2017 trading, drafting, list management

[Auntie.Gerald]

I don?t know much about horses but the jockey took winx wide and out early so to ensure out of harms way ..........but it?s a long ride from there and a calculated risk timed to perfection I thought

[stevoswan]

Nearly happened.

Didn't it.....Humidor certainly sent a few pulses racing in the final straight.

[wolftone57]

I think outside run is still an area we need competition for spots and depth in 2018
I think Hartung would thrive at Sydney

Endurance king looking for new club after delisting
Hawks cut three, but a lifeline is on offer - M.afl.com.au

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Young Lion Reuben William caught drink driving - M.afl.com.au

My nephew is a Hawks member. He has been totally frustrated at Hartung for several seasons now. Hartung does not make good decisions, he is there for his speed and seldom uses it, his disposal is second class. He is a crap contested player, does not have an overhead mark to save himself. Totally overrated. don't need him, don't want him and I think he will be very lucky if anyone picks him up. By the way he is also lazy and doesn't run both ways naturally. The Hawks runner is constantly out telling him to pick his man up.

[wolftone57]

I think we need another Zac Jones type. By that I mean aninside/outside mid, who has great speed, is hard as, tackles like a Banshee. He woul have to be slightly better in one area, delivery. Zac isn't too bad but an elite kick would be good.

We need to get a very young key defender as back up. This could be a rookie pick or a late pick. But we might wait until next year for this as the stocks are going to be much better.

Speed, height and good delivery in one player should be our Christmas wish.

[bloodspirit]

Alex Witherden broke his leg, but is a totally star in the making at Brisbane!.

Basically we are very close to a flag with the team with have, but Buddy is not getting younger.

We don't need any project players, and with Blakey next year, he can be our tall project and not Balta.

We need a first round recruit who can make an impact game one, not fade out like Florent (he get better with a few preseason).

Bonnar will be about the mark of 14, and for those who say he has been injury, he sure didn't test that way at the combine.

All players get injury, but the Swans have always try to recruit players with some hard character.

Coming back from that sort of injury gives you some mental toughest, and that what really succeed in AFL.

Also on another note, it true Club have got away playing just one ruck man in the last two Flags.

But i would say small forward lines can be caught out if your defenders are tall and quick.

Bonnar both tall and quick, a swing man like Hyphen, far better than Reid who looks lost often or not down back.

Where will our improvement come? We need only one ruck and towers substituting.

So only one of Tipp, Sinkers or Naismith in the 22; mind you getting Horse to change his coaching is a lost cause!

Bonnar without injury would have been a 5 to 10 pick; we have lots of good mids and good depth, time to roll the dice for a premiership!

Good, thoughtful post.

[caj23]

We need an emoji for tumbleweeds!!!

[stevoswan]

Yes, things have quietened down a bit.....roll on draft.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Trent Mckenzie delisted from suns
Hmmmm
Two kicks and a goal at the scg

Mckenzi to bud ......goal !

[Auntie.Gerald]

Axe falls again at the Suns to make it 12 exits in cleanout
Sun sets on four more at Gold Coast - M.afl.com.au

[Ludwig]

Trent Mckenzie delisted from suns
Hmmmm
Two kicks and a goal at the scg

Mckenzi to bud ......goal !

Not if one of the kicks is out of bounds on the full.

Axe falls again at the Suns to make it 12 exits in cleanout
Sun sets on four more at Gold Coast - M.afl.com.au

I see Dan Currie has been delisted for the 8th time. I wonder where he will go next. Maybe back to the Swans. We can always use another ruckman.

Even if he doesn't find another club, he's already had a remarkable career, having managed to play 10 games in 11 years. That's even less work than I've done during this time. I'm jealous. Okay, if you're Caleb Daniels you can hid behind the water cooler for a couple of years. But Dan, how did you do it? Congratulations on a job intelligently well done.

[707]

A number of clubs have a stack of vacancies to fill, the delistings just keep on coming. Twelve now departed Gold Coast in a weak draft year.

Us? well we announce the smallest number possible and sit tight which shows we are very happy where our list is positioned. No point trading and drafting just to be seen to be doing something. Takes us four days to fill a single page in this thread!

[Blood Fever]

A number of clubs have a stack of vacancies to fill, the delistings just keep on coming. Twelve now departed Gold Coast in a weak draft year.

Us? well we announce the smallest number possible and sit tight which shows we are very happy where our list is positioned. No point trading and drafting just to be seen to be doing something. Takes us four days to fill a single page in this thread!

Young guns Mills, Heeney, Hayward, Florent, Dawson etc can develop very quickly. Good position to be in.

[mattybloods]

I'm very happy with the state of the list but I like the idea of picking up a young delisted free agent that we can turn into a star. Wishful thinking

[liz]

I'm very happy with the state of the list but I like the idea of picking up a young delisted free agent that we can turn into a star. Wishful thinking

If they were likely to turn into a star, they probably wouldn't have been delisted. It's possible, I guess, but those players who do get another chance are likely to become depth players (or list cloggers) at their new club and then get moved on in a year or two. If we had a position where we particularly lacked depth, it might be worth looking at one, but I don't think we really do.

[S.S. Bleeder]

Not if one of the kicks is out of bounds on the full.

I see Dan Currie has been delisted for the 8th time. I wonder where he will go next. Maybe back to the Swans. We can always use another ruckman.

Even if he doesn't find another club, he's already had a remarkable career, having managed to play 10 games in 11 years. That's even less work than I've done during this time. I'm jealous. Okay, if you're Caleb Daniels you can hid behind the water cooler for a couple of years. But Dan, how did you do it? Congratulations on a job intelligently well done.

That would be about $200k per game. He must be the highest paid player per return in AFL history.