Areas of Need for 2016 and beyond

[tony_montana]

If we could get Bennell, Yarran and Redden we'd well and truly have an elite onball brigade.

We'll still need to find another key back and a big ruckman, Zac Smith??

[WA Tiger]

If we could get Bennell, Yarran and Redden we'd well and truly have an elite onball brigade.

We'll still need to find another key back and a big ruckman, Zac Smith??

This is what I have been saying. These are the 4-5 extra players I have been talking about all year that we need that will take our team to the next level and the level of a GF contender.

Bennell (mid, crumbing forward)
Yarran (back/mid/goal sneak forward)
Redden (mid)
Smith (Ruck)
Hampton (Back)

= Grand Final!!

[YellowandBlackBlood]

If we could get Bennell, Yarran and Redden we'd well and truly have an elite onball brigade.

We'll still need to find another key back and a big ruckman, Zac Smith??

This is what I have been saying. These are the 4-5 extra players I have been talking about all year that we need that will take our team to the next level and the level of a GF contender.

Bennell (mid, crumbing forward)
Yarran (back/mid/goal sneak forward)
Redden (mid)
Smith (Ruck)
Hampton (Back)

= Grand Final!!

And they'll all come to us because 16 other teams don't want them? 

[WA Tiger]

If we could get Bennell, Yarran and Redden we'd well and truly have an elite onball brigade.

We'll still need to find another key back and a big ruckman, Zac Smith??

This is what I have been saying. These are the 4-5 extra players I have been talking about all year that we need that will take our team to the next level and the level of a GF contender.

Bennell (mid, crumbing forward)
Yarran (back/mid/goal sneak forward)
Redden (mid)
Smith (Ruck)
Hampton (Back)

= Grand Final!!

And they'll all come to us because 16 other teams don't want them? 

Absolutely stuff all to do with it. What I want to see is the RFC fight tooth and nail for these players and they don't, gee if they did we might even get a couple/few, year after year they don't give a flaming whimper, they are the weakest most gutless club when it comes to attacking recruitment. Guess what, the other 16 clubs are far more courageous at recruiting and that is why they get the players. Look at the Pies FFS!!!

It's members/supports like you that I call the RCGG because all you see is rose colours when you look through your glasses at this club!!

 

[Yeahright]

If we could get Bennell, Yarran and Redden we'd well and truly have an elite onball brigade.

We'll still need to find another key back and a big ruckman, Zac Smith??

This is what I have been saying. These are the 4-5 extra players I have been talking about all year that we need that will take our team to the next level and the level of a GF contender.

Bennell (mid, crumbing forward)
Yarran (back/mid/goal sneak forward)
Redden (mid)
Smith (Ruck)
Hampton (Back)

= Grand Final!!

Not sure on Hampton but that would see us improve significantly however realistic it may be. Most should come cheap too compared to actual value
Redden > Foley
Yarran > Newman
Bennell > Knights
Smith > Hampson (And Maric but could they form a potent team especially with the sub rule scrapped?)
Hampton > Pettard

[tony_montana]

Yep, Yarran wants out and to us apparently
Bennell is out and we'd be buying at his lowest value, our first rounder should get it done and well worth it imo.
Redden is more of a long shot, but he'd be valuable and take the heat off Miles and Cotch
2 out of those 3 should be very realistic and would still be important acquisitions for us. If we were willing to trade players like Conca and lennon, there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to get more in above the afore mentioned.

[WA Tiger]

So we have worked it out in three posts.. , why cant they.

Instead of Lennon I would look at Ellis being traded, that would do it!!

[Yeahright]

So we have worked it out in three posts.. , why cant they.

Instead of Lennon I would look at Ellis being traded, that would do it!!

I unfortuantely think Ellis is a necessary evil. Remember when we had Grigg playing that role

[WA Tiger]

So we have worked it out in three posts.. , why cant they.

Instead of Lennon I would look at Ellis being traded, that would do it!!

I unfortuantely think Ellis is a necessary evil. Remember when we had Grigg playing that role

He poos me, he doesn't even look before he kicks the ball, he just kicks the bloody thing every time.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

If we could get Bennell, Yarran and Redden we'd well and truly have an elite onball brigade.

We'll still need to find another key back and a big ruckman, Zac Smith??

This is what I have been saying. These are the 4-5 extra players I have been talking about all year that we need that will take our team to the next level and the level of a GF contender.

Bennell (mid, crumbing forward)
Yarran (back/mid/goal sneak forward)
Redden (mid)
Smith (Ruck)
Hampton (Back)

= Grand Final!!

And they'll all come to us because 16 other teams don't want them? 

Absolutely stuff all to do with it. What I want to see is the RFC fight tooth and nail for these players and they don't, gee if they did we might even get a couple/few, year after year they don't give a flaming whimper, they are the weakest most gutless club when it comes to attacking recruitment. Guess what, the other 16 clubs are far more courageous at recruiting and that is why they get the players. Look at the Pies FFS!!!

It's members/supports like you that I call the RCGG because all you see is rose colours when you look through your glasses at this club!!

 

I do not have rose coloured glasses mate. You misunderstood my post. I'd love all of these players too. But we have SFA chance of getting ALL of them. I hope to hell we get some but you are living in dreamtime land if you think we will land all of them. Why? Because we have 16 other teams vying for their services and we cannot outbid all of the for all the players. That is just a fact of life. It is reality. If you can't handle reality then you have no right to criticise my post!!!!!!!

[Diocletian]

So we have worked it out in three posts.. , why cant they.

Instead of Lennon I would look at Ellis being traded, that would do it!!

I unfortuantely think Ellis is a necessary evil. Remember when we had Grigg playing that role

He poos me, he doesn't even look before he kicks the ball, he just kicks the bloody thing every time.

Yep he's definitely playing the role of Grigg....

[WA Tiger]

If we could get Bennell, Yarran and Redden we'd well and truly have an elite onball brigade.

We'll still need to find another key back and a big ruckman, Zac Smith??

This is what I have been saying. These are the 4-5 extra players I have been talking about all year that we need that will take our team to the next level and the level of a GF contender.

Bennell (mid, crumbing forward)
Yarran (back/mid/goal sneak forward)
Redden (mid)
Smith (Ruck)
Hampton (Back)

= Grand Final!!

And they'll all come to us because 16 other teams don't want them? 

Absolutely stuff all to do with it. What I want to see is the RFC fight tooth and nail for these players and they don't, gee if they did we might even get a couple/few, year after year they don't give a flaming whimper, they are the weakest most gutless club when it comes to attacking recruitment. Guess what, the other 16 clubs are far more courageous at recruiting and that is why they get the players. Look at the Pies FFS!!!

It's members/supports like you that I call the RCGG because all you see is rose colours when you look through your glasses at this club!!

 

I do not have rose coloured glasses mate. You misunderstood my post. I'd love all of these players too. But we have SFA chance of getting ALL of them. I hope to hell we get some but you are living in dreamtime land if you think we will land all of them. Why? Because we have 16 other teams vying for their services and we cannot outbid all of the for all the players. That is just a fact of life. It is reality. If you can't handle reality then you have no right to criticise my post!!!!!!!

Go read mine again then mate, because you didn't understand it either!! We are weak as pee at this aggressive recruiting caper!!! FFs, have a go RFC and who knows how many of those players we can get!!!

Fact; we have a war chest...Fact we are after big fish!! Fact...we are pee weak at chasing these players and that's that!

[WilliamPowell]

Please don't confuse the war chest with what we may or may not have available in salary cap space

They are 2 seperate things.

If we can snag 2, perhaps 3 significant trades and/or Free agents then we would have done well.

 Our main focus should still be trading for Treloar, which we are still a show in. Then it should Bennell and then Yarran

Unless they are planning on dumping Hampson, even though to do so means his contract would still go into our salary cap the a ruckman like Smith is highly unlikely IMHo

[WA Tiger]

Please don't confuse the war chest with what we may or may not have available in salary cap space

They are 2 seperate things.

If we can snag 2, perhaps 3 significant trades and/or Free agents then we would have done well.

 Our main focus should still be trading for Treloar, which we are still a show in. Then it should Bennell and then Yarran

Unless they are planning on dumping Hampson, even though to do so means his contract would still go into our salary cap the a ruckman like Smith is highly unlikely IMHo

The "war chest" was in relation to the freed up money we would have during this period, honestly why would the club say that knowing there was no room in the cap??!

Yes. if we get Treloar, Bennell and Yarran it will be a win! If we get Yarran only its pathetic, not the player, the result overall.

[WilliamPowell]

Please don't confuse the war chest with what we may or may not have available in salary cap space

They are 2 seperate things.

If we can snag 2, perhaps 3 significant trades and/or Free agents then we would have done well.

 Our main focus should still be trading for Treloar, which we are still a show in. Then it should Bennell and then Yarran

Unless they are planning on dumping Hampson, even though to do so means his contract would still go into our salary cap the a ruckman like Smith is highly unlikely IMHo

The "war chest" was in relation to the freed up money we would have during this period, honestly why would the club say that knowing there was no room in the cap??!

Yes. if we get Treloar, Bennell and Yarran it will be a win! If we get Yarran only its pathetic, not the player, the result overall.

Hold on a tick, I never said anything about there being no room in the cap

But people seem to think that just because there is some sort of war chest that it means we have unlimited space in our salary cap,so by extension we can go out and get 5-6 players via trade/FA

That's just not realistic. The club would have a cap (no pun intended) on what they are able or wanting to do.

I agree with you re your 2nd point.