Travis Johnson Brock McLean

[BelfastSaint]

Both names were mentioned by Robbo on SEN as possibly being up for trade with St Kilda supposedly looking at Travis Johnson ...

[SaintBot]

johnston's too old


id give a fair amount for mclean however

[saintsRrising]

The Dees would need another top 10 pick....to go with their No 4 pick...

[CURLY]

Johnston comes with the weights set and tackling bag he got when he arrived at Melbourne both never used.

[Dan Warna]

how was brock mcleans senior season? also seems to have issues with alcohol and bar room fighting...

travis johnstone, overrated and soft, but talented. he is a good player, but nothing special. i think going on 28?

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 63,00.html

edited to add this in.

[Oh When the Saints]

We do have a thread at the top of the page for trade discussion.

I understand everyone wants their voice to be heard, and it makes it difficult to be consistent as a moderator.


From now on, all threads relating to specific players from other clubs will be locked.

No exceptions.

Please use the thread at the top of the page http://www.saintsational.com/forum/view ... &start=150

Cheers.

[BelfastSaint]

I rarely read ....never mind post in stickies ........
As if there is so much happening at the moment that individual players cannot be discussed in their own thread...................

[BelfastSaint]

OFFICIAL - trade rumours/wishlist thread

Is this the thread you are talking about.......The really important thread which has had 1 post since last Friday .......

[congorozides]

id take them both for sure. I cant stand the idea of us wasting another high draft pick on a dud.

time for gwilt to to step up next year. i think maxy is almost gone - if i were Ross, id tell gwilt to prepare for 20 games next year. lets find out if he can play.

[Oh When the Saints]

OFFICIAL - trade rumours/wishlist thread

Is this the thread you are talking about.......The really important thread which has had 1 post since last Friday .......

I know what you're saying BelfastSaint.

It's just easier for those who read less frequently than many to visit one thread with all trade discussion.

Mods often get PM's asking for a reduced number of threads on the same topic.

The thread at the top of the page is 7 pages long ... I think there's been a bit of off-field activity that has prevented us from talking footy in the past week.


But in future ... I would ask that posts about trading go in that thread.

[BelfastSaint]

OFFICIAL - trade rumours/wishlist thread

Is this the thread you are talking about.......The really important thread which has had 1 post since last Friday .......

I know what you're saying BelfastSaint.

It's just easier for those who read less frequently than many to visit one thread with all trade discussion.

Mods often get PM's asking for a reduced number of threads on the same topic.

The thread at the top of the page is 7 pages long ... I think there's been a bit of off-field activity that has prevented us from talking footy in the past week.


But in future ... I would ask that posts about trading go in that thread.

And I understand what you're saying OWTS ...and if I thought we should be trading for a certain player who I personally felt would benefit the Saints then I would post it in that thread...but Johnson and McLean were brought up in the media (SEN) with specific mention to St Kilda so I think that has more relevance than my own personal ravings...

[Mr Magic]

Travis Johnson is a highly skilled footballer who can tear sides apart with precision skills if left alone.

He cann be a brilliant 'outside midfielder' - the link man for the 'in and under' player. He is not a noted 'defensive' type player and the only time he lays a tackle seems to be an 'accident'.

He is also almost totally useless when a good 'tagger' gets him.

If he were to come to us hw would enhance our team in that oppositions do not have lots of 'good taggers' and they would have to choose who to tag? Currently (2007) the decisoin by most oppositions was to tag Dal which lessened his effectiveness for us. If we had Johnstone we would have 2 similar types of players (distributors of the footy) and lessen the dependance on Dal getting the ball.

Brock McLean is a totally different kettle of fish.
Doesn't have Johnstone's silky skills but is an absolute 'hard nut' ball getter. A less skilled version of Luke Ball.

Either player would certainly enhance our team, but in different ways.

[Oh When the Saints]

Fair enough.

I will judge each thread on its merits ... if it has new info/more credible source (i.e. SEN, newspaper) then it can remain ...

[bozza1980]

I wouldn't mind either in the red white and black.

It all comes down to what you have to give up for them.

[congorozides]

I wouldn't mind either in the red white and black.

It all comes down to what you have to give up for them.

agreed.

[cwrcyn]

In McLean we'll have another Steven Lawrence.

[BringBackMadDog]

Brock McLean is a gun, I still have nightmares about him ripping us a new one in last years final. Tough uncompromising in and under midfielder. Would have him in a heart beat. Travis Johnstone is brilliant skills but tends to disappear out of a game. Maybe we have too many like him already

[Batnoe]

Would be happy with both, But would love Johnstone on the wing, again, another Fiora type where he has to be put in the right position

Number one draft pick in 1998 from memory/

McLean is tough and could help Luke Ball out, but if we could trade pick 9 for both of them i would jump at it, but highly unlikely

[Unforgiven]

Rather Mclean, but Johnston is a quality player none the less.

[Armoooo]

Would be happy with both, But would love Johnstone on the wing, again, another Fiora type where he has to be put in the right position

Number one draft pick in 1998 from memory/

McLean is tough and could help Luke Ball out, but if we could trade pick 9 for both of them i would jump at it, but highly unlikely

No chance they would trade both of them for pick n umber 9, I would trade pick number 9 for McLean definately, wouldn't give up much for johnstone though.

[Beej]

I would move heaven and earth to get Brock McLean at the Saints.

He had a woeful 2007 and was involved in a bit of fistycuffs over in Greece recently so Melbourne may even consider a trade.

Power, pace, graft. I'd be all over it.

[evertonfc]

OWTS - You're doing a fantastic job of minding the content of this board, which is why I concentrate on porn ...removal.

On the trading stuff, I reckon if it's just someone's opinion (unless its a detailed analysis of our approach to trading - not just someone saying "yeh we shd trd pk 9 4 fev & myb jrd waite 2...discuss"), stick it in the other thread. However, if it's someone posting a story with some facts behind it, it deserves its own thread. Fair enough guidlelines to follow...?

I think that's what you were intending to do anyway, OWTS?

Oh being a moderator is no fun...you become a killjoy for the good things in life: free speech, cheap viagra, porn, homework

[ifonlybarkswashere]

Now that the horse racing industry has gone to the wall there should be less distractions for Travis. Let's pick him if the horse flu continues... then again, he's probably betting on the dishlickers by now anyway.

[Dan Warna]

I would move heaven and earth to get Brock McLean at the Saints.

He had a woeful 2007 and was involved in a bit of fistycuffs over in Greece recently so Melbourne may even consider a trade.

Power, pace, graft. I'd be all over it.

and again, he's drinking and picking fights all over europe. sounds a bit like a moron on holiday.

his 07 has been ordinary or solid at best.

[Beej]

I would move heaven and earth to get Brock McLean at the Saints.

He had a woeful 2007 and was involved in a bit of fistycuffs over in Greece recently so Melbourne may even consider a trade.

Power, pace, graft. I'd be all over it.

and again, he's drinking and picking fights all over europe. sounds a bit like a moron on holiday.

his 07 has been ordinary or solid at best.

All over Europe?!

It's Brock McLean, not Slobodan Milosevic.

Boys will be boys.