Damn- he’s jumped off again.
At their best Ridley and Parish are very good footballers, we just don’t see it enough
Uh oh, sounds like it must be the bad kind of hamstring: “hamstring awareness.”
And replace them with shithouse picks that will likley get delisted
Tassie as well
I don’t disagree that Ridley is very good and parish is good but they don’t play enough and parish hasn’t been any good since 21 we could have traded them out for decent picks and not been at huge loss now for greater gain in the future
Draft picks arent guranteed for all we know the picks used from Ridley and Parish could turn out worse players or duds
IMO Guelfi is best 22. Before Kako came in he was our No1 picked small forward. If Gresh and Kako stay fit/contribute than offensively, we won’t miss much but the more of these type of injuries we get, the more out depth is tested. Everyone would agree that our depth players are pretty average.
We play Guelf are our def forward. Remember how good he played on Sisily round 1 last year?? Can’t think of anyone who can do that for us at the start of 2025…
Your right they aren’t a promised commodity but that’s how a rebuild works
If we were to get rid of Parish and Ridley i would want instant replacements that are far surprior
Trade the picks we get for better players
Simple as that… replace Parish and Ridley for better players with the picks we receive… Why didn’t somebody think of that?
It’s an incredible idea - I have a feeling no one has ever considered that before.
Works for Geelong trade picks for good/better players
They need a Dangerfield replacement they arent going to the draft they are trageting Rowell as a replacement
Why should we just limit our selves to the draft?
If Parish hasn’t been any good since 2021 how are we going to trade him out for a decent pick?
We would have easily got a late first for him
IIn my opinionGuelfi is (and always has been) a fringe/bit part player…
He’s only played 26 games in the last 2 years would be interesting to know how many as SUB - its been a few. Even Menzie has played more than that - 35 games…
He’ll now be out for half the year now and come back through the 2’s behind Gresham & Kako - he’s probably on a par with Menzie for a small forward spot - 3rd or 4th in line… Gifting Guelfi a 2 year deal was ridiculous…!!
Should have been used as trade bate/capital to WA teams after his top 3 bnf year.
I love the way people on here are sure that a player is no good, yet are sure another club is going to offer great picks/trades for that player. I’d imagine that other clubs know who’s available and what they’re worth. If a player is no good at EFC, we’re not going to get much of a trade.
Offers exciting opportunities for Unwin or Davey (when fit) to win a small forward spot. Or Likely brad will play another mdifielder through the forward pocket like Hobbs etc
There seems to be a common thread here - trade players once they have a good season. To get the best return.
With hindsight (if a player subsequently goes backwards) this sounds like rolled gold genius.
Not sure how you tell if a player has developed or just has one out of the box though?