List Mgmt. Trade: Allen Christensen traded to Brisbane in exchange for National Draft selection no. 21

[Cattas_21]

Just on SEN: whispers coming out that a much loved cat and very good player has requested a move up north. Any ideas who this could be?

 

[Topper]

Just on SEN: whispers coming out that a much loved cat and very good player has requested a move up north. Any ideas who this could be?

did i just hear Christensen correctly???

 

[Whit3y]

no not allen?

 

[Cattas_21]

Allen Christensen is the player who wants to be traded according to sen

 

[meto]

did i just hear Christensen correctly???

Are you serious?...Christensen!

 

[year of the cat]

Allen Christensen is the player who wants to be traded according to sen

Very disappointing if that is the case. Will command a first round pick + you would think.

 

[Topper]

Very disappointing if that is the case. Will command a first round pick + you would think.

Pick 5 & Redden

 

[Whit3y]

if varcoe and allen leave

the optimists are gonna riot bigfooty

 

[Stocks_go_Up]

No.... Surely not. Why???

 

[dazbroncos]

Just on SEN: whispers coming out that a much loved cat and very good player has requested a move up north. Any ideas who this could be?

Tom Harley.

Go Catters

 

[dazbroncos]

Are you serious?...Christensen!

WTF over?

Go Catters

 

[troys8]

Christensen argh.

Why would he do that????

 

[Partridge]

Well then we are stuffed as to our ruck stocks once again.

HMac can't run out a game,
Dawson looks a type but can't get through a year.
Blitz is a good 2 or 3rd ruck not a primary ruck
Walker has proven he can't play the position gets monstered whenever he goes in there.
Vardy hips are too brittle to play the position.

Apart from those five, our ruck stocks are great.

 

[Scorpio]

 

[Partridge]

The guy gets 10 possessions and 10 hit outs per game.
For christ sake the Big O averaged 9 and 20.

Sinclair = list clogger.

Problem is if you used those metrics as a requirement only McIntosh and Simpson would get a game.

 

[year of the cat]

Tom Harley.

Go Catters

They said much loved. Can't be Harley any more.

 

[bulletproof]

No no no

 

[Partridge]

Im over trade week already. Lets keep our picks and players and go back to what worked best... Developing our own kids to play the Geelong way

Nah that only delivered 3 premierships and the best home and away record in history. Why would you want to continue that?

 

[alfy!]

They said much loved. Can't be Harley any more.

How quickly we forget.

 

[vinum coupe]

Christensen doesn't make any sense.

 

[bulletproof]

Surely it must be to the Gold Coast. At least they have a huge number of tradeable players, Brisbane would be a disaster.

 

[TheJimmyCartel]

I assume you mean Langford.

I'm a believer that height in the midfield is overrated. It's strength through the body (see Sam Mitchell at 176 odd/GAJ the same at 182 odd) and football ability.

Yes, Langford, my bad.

Re: midfield height, yes and no. Being under 6 foot definitely doesn't mean you can't be elite but when you have an entire group under that height that's a lot of mass you're giving up around the stoppages in an extremely physical game. Generally, taller players have a bigger frame which equates to more weight/muscle mass. I see it as kind of similar as rugby union in pack weights when it comes to scrums, sure you can have some smaller guys who are very strong for their size and/or have elite skills in another area ie Gaz, Selwood, Mitchell but I don't think you're going to see a dominant midfield group when they are all 6 foot or under and/or under 80kgs playing against 3 or 4 opponents who have 5-10cm and 5-10kgs on them, they just can't match the physicality around the stoppages.

Individually it can be overcome but I think collectively it can have a very big impact.

 

[Lana]

Before the board goes nuts maybe we should wait until a few more reliable sources of rumour repeat it.

 

[Partridge]

I assume you mean Langford.

I'm a believer that height in the midfield is overrated. It's strength through the body (see Sam Mitchell at 176 odd/GAJ the same at 182 odd) and football ability.

Agreed. It's amazing how everyone wants to copy Fremantle because they have a big midfield. Remind me how many premierships they've won again?

I'd slightly tweak it - football ability is still to me by far the most important attribute. And at all clubs bar Hawthorn, the most neglected.

 

[_Me_]

We get a ruckman from Brisbane
Bazinga