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But the killer is you then are forced to either draft or trade for a key forward & have to wait 4-5 years for them to develop which means you either trade for a forward at that price which will not get you much better than Reid or wait that amount of time which leaves Franklin as the lone target for those years. If Schache was interested in Sydney I'd say yeh I could take letting Reid go n use the compo for him as he has 2 years of development in him but it sounds like his heart is set on going to a Melbourne club. I love watching Jones but personally think Reid is more important to our structure. He can play as a target up front or if needed helps down back plus plays as a link from out of the back half. If we had more targets coming through I'd totally agree but basically the cupboard is bare.
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Aliir the wildcard new forward!Comment
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Our next big forward is Pink.
I think.He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)Comment
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That's what I was hoping when ugg mentioned he played forward but he sounds like nothing has changed since I saw him in his junior days in the WAFL. Just not a forward sadly, will pinch hit when desperate but you wouldn't want to rely on him week in week out. Pink is half a chance to make it but he's a fair way off from holding down a key forward position in an afl senior side.Comment
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Exactly right. The problem has been Longmire's obsession with ruckmen.
I think Nankervis is overrated, at least at this stage of his career. He's a very average ruckman at best. He gets a lot of the ball around the ground, because no one bothers to cover him as they don't view him as being very dangerous with ball in hand. He will kick the odd goal or 2, but his disposal is not that great overall. I think we will do better with Cameron in the long run.Comment
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Weekend over, pick 4 is ours!
Well at this stage at leastComment
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Thought Nankervis was just ok last night. Commentators went right over the top after he kicked last goal. He is a smart footballer and good luck to him because he has a crack but he is a bullocking player who is not real quick. We were a much better team towards the end of last year with Naismith. Hope he is not as injury prone as Tippett! Pattern not good so far.Comment
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Video on the AFL website "Sydney's botched trading" which I can't view at present. Assume it's saying Mitchell and Nankervis for Florent and Cameron is flawed?Comment
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Their premise was that Nankervis is a player with who plays with 'presence' and in their opinion KT, Sinclair, and Reid do not, they added NS to that but I don't think they could remember enough about the game of NS to know whether he can impose himself on a game or not. I think they might have referred to Mummy also being a ruckman with 'presence' that we traded out. They may have a point, but I don't think their discussion warranted the headline.
Their comments about Alistair Clarkson taking a leaf out of Collingwood's book of tactics on how to beat the Swans was however irritaitingly very close to the mark. How could we fall to the same tactics twice!!
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Their premise was that Nankervis is a player with who plays with 'presence' and in their opinion KT, Sinclair, and Reid do not, they added NS to that but I don't think they could remember enough about the game of NS to know whether he can impose himself on a game or not. I think they might have referred to Mummy also being a ruckman with 'presence' that we traded out. They may have a point, but I don't think their discussion warranted the headline.
Their comments about Alistair Clarkson taking a leaf out of Collingwood's book of tactics on how to beat the Swans was however irritaitingly very close to the mark. How could we fall to the same tactics twice!!Comment
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