Barnz and I led the Ainsworth bandwagon last year!! Haha.
But that was (at least from my perspective) if we traded our pick one for 2 of gold coasts top 10 picks rather than keep pick 1. He’ll be a gem.
Higgins does look like he’s ‘that kid’ who there seems to be in the first round of each draft. Does everything right and is a gun player with great attributes but the thing going against them is their size.
Normally I’m all for those types but crikey we are really hitting a tipping point in our midfield mix with those types.
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So Jackets is dropping hints about contracted players potentially moving clubs. Is it time for Paddy to come home?
And, by home I obviously mean Brisbane.
HowManyGoal:
So Jackets is dropping hints about contracted players potentially moving clubs. Is it time for Paddy to come home?
And, by home I obviously mean Brisbane.
You’d just love it if we convinced contracted Ollie Wines to leave, return to Vic for family and take Jobes spot.
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barnz
September 2, 2017, 12:09pm
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Houli_Dooley:
Barnz and I led the Ainsworth bandwagon last year!! Haha.
But that was (at least from my perspective) if we traded our pick one for 2 of gold coasts top 10 picks rather than keep pick 1. He’ll be a gem.
Higgins does look like he’s ‘that kid’ who there seems to be in the first round of each draft. Does everything right and is a gun player with great attributes but the thing going against them is their size.
Normally I’m all for those types but crikey we are really hitting a tipping point in our midfield mix with those types.
if he was 5 cm taller hed be #1 pick.
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Not only that but he’s the perfect contender to get a boutique winery going. Joe’s brews and Hooksey’s wine could be in for some competition!
Yep. Make it happen.
I agree, I rate him and think he is very exciting.
At what point though do we address our need for getting the right mix in our midfield group?
Zerrett
They all form part of the core of our midfield that we think can help us have our next tilt at things.
Hepp and Myers are currently the only bona fide mids with any size to them (Goddard nearing the end).
We all hope Langford and Laverde can break in there but I put my hand up to say I’m waivering a little on that.
If we took Higgins I’d be excited about the player he could be in isolation but I’d acknowledge that we have an imbalance in our midfield brigade.
If true, it means our past speculations in this thread have barely scratched the surface!
Uncontracted players only? We’ve only been looking at the tip of the iceberg!
This thread, after this new revelation:
Earthquake:
From SEN (haven’t seen this posted anywhere)
Essendon list manager Adrian Dodoro has mapped out the plan for the Bombers’ strategy heading into the player movement season.
The Dons will face Sydney in an Elimination Final next Saturday, but Dodoro and his team have already been thinking about ways to improve the list for 2018 and beyond.
“Fortunately, we won’t be as busy as the last few years where we needed to go find top-up players,” he told SEN at Friday’s NAB Rising Star.
“It is more around the needs of the team. We would like to bring in a couple players if we could, if not, we will go to the draft. We have always been a draft and develop club. We have an open mind about it.”
On a wider basis, Dodoro said to “expect the unexpected” in this year’s trade period, drawing back on the Sam Mitchell and Jordan Lewis moves from 12 months ago as inspiration.
However, he also anticipates the new CBA between the AFL and AFL Players Association will influence the player movement climate.
“I don’t think there will be as much trading this year as previous years,” Dodoro said.
“I think the 20 percent increase of the salary cap has meant clubs have kept most of their players, that’s a by-product of the 20 percent. A lot of players that move will be players in contract, which will make it an interesting trade period.”
Dodoro also confirmed Essendon asked the question of Dustin Martin as a part of their “due diligence,” but opted out of the race for the Tigers superstar “pretty quickly.”
ESSENDON
AFL
And there you have it.
Pre-conditioning to another off-season of hand sitting from Dodoro.
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Your seat on the Ainsworth train has come back to me.
I think fan fiction of 4 goal last qtrs to win preliminary finals hit its peak in the Spring of '16.
Oh the memories.
Houli_Dooley:
At what point though do we address our need for getting the right mix in our midfield group?
Parish
McGrath
Zaharakis
Adelaide’s main midfield group is:
I’m not sure height is a problem
How is it pre-conditioning?
He clearly states underneath the part you highlighted that we are a draft and develop club.
barnz
September 3, 2017, 1:10am
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Tall crouch is the player we all hoped Myers could be.
Tall bullish midfielder that can wrestle free from contests and lay the ball out for overlapping run. Or drill a nice kick.
We’ll probably just end up with McVeigh and some other fringe player who was going to be delisted.
Deckham
September 3, 2017, 1:20am
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Yeah, because the club is shiit.
I still think Myers can have an impact, as long as the balance is right around him.
My point is we’ve got (ignoring Jobe and BJ for the minute) a 191cm and a 189cm guy already established in our mid rotations, and in the pipeline we have 191cm langford, 191cm Lav, 188cm Begley, 186cm Clarke and 187cm Mutch
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Could Lav become an inside mid?
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Henry_s_Angry_Pills:
I still think Myers can have an impact, as long as the balance is right around him.
My point is we’ve got (ignoring Jobe and BJ for the minute) a 191cm and a 189cm guy already established in our mid rotations, and in the pipeline we have 191cm langford, 191cm Lav, 188cm Begley , 186cm Clarke and 187cm Mutch
That’s suprising.
Wouldn’t have thought he was that tall.
Definately a lot to like about the Fridge.
Deckham
September 3, 2017, 1:43am
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Henry_s_Angry_Pills:
I still think Myers can have an impact, as long as the balance is right around him.
My point is we’ve got (ignoring Jobe and BJ for the minute) a 191cm and a 189cm guy already established in our mid rotations, and in the pipeline we have 191cm langford, 191cm Lav, 188cm Begley, 186cm Clarke and 187cm Mutch
I think the issue is not one of ‘how many’, but one of ‘assurity’. We don’t need many of them but we definitely need one or two good ones. And we are, or will soon, lack that. If the ones you mentioned came on, we’d have more than enough. But that won’t happen. I do think Mutch & Begley will be inside/outside mids. Maybe wishful thinking.
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barnz
September 3, 2017, 1:43am
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All bar mutch have been playing split time in hybrid forward mid roles. And imo been better forward. Mutch similar but as a defender. However his best games I’ve seen was when he was pushing up a wing.
A lot of my hesitation to bank our midfield future on Langford laverde and Begley comes from their inability to impact over 4 quarters in the VFL for Lang and Begley and in AFL for lav. They need what 2 to 3 more preseasons? Which is why I thought and still do think getting rockliff would buy us time to develop these players.
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