A Reality look at 09 Culling

[tdy]

Small Mids (5):     Edwards (180), Tambling (180), White (179), Foley (177), King (174)

Is this too big a group?  Collingwood may have a similar number of small mids but I doubt many (if any) other sides would.

Not necessarily too big a group (maybe one more than we need) but the quality to suit modern footy is lacking. When you're under six foot you need blistering pace and good or uncanny skills to have a long AFL career. From the above list Blingers fits that category. Foley had that pace in 2007/early 08 but we haven't seen those running and bouncing bursts out of stoppages since he's been carrying injuries. Edwards for mine is being played out of position despite some reasonable form. He's too small to be playing in defence long-term. IMO he needs to play as a small forward pushing up into the midfield (HFF/FP). 

That leaves King, Foley or White as the left overs.  I would have thought Foley has proven he can play, White is yet to prove it and King is suspension prone.  I wonder which if any of these will be going?

[Judge Roughneck]

Ages Round 1, 2010  (current number of games)

35: Richo (282)
31: Cousins (253)
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28: Tuck (110)
27: Newman (154)
26: King (41), Moore (65)
25: -
24: Foley (84)
23: Jackson (69), Polo (52), Thomson (30), Thursfield (53), McGuane (54), Morton (50), Tambling (95)

Woulld also be happy to moveon Tuck, Jackson or Moore if a good trade came up.

[Ramps]

There havent been enough sackings at Punt Rd for my liking. The axe needs to come out again, we need more sackings, more people need to end up at Centrelink

[richmondrules]

Patience. No use sacking people when you may be able to get something worthwhile for them. There's plenty of time.

Apart from anything else, if we sack them all now we won't have anything to talk about later in the year. 

[tdy]

Patience. No use sacking people when you may be able to get something worthwhile for them. There's plenty of time.

Apart from anything else, if we sack them all now we won't have anything to talk about later in the year. 

LOL wise words

[WilliamPowell]

There havent been enough sackings at Punt Rd for my liking. The axe needs to come out again, we need more sackings, more people need to end up at Centrelink

There shouldn't be anymore "sackings" until after trade week. Let's see if we can gettting something (aka anything) for anyone else they may want to move on 

[bushranger]

A very solid point WP.

[jezza]

So now we have:

Kane Johnson
Joel Bowden
Nathan Brown
Mark Coughlan
Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls
Kayne Pettifer
Cleve Hughes

Plus Raines traded.

Next looks like Polak.

Hopefully the trade to get rid of McMahon is still on and hopefully they retire Simmonds.

[Ramps]

Schulz to. Dont forget Schulz. We need more sackings.

[tigersalive]

Schulz to. Dont forget Schulz. We need more sackings.

I get the feeling Schulz's 2010 contract will save him, ramps.

[Stripes]

Schulz to. Dont forget Schulz. We need more sackings.

I get the feeling Schulz's 2010 contract will save him, ramps.

He still remains my roughie for our top 10 players next year! 

[1965]

Schulz to. Dont forget Schulz. We need more sackings.

I get the feeling Schulz's 2010 contract will save him, ramps.

He still remains my roughie for our top 10 players next year! 

If Richo retires and if a new coach can get him motivated and if they put him in one spot and leave him there.

 

[one-eyed]

New coach Damien Hardwick is ringing the changes, with up to a dozen players set to be moved on.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,26079584-5018851,00.html

1. Johnson  (retired)
2. Bowden  (retired)
3. Brown     (delist)
4. Coughlan (delist)
5. JON        (delist)
6. Pettifer   (delist)
7. Hughes   (delist)
8. Raines    (trade)
9. Tuck       (trade)
10. ?
11. ?
12. ?

[Ramps]

10 is the absloute minimum, 12 is an OK result and 35 would be perfect 

[Stripes]

My guess is -

1. Johnson  (retired)
2. Bowden  (retired)
3. Brown     (delist)
4. Coughlan (delist)
5. JON        (delist)
6. Pettifer   (delist)
7. Hughes   (delist)
8. Raines    (trade)
9. Tuck       (trade)
10. McMahon (attempt to trade)
11. Patto (attempt to trade)
12. Schulz (attempt to trade)