Anyone thought of Sampi?

[swans song]

He gets homesick in Perth How do you reckon he'd be in Sydney?

[AnnieH]

He gets homesick in Perth How do you reckon he'd be in Sydney?

We'd offer him a mid-week trip home once a month.

[#73]

Yeah I thought about Sampi. Then I threw up. Next.

[caj23]

Has he even been delisted from West Coast yet? I'm not sure the final decision has even been made yet.

Having said that, NO.

If he's homesick in Perth he's going to struggle in Sydney

[ernie koala]

Hey Footylover1 & ernie koala. Is that the best you could come up with?? NO!!

Would you both like to enlighten the folks on this board as to your opinion?

1) He says he has lost the desire
2) He suffers homesickness...and sydney is a further 2000km away.
3) Even when firing he is inconsistant (ala Scheids) and doesn't like close checking.
So it's a definite NO from me.

[Sanecow]

1) He says he has lost the desire

Hardly!

Sampi, whose 2007 was ruined with off-field problems, met with Woodhouse yesterday.

"He expressed a burning desire, and they are his words, to continue to play AFL footy," Woodhouse said.

Source (September 22)

2) He suffers homesickness...and sydney is a further 2000km away.

I think homesickness is more about good player management than distance.

[ernie koala]

Tell that to Gaspar, Grant ,Rocca etc..
And his inconsistant form..?? His inability to cope with close checking..??
NO

[reigning premier]

Besides... We'll be down on indigenous player quota this time next year.

[Sanecow]

Tell that to Gaspar, Grant ,Rocca etc..

The old days.

And his inconsistant form..?? His inability to cope with close checking..??

He'd fit right in.

[ernie koala]

Schneids also fitted in.

[Sanecow]

Inconsistent finishing is an art.

[Plugger46]

Yeah I'd look at him.

[Lucky Knickers]

Yeah I'd look at him.

Me too. Then I'd shake my head and look away.

[Industrial Fan]

I bite my thumb at Sampi. Not what we need.

[Bleed Red Blood]

Can we drop this mythical idea that the move to off load both Sceinder & Dempster was for nothing more than the best draft pick(s) we could get.

The move to off load both was more about freeing up a spot on the list to allow us to promote 2 rookies and to provide further senior game time and opportunities for some of our younger emerging talent in Schmidt, Moore, Barlow, Laidlaw, Thornton and Daniel O'Keefe.

Roos was up front after the defeat to Collingwood that as many as three of these players are going to get first crack next year. But 25 does not go into 22 so someone had to go and those two were about the best we had to get at least something and that would releive some salary cap room.

Not all trades are completed for best possible draft picks alone.

DST

There we're plenty of other players that should have been moved on before Schneider and Dempster.

Aren't we still aiming for a Premiership next year? Schneids and Dempster would help with that more than some of the duds still hanging around.