Feels like yesterday I was managing our list for delistings with Hughes, Cogs, Brown etc.
What we know so far.
Simmonds cant stay next year. Graham does a good of a job as Simmonds can do.
McMahon. Ill be kind and just leave it at that. 10000-1 to be given another contract.
Cousins. Unless he storms home I can't see any scenario Cousins staying. Maybe his mentor role will save him. Maybe other delistings will help also.
Polak I can't see be given a spot on the list, I don't know the rule for re-rookie a mature age?
Thats 4.
Tick
Tick - yep very kind to him Popelord
Tick
Tick - lucky to have been rookied for this year so Polly is gone. His omission for the Bombers game signalled the end. Courageous as and an unbelievable achievement to make it back to play AFL but sadly the reality is AFL is unforgiving and non-sentimental.
Are these guys AFL Standard and deserve a spot.
Jake King isn't AFL standard. Wont be back next year.
Adam Thompson. Is 23 and cant has played maybe 20 AFL games? Jury may be out.
Tom Hislop. Will probably be safe due to the fact there are lots to go before him. But still think he needs to play the 2nd half of the year in the side to warrant a spot next year. I don't think he's of standard.
Are these guys AFL Standard and deserve a spot? Gawd NO!
King - VFL standard at best (hard nut, goer but poorly skilled and undisciplined). Jakey's claim to fame may end up being giving Karmicheal Hunt an introduction to VFL footy lol.
Thomson - classic Richmond dumb trade with classic dumb reasoning for picking him up (most clearances in the AFL for 5 minutes groundtime or some crap like that). Jury was in at Port that he wasn't up to it
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Hislop - another undisciplined VFL standard footballer.
Trades.
Matty White?
Chris Newman?
Luke McGuane?
Alex Rance?
Dean Polo?
Mitch Morton? (Can't believe the decline of Mitch I really hope he turns it around)
Newy will be kept.
Whitey has no trade value. I've been told he knows already he'll be lucky to survive. On last chance now. Rance, Polo and Morton would also be lucky to have minimal trade value. The choice is only keep or delist.
McGuane would be the trade bait for mine although he's signed until 2012. A Gaspar clone but with brain-fades. A excellent old-school spoiler but a liability when we gain possession in our defence and he has the ball.
Jacko is another to consider for trade.
Tuck they would trade if they could get something worthwhile in return but no one wanted to pay with any decent picks for him. Looks like he'll be kept as cannon-fodder in our midfield while our cubs develop.
Gourdis IMO will be lucky to survive.
It's not hard to come up with another 10-12 spots on our list to be turned over.