Trade talk - from August 2024

[Stressed_out]

@Finding_Nino

Redman is another.

The only time you get rid of players like Mcgrath,Redman etc if you have replacements that are better and we don’t.

I would add Stringer and his 42 goals to that list as well.

[edarotag]

@bomber_rhys1

Hobbs was wrong? The Dodoro thread was called flankers to mids as a joke that we never drafted proper midfielders. We draft a proper midfielder and it was the wrong type of player?

Sorry, maybe I’ve misread, but Hobbs is exactly the type of guy they should have explored.

Ben Hobbs is a 183 cm midfielder.

Zach merett is a 180 cm midfielder. At time of Hobbs draft Zach was either 25 or 26
Darcy parish is a 181 cm midfielder. At time of Hobbs draft, Darcy was either 24 or 25, and had just came equal 5th in the Brownlow.

Jye Caldwell at 183 cm was also on the list. We may not have expected him to be what he was this year. Or even Durham at 185cm was on the list before Hobbs picked

There is some hindsight hero involved where it would have been impossible to forecast the leaps of Caldwell and Durham, but at the very least, you didn’t need to be a rocket scientist to imagine that Parish and Merrett would be so far in front of Hobbs for years, and bringing in another mini midfielder was pulling the wrong rein

We try and play Hobbs as a forward, but he is not that. He is a mid only. So unless EFC thought that Parish and Merrett were significant flight risks, why pick up a bloke who is a lesser version of them? Particularly when you already have other small midfielders already on your list. At a time when big bodied midfielders are a premium

That’s why I feel for Hobbs - he was the player that fell into our laps, but he was not the player EFC needed. Our foolshead head of recruiting tried to claim us supporters should be happy cos we just drafted our big bodied midfielder.

History is proving right that he has not been able to establish himself as a mainstay of our mid rotation. If you want to claim that Hobbs should be there replacing Merrett, Parish, Caldwell, or Durham that’s a different argument and not one I’m making. My point is that we didn’t need another small midfielder at the time he was picked up. And its irresponsible list management to have so many small midfielders - it was just never going to work.

[SplitRound]

Also, at the time, McGrath was being played as a full time mid with no particular indication that was going to change. Caldwell was a higher pick than Hobbs, in a generally higher rated draft class, who we paid a reasonable amount for despite his injuries. He’s exactly the player we traded for.

No hindsight hero required, it was the discussion in the draft threads on blitz in 2021, except the projected midfield being discussed was smaller than it currently is.

[Jake_Brady_10]

Charlie dixon lmao even im better than that dud, sign me up for free

[bltn]

I’m guessing Handypoint didn’t watch the Final the other night !

[Clone_Hirdy]

@Bombers2013

I would rather us start badly then come good instead of stopping half way.

Thing is, if we start badly, we are likely to end worse. Not a bad thing really!

[Clone_Hirdy]

@bomber_rhys1

Hobbs was wrong? The Dodoro thread was called flankers to mids as a joke that we never drafted proper midfielders. We draft a proper midfielder and it was the wrong type of player?

Sorry, maybe I’ve misread, but Hobbs is exactly the type of guy they should have explored.

Completely disagree. He’s not a Cripps or Bont size mid. We selected him when our biggest issue was we had Parish, Merrett, Shiel, McGrath and Caldwell as our midfield. He was just another short mid with average skills.

[Airportwonders]

@Clone_Hirdy

Completely disagree. He’s not a Cripps or Bont size mid. We selected him when our biggest issue was we had Parish, Merrett, Shiel, McGrath and Caldwell as our midfield. He was just another short mid with average skills.

Precisely - we already had 4 midgets and didn’t need another one.

[Tbone]

No he wasn’t Hobbs is the exact midfielder we had too many of, the slow small kind.
We needed either pace or a truly big body mid

[bullishish]

He was just ahead of his class because he had a developed body and wasn’t short by u18 standards. Was an ordinary user of the ball, bit of a plodder that just attacked the footy head first. And nothings changed except he’s not big in comparison anymore

[RTBC]

@James98

Someone really has hijacked Ninos account and tied him up in a basement

give us the real nino back you monster @patrick_bombers

Nino finally retiring from Blitz after the longest sports forum troll on record.

[Duplicity]

@Trotters

Yes

[Stressed_out]

I need some trade rumours involving us. It’s a long post season.

[Bomber1408]

@jonovdp

McGrath and Redman are average players

McGrath & Redman will do better now that Heppell & Kelly are gone IF we replace Heppell & Kelly with players that can run & kick. Ridley will also step up.

The backline is where our most important draft moves need to happen IMO

[Bomber1408]

I forgot & Lav goes & is also replaced with a quality full back

[RTBC]

I wouldn’t recognise Perryman if he stood up in my soup. Can he play? Can he kick?

[bltn]

He’s good and walks into our Best 22.

Feels like he misses lots of games thru injury though.

[IceTemple]

@RTBC

I wouldn’t recognise Perryman if he stood up in my soup. Can he play? Can he kick?

Don’t pay the Perryman
Don’t even fix a price

[Houli_Dooley]

Doesn’t answer your question but I can show you when Paddy Ambrose broke his ribs and made him miss the next month or two of footy.

This happened right in front of me (insert meme). I flew up to Sydney all excited for this round 1 game after we’d just added Dylan Shiel to Stringer, Saad and Smith the year before. Sure enough, the Giants beat us by about 80 points.

But this was the one highlight for me. I’ll never forget the thud it made.

- Find & Share on GIPHY

[Duplicity]

Yeah the thud and crowd groan was legendary on that play