2018 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel

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  • Blood Fever
    Veterans List
    • Apr 2007
    • 4049

    Originally posted by S.S. Bleeder
    I think you could add Maibum to that list. Lloyd should be our priority.
    Need all four. Our backline is a well oiled machine and Sinclair has to be the most improved player in the league. Gone from useful to very good. Credit to him.

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    • ugg
      Can you feel it?
      Site Admin
      • Jan 2003
      • 15970

      I don't think that Sinclair is out of contract as I vaguely remember being reported at the time of his trade that he was given a 4 year contract (2016-2019), but I can't find anything online to verify this. My thoughts are if he was out of contract it would have been mentioned in the media by now.
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      • Meg
        Go Swannies!
        Site Admin
        • Aug 2011
        • 4828

        Roar article (Josh Elliott, pretty good journo) said it was four years:

        ?It?s believed the lure of a four-year deal is what swayed Sinclair from his original plans to remain with the Eagles despite outside interest.?

        Callum Sinclair and Lewis Jetta swap places as Eagles, Swans make trade | The Roar

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        • YvonneH
          Senior Player
          • Sep 2011
          • 1141

          How many of us could possibly think that Cal Sinclair might be leading the Bob Skilton medal at this stage?

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          • Hotpotato
            Senior Player
            • Jun 2014
            • 2271

            He doesn?t make too much of a song and dance about it.
            He?s pretty cool .

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            • 707
              Veterans List
              • Aug 2009
              • 6204

              Originally posted by ugg
              I don't think that Sinclair is out of contract as I vaguely remember being reported at the time of his trade that he was given a 4 year contract (2016-2019), but I can't find anything online to verify this. My thoughts are if he was out of contract it would have been mentioned in the media by now.
              Was definitely four as many posters were complaining about having to pay a spud for four years and how we lost the Jetta trade! What did Midnight Oil sing? Short memories must have a ..... :-) Sinclair has been huge, credit to him and anyone in the coaching staff responsible for the big lift in performance.

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              • 0918330512
                Senior Player
                • Sep 2011
                • 1654

                Originally posted by 707
                Was definitely four as many posters were complaining about having to pay a spud for four years and how we lost the Jetta trade! What did Midnight Oil sing? Short memories must have a ..... :-) Sinclair has been huge, credit to him and anyone in the coaching staff responsible for the big lift in performance.
                Has Sinkers ruckwork and general play improved considerably since the arrival of Dean Cox? Is he the new genuine ruck-whisperer?

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                • I?m-uninformed2
                  Pushing for Selection
                  • Mar 2018
                  • 60

                  Agreed. I have to admit I never thought of Sinkers as a lead ruck. I thought he was a handy forward with the potential to pinch hit in the ruck, but didn?t think he had the smarts and competitive streak he?s shown this year. Good on him.

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                  • CureTheSane
                    Carpe Noctem
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 5032

                    Originally posted by I?m-uninformed2
                    Agreed. I have to admit I never thought of Sinkers as a lead ruck. I thought he was a handy forward with the potential to pinch hit in the ruck, but didn?t think he had the smarts and competitive streak he?s shown this year. Good on him.
                    That's how he came to the Swans.
                    As a tall forward with a potential upside and the ability to move to ruck when needed.
                    Annoys the hell out of me when commentators express their amazement that he is doing well in the forward line.
                    Show how much they know - they see him as a ruck only for some reason.
                    The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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                    • stevoswan
                      Veterans List
                      • Sep 2014
                      • 8559

                      Originally posted by 09183305
                      Has Sinkers ruckwork and general play improved considerably since the arrival of Dean Cox? Is he the new genuine ruck-whisperer?
                      Stephen Taubert might be retorting, "Oi...I'm not dead yet!!" if this rumour gets around.

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                      • Ludwig
                        Veterans List
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 9359

                        Adding to the Darcy Moore story we now have reports that we are after Jeremy McGovern:
                        AFL trade news: Sydney leaps into the race to secure West Coast free agent Jeremy McGovern | Fox Sports

                        I'm surprised that we can afford to pursue these players, especially McGovern. In any case, it represents a big vote of no confidence for Aliir and Maibaum. If there's any truth to this we can expect Aliir will be out the door at the end of the season. It would seem that the management feel that 2016 was an aberration and Aliir will never reach that level again.

                        I wonder what will happen with all these KPPs that we are accumulating. I now think that Franklin will go on past his current contract. So what will happen with McCartin, Amartey and Blakely, let alone Aliir, Maibaum and Pink? We seem to have an excess of quality KPPs yet are pursuing new ones. These are not the kind of players who will want to be spending their careers in the reserves waiting for players to retire or get injured.

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                        • YvonneH
                          Senior Player
                          • Sep 2011
                          • 1141

                          We seem to be linked with almost every player that is available, but seldom one of these come to fruition. The acquisitions that we do get come out of the blue.

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                          • goswannies
                            Senior Player
                            • Sep 2007
                            • 3049

                            Originally posted by YvonneH
                            We seem to be linked with almost every player that is available, but seldom one of these come to fruition. The acquisitions that we do get come out of the blue.
                            Although it?d be nice to have another Father/Son at the Club, it?s not unlikely that McGovern?s manager is using the Swans ?interest? to inflate this next contract offer from the Weagles ... or the media trying to hype up a slow news day.

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                            • Aprilbr
                              Senior Player
                              • Oct 2016
                              • 1803

                              I am sure that McGovern would be a great acquisition but I think that he is most likely to re-sign with the WCE when it comes down to it. I feel we are more likely to pick up Moore from Collingwood than him given DeGoey?s tremendous form yesterday (how good was he?). He will now need to be paid big money to stay putting greater pressure on their salary cap.


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                              • 707
                                Veterans List
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 6204

                                Mason Cox very good yesterday, Moore getting cheaper as we go on, next years third I reckon???? McGovern won't leave Perth, has a young family I believe

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