SEN reporting that Moloney has nominated Essendon as his club of choice.
Good.. He's old and won't do anything there. He's an Essendon type of midfielder.
dont know what his age has to do with it. only question we need ask is can he play will he be an upgrade on any player we have cut.
the answer to those questions is an emphatic yes.
tough experienced inside mid he would have filled foleys shoes pretty well this yr.
we moan about the lack of midfield depth but then moan about players being too old who would cost nothing but their salary. players who are massive upgrades in the short term on what we have.
fair dinkum we could do 6 or 7 mature players and 5 or 6 kids this yr.
i would not hesitate to take moloney chaplin knights as free agents.
i would also be looking to take late nd and rookie picks players from state leagues like
kyle hartigan 23yo kpd
james boyd 23yo rover
kyle martin 22yo mid
michael sikora 23yo ruckman
sam dwyer 23 24 yo mid
and there are plenty others who would be mbetter options than those we have cut and some who remain on our list.
forget about his age tell me one midfield player who is up for grabs who is better than moloney. who cares if we only get 3 yrs out of him it would be three yrs of better footy than we would get out of lots of others.
What are your thoughts on Bell from Carlton Craw?
Would be getting him before Moloney!
Started looking like a real spud but developed really rapidly into a reasonable player. Would develop into a monster mid!
Get it done Tiges!
moloney comes for free what will bell cost unproven 7 game player that he is.
we are screaming out for tough experienced on field leaders who can lead by example and moloney fits that to a tee.
150 odd games of experience and tougness that would take a lot of work load of the likes of tuck and foley.
admitedly hes coming of a poor yr.
but you need only go back one yr and you find a player who averaged 24 possesions agame played tough uncomprmising and accountable footy laid something like 124 tackles and is decent inside and out.
what the hell has tom bell done again.
the only time moloney has been poor in his career was 06 07 and 08. the first two yrs op cruelled him and in 08 he did his shoulder. once he put those injuries behind him hes been very good apart from this yr.
moloney would be an upgrade as far as mids go on
jackson, grigg, nahas, edwards, king, white newman, houli, give more atm than conca, ellis, arnot, helbig, and at his best on a par with foley. and you dont want him well bugger me.
simply put brent moloney would be a massive upgrade on many of the mids and so called mids that we have and he would not cost a thing other than his salary.
