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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1200 on: October 18, 2014, 05:03:56 PM »
Better teams have the expendable depth to trade average players for higher draft pick whereas our average players would get us peanuts. Doesn't help when you don't at least shop them around to see what you can get :banghead

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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1201 on: October 18, 2014, 05:04:33 PM »
If Taylor hunt is a tagger, can't be worse than grigg
Does he avg 20+ possies a game in his senior games  ::)
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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1202 on: October 18, 2014, 05:24:34 PM »
Stats don't mean a lot these days

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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1203 on: October 18, 2014, 05:28:31 PM »
Good comment though.

Why can't you post that calibre of stuff instead of the dribble you dish up here?
Don't wanna show your good self up to be totally honest.  :shh

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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1204 on: October 18, 2014, 07:49:27 PM »
Stats don't mean a lot these days
They do when one player has 5 touches a game and the other 25  ::)
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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1205 on: October 18, 2014, 08:01:56 PM »
Good comment though.

Why can't you post that calibre of stuff instead of the dribble you dish up here?
Don't wanna show your good self up to be totally honest.  :shh

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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1206 on: October 19, 2014, 01:18:37 AM »
For me the litmus test for RFC is 2105.In my opinion this year will determine the fate of the coach and a large chunk of the list.Therefore despite 2014 being a season of extremes I am quite prepared to give the RFC the benefit of any doubt.However should the club produce anything akin to the first half of 2014,then heads will be called for .The club has now set the bar quite high therefore it needs to deliver.

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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1207 on: October 19, 2014, 09:08:10 AM »
For me the litmus test for RFC is 2105.In my opinion this year will determine the fate of the coach and a large chunk of the list.Therefore despite 2014 being a season of extremes I am quite prepared to give the RFC the benefit of any doubt.However should the club produce anything akin to the first half of 2014,then heads will be called for .The club has now set the bar quite high therefore it needs to deliver.

agreed G. Hopefully we'll see the continued improvement in Griff and Batch and see players like Dea, Arnott and McBean step up. Bottom 6 needs to improve a lot

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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1208 on: October 19, 2014, 09:12:11 AM »
For me the litmus test for RFC is 2105.In my opinion this year will determine the fate of the coach and a large chunk of the list.Therefore despite 2014 being a season of extremes I am quite prepared to give the RFC the benefit of any doubt.However should the club produce anything akin to the first half of 2014,then heads will be called for .The club has now set the bar quite high therefore it needs to deliver.

agreed G. Hopefully we'll see the continued improvement in Griff and Batch and see players like Dea, Arnott and McBean step up. Bottom 6 needs to improve a lot

Yep agree with both of you

I also think that as 2015 rolls on if we still have certain blokes (eg Newman) in the first 22 then it means those bottom 6 and a couple of others (eg McIntosh) either aren't coming on how I am expecting them too or they are not getting opportunities

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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1209 on: October 19, 2014, 11:55:32 AM »
Its time the Bean,Arnott,Dea,and a few others declared themselves present.
it goes without saying that TY,Griff,need to also step up another level

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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1210 on: October 21, 2014, 06:04:04 PM »
Some interesting de-listing today

Down at Geelong Taylor Hunt, Mitch Brown and Joel Hamling have been given the chop

At Carlton Mitch Robinson, Kane Lucas and Brock McLean all goneskis.

All players de-listed can be signed as Free agents once the next stage of free agency opens
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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1211 on: October 21, 2014, 06:09:50 PM »
M brown > chaplin

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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1212 on: October 21, 2014, 06:12:54 PM »
So keen on Hunt to boot Grigg out and take his run with role that he did. It was only last year they were banging on how well Hunt can tag and then win his own footy the other way. Don't know why he fell out of the side,  if that was just a one off, flash in the pan season or he got injured, but age and type would fit our side just nice IMO. We could do with some more mongrel. No better chance than to pick him up for absolutely nothing.

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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1213 on: October 21, 2014, 06:14:35 PM »
Some interesting de-listing today

Down at Geelong Taylor Hunt, Mitch Brown and Joel Hamling have been given the chop

At Carlton Mitch Robinson, Kane Lucas and Brock McLean all goneskis.

All players de-listed can be signed as Free agents once the next stage of free agency opens
Would take Robinson if we could delist Petterd, Grigg, Batchelor or Houli. All not needed IMO

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Re: Trade week rumours and innuendo
« Reply #1214 on: October 21, 2014, 06:21:34 PM »
Hunt or Robinson would be an upgrade on Grigg...I'd just go Hunt for his pace.

Brown would provide needed depth for the backline though I'd only take him as a rookie, especially if we don't we re-rookie Darrou...not sure but think we'd also have to go with a 39-5 list instead of 38-6 if we grabbed one of Hunt or Robinson as a DFA -  too bad we're continuing to waste a rookie spot on Thomarse the Tortoise.
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