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On Footy Classified last night the panel gave their hypotheticals on which players would be a good fit at other clubs. Caro suggested Mason Cox would be a fit for us considering our Ruck stocks.
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AFL trade whispers, rumours, news: Joe Daniher Sydney, coy response | Fox Sports
Didn’t rule out not being at the Bombers
Certainly could have answered the question directly and honestly"be tough, only when it gets tough"
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At this stage of the season and with things possibly still 'up in the air'.....no, he could not. Surely you know how things work re: player movements pre the trade period.....in fact, all season long. Honesty usually begins when players actually sign on the dotted line.
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Anyone can read anything into a comment however they want. I thought he was pretty straight forward. How do you know he didn't answer honestly. Just heard what he said again and he sounded straight up front. Coy my lemonade.
Didn't rule out going to Hawthorn either.Comment
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The situation with Daniher and Papley is similar to that when it was rumoured that Longmire was going to NM. A lot of journos were talking as if it were a done deal. Nothing definitive was said by Longmire; only that he was contracted for next year. And we know how that story ended.
One of the things that bothers me about bringing in Daniher is what chance do either Amartey and McLean have of seeing AFL footy for the next 3 years with Buddy, Daniher, Reid, McCartin and Sinclair all competing for 2 or 3 spots in the forward line. Similar to why Membrey left us. I don't like undercutting our own listed players. Surely we can wait another year to see how things unfold next year with our current group of forwards and re-evaluate same time next year, as we would do anyway.Last edited by Ludwig; 3 September 2019, 10:33 PM.Comment
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Article says Daniher is likely to stay at Essendon. But adds.
"should there be a late twist during the trade period, the Bombers could expect two first-round draft selections in return for him."Comment
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Young gun enhances top-five claims with stunning performance - AFL.com.au
GIPPSLAND Power midfielder Sam Flanders' brilliant finals performance on Sunday furthered his claims as a possible top-five pick at November's NAB AFL Draft.
Flanders was outstanding in the Power's tough eight-point loss to the Oakleigh Chargers, putting in a best-on-ground showing to boost his stocks at the business end of the season.
The powerful 18-year-old kicked four goals in the first half and finished with 27 disposals (16 contested), nine clearances and seven tackles in a well-rounded display at Ikon Park...
The clash between the sides was seen as a battle of some of the country's high-end talent, with Gippsland's Flanders and Caleb Serong taking on Oakleigh pair Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson.
Serong was also terrific throughout the contest, collecting 29 disposals, nine clearances and seven inside-50 entries. His form as a tough, contested ball-winner has continued unabated throughout the year.Comment
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Does one Tim Taranto (draft pick 2) or one Callum Mills (pick3) make more difference in a team vs say having two top ten picks on the field ?
For me I think the best decision for our team is to have two players around draft pick 10
I think it is a very valid argument for an AFL team and statistically probably the smartest decision to diversify via two players at say pick 10ish rather then one at pick 4/5
I’d love to see any data that maybe floating around to support a for and against on this strategy ?
We have seen so many top draft players moderately successful the last 5 years or so. Why not average them out and strengthen ur team via two players
To take two picks around pick 10ish gives us twice the opportunity of getting it right and secondly if both players turn out above average then we have a much much stronger team
The contrary argument is that our draft committee think that our pick 4/5 gets us the front row seat to choose one of 5 players who are undoubtedly elite?
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I still like the idea of being able to negotiate with a team that simply can not afford one of their drafted players from the last year or two. Ie a Jye Caldwell as an example pick 11 a year ago and a seriously emerging midfielder.
Gws have just paid a huge amount for Coniglio and they have a massively expensive midfield ie they have Kelly, Taranto, Green, ward, hopper, Whitfield and more emerging
Jye was a pick 11 but prior to 4 injuries in his draft year was ranked 5-10 as a draftee.
We trade pick 4 and pick 23 in exchange for a Jye Caldwell type player and say pick 11 in return
The pick 4 allows a team like gws to stretch out their salary cap constraints and even out the emergence of talent into their top 22 plus get their Tom green who is a top6 pick
Collingwood
Bulldogs
West coast
Geelong
Etc maybe in a similar challenge re salary cap and emerging talent
For us it gives us a very exciting midfielder who will be in their second preseason and still gives us another pick 11. Ready to get 20 games plus in 2020.
Come 2021 an important year for us - a player like Jye will be his third pre season and really humming when we need it........plus we will have another pick 11 also in their second pre season
Two players
Two picks around 10ish
Diversified yet top talentLast edited by Auntie.Gerald; 4 September 2019, 06:35 AM."be tough, only when it gets tough"
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