A Reality look at 09 Culling

[Infamy]

Anyone who expects Hislop & Thomson to go are kidding themselves
They are both contracted, they are both kids and are both contested ball winners, exactly the type Hardwick wants
If they still haven't done anything next year then they'll be in the firing line, but to think they'll go now is just nonsense

Well they had better have one hell of a pre-season and lift by about 150% because they were nothing short of useless this year and they came supposidly ready to roll players but spent most of their time at Coburg!

Both had injury interupted years, specifically Thomson
I didn't think Thomson was too bad in the tiny bit of gametime he got in the last two games, hard to judge off such limited exposure

[Stripes]

So according to you Stripes you want to delist only TWO players from that list!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is almost as stupid as you defending TW the entire pre-season last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That would be the weakest discission the club has made for some time imo.
I just hope that Damien and the RFC have a different idea to you. 
We need to rebuild, not just get rid of players that have retired.

Good to see you nice and fired up bigtone Shows you passion for our great club!

Here is who I would have removed from our list before trade week -

Johnson
Bowden
Cogs
Brown
Simmonds
JON
Pettifier
Polak

Definite Trades

Raines
McMahon
Schulz
Patto

If the worst scenario is realized and none of the above are traded (which I think is unlikely given we will trade many of these for rock bottom picks if we have to) then we would have to keep these players (maybe pay out one contract at most such as Schulz) and delist 2 players such as  -

Hughes
Putt

Regardless, trade week will be huge for us this year as we seek to unload as many middle range to low players from our list who hold any value for addition picks. This will tell us how many players will realistically leave/be culled.

All said and done bigtone - I'm expecting 10 to be gone at year's end or 4 retirees and 6 trades/delistings. That's more than 2 if I have my calculations in order. Any more than that, and as I said in the post you replied to, we will only be replacing average players with average/poor players. What's the purpose of that.

Stripes

[Jackstar is back]

Anyone who expects Hislop & Thomson to go are kidding themselves
They are both contracted, they are both kids and are both contested ball winners, exactly the type Hardwick wants
If they still haven't done anything next year then they'll be in the firing line, but to think they'll go now is just nonsense

We must go to different games when Richmond and Coburg are playing, BOTH arent up to it

[Infamy]

Anyone who expects Hislop & Thomson to go are kidding themselves
They are both contracted, they are both kids and are both contested ball winners, exactly the type Hardwick wants
If they still haven't done anything next year then they'll be in the firing line, but to think they'll go now is just nonsense

We must go to different games when Richmond and Coburg are playing, BOTH arent up to it

What does that have to do with my post? I've given three reasons why they will be here next year, you haven't refuted one of them

[WA Tiger]

Take this with a grain of salt but apparently JON has gone....

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=625867

[bushranger]

If he has gone there will more than one here that is happy.

[TigerLand]

Just read that WATiger, as you said grain of salt.

Interesting stuff.

[TigerLand]

With Hardwicks "no sentiment in football."

Knowing Polak's condition and Pettifer's traumatic finish to the year.

Would you still delist them?

[Francois Jackson]

With Hardwicks "no sentiment in football."

Knowing Polak's condition and Pettifer's traumatic finish to the year.

Would you still delist them?

polak no
pettfier yes yes yes

like any work place when its time to go its time to go

pettifer is a very average footballer and thats being nice.

[Judge Roughneck]

polak was playing coburg 3rds not long ago

why would u not delist him..

[torch]

Graham Polak - No.

Kayne Pettifer - No.

[bushranger]

Will Richo go around again, or is it what was posted here a while ago, that his injury is worse than the club is letting on.
If it is I can see Richo staying at the Tiger's, as I think he will get the offer to be the Forwards coach, thus keeping him at home.
I think this would be a good outcome. As it has also been said that there can not be setiment in football.
So I would go down this road as Richo will only take more time to recover now.

[Hellenic Tiger]

Polak I could keep.

Pettifer has to go.

[Infamy]

Polak - Keep
Petts - Delist

[Stripes]

Will Richo go around again, or is it what was posted here a while ago, that his injury is worse than the club is letting on.
If it is I can see Richo staying at the Tiger's, as I think he will get the offer to be the Forwards coach, thus keeping him at home.
I think this would be a good outcome. As it has also been said that there can not be setiment in football.
So I would go down this road as Richo will only take more time to recover now.

Only problem with this bushy is that Richo can't teach, coach or lead. He can play but doesn't understand how to teach others to do what he can do - it's all natural talent for him.