7, 23, 32
Throw the other PP's in and we're cooking with gas for highly touted draftees and some picks to go after Logue, Acres, etc..
I would but doubt they would. Why would they give us a pick back. I don’t think we’d be getting a gun like King for a pick down grade.Pick #1 for Ben King and a top 10 pick back.
Would we consider it?
Would they?
I'm still not as easily convinced as others that we need to trade pick 1. Wardlaw or Sheezel would be unreal. And I think having too many young elite midfielders is a good problem to have.The counter to that is, we trade pick 1 and then this happens:
BL Pick 1 - Ashcroft (MID)
GC Pick 2 - Wardlaw (MID)
WC Pick 3 - Sheezel (HF/MID)
GWS Pick 4 - Tsatas (MID)
ESS Pick 5 - Cadman (KPF)
Then you end up with the best KPF is gone, the best KPD is available, but is he #6 on our draft board? If not, then we reach for need, which I don't think we should do. The other top prospects after the 5 above are all mids - Clark, Mackenzie, Phillipou, Gibney.
Could end up that we reach for a KPD that we don't find best available and end up with another midfielder, or 2 mids (if we go best available). Regardless, you miss the top 4 cream and still end up with another mid.
Good point - if they want pick 1 they can throw in their first born also.. stuff it.. and their second born too..You are missing their first born in the trade.
It would required him to say he's off at the end of this deal. Then they'd have a situation of paying a bloke to rehab into next season who's going to pull up stumps a year and a half later potentially to walk to a club who is cutthroat enough to use the PSD.I would but doubt they would. Why would they give us a pick back. I don’t think we’d be getting a gun like King for a pick down grade.
You could switch that entire argument to some clapped out player.
Ultimately the best example is doing. If these players are cooked enough to retire I think you won’t see them busting arse across games and training.
I’d sooner bring in a player who has built a tank/strength and get 100% from them.
For an example acres can run and run and can show that to the current list plus he’s young enough not only to provide a reasonable length of a prime.
In terms of a fwd if we had to go an older type id sooner Gunston than Kennedy by a country mile but even then id prefer someone younger.
In terms of Kennedy himself he’s cooked I don’t think you’d get much from him on field in terms of standard setting.
And to you other point if you donot think the coaching staff a Clarko constructs won’t be more demanding than previous regimes id say youd be terribly misTaken.
The counter to that is, we trade pick 1 and then this happens:
BL Pick 1 - Ashcroft (MID)
GC Pick 2 - Wardlaw (MID)
WC Pick 3 - Sheezel (HF/MID)
GWS Pick 4 - Tsatas (MID)
ESS Pick 5 - Cadman (KPF)
Then you end up with the best KPF is gone, the best KPD is available, but is he #6 on our draft board? If not, then we reach for need, which I don't think we should do. The other top prospects after the 5 above are all mids - Clark, Mackenzie, Phillipou, Gibney.
Could end up that we reach for a KPD that we don't find best available and end up with another midfielder, or 2 mids (if we go best available). Regardless, you miss the top 4 cream and still end up with another mid.
No one disagrees that Larkey one out is a debacle, but Kennedy isn't realistic. At all.Wut?
"My knee is a big reason for retiring. I think my drive to play is still there, but I'm realistic my body is not going to be able to take me to another season," he said.
He still wants to play, he doesn't have confidence in his knee and I think having to fly long distances every second week probably makes it hard for recovery. Him struggling though is 15 games this year, we only got 1 game from Comben and Edwards combined this year.
Who? They don't exist mate, that is the problem. We had options in prior years and sat with our thumb up our arse. He isn't exactly my preferred choice either.
Acres? He is a midfielder.
He wants to win another flag, he aint coming to us.
I used him as an example of a player when someone asked who as a free agent. Clarko might have someone else in mind, it doesn't necessarily need to be a free agent, he might actually chase a quality key forward depending on what kind of assistance we get. I'm saying worst case scenario, I'd rather have Kennedy playing for us in some kind of managed role than rely on two blokes with schoolboy physiques who only managed 1 game this year combined. We need something right now to help out. I'd take half or part of a year than nothing.
I don't know what that means, or exactly how it translates to on-field performance next year. This Larkey as the only forward shitshow needs to end this year unless we want more spoons for the cupboard.
No one disagrees that Larkey one out is a debacle, but Kennedy isn't realistic. At all.
Okay, you said a free agent kpf, then provided Kennedy. WA born and bred, and retired. This isn't worst case, it simply won't happen. There isn't a glut of options, particularly ones that come free. If you want a FA KPF, great, there just aren't many. For instance the one example you provided is retired. Cupboard = bare. I'm not saying go back to just Larkey, I've been banging the drum on a 2nd KPF for years. I've actually even suggested some to trade for. Kennedy isn't a chance mateI don't want to hear what people don't like. I am saying this is the worst case scenario, if you can do better than great but if you can't you are saying go back to just Larkey. We simply can't do this. We must try anything instead of nothing. We have to stop being a do-nothing club.
Okay, you said a free agent kpf, then provided Kennedy. WA born and bred, and retired. This isn't worst case, it simply won't happen. There isn't a glut of options, particularly ones that come free. If you want a FA KPF, great, there just aren't many. For instance the one example you provided is retired. Cupboard = bare. I'm not saying go back to just Larkey, I've been banging the drum on a 2nd KPF for years. I've actually even suggested some to trade for. Kennedy isn't a chance mate