Rumour GFC 2022 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists PT2

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Turbocat said:
Do we really need to persist in the "Mate" thing.. you started I responded ... it has little do with being friendly...

I am 100% in agreement that all are entitled to their own opinion. And if we discuss first rather use the diminutive tone by using Mate as the first word in a post maybe we can discuss without it going sideways.

So fresh start.

The standard might be good.. it might be better than GFL... but even Stewart moved from GFl to the VFL to show his worth. It is still not SANFL or VFL .... which is what id like to see him play in before bring in another sub 180cm player to a list drenched in options. We have a sub 180 player on our VFL list that I know plays VFL to a reasonable standard. But as much as the comp it the player type. Show me a tall tearing that comp a part id probably be more likely to risk it. Thats the area on our list id be adding late or in a rookie spot...especially when we have access to Chlosey and Riccardi.
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At the time, I was completely dumbfounded why we even selected Williams. Even more so now. Clearly we were set for small forwards in the short term.

I thought maybe we see him developing into a mid or a back pocket with time. But we have now delisted him which makes his selection just even more bizarre. Not sure what we were expecting of him in that time frame.

I do feel for the kid. I wish him nothing but the best. It highlights what a ruthless business this is..
 
Isaac Norm Smith said:
At the time, I was completely dumbfounded why we even selected Williams. Even more so now. Clearly we were set for small forwards in the short term.

I thought maybe we see him developing into a mid or a back pocket with time. But we have now delisted him which makes his selection just even more bizarre. Not sure what we were expecting of him in that time frame.

I do feel for the kid. I wish him nothing but the best. It highlights what a ruthless business this is..
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We'd never used the MSD before - clearly we were confused :tearsofjoy:
 
Kitcat said:
Most of the time you get delisted after 2 or more years, so that is completely different to 3 months.
He is a small forward, a position where we have plenty, and we were tight on list spots.
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He's 21, though, so the expectations are different to your usual draftee coming from the juniors. You expect they're closer to being ready to go and further along in physical development, much like Close was. Judging by his comments, perhaps they felt he wasn't far enough along and couldn't see the scope for further development. It would be hard to argue that he deserved a spot more than others on the list who had been delisted.

But ultimately list management is very cut-throat. We are tight for spots, have a deep list and depth in his position, as you say. Hard on him, but that's footy. He may not have had any chance without the mid-season draft
 
Lana said:
Sure I'd take a guaranteed clone of SDK, that's not what is on offer. If it was it wouldn't be available at our pick 8
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And yet SDK was available at 19 - point being that rankings don’t always reflect the ultimate value to a team. But at his height and agility he was likely to rapidly be needed in our defence.

Anyway, take your point. Fingers crossed we get a gun with our first pick, whoever it is.
 
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Isaac Norm Smith said:
At the time, I was completely dumbfounded why we even selected Williams. Even more so now. Clearly we were set for small forwards in the short term.

I thought maybe we see him developing into a mid or a back pocket with time. But we have now delisted him which makes his selection just even more bizarre. Not sure what we were expecting of him in that time frame.

I do feel for the kid. I wish him nothing but the best. It highlights what a ruthless business this is..
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Likewise....good to hear he has been picked up by Woodville/Torrens for the 2023 season.
 
ShaunWDT said:
Cockatoo wasn't that much of a reach most clubs with picks in the 10-20 range had interviewed him, sometimes you just need a bit of luck and hes had very little.
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I'd take him as a rookie. I reckon the Cats tried too hard to sort out his injuries by changing the way he went about it. The way we play now seems to celebrate those things. Always thought he was a ripping bloke and deserves to have a crack in full flight.
 

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onlymagic said:
An ITK poster on the WCE board seems to think we'll take Busslinger with our pick, even if Clark is available. Interesting.
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If it's alright, copy paste the post or point me to which board/page, can't seem to find the post you're citing :)
 
cats_09 said:
Wasn't Motlop's shoulder issue also caused by Hawkins knee?
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yup totally - so it was another injury after Wells selected him which was the common thread on all of them.

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Tackle_happy said:
I'd take him as a rookie. I reckon the Cats tried too hard to sort out his injuries by changing the way he went about it. The way we play now seems to celebrate those things. Always thought he was a ripping bloke and deserves to have a crack in full flight.
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I think a very good player was there but some bodies aren't built for AFL.
My Dad had a share in a horse that in his first two runs broke the track record twice at Warrnambool and won by a total of 30 lengths but he wasn't sound and broke down after that never to return. This is Nakia.

Also think a lot of the problem with Nakia was he played like he hoped he wouldn't get injured again. He never play like he was over his injuries either physically or mentally..
 
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Tackle_happy said:
I can see the reasoning,. In regards to Clark ... Perhaps Mackie and Co see more in Bruhn as a similar type and thus would look to others like Busslinger.
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I did not think about Bruhn when i was saying get Mackenzie, no way we will get Mackenzie he is the same type as Bruhn...but if we want Clark and miss out i would take Hewett he is the same as clark
 
onlymagic said:
An ITK poster on the WCE board seems to think we'll take Busslinger with our pick, even if Clark is available. Interesting.
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Selwood's words about Busslinger had me thinking that we might be set to take him.

Just seemed like he had been told something, otherwise, I would be surprised he said what he said about him.
 
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