I'm obviously not Bondi but are your eyes and ears painted on?
For weeks we have been getting this all over the net and the print press.
Betts romantic connection to Carlton and Teague.
Jacobs has a medical.
Martin likely to choose us.
Papley
Links to the past, future destination club.

Lots of positive stuff that the sponsors WANT and love because every time the club is mentioned, there is an association with the sponsor. Every time there is a photo of someone in a Carton polo there is a Hyundai logo on display. Every time there is an interview there are sponsors' logos in the background as well. Gibbons gets VFL life membership is already all over the joint. Gibbons in Carlton Hyundai polo. They could equally have put him in his VFL jumper. It's also why I wanted to recruit Majak years ago. Before he ever played a game Mazda was laughing all the way to the bank.

We've been the brunt of bad publicity and derision for too long. This is EXACTLY what the club needs to attract players and sponsors. With it comes more favourable press from those who hate us. They have no choice but to come on board or be left on the sidelines. They are already changing from us to Adelaide bashing.

Indeed.
As for robbie boy
He was playing on a misspelt word being very naughty methinks.

I reckon it depends on what we have to give up for them Rexy. How far we have to mortage future drafts. It seems to me all these trade-in players are brilliant wins for us until they get to the club. Then the reassessment begins.

Sure, it would be nice if we could have some more deals like Docherty and Jones, but I do hope we don't turn our back on draft - that's where the backbone of premiership teams seems to come from.

I reckon it depends on what we have to give up for them Rexy. How far we have to mortage future drafts. It seems to me all these trade-in players are brilliant wins for us until they get to the club. Then the reassessment begins.

Sure, it would be nice if we could have some more deals like Docherty and Jones, but I do hope we don't turn our back on draft - that's where the backbone of premiership teams seems to come from.

Backbone, spine call it what you like frank, but we've already done that with the 23 of the 34 on our list.


Weitering
Macreadie
Cripps/ Ed/Murphy/Walsh
DeKoning/ Kreuzer/ Casboult
Curnow
McKay

and incase they don't work out, we can't rely just on the draft (no other team does) we bring in

Docherty
Jones
Plowman
Marchbank
Setterfield
McGovern
Newman



and we brought all the above with picks we would not have done better with in the draft.

Its a balancing game.

We are in the right time frame to pick the best available.
2019 is not a superdraft.
2019 is the year (as was 2018) to fill in any holes with specific targets like Martin, Papley and a surprise with 2020 first round pick.

He's a genius if he recruits 5 small forwards and 2 ruckmen in the same trade period?

Was that article based on Ben Waterworth interviewing Ralphy?

I don't think it matters at all whether the players currently on the list came from the draft or were trades. I think that as far as the current list is concerned the age demographic may be a consideration and also any deficiencies in a particular type of player. Apart from that I'd only favour trading if we're confident that we're getting a good deal, ("unders" if you like).

* and who's frank?

I really wanted to get Jacobs because this was our 2nd chance to take on the best ruck available.

When we had Kreuzer, Warnock, Hampson and Jacobs was 4th banana, Jacobs was pushed out to Crows for a 3rd round pick.
Jacobs became All Australian ruckman and proved to be the best ruck of the 4.
Warnock, Hampson were duds and Kreuzer did a knee.

Turn the clock forward to 2020 and we have an opportunity to player either Jacobs or the injury prone Kreuzer as No 1 ruck.

We will regret making the same mistake twice.
Jacobs is the tap ruckman our midfield group would benefit from over the next 2 years, whilct TDK develops in the VFL for next 2 years.

Gawn and Jacobs didn't click as No 1 rucks till they were 24yo onwards.
TDK turns 21yo in 2020.

Drafting 18yo developing ruck in the draft this year will take 5 years plus to get him up to scratch if he comes good.
Where is the 18yo going to learn his craft? VFL? WE don't have a thirds/ development squad anymore.
What about the other developing ruck TDK? Where does he learn his craft?

What if Philips Casboult and TDK are all playing in the VFL? Where does TDK play? The developing ruck?

Missed an obvious need with Jacobs as the No 1 ruck for 2020-21 for mine.

I thought I'd copy and paste this post from the Jacobs thread in Talking Recruitment.

I think we've had a huge weakness in the ruck depending on Kreuzer as the No 1 ruck.
He's vulnerable to injury and is not a tap ruckman and doesn't give our mids much opportunity.
Kreuzer will not play every game in 2020, and may even breakdown.

Lobbe is delisted.
Philips and Casboult are offered 1 year contracts and are looking at other better paid options for longer.
TDK is only 20yo and still has another 2-3 years of development before he can go 4 quarters against the leading 25yo-30yo ruckmen of the comp.

We were looking at 24yo Swans ruck Darcy Cameron who is much stronger at the contest than Philips and Jacobs an ex AA ruckman.

We have cooled off both candidates and looks like Darcy to Pies and Jacobs to the GWS, and left in a very vulnerable in aa most important position, the ruck.
The role has gained significance and imortance since the introduction of the 666 rule.




I just hope we can retain Levi for a couple of years as a stop gap.

I will spew on SOS (and others) if Harry and TDK are our only options to ruck at some stage in 2020.

Backbone, spine call it what you like frank, but we've already done that with the 23 of the 34 on our list.


Weitering
Macreadie
Cripps/ Ed/Murphy/Walsh
DeKoning/ Kreuzer/ Casboult
Curnow
McKay

and incase they don't work out, we can't rely just on the draft (no other team does) we bring in

Docherty
Jones
Plowman
Marchbank
Setterfield
McGovern
Newman



and we brought all the above with picks we would not have done better with in the draft.

Its a balancing game.

We are in the right time frame to pick the best available.
2019 is not a superdraft.
2019 is the year (as was 2018) to fill in any holes with specific targets like Martin, Papley and a surprise with 2020 first round pick.

is Marchbank being shopped around??