Trade talk - from October 2024 (Part 7)

Im drinking at the pub now so probably wont respond to a commenttoday if you respond anyway haha

Redman was mostly playing on a wing but had stints as a high HF and the occasional stint as a defender

How much he make the club in merch, sponsorship, membership, media exposure etc. think the club would of done very well out of it

The pints cold?

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They sure are haha

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@Mickey_D, McKenna played forward for his Gaelic club. He wanted to play forward then, when he left us, and probably still does. He played forward in 2015 in the VFL. See below. AI isn’t always right.

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We did give McKenna a couple of games as a forward towards the end and he stunk it up.

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I think we have to face facts - Tsatas, Hobbs, McGrath, Perkins, Cox are all busts.

Heath shaw took him to the cleaners. To be fair I think he had check out by that stage.

Yeah pretty much on balance they are busts - it all comes down to ■■■■ recruitment. We have changed that area but we need to finish bottom three for three years to come back up again

Agree and we need to wipe the slate clean and realise our mistakes. Hopefully Rosa does that. It is so sad that we have been bad for so long.

McGrath isn’t a total bust, he will play 200 average games

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hes nowhere near a bust

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Lol McGrath a bust, ok.

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He’s not a bust but he is not what you want from a pick 1. He’s an outstanding defender 1 on 1 with questionable skills and will end up having one of those careers where he plays 200 odd games without making AA and probably never wins a club B&F

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Ridley, Langford, McGrath, Redman, Parish and Draper

As many picks as possible in the next 2 drafts, just go hard and reset, we’ll have some pain but at least we’d be trying something different to get this club back on track.

Absolutely. From a PR perspective and off field stuff- he was great for them

In terms of on field, I’m not sure he was a big success

I know that but there was vision of a conversation between Demetriou (or McLaughlin) and Sheedy (or L Cameron) suggesting that they expected us to bid for Setterfield.

Those players arent worth much be lucky to get a couple of late 2nd and 3rd round picks,picks that will be useless to us and not at the pointy end of the draft.

Would get a 1st for Ridley or Draper tho