Daniel Talia in talks with Tigers (afl site)

[one-eyed]

No longer just a rumour.

VETERAN EX-CROW IN TALKS WITH TIGERS

Delisted Adelaide defender Daniel Talia has met with Richmond as he plots his next move after being cut from the Crows.

The 29-year-old remains confident he has several seasons left in his body at the top level despite not playing a game this season due to multiple knee setbacks.

Talia presents as a readymade option for the Tigers and would slot in to replace David Astbury as a key pillar in defence.

Astbury was offered a one-year deal to stay at the club but opted to call time on his career, while fringe tall defenders Ryan Garthwaite, Bigoa Nyuon and Ben Miller remain uncontracted for 2022.

It leaves Dylan Grimes and Noah Balta, plus Nathan Broad who can play taller, as Damien Hardwick's remaining key options locked in defence.

Geelong has also enquired about Talia as it weighs up what to do with its ageing list in the wake of last week's preliminary final disaster.

As a delisted free agent, Talia could move as early as October 1.

Talia played his 200th and final match for the Crows under duress against the Tigers in round 18 last year and admitted he could've finished his campaign earlier and headed for post-season surgery.

He opted not to attend the club's best and fairest last month after not being offered a contract extension.

Essendon had shown interest in Talia given his close links to mentor Ben Rutten. However, as revealed by AFL.com.au, the Bombers instead opted to acquire Talia's former Crows teammate and mid-sized defender Jake Kelly. – Mitch Cleary

https://www.afl.com.au/news/677214/contracted-demon-jake-melksham-open-to-move-tigers-in-talks-with-ex-crow-daniel-talia

[Andyy]

If our medicos think he has footy left in him and he's prepared to come cheap then I'm all for it.

[MaccaDacca]

Makes perfect sense - little risk involved here.

[Willy]

If his knees are ok and he comes cheap then I'm on board.

[the claw]

Perfect fit for us but would hope we are looking at a player like Rhett Bazzo with pick 26.

 A ND of
9  Erasmus/Ward
15 Van Rooyen/Amiss
20 Johnson/Chesser. the pick we get for CC-J
26 Bazzo

Would be highway robbery.

[camboon]

I was think the same for our picks except we up the ante ,keep CCJ ,bundle our late picks and pu someone like Bazzo

[one-eyed]

"So the whisper is Talia failed a medical with us (Richmond)."

Source: BigFooty.

[Tiger Khosh]

Would make sense given we’ve gone for the older Tarrant instead. Let’s see if any other club picks up talia or if his body is really shot.

[JP Tiger]

I told the club to kick the tyres on these used cars …. Looks like we did!   

[one-eyed]

This explains why we went cold on Talia and went for Tarrant instead.

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“Daniel, he won’t be playing next year. One: his family, they want to stay in Adelaide, he’s got two young kids under two, his wife’s an Adelaide girl,” Pickering told SEN Mornings.

“He did have a chat with Richmond and I think the Tigers felt the same thing. They felt it was going to be hard to get him over anyway.

“They also had concerns about his foot which they’ve got every right to have when we spoke to them straight after the season.

“They went with Robbie Tarrant, which is fine.

“He’s having trouble with a tendon in his foot. It’s still not much good. He’s going to have to go back and have some surgery. Talia won’t be playing next year.

“The foot has kept him out for a year and he’s been rehabbing it and trying to get it right, but it’s just not coming good … he’s had another setback with it.

“He’ll have to speak to his surgeon and see where it’s at. It’s just not getting any better.”

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/10/14/daniel-talia-makes-call-to-sit-out-2022-season/

[MaccaDacca]

Dodged a big bullet there clearly!!

[Willy]

Well there ya go...

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Old news.