mad saint guy wrote:St Kilda = Hack central.
I thought we were moving forward after getting rid of all our old players...but adding Jones, King, Gardiner and Dempster onto the list just sends us further backwards. Hopefully we will at least cut Ferguson and maybe Rix now. I just don't understand why we are trading for players who just won't make a positive impact.
Look at the new players
Schneider - He is the one player I am genuinely happy to have. He adresses our lack of goalkicking half forwards and adds some spark into the team
Dempster - There is nothing that Dempster can do that Blake, Raph Clarke and Ferguson can't do. I didn't mind us trading for him, but it is unrealistic to expect him to play 100 games for St Kilda. He couldn't get a game when Sydney were missing their CHB and FB. He won't add anything.
King - Played about 5 games this year and none were actually good. He spends more time injured than playing and can't cover the amount of ground required in modern football. He is a less mobile version of Rix,
Gardiner - He is a forward who doesn't get the ball and very rarely kicks goals. Utterly useless.
I thought we were getting rid of the deadwood, but we are simply replacing it.
Gehrig, Hamill, Voss, Thompson, M.Clarke > Jones, Schneider, Dempster, King, Gardiner
MSG of all the forumites I thought that you would be delighted.....for getting Schneider will probably ensure that your pet-hate player in CJ does not geta game.
Ona more serious note....our rucks are crap...and King would geta job asa ruck in most teams. He is agood pick up for us.
We on have ONE small or medium forward. Schneider gives us TWO.. this is a big step up even though Schneider is no star. BUT he improvesa weakness for us.
Dempster and Gardiner are depth players for us....and will improve our depth.
Last year when Goose and Max were both out Dempster would have been very handy.
Lastly....this years draft is very week...the four that we have gained are much better than what we could have gained.
Remember that we also still have picks 9, 42, 58.....and 74.
Though noty al may be used.
9 will get us a good young kid.