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  • Mark26
    Senior Player
    • Jan 2017
    • 1535

    Originally posted by Industrial Fan
    Time over again would anyone else keep Mitchell and trade Parker ??
    Are you for shizzle? Absolutely not!

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    • mattybloods
      Warming the Bench
      • Jul 2016
      • 482

      I really don't think we're missing Mitchell at all

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      • Nico
        Veterans List
        • Jan 2003
        • 11329

        Got a bit of "educated" mail yesterday that some clubs are bidding for Dustin Martin, but Adelaide will come over the top and gazump them all.
        http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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        • Mug Punter
          On the Rookie List
          • Nov 2009
          • 3325

          Originally posted by grarmy
          I appreciate that you think I am negative but sometimes you just go too far.
          Quite right grarmy, Ludwig's comment left a nasty taste in my mouth too.....

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          Originally posted by Industrial Fan
          Time over again would anyone else keep Mitchell and trade Parker ??
          No way

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          • dejavoodoo44
            Veterans List
            • Apr 2015
            • 8497

            Originally posted by Mug Punter
            Quite right grarmy, Ludwig's comment left a nasty taste in my mouth too.....
            ...though the comment probably made a bit of a splash.

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            • Bloody Hell
              Senior Player
              • Oct 2006
              • 3085

              Originally posted by Industrial Fan
              Time over again would anyone else keep Mitchell and trade Parker ??
              Parker's more damaging. Mitchell is king of the around the back handball receive and the 1-2. We always had the inside mids to cover him, and with the rise of Lloyd his link play has been covered (but it took some time).

              I feel like Mitchell was overshadowed at the Swans and he wanted to be the big fish - which he now is. He's the best mid at the Hawks, in Melbourne, at the Swans he'd be 3/4 best.
              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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              • CureTheSane
                Carpe Noctem
                • Jan 2003
                • 5032

                Originally posted by mattybloods
                I really don't think we're missing Mitchell at all
                Of course we are missing him.
                40 possessions per game for a player would add to any team.
                Bar the first 6 games we've coped without him and to some degree filled the void he left.
                Will be interesting to see if he keeps it up/gets injured etc
                The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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                • Mug Punter
                  On the Rookie List
                  • Nov 2009
                  • 3325

                  Originally posted by CureTheSane
                  Of course we are missing him.
                  40 possessions per game for a player would add to any team.
                  Bar the first 6 games we've coped without him and to some degree filled the void he left.
                  Will be interesting to see if he keeps it up/gets injured etc
                  We'd be better with him in the side but at full strength I don't feel we miss him too much, he is playing well but I agree with the critics who say a lot of his stats are junk possessions.

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                  • MattW
                    Veterans List
                    • May 2011
                    • 4195

                    Originally posted by Industrial Fan
                    Time over again would anyone else keep Mitchell and trade Parker ??
                    No way.

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                    • Club 80
                      Suspended by the MRP
                      • Apr 2017
                      • 149

                      Originally posted by Industrial Fan
                      Time over again would anyone else keep Mitchell and trade Parker ??
                      Parker is more physical, is a more penetrating kick and a better mark. They probably cancel each other out with extraction.

                      Leadership is important and Parker seems to be vastly superior to Mitchell with leadership. I think a couple of years of the Hawks not making the finals have Mitchell looking for his next move.

                      I think next year will be a test for Mitchell without the incredible leadership of Luke Hodge. More will be expected from him in terms of on field leadership. Is he up to it?

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                      • YvonneH
                        Senior Player
                        • Sep 2011
                        • 1141

                        Originally posted by Club 80
                        Parker is more physical, is a more penetrating kick and a better mark. They probably cancel each other out with extraction.

                        Leadership is important and Parker seems to be vastly superior to Mitchell with leadership. I think a couple of years of the Hawks not making the finals have Mitchell looking for his next move.

                        I think next year will be a test for Mitchell without the incredible leadership of Luke Hodge. More will be expected from him in terms of on field leadership. Is he up to it?
                        Do not care, as Mitchell is no longer a Swans player and Luke is, so no matter what happens we made the right decision.

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                        • rojo
                          Opti-pessi-misti
                          • Mar 2009
                          • 1100

                          I think I saw that he is 7th on the AFLCA votes leaderboard this week so that's not too shabby. We let him go for roughly the same reasons that the Hawks let JPK go, the only difference being that when Tom came to us he already had star potential. I think it is a shame that he is going to realise it with the Hawks . It was indeed a good move for him.

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                          • 707
                            Veterans List
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 6204

                            Got a better mix in the midfield with Mitchell's departure. He wouldn't be getting the same numbers here as he wouldn't be the main man in the middle whereas at the Hawks he's nearly the only man!

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                            • Nico
                              Veterans List
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 11329

                              Originally posted by Bloody Hell
                              Parker's more damaging. Mitchell is king of the around the back handball receive and the 1-2. We always had the inside mids to cover him, and with the rise of Lloyd his link play has been covered (but it took some time).

                              I feel like Mitchell was overshadowed at the Swans and he wanted to be the big fish - which he now is. He's the best mid at the Hawks, in Melbourne, at the Swans he'd be 3/4 best.
                              Don't agree. He has gone ahead of Hanners. Mitchell has a massive tank and collects possessions all over the ground. Is a genuinely smart footballer. We are much lesser for his loss. Most consistent midfielder in the comp.
                              http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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                              • 707
                                Veterans List
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 6204

                                McVeigh who looked a certain retirement earlier in the year is now playing very good football again showing he is a key component of our back 6 and will probably get another year if he keeps performing like this through to the end of the H&A and the now looking more than likely finals.

                                Not many players looking like certain delists at this point and we need to make three changes as per AFL rules. Probably only Leonardis & BJ are certainties, Talia maybe goes? That's three. Have I missed anyone in the likely going list?

                                Melican is an upgrade meaning only two ND selections, pick 17 & 35 :-) Won't use pick 53. As always, will be an interesting post season.

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