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Post: # 841973Post gosainters66 »

please trade raph


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Post: # 841975Post ace »

gosainters66 wrote:please trade raph
But wouldn't be easier if you went and barracked for another team instead.
Trade yourself.


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Post: # 841976Post dals_da_bomb »

LoL at Ace.

that made me cry i laughed so hard!! :D :D :P :D :D


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Post: # 841978Post Gurgman »

ace wrote:
gosainters66 wrote:please trade raph
But wouldn't be easier if you went and barracked for another team instead.
Trade yourself.
Im with you ACE ,


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Post: # 841979Post gosainters66 »

you all think he pretty good well then surly hes worth some thing on the trade table


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Post: # 841984Post fingers »

ace wrote:
gosainters66 wrote:please trade raph
But wouldn't be easier if you went and barracked for another team instead.
Trade yourself.
I needed that laugh - thanks :lol:


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Post: # 841987Post kalsaint »

Yeh maybe funny, but other than te value of freeing up some salary cap room, I would have Luke Ball before Raph any day.


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Post: # 841998Post SENsei »

I did laugh yesterday morning when a texter texted a text to KB on SEN via the text message.

The text was congratulating Greg Norman on getting involved in Trade Week.

I did have a snigger at that!


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Post: # 842001Post cowboy18 »

ace wrote:
gosainters66 wrote:please trade raph
But wouldn't be easier if you went and barracked for another team instead.
Trade yourself.
It's all very well to want a trade for ace but what do we need? A look at the list below shows where the forum is weakest.

The forum is well stocked for portly opinionated gentlemen in the 35-50 range, those that made it through the glory years of the mid 80s. I'd suggest we avoid acquiring more.

We also have some outstanding inarticulate posters in the 16-22 age bracket who can mangle English and communicate their boundless optimism having experienced - for this club - one of our most successful periods. No more of them either.

So I suggest we go after a female poster in the 30-40 age range, ideally from a club that tasted success in the 90s. A straight swap may be difficult so we may need to throw in a bonus.

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Post: # 842011Post joffaboy »

kalsaint wrote:Yeh maybe funny, but other than te value of freeing up some salary cap room, I would have Luke Ball before Raph any day.
And I would have Chris Judd before both of them?

You point?


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Post: # 842089Post Batnoe »

I like Raph. I dont like people that dont like him


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Post: # 842091Post SainterK »

But the OP said please :roll:


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Post: # 842093Post SydneySainter »

gosainters66 wrote:please trade raph
He isn't going anywhere!


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Post: # 842096Post fingers »

joffaboy wrote:
kalsaint wrote:Yeh maybe funny, but other than te value of freeing up some salary cap room, I would have Luke Ball before Raph any day.
And I would have Chris Judd before both of them?

You point?
Don't you start weighing in to this Joffa! ;)


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Post: # 842098Post Batnoe »

People talking about trading Ball for a saints fan

Raph is one... He loves the club


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Post: # 842104Post Solar »

ace wrote:
gosainters66 wrote:please trade raph
But wouldn't be easier if you went and barracked for another team instead.
Trade yourself.
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Post: # 842139Post matrix »

gosainters66 wrote:you all think he pretty good well then surly hes worth some thing on the trade table
yeah we do
so why trade him then?

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Post: # 842146Post Hurricane »

gosainters66 wrote:please trade raph
I think you need to trade the captain of your brain ship because he is asleep at the wheel

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Post: # 842177Post JacksonsGirl »

i want to know why the raph haters never notice the good things he does and focus only on the times that he stuffs up.

these same ppl never go about the stuff ups of other players on the ground on any given day.


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Post: # 842197Post bigcarl »

raph is one of a number of players whose performances i'm sure will be looked at in the light of the finals.

i wouldn't trade him, but i would strongly consider redefining his role.

to me he is never going to be a close-checking defender and should be played somewhere that his creative skills can be put to best use ... maybe tall onballer, winger or half-forward.

it's true his grand final was poor, but his last quarter against the bulldogs in the preliminary played a part in getting us over the line.


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Post: # 842237Post degruch »

gosainters66 wrote:you all think he pretty good well then surly hes worth some thing on the trade table
But if he's a useless as most Raph-bashers seem to believe, he's worthless...better keep him in the starting 22 just to make him feel better about himself.


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Post: # 842412Post Gardiner_#1_fan »

we shouldnt trade raph i think we should play him off a half forward flank


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Post: # 842440Post boneless23 »

bigcarl wrote:
it's true his grand final was poor, but his last quarter against the bulldogs in the preliminary played a part in getting us over the line.
His last quarter was poor but there aren't too many defenders who could have kept pace with Shannon Byrnes at the end of that slug fest...not to mention he suffered a calf injury in the third quarter.

I thought Raph had a good finals series....just like last year.

If he can get together a full pre-season next year, he will continue to improve and make his doubters look like fools.


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Post: # 842460Post saintDal »

JacksonsGirl wrote:i want to know why the raph haters never notice the good things he does and focus only on the times that he stuffs up.

these same ppl never go about the stuff ups of other players on the ground on any given day.
Spot on.


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Post: # 842464Post Gurgman »

Gardiner_#1_fan wrote:we shouldnt trade raph i think we should play him off a half forward flank
Spot on , let his creative juices flow


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