2018 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel

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  • Markwebbos
    Veterans List
    • Jul 2016
    • 7186

    Originally posted by ernie koala
    We'll certainly find out over the next year or so.

    We have a waning team playing under a coach who may be getting a little stale...

    I hope he's up to the challenge of making decisive difficult decisions when required...Only time will tell.
    Someone has to be behind the, apparently calculated, refresh of our playing list and (I hope) trading in of fresh talent. Could that not be Harley's handiwork?

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    • 707
      Veterans List
      • Aug 2009
      • 6204

      Yikes, just dawned on me - we're all thinking that the trades out mean we must be up to something big and exciting, but what if we don't recruit any really good experienced players this year?!!

      Hanners, Rohan, Newman, maybe Lloyd out and no one in? Getting worried now rather than excited :-(

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      • Hotpotato
        Senior Player
        • Jun 2014
        • 2271

        However the consensus is Lloyd (if he bails) would be the only significant loss.

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        • stevoswan
          Veterans List
          • Sep 2014
          • 8555

          Originally posted by Hotpotato
          However the consensus is Lloyd (if he bails) would be the only significant loss.
          Exactly, the three already moving on are seemingly expendable (with Hanners the only "maybe not" among them) but Lloyd would be a really hard one to immediately replace.

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          • stevoswan
            Veterans List
            • Sep 2014
            • 8555

            Gaff would be a great fit for us I reckon and this line (emboldened part) from this article on afl.com.au : The Gaff chase: Will North's 'Plan A' come off? - AFL.com.au

            ......is the angle I'm hoping for that gets him to at least consider us as his destination, should he indeed decide to move on.

            "He could feel indebted to the Eagles for their support during the traumatic aftermath of the incident, but might equally be keen to escape the Perth fishbowl and possible recriminations from unforgiving Fremantle fans."

            .....and Victorian fans? If he joins North, there will be seven other Vic teams fans who will be just as unforgiving, you can bet on that......so hopefully, it's Sydney here he comes! Please!!

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            • rickmat
              Regular in the Side
              • Mar 2018
              • 500

              I dont have as big an issue with Lloyd moving on as I feel we have Mills coming back as well COR who has shown great skills, maturity and growing confidence this season. In the game against Melb, COR was very good but selectors sadly dropped him next game. Lloyd has to look after his own future and take the Gold Coast offer but it will be a hard 3~4 years ahead.

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              • liz
                Veteran
                Site Admin
                • Jan 2003
                • 16770

                Originally posted by rickmat
                I dont have as big an issue with Lloyd moving on as I feel we have Mills coming back as well COR who has shown great skills, maturity and growing confidence this season. In the game against Melb, COR was very good but selectors sadly dropped him next game. Lloyd has to look after his own future and take the Gold Coast offer but it will be a hard 3~4 years ahead.
                I'm with you on Lloyd. COR is an obvious replacement, ready and waiting to play. He's ready, and if he spends most of next season playing NEAFL he is well within his rights to start looking at opportunities at other clubs. He wasn't actually dropped after his third game - he was injured. And then by the time he was ready to resume, McVeigh was back in the senior side. I'd have played him late in the season in place of Newman but, with a fair number of other very inexperienced players in the side, I can understand why the selectors went with the somewhat more experienced Newman.

                I still don't see Lloyd ending up at Gold Coast, though, if he does leave. He just doesn't seem to be the kind of player they need as a priority. I think he's a good link/role player in a decent to good side, but he doesn't win much of his own ball or apply a lot of pressure.

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                • Blood Fever
                  Veterans List
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 4048

                  Originally posted by liz
                  I'm with you on Lloyd. COR is an obvious replacement, ready and waiting to play. He's ready, and if he spends most of next season playing NEAFL he is well within his rights to start looking at opportunities at other clubs. He wasn't actually dropped after his third game - he was injured. And then by the time he was ready to resume, McVeigh was back in the senior side. I'd have played him late in the season in place of Newman but, with a fair number of other very inexperienced players in the side, I can understand why the selectors went with the somewhat more experienced Newman.

                  I still don't see Lloyd ending up at Gold Coast, though, if he does leave. He just doesn't seem to be the kind of player they need as a priority. I think he's a good link/role player in a decent to good side, but he doesn't win much of his own ball or apply a lot of pressure.
                  Brisbane in the mix I believe

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                  • aardvark
                    Veterans List
                    • Mar 2010
                    • 5685

                    I don't do Twitter but someone might like to post Luke Parkers latest post.

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                    • Matty10
                      Senior Player
                      • Jun 2007
                      • 1331

                      Originally posted by aardvark
                      I don't do Twitter but someone might like to post Luke Parkers latest post.
                      What’s the gist?

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                      • aardvark
                        Veterans List
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 5685

                        He said.....Me leave this club? No chance!

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                        • Vonsteinman
                          Warming the Bench
                          • Sep 2008
                          • 366

                          Not Twitter, Instagram.

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                          • aardvark
                            Veterans List
                            • Mar 2010
                            • 5685

                            Originally posted by Vonsteinman
                            Not Twitter, Instagram.
                            I'm old. Sorry.

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                            • Meg
                              Go Swannies!
                              Site Admin
                              • Aug 2011
                              • 4828

                              Instagram with a great photo of Luke & Josh leading the boys out on to the field. So let’s park the Parker story.

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                              • 0918330512
                                Senior Player
                                • Sep 2011
                                • 1654

                                Originally posted by aardvark
                                I'm old. Sorry.
                                Age is not a very good excuse aardvark. I don’t consider myself too old and I don’t Tweet the Insta-Face-Chat thing either!

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