Do we really need many trades?

[10 FLAGS]

Our 22 is pretty decent  injury free we can beat anyone ( ask Hawthorn and Sydney ) i hope we don't see too many radical changes we seem pretty  good for such a young side  too much change may change us  and perhaps not in a positive manner has anyone been thinking along these lines  as well ?

Our 22 wasnt good enough to beat Port Adelaide or Gold Coast and a whole host of other clubs. Our best 22 is just a very average bunch that has afew stand outs at the top. If we dont improve our list we wont make finals next year AND that will mean we need to make numerous changes IMHO.

[jordie2tivendale]

Agreed with your  post 10 Flags but  Vickery , Foley , Conca ,Grimes and to a lesser extent Griffiths didn't play they are certain walk up starts  to our 22  .
 Port were hungry today  they could sense the over confidence through all the 11-11 talk all week  and played well..
Not sure the above inclusions would of bent their determination , even Cotch telling the lads to play for Newy at 3/4 time didn't bring around the desired result...

In effect you are right sorry

[10 FLAGS]

Agreed with your  post 10 Flags but  Vickery , Foley , Conca ,Grimes and to a lesser extent Griffiths didn't play they are certain walk up starts  to our 22  .
 Port were hungry today  they could sense the over confidence through all the 11-11 talk all week  and played well..
Not sure the above inclusions would of bent their determination , even Cotch telling the lads to play for Newy at 3/4 time didn't bring around the desired result...

In effect you are right sorry

why are you apologising mate, we're all entitled to our opinions 

[Jackstar is back!!!]

Matt White to Aberfeldie to play along side Tom Hislop next year ?

[Stripes]

We need to use free agency to fill a few deficient areas (which it appears we're doing with Chaplin and Knights) plus look for depth, particularly in the midfield. Trading should be avoided unless we're trying to improve our draft order.

If you're meaning trading is far less important no days due to Free Agency then I agree with you. With a club like ours, we can attract far more players via Free agency without having to give up anything. As WP said - trade out but only trade in if the deal is ridiculously good (Grigg for Collins is bordering on this at present!). 

[WilliamPowell]

With some of our players you'd be lucky to get offered 3rd rounders for them.

Having said that after today if we were to be offered a few 3rd rounders for some of our blokes I'd take it in a heartbeat

[Go Richo 12]

Matt White to Aberfeldie to play along side Tom Hislop next year ?

When did Matt White change his name from greg?

[Loui Tufga]

Matt White to Aberfeldie to play along side Tom Hislop next year ?

When did Matt White change his name from greg?

Exactly! More bad mail from the JokeStar

[Big Papa Bear]

Silly question really given our depth was tested and failed.

Similiar problem at Carlscum - went back to the old hands - Russell, Thornton, Bower etc - and lost games. When Ratten tried the youth (Bell, Levi etc) they started winning a few!! Surprise surprise!

What we do at Tigers - no depth or talent to cover injuries - so we go back to the older hands.