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  • BillyRayCypress
    On the Rookie List
    • May 2012
    • 1379

    #31
    Originally posted by Dosser
    I'd always thought weagles players had a lot of substance abuse issues.
    sniff
    Nothing like a good light bulb moment.

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    • Bloody Hell
      Senior Player
      • Oct 2006
      • 3085

      #32
      28 - 29 in January next year

      He'll be 30 before he's playing "Swans" footy. Too old.

      Goddard's 27 (28 in May), may be just too old, but I'd take him. Always liked him. He's had a tough year this year.
      The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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      • DLBIA14
        On the Rookie List
        • May 2010
        • 673

        #33
        He's relatively old and an inside mid. He's got ability; his season last year was quality, but nevertheless his approach to this year after losing the vice-captaincy and a place in the leadership group is questionable.

        Honestly I wouldn't mind taking him, but I'm finding it hard to see his place in the midfield. Is this the club anticipating Jude's departure?!

        I would much prefer Tippett, but his value is sky high for a decent, but not brilliant key forward. Further, Adelaide has more to gain from the GC or Brisbane. Our team full of rejects, rookies and odd-balls hasn't got much in terms of trade bait.

        Goddard is an interesting proposition. From the outside looking in he seems incredibly attached to the Saints, but the way he is playing now reminds me of the way Goodesy is going. Trying hard, almost too hard to get himself in the game, but completely unable to be influential. I think he could benefit from a change, but I don't think he's going to leave tbh.

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        • BillyRayCypress
          On the Rookie List
          • May 2012
          • 1379

          #34
          Goddard hasn't re-signed yet so either GWS or us would be very possible.

          There will be lots of room in the salary cap when Moore retires and Jesse and Meredith go.
          Nothing like a good light bulb moment.

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          • Dosser
            Just wild about Harry
            • Mar 2011
            • 1833

            #35
            Originally posted by BillyRayCypress
            Goddard hasn't re-signed yet so either GWS or us would be very possible.

            There will be lots of room in the salary cap when Moore retires and Jesse and Meredith go.
            Actually, I think we did pay overs for Jesse. I remember he had a couple of blinders at FF just before Gold Coast came online and we thought he was going to be our messiah. I had to lock him in pretty quickly and he has done nothing since. I think if we keep hi it will be on a big reduction.

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            • Mountain Man
              Regular in the Side
              • Feb 2008
              • 908

              #36
              If we did get Maloney, could we please contract him to play in long sleeves.

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              • goswannie14
                Leadership Group
                • Sep 2005
                • 11166

                #37
                I don't want Maloney and I definitely wouldn't want Goddard either.
                Does God believe in Atheists?

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                • jono2707
                  Goes up to 11
                  • Oct 2007
                  • 3326

                  #38
                  We won't need Goddard - we have Gary Rohan.

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                  • kangle4
                    Warming the Bench
                    • May 2003
                    • 200

                    #39
                    We need a key forward, Tippett or Cloke would do nicely.

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                    • liz
                      Veteran
                      Site Admin
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 16764

                      #40
                      Originally posted by DST
                      On the topic of Moloney, the game at present shows that you can't have enough midfielders. Especially those that can kick goals and pay inside and out so on a free transfer he is a bargin and would greatly to our best 25 or so.

                      DST
                      I see Moloney has officially declared his hand now as a free agent.

                      I think he'd be an excellent fit for our midfield. We lack for an explosive clearance player, especially at centre bounces. Kennedy is excellent at winning the ball and feeding it out, but he doesn't provide that explosiveness out of the middle. Goodes can but usually only when the ball is palmed in his direction - he doesn't tend to win it off the ground, or in heavy congestion. Jack has the explosiveness, but I think he is better at around the ground contests, rather than centre bounces.

                      Regardless of how this year pans out, I think this year's performances warrant the club doing what it thinks it needs to do to win a premiership in the next season or two, while we still have Goodes, ROK and Bolton. There is enough improvement still potentially to come from the likes of Parker, Reid, Johnson, Jetta and Rohan (and hopefully Mitchell) for us to think we can stay with the likes of Adelaide, West Coast et al as they also improve, and hopefully a short neck ahead of North and Richmond.

                      Moloney wouldn't cost anything at the trade table, probably wouldn't cost a huge amount salary cap wise, as I suspect he is after first grade opportunities in a decent side, after several years of the Dees struggling. At his best he is a super player and could have two or three good to very good years left in him.

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                      • BRISWAN
                        Warming the Bench
                        • Aug 2005
                        • 304

                        #41
                        Too old - give us some new blood.
                        Mids are working well.
                        We need a CHF or FF

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                        • Dosser
                          Just wild about Harry
                          • Mar 2011
                          • 1833

                          #42
                          I can see it now - Mummy palms the ball to Kennedy who extracts the ball to Mitchell who deftly handballs a lightning-quick ball to Maloney who streams downfield and kicks to .....

                          sideways.

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                          • Plugger1300
                            Warming the Bench
                            • Feb 2010
                            • 310

                            #43
                            No No No
                            Too slow and we have players like him but better

                            I would take Sylvia (kicks goals and quicker).

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                            • magic.merkin
                              Senior Player
                              • Jul 2008
                              • 1199

                              #44
                              Originally posted by Plugger1300
                              No No No
                              Too slow and we have players like him but better

                              I would take Sylvia (kicks goals and quicker).
                              Too slow? I don't think so, and it's all about depth. Mitchell is still only potential. If Kennedy goes down, Bolton slows up more...

                              Cheap as chips get on board.

                              Dyson Heppel a plodder?

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                              • Plugger46
                                Senior Player
                                • Apr 2003
                                • 3674

                                #45
                                Would be a perfect fit for us I reckon.

                                Putting aside what you would have to pay for him, why would anyone not want Goddard?
                                Bloods

                                "Lockett is the best of all time" - Robert Harvey, Darrel Baldock, Nathan Burke, Kevin Bartlett, Bob Skilton

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