Available free agents. Who to target
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Re: Available free agents. Who to target
Breust are you kidding?
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Not sure who will look after him now at the Hawks
If you doubt me, go and watch the first quarter of the North v Hawks from the middle of the year
The Kangas went for him and he literally disappeared from the game
So yes he can run up and down the wing and find space over the top, that's about it
Absolute down hill skier
Not sure who will look after him now at the Hawks
If you doubt me, go and watch the first quarter of the North v Hawks from the middle of the year
The Kangas went for him and he literally disappeared from the game
So yes he can run up and down the wing and find space over the top, that's about it
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Re: Available free agents. Who to target
I would only touch Fyfe or Martin from that list, but would be very careful about what we're offering... there is talk around both of them having off field / personality issues which is the last thing we need and 2017 will show whether Fyfe's body can reach the heights again
Perhaps 2 x first rounders might be a wiser investment and better preparation for longer term success..???
Perhaps 2 x first rounders might be a wiser investment and better preparation for longer term success..???
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Re: Available free agents. Who to target
it is after 8 consecutive years of service at the same club. That would make someone who played VFL with them eligible at the end of next year.stevie wrote:Cheers TM so it goes by games played or years? 2010 was Suns first in the then VFA actually
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Re: Available free agents. Who to target
Target most of them. With a few exceptions they are ready to be shot.
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Re: Available free agents. Who to target
Or trading for Kelly/ShielWinmar7 wrote:I would only touch Fyfe or Martin from that list, but would be very careful about what we're offering... there is talk around both of them having off field / personality issues which is the last thing we need and 2017 will show whether Fyfe's body can reach the heights again
Perhaps 2 x first rounders might be a wiser investment and better preparation for longer term success..???
Personally I would still have a crack at Martin as well.
However with RFA's as I mentioned earlier my belief is that today that the very elite ones that you will probably still have to trade for. However it may be that our List Mangers have and will in 2016 frontloaded enough contracts at the 95% level so that we can offer a RFA a contract with a massive First and / or Second year that would prevent the home club from matching our RFA offer. However how much that then rocks the boat by aggrieving our existing players may be a risk, and I tend to think a sizeable risk.
So therefore as appealing as getting an elite player at no trade cost may be, it may well be better for the club to suck it up and trade and to also then pay a more modest $$ salary.
If you look at the very big contracts it mainly has not really ended well. Juss made millions, but the Blues wnt no where, and that was with the AFL codonned rort of Judd early millions as a Visy Ambassador! Buddy and Tippett have resulted in the Swans haemorrhaging players. Gablett played great footy at the Suns, but the club never gained team cohesion. Dangerfield has now won a Brownlow, but the Cats in my opinion put too few eggs in the one basket and have had a dead cat bounce Top 4 and will now decline as the rest of their list will deteriorate. Their current trade period was underwhelming and they are also now still unders on picks.
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Re: Available free agents. Who to target
Barlow looking increasingly like a DFA, would we be interested?
Probably not given how limited we are for spots on the list, but would he even suit our team?
Probably not given how limited we are for spots on the list, but would he even suit our team?
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Re: Available free agents. Who to target
We feel the need. The need for speed. No thanks to Barlow.
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Re: Available free agents. Who to target
... a 25 year old triple premiership player who kicks 50 goals a year. He'll be in demand I reckon.terry smith rules wrote:Breust are you kidding?
Absolute down hill skier
Not sure who will look after him now at the Hawks
If you doubt me, go and watch the first quarter of the North v Hawks from the middle of the year
The Kangas went for him and he literally disappeared from the game
So yes he can run up and down the wing and find space over the top, that's about it