Yes, I was surprised when they based themselves out there, spending millions of dollars in the process.
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Well summed up Posh.
Trading out someone or two out may turn out not to be necessary as you say, but possibly a better option for a contracted player or players who may feel their place is under threat, and for a team now looking (after last years successful draft), to pick up draftees to fill specific positions.
Preparing to invest in the 2023 draft may still be on the cards..
Liverpool England ain’t that flash either , it’s full of fat bald headed tattooed men , I felt so out of place
im no trelor fan due to what he did to tigers,but his stats are super elite , career dis 27.5 gls .59,there likely is no tiger player ever that would find more ball than that and he was at collingwood a absalute line breaker.
Haarrgh.
Poor old Gee Whizz, since their inception and over their brief history of eleven whole years. They've managed to stink it up, pretend to become a veritable untouchable power house, get within sniffing distance of premiership glory, sink ignominiously back into the mire of stinking things up.
Not a bad effort for a club that's owned nearly all the early draft picks for a decade. Give the bastards bare minimum for Tarantino n Grasshopper, make em earn their keep the hard way just like everybody else does.
GWS and Gold Coast are in that vortex they aint getting out for a long time.
Theyve become feeder clubs.
Re reading before l posted i realised forgot Castagna and missed tarrant as his norf games didnt show up on the list of Richmond games played
GC can at least get players, they just do poor deals like offering 4 yrs for B.Long!
GWS inability to manage the cap needs far more attention that it's getting. They have made an absolute meal of it.
Don't mind GC targetting Long.
He's definitely the type they need i.e. pace from the backline.
He's definitely the type they need i.e. pace from the backline.
Not to mention we had 5 picks inside the top 30 last year.
The best alternative to being crap again and have access too top 5 picks(Dusty & Cotch) is to trade.
Taranto(#2) & Hopper(#7) gets pretty close.
With Shed & Lambert retired, and the Chimp to retire next year, we really need both the Hopper and Taranto trades to get done.
Dusty's 32 next year & Prestia who turns 30 next month, and is injury prone. Shai's age demographic is great. We have Ross and Sonsie as developing mids, and used Shorty in the guts with Bakes in there at times.
While not like for like, Hopper and Taranto are in effect, replacing Shed and Lambert.
If we don't get Hopper & Taranto, both RCD and Dow will need to stay, because the cupboard is bare, and we're a couple of injuries away from being snookered.
Dusty's 32 next year & Prestia who turns 30 next month, and is injury prone. Shai's age demographic is great. We have Ross and Sonsie as developing mids, and used Shorty in the guts with Bakes in there at times.
While not like for like, Hopper and Taranto are in effect, replacing Shed and Lambert.
If we don't get Hopper & Taranto, both RCD and Dow will need to stay, because the cupboard is bare, and we're a couple of injuries away from being snookered.
The bulging GWS salary cap is just the symptom
Their problem is, and was from the very beginning, the recruitment plan that focused on getting top 10 draft picks only. All their first round picks want to look pretty and want the mega contract. Very few want to do the hard work.
The best example is Lambert. Picked up in the rookie draft and then worked his backside off and this allowed Dusty to strut his stuff
Until GWS change their recruitment strategy they will always have salary cap pressure and will continue to have players leave
GWS is in a world of hurt with their cap situation
Greene
Kelly
Coniglio
Whitfield
Himmelberg
Haynes (reported a back ended contract nearly $1 mil)
all expecting big increases
Taylor
Green
Callaghan
Stone
Cumming
Ash
Buckley
He is a horrible player Leysy. Barely state league standard.
Happy to take Stone from them also if they need more space
Then take Green in a year or two.
Happy to take Stone from them also if they need more space
Then take Green in a year or two.
I am actually surprised we haven't gone the Green and Taranto option instead of Hopper/Taranto
