Just get SDK - would be more than happy to use pick 11 for him. Far bigger need than another running half back flanker (albeit with all of his talents).

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Not sure about all this stressing about Kennedy. He goes missing in games. I have been saying this for a while now.

He is good when he has the ball occassionally. But he is very slow. Doesnt really pull his weight in a game. At his age, with his experience and durability, he needs to be doing a lot more.

Doing a few good things is not gonna cut it in this team anymore. At least i hope not.

If he stays ok. But if we get something good for him ie a second rounder, and use that pick for something good, then we should be happy about that.

Dont get clouded by the nice guy player, like our club seems to do.

I couldnt give a flying rats what someone does in their personal time, or how nice they are as long as they perform, and doesnt affect the club in anyway.

We need mongrels, and extroverts. These players need to grow up if they are going to get all sooky about their mates being traded. Its the problem with this club.

We kept Marchbank, Cunningham, Martin too long.

If you are B or C grade, we need to upgrade. Simple as that.

I am sick of losing. I am sick of the same teams making finals with average players. I am sick of clubs going past us ie Hawthorn.

We are better than that !!

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https://www.sen.com.au/news/2024/09/19/why-carlton-enters-the-2024-trade-period-and-off-season-in-a-precarious-list/

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It's easy to get romantic about players we've drafted/recruited like they're family or something, but football is a business and the product is hopefully a premiership.

If you were in the car manufacturing business you wouldn't keep an engineer who kept @#$%&! up their part of the overall design if there was a better engineer you could poach from a rival, not even if you got the first one straight from college on a work placement and had invested a couple of years trying to teach them how to do their job properly.

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This isn't grandmas corner store family business, this is elite level sport.
To go to the next stage we have to be ruthless, Kennedy is behind Hewett and we don't need 2 of them.
Do you want a flag or a happy little family? Decision time coz we can't have both.
Same for Owies, not fast enough-not enough X factor. Went missing last finals.

Time to get ruthless, it sucks but thats football.

I buy into his perspective and believe it much smarter to get the game plan right and availability of players back on track. Small adjustments to the list rather than all in on a Houston.

44 players on the list. There is absolutely room for both.

Play him in the 2s instead of the usual ‘honest triers’. Give us half a chance of developing some forwards.

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I hope houston saves us from ourselves and stays at Port.

Get cheaper trades of players that are not getting opportunities to fill needs. I would sell farm for Sam Dekoning as he fills a strong need. But not Houston at that age.

I would still trade Kennedy, and Owies. Maybe keep Carol if we dont get another mid. Sign weitering and TDK to long term deals. Sign Walsh for 2-3 years.

Let Cerra and the rest wait till next year and see where we are at with durability, need etc.

Go to the draft with the rest. Change the game plan. Get us fit.

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I've been thinking, and I actually don't really care who we keep or get rid of as long as we win the bloody thing at some point in the near future.

Harley grew up a Geelong supporter. Quote : '' I'm a Geelong man''.
Just sayin'.

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I wonder if the Cats would trade DeKoning or this just pie in the sky stuff?

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we only need sdk if weiters isn't resigning. they play the exact same position & role, are both average in their disposal, and both aren't mobile. how many teams do we play that have two huge, really competent full forwards?

we need a physical key defender, but not a number one, who will need to be paid number 1 money at some stage.


we need tackling & ball movement & efficiency at the back, speed through the middle, and some creativity and x-factor in the forwardline

The biggest issue with SDK and Houston is both teams would be wanting a pick in this years draft (pick 11), so unless we can trade a future first for a player or to get another pick in this years draft, I can't see us getting either without trading pick 11 and missing out on a midfield gun, again.
Trading Kennedy, Owies (hopefully not), Motlop or Durdin might be a must to get the draft capital to make the above trade even possible.
But then the issue is, other teams are trying to trade back into this draft because the talent is so good.
We should've been more prepared and is why I doubt Austins ability to pull anything remotely creative or advantageous to us off.

Spot on.

it's a lazy and obvious piece of writing, imo.

williams was a bust. so was martin. mcgovern barely gets a pass and saad is the dash off HB he's referring too, but in saying that he's lost a step or two and it was obvious. in saying that, saad was our best signing we've had in eons.

newman is good, but better in a lockdown defensive role, rather than quarterbacking our D50 exits, boyd is a midseason draft pick that offers some depth and that's all, and cowan is young and definitely our future.

if we go into next season with the same back line that yielded the 4th most points in the comp and who were the league worst at defensive stoppage, we will all be sitting here this time next year, hoping that 2026 is our year to win a flag before cripps' wheels fall off.

I don't want to sell the farm for any player, but IMO we've only got a couple of years in this window unless some of our younger players come on in a biiiiig way.

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yep. we're the closest we've been since '95. this season revealed some chinks and deficiencies. fix them, upgrade some positions and we're right there in the mix next year.

... stand pat with just draft picks & and a new HP dept, and we fall even further back.

Ourselves at intraclub?



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