[Durdin to Richmond, pay half his wage and keep Owies.
Get Weitering on slightly lesser deal to squeeze him in. They do want success don’t they? Or is $ more important?

Corey Durdin is 22 years old. At the same age, Matt Owies hadn't played a game of AFL football.
Get Durdin fit and he'll be good value. You don't give away young players without seeing how they perform without injury. Especially offering to pay half their wage! Durdin is more of a crumbing forward than Owies and IMHO, will be a very good AFL player once he gets his shoulder right.

GWS must have laughed at Carlton over that one.
They have amongst the best small forward combo in the comp, so why would they seek Fantasia?

So surely a club eg Richmond- could want a small forward with the exodus of players leaving there now .. Durdin to Richmond, pay half his wage and keep Owies.
Get Weitering on slightly lesser deal to squeeze him in. They do want success don’t they? Or is $ more important?

STRENGTHS: Speed, agility, footy IQ, marking, versatility
IMPROVEMENTS: Strength, endurance

Corey Durdin is 22 years old. At the same age, Matt Owies hadn't played a game of AFL football.
Get Durdin fit and he'll be good value. You don't give away young players without seeing how they perform without injury. Especially offering to pay half their wage! Durdin is more of a crumbing forward than Owies and IMHO, will be a very good AFL player once he gets his shoulder right.

James Peatling is precisely the type of midfielder we need, hopefully Austin is targeting him and if not possible a similar type of player, our midfield desperately needs:- speed, agility and footy IQ.

That's good , except he doesn't find the football .

it is about cap management more than anything else. durdin, like BV said, is younger and he's cheaper. owies next contract is the one he'll look to cash in on. it'll be his biggest career payday.

fantasia is on the vet minimum, so it barely counts against much of anything off the cap. fantasia offers leadership & team first ethos, and this year, he led the team in F50 efficiency - so he paid for his own contract on that stat alone.

What contract would you put to him?

I couldn’t go more than 2 x $300k, and I’m buying what Derm is selling, fwiw.

Fogarty - daylight - Fantasia - raffle the rest. I’d rather hold five forwards & play a tagger or 2nd ruck or even a loose behind the ball, than split hairs over a second small forward.

If Owies was capable of playing 90%, or getting 20 touches, or a mismatch at the stoppages… different story altogether.

Fair enough, the others don’t have those numbers next to their names either. Their days may be numbered. But, if the roles were reversed, I’d fancy their chances of racking up two scores per game & an assist every other.

how many smaller forwards average 20 touches? almost none of them, thanks for your perspective though, i’m just a blues tragic.

Tom Paply :: disposal average
season → 15.1 (goals 1.
career → 14.1

Toby Green
season → 15.3 (goals 1.
career → 20.2

Charlie Cameron :: disposal average
season → 10.5 (Goals 1.7)
career → 11.3

Cam Rayner
season → 15.3 (G 1.2)

Callum Ah Chee
season → 13.4 (goals 0.9)

Brad Close
season → 12.7 (goals 1.0)

Matt Owies
season → 8.7 (goals 1.4)

David Cunningham (goals 0.
season → 7.8

Elijah Hollands
season → 17.8 (goals 0.

Zac Williams
season → 12.8 (goals 0.

Cory Durdin
season → 12.8 (goals 0.

(what’s with all the 0.8 goals a game boys?)

who else?


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He may see himself as a 3rd man up interceptor but he doesn't have the skill set. It's obvious what the opposition think of his skills. When we're transitioning the ball out of D50, he's the one defender they happily zone off. His own team mates will assess every possible option before kicking the ball to him. Yes his size and athleticism are great but he needs to use those to his advantage as a lock down defender. The fact that he hasn't done it is what stops him being a best 22 player IMHO.

You cant have an interceptor who makes the decisions (or lack of) that Lewis Young does. Imagine him getting it 20 times per game. Kicking it 42m to a 50/50 contest may count as an effective disposal but it wont get you a regular gig in the AFL if you're not an elite defender. Hence why the club has apparently told him to look elsewhere.
It's a shame as he has the makings of an excellent lock down player. As you said, he has size and athleticism but he needs more strength. If he could put on 7-8kg and become a strong defensive key, I'd suggest he could be of great value but perhaps he wont/cant adapt.

Surely we could get a deal done with Gold Coast for Owies?