Lets get the knives out and get in early with the sakcings/delistings! Who should make way?

Word has it that we are after 2 x 700k players at the end of the year - who could they be?

Who and should we target for FA?

Who is coming out of contract and need to sign up ASAP?

Who should we only sign up after the season has finished?

Who should we trade?

Who will retire?

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It is not as bad as you are lead to believe.......it is %$#^& worse!!!

..hendo needs to be sorted, I think he runs out of contract..

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..if you can't be good, be good at it..

D Heppel is out - signed for 5 years with the bummers

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It is not as bad as you are lead to believe.......it is %$#^& worse!!!

Hendo is the priority, Kruezer is also a free agent.
Others include Carrots, Judd, Warnock.
Not sure about the contract status of Docherty and Everitt. Not as bad as last year in terms of big name players and not as many.

Better sign Carrots and Warnock ASAP.
Clubs will be circling.

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..krooz wont ever walk, judd is a single year option easily sorted.. ..carrots is gone i reckon..

..can see knockers being re-signed.. ..blehk..

..doc and everi would have signed to us on more than a couple of years i suspect..?..

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..if you can't be good, be good at it..

Some interesting observations in this year's Champion Data Prospectus (worth buying)

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Andy McKay is football ops manager

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If we sign them up now we'll have all the hand come trade talks. DO IT!!!! WIN/WIN

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The only way for some people to understand is for them to be on the receiving end

Left wing moralists
In self serving denial
They shit me no end

Email the Club!

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..carrots will be struggling to play man this year.. ..knockers will be gifted prime ruck again, and after some early games where we think he has improved, we will sign him up again.. ..this is what we're planning and training for now..

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..if you can't be good, be good at it..

Promises much but delivers nothing. A tree that cannot mark over his head with zero mobility and weak physically and mentally.

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"our electorate seeks less to be informed and more to be validated." Sad times.

..will have two thirds of the season again to shows us what he has, if he doesn't break down before then..

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..if you can't be good, be good at it..

At the moment those playing for their career:

Warnock (Unless a miracle occurs. Done.)
Armfield (Unless a miracle occurs. Done.)
Ellard (Unless a miracle occurs. Done.)

Watson (If he can't find a place up forward he's done)
Johnson (If he can't find a place up forward he's done)
Holman (If he can't find a place in the midfield he's done)

Walker (If can't get body right might be time to retire)
Carrazzo (If can't get body right might be time to retire)

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Agree ... except for Walker and Carrots ... still a lot to offer. Plenty of time for Walker. Carrots was just about BOG against Collingwood. Reckon he will be fine.

Anyway ... the Madhouse will probably keep them all ... he is such an astute judge of talent.

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I am as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!!!

I can see Armfield getting a one year deal, but agree on the rest. Walker should be safe, and Carrots will probably hang up the boots unless he's certain he can help us push deep into the finals in 2016.

Giles is a chance to be discarded as well. In terms of the rookies it's going to be tough if there's still a 2-year minimum for interstate rookies though I suspect this has been changed. If so, Walsh is an early candidate to be discarded, while you can see Sheehan and Wood being good chances for elevation.

I think Byrne, Gowers and Fields will be retained.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Looking over it more, I think you're right about Armfield: he will go. Then it's down to one of Giles, Graham, Carrazzo and Judd to make way for us to have our minimum three picks, assuming we retain Wood.

That said if we don't retain Wood, we're probably going to trade for a ruck, so it's a moot point.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

I hope that Walker and Carrots will be around next year too. Just saying if their bodies don't hold up and they miss significant chunks of the year again they may go.

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White?

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White's a chance too I suppose, but he's got years and output on his side.

If we're shit this year or they miss half the season through injury, Judd and Carrots will happily retire.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.