2019 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel

[dejavoodoo44]

Dylan Clarke, the younger brother of Ryan Clarke, has been nominated for the Rising Star this week for his good work as a tagger. Interesting that the 2 brothers have both settled in as taggers now, and both considered to have poor disposal skills.

To make it as a tagger and just a tagger, you have to be pretty good at the job. I wonder if Clarke can hold his spot in the side when the young talent, like Stoddart, Ling, Rowbottom and McInerney, start demanding senior time by dint of NEAFL performances.

I've been liking Clarke lately. His tagging has been effective in shutting down threats and possibly even more beneficially, releasing Hewett into a more attacking role. And to certain extent, being a tagger can improve a player’s game. That is, spending most of the time guarding a gun midfielder, means that the tagger gets to closely observe what the highly skilled player is doing; in regards to positioning, evasion tactics and option taking. So if they can add some of that to their own game, then they become a better player. I think that Kirk, Crouch and Jack, all improved their skills, after spending time as a tagger.

[Legs Akimbo]

Hope that eventuates and would love to see that.

A guy that runs 16.9kms and can concentrate for 4 quarters has all the assets for a successful career as a tagger.

[707]

You need a good tagger against almost all sides and Clarke has been doing it well in recent weeks. Whether he can hold off more talented players who could be introduced to seniors as taggers remains to be seen but, for mine, if he keeps doing what he's been doing he stays.

[jono2707]

Clarke has also freed up George to do his inside thing. So maybe we are a bit more ok with our inside grunt now? So maybe we don't need to worry as much about getting Sier, and focus on a bigger fish perhaps?

[Ralph Dawg]

Clarke has also freed up George to do his inside thing. So maybe we are a bit more ok with our inside grunt now? So maybe we don't need to worry as much about getting Sier, and focus on a bigger fish perhaps?

If George keeps up his form and beyond, very soon he will be a big fish, as will Jordan, Paps and Aliir. Might be best not to shell out ridiculous money +/-long term contracts greater than 3 years so we can keep these guys.

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Although I would reconsider that for someone like P Cripps!

[stevoswan]

Carlton supposedly going for a gun small forward in the off season with Papley mentioned as a possible target.

I say he's not going anywhere....contracted until the end of next season and a Blood through and through.....it's in his genes.

Blues on the hunt for small forward to complement tall timber - AFL.com.au

[cruiser]

I read the article on the AFL site that mentioned Papley as a small forward Carlton might be interested in. Absolutely no substance to this baseless speculation. Papley isn’t going anywhere. He’ll stay a Swan and captain the team to a Premiership!

[barry]

Part of the Cripps trade I would say.

[Markwebbos]

There’s been quite a few of those Papley rumour articles this year. I’m assuming his manager is planting them or lazy journalists are at work. A bit like the endless Stephen Coniglio speculation stories when it looks like he’s absolutely going to stay at the Giants and everyone knows that.

[Ralph Dawg]

Part of the Cripps trade I would say.

Hypothetically Barry, would you take Cripps for Papley + second rounder?

[707]

There’s been quite a few of those Papley rumour articles this year. I’m assuming his manager is planting them or lazy journalists are at work. A bit like the endless Stephen Coniglio speculation stories when it looks like he’s absolutely going to stay at the Giants and everyone knows that.

An interesting exercise would be from the start of a season to note every player moving/targeted article and see how many of them actually happen. Quite a low % I'd reckon. Almost every player drafted out of his home state is claimed to be looking to move home.

It's crap journalism to fill the endless voids in the news cycle, like the trade Buddy stuff of a few weeks ago, came out of no where, every commentator was into it, went back from whence it came, up some journo's bottom!

If you did a list of players least likely to leave the Swans, Papley's name would be very close to the top rather than the bottom.

Move along now, nothing to see here

[mattybloods]

If Carlton are after a small forward then Ronke seems a natural fit and someone we'd be willing to trade

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[barry]

If Carlton are after a small forward then Ronke seems a natural fit and someone we'd be willing to trade

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Except ronke has zero trade value. Cant get a game in the 4tg worst team.

Above, yes I'd take Cripps for papa plus 2nd rounder

[dimelb]

Except ronke has zero trade value. Cant get a game in the 4tg worst team. ...

We tend to forget that day, last season, when (to quote Hawthorn's banner on the next meeting) "things went Ronke" for them. I don't know whether he is suffering from second year blues or whatever, but I bet (if that's permissible) they would take him in a breath.
And I further bet that eventually we would be lining up here to ask who the hell let him go.

[Ralph Dawg]

We tend to forget that day, last season, when (to quote Hawthorn's banner on the next meeting) "things went Ronke" for them. I don't know whether he is suffering from second year blues or whatever, but I bet (if that's permissible) they would take him in a breath.
And I further bet that eventually we would be lining up here to ask who the hell let him go.

Hard to say but the evidence so far would say he lacks disposal skills and overall game sense. But I agree Carlton would potentially take him and give us something decent in return so if a reasonable deal was put in the table, we should take it.

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Except ronke has zero trade value. Cant get a game in the 4tg worst team.

Above, yes I'd take Cripps for papa plus 2nd rounder

Imagine the hysteria that would generate down in Melbourne!