Collard promotion to 2009 senior list

[mightytiges]

Not 100% guaranteed yet but OER sources know the club has already sat down and discussed about promoting Collard to the senior list next year  .

[Infamy]

I think it's a stupid move to elevate him now, he's only just broken into the coburg seniors.
He has a long way to go with his fitness and defensive pressure and by elevating him to the senior list it means we have to cut someone else from the list.
He's the only rookie elibable for the rookie list next year, so we should make the most of that and just make sure that he's the first one elevated with any long term injury

[Go Richo 12]

I think it's a stupid move to elevate him now, he's only just broken into the coburg seniors.
He has a long way to go with his fitness and defensive pressure and by elevating him to the senior list it means we have to cut someone else from the list.
He's the only rookie elibable for the rookie list next year, so we should make the most of that and just make sure that he's the first one elevated with any long term injury

Tivs won't be at tigerland next year, so they won't have to make a cut, it's already happened and that creates a spot where Collard used to be!

[tigersalive]

I think it's a stupid move to elevate him now, he's only just broken into the coburg seniors.
He has a long way to go with his fitness and defensive pressure and by elevating him to the senior list it means we have to cut someone else from the list.
He's the only rookie elibable for the rookie list next year, so we should make the most of that and just make sure that he's the first one elevated with any long term injury

Tivs won't be at tigerland next year, so they won't have to make a cut, it's already happened and that creates a spot where Collard used to be!

But that means we need at least 4 gone instead of 3 if we elevate Collard as we still need to take the minimum three draft picks in the NAB National draft.

Correct?

[mightytiges]

Don't forget the Club may get special permission to place Polly on the rookie list next year while he continues with his recovery from brain injury. That would open up another senior list spot. If Collard remained on the rookie list in that case we would only be able to draft two new rookies.

As I said it's not certain. The club is considering promoting Collard.

[Infamy]

But that means we need at least 4 gone instead of 3 if we elevate Collard as we still need to take the minimum three draft picks in the NAB National draft.

Correct?

Precisely

At the moment we have two going, Tiva & Hyde

If we elevate Collard then we need to delist two more, Polak moving to the rookie list could be one, but who else? Rumours that Pettifer is getting another one year deal, so probably not him.
I'd rather we had at least 4 spots free for draft picks anyway, 3 in the National Draft plus a PSD spot for another kid who trains with us after the draft.

[mightytiges]

I think it's a stupid move to elevate him now, he's only just broken into the coburg seniors.
He has a long way to go with his fitness and defensive pressure and by elevating him to the senior list it means we have to cut someone else from the list.
He's the only rookie elibable for the rookie list next year, so we should make the most of that and just make sure that he's the first one elevated with any long term injury

Tivs won't be at tigerland next year, so they won't have to make a cut, it's already happened and that creates a spot where Collard used to be!

But that means we need at least 4 gone instead of 3 if we elevate Collard as we still need to take the minimum three draft picks in the NAB National draft.

Correct?

Yep that's right TA. You can only have a maximum of 35 players on your senior list by October 31. We've still got trade week first so what happens there will have a big say on how many current players get the chop. If we trade one or two guys for picks then that'll free up spots as well.

[blaisee]

would be a mistake to elevate collard to the senior list IMHO
was a mistake to elevate graham last year also IMHO

[Infamy]

was a mistake to elevate graham last year also IMHO

I think we had to elevate him as he had had his two years on the rookie list.
To put him on as a 3rd year rookie we had to delist him and then hope no one else took him and we needed the ruck insurance in case Simmo went down again.

[Judge Roughneck]

he's only just broken into the coburg seniors.

He's got more talent in his right nut than 100% players on the feild in the game he kicked 6 last week

[Infamy]

Doesn't mean he should be on the senior list next year
He still has a lot of work to do on his fitness and defensive pressure

Staying on the rookie list will tell him that he needs to bust his ass again and prove that he deserves to be there, if he can improve his fitness in the coming preseason by as much as he did last year, then we'll have a player. If he gets elevated and uses that as a reason to slack off then he'll get delisted. Give him the motivation to work harder for it.

[wilba]

!Dont know if this is true! Heard along the grapevine that other clubs were looking at him but not sure how system works after finding out that it is a 2year rookie contract can other clubs still take him.If so this might have promped the club to elevate him i know he will star at top level if get fittness right.

[pmac21]

Just elevate him, he is obviously going to be a decent player and they are obviously going to do it eventually so give him the sniff, elevate him and let him bust his butt over summer and play round 1 2009.

[Mr Magic]

As long as Petiffer is punted it's a good move IMO.

[blaisee]

As long as Petiffer is punted it's a good move IMO.

correct.

It will be a case of one door opens and another closes if it occurs.