Don't forget Lynch will have a full pre season & will have Jack with him all going well for the whole season as well.
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Don't forget Lynch will have a full pre season & will have Jack with him all going well for the whole season as well.
I think losing Kelly and half their team in the twilight is a bridge too far- but agree, they may as well have a crack. Im not convinced they got the right guys though to do it.That wasn't my point, I were more asking if you had an ageing list and were in the window would you bring in whatever short term fix you thought could win a flag?
I said i didn't rate Jenkins, Ratagolea will only get better.
A forward line with only Ratagolea and Henderson FFSwhere 21 points up on us in Prelim, (add in Hawkins instead of Henderson?)
Kelly is a star and can't be replaced but would a fully fit Stevens and Duncan added into the mix help keep them in the window, (maybe)
That will be Geelong's thinking anyway.
Look I am playing Devl's advocate, I too hope they are all in a retirement home sometime soon with only final loses to look back upon
Pricky believes in vintage salt. Get ready for the Geelong Codgers. We would need to give them a half-quarter handicap.
Heres my take on trade 10 days;
> West Coast clearly improved their list with the addition of Kelly.
> St.Kilda seem to be on trend and gone for some significant speed in Butler, Hill and Jones, but they've paid through the nose.
> Collingwood are a ticking salary cap bomb in a list management straight jacket, trying to shake out
a tortuous footy tinitus, USA USA USA.
> Bombers and Carlton are beyond a Richmond '85-'10 type debacle
> The only thing Geelong are going to achieve is a summons to The Royal Commission into abuse of the elderly.
>Tigers just in a holding pattern, like a white pointer coasting just beyond the breakers at Bondi.
> Brisbane are well run, getting Taylor off their books and keeping picks.
and everyone else are making up the numbers and killing time, pretty much.
A beautiful trade period to watch. Like watching a slow motion multi-car pile up out the front off our offshoot, premiership funded, marginalised youth employment creation junkyard with a huge magnetic car squasher and with scrap iron prices are at record levels.
Taking all that into account, I'd take a stab at a Richmond WC GF. Brisbane hold ground. Collingwood hold ground. St.Kilda Climb. Footscray climb. Geelong plummet. Hawks plummet. Bombers and Carlton wallow in a swamp of mediocrity. The rest dont really matter.
> West Coast clearly improved their list with the addition of Kelly.
> St.Kilda seem to be on trend and gone for some significant speed in Butler, Hill and Jones, but they've paid through the nose.
> Collingwood are a ticking salary cap bomb in a list management straight jacket, trying to shake out
a tortuous footy tinitus, USA USA USA.
> Bombers and Carlton are beyond a Richmond '85-'10 type debacle
> The only thing Geelong are going to achieve is a summons to The Royal Commission into abuse of the elderly.
>Tigers just in a holding pattern, like a white pointer coasting just beyond the breakers at Bondi.
> Brisbane are well run, getting Taylor off their books and keeping picks.
and everyone else are making up the numbers and killing time, pretty much.
A beautiful trade period to watch. Like watching a slow motion multi-car pile up out the front off our offshoot, premiership funded, marginalised youth employment creation junkyard with a huge magnetic car squasher and with scrap iron prices are at record levels.
Taking all that into account, I'd take a stab at a Richmond WC GF. Brisbane hold ground. Collingwood hold ground. St.Kilda Climb. Footscray climb. Geelong plummet. Hawks plummet. Bombers and Carlton wallow in a swamp of mediocrity. The rest dont really matter.
Funny one eZyT. I reckon the Chokers will drop and am not convinced the Aints and Lions will do better. The Dogs are the only real deal here. This trade period somehow looks like another copycat attempt at our recruiting strategy.
Hey, come on Seven, Clangerfield is pretty clever actually. You need key forward insurance for when Tomahawk loses his brain again and goes the chop on some poor schmuck, getting himself suspended for finals. Who you going to play there - Harry? Hendo? (that went well in '19)
Remember it was only a couple of years back where lolnorf went almost undefeated through to the bye then fell off the cliff and barely won a game for the rest of the year.
Reminds me a bit of the cats predicament at the moment - that cliff is just around the corner.
Not convinced. Bulldogs beaten convincingly in their final and they lost to Saints and Lions in their last 6 games. Brisbane look the goods. Their back half of the season was great until they had to play us twice.
Yeah I think teams will go past the Pies / Brisbane as I don't think either will win as many games next year.
I don't think there will be as big of a logjam from 8th down to 14th next year, reckon the bottom few will get exposed a bit more. Freo will drop (I'm tipping bottom 3), as will the Crows (bottom 5). Not sure on Hawthorn but that's where I think the Saints will be improve. They'll win a few more games, they won 9 this year, so I'd say somewhere around 11-13 which will put them right on the edge of the 8.
I watched a lot of games this year, and what was obvious with the Saints both on TV and when I saw them live when we played them, they were crying out for someone to run the ball. When they wanted to, they looked electric (see the 1st quarter against us at Marvel), they then slowed the game down a bit. I don't think Ratten will do that, and having players like Hill will be a massive gain for them (paid a lot I know but exactly what they need). How they replace Bruce's goals is more the issue, I'm not sure it was great business essentially swapping Bruce for Jones, if it were me I'd have kept Bruce, he kicked 36.10 last year. I'm not sure Max King replicates that, but defensively they will be better with Howard, Geary and Roberton all essentially new recruits.
Brisbane are a polarising one, could be very good, but with a tougher draw, you'd assume not quite as good a charmed run with injuries and who knows. I suspect they will drop a touch but I'd still say top 6.
Not only will Brisbane get a harder draw they will also get teams taking them more seriously as a top 4 side. On top of this the AFL is a grind. You can go well for a period, a quarter a few weeks but much harder to continually turn up and produce quarter after quarter every game year in year out. Took us 4 years to work it out and it really has only been last year and this year that we have got our consistency right.
Agree with this and lets not forget, Brisbane had one of the very best injury free runs you'll ever see. Lets see what happens when their depth is tested.
I watched Saints a few times this year and skill wise they were one of the most pathetic
Maybe it's good management. In 2017 and 2018 that was the general consensus at the Tigers when we experienced a great run with injuries. In a way that's what makes 2019 so amazing for the Tigers. However come finals time we had a fairly full list to choose from ourselves.
Maybe it's good management. In 2017 and 2018 that was the general consensus at the Tigers when we experienced a great run with injuries. In a way that's what makes 2019 so amazing for the Tigers. However come finals time we had a fairly full list to choose from ourselves.
Brisbane are doing nothing until they get a serious Key forward.
They will also get a tougher draw..... well they should but they will still get GCS twice and I'm tipping the AFL go easy on them to assist another finals appearance.
McStay was drafted as a defender and devloped as a defender and Hipwood is not the contested mark beast they need.
Big O is a liability with the ball on the deck.
They will also get a tougher draw..... well they should but they will still get GCS twice and I'm tipping the AFL go easy on them to assist another finals appearance.
McStay was drafted as a defender and devloped as a defender and Hipwood is not the contested mark beast they need.
Big O is a liability with the ball on the deck.
Raynor has the potential to be what Stringer/Petracca were meant to be.
Hipwood could easily click too.
but, yeah. The wonderful reality is there's 17 sides in the comp desperately need Tom Lynch. Yes even WC cause Kennedy will fall off the cliff next year.
Lynch could prove to be the greatest Richmond recruit in history.
Having the list back together in the run home this season was the management.
The brilliant management of our injuries along with the great spirit within the playing list culminated in the run into September being remeniscent of the great Kiwis stoming run home in the 1983 Melbourne Cup.
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