What would Giles be worth? I'd prefer someone like him over Jolly as backup if he came just as cheap.
Especially if it helped prize a quality kid out of GWS along the way in a multi trade?

3rd rounder considering Hampson went for 2nd round 28?

Well full marks to the pelican for rolling the dice. It takes some nuts to ditch any proven player with a certain 10 year career ahead of them. It's easy to ditch guys who could fall off the radar after a few years... no chance of that happening with ben. Well- now it's over to savage, pick 18 and s...

I guess kicking goals for a forward is nice to have, but non essential? Tapwork is sort of what the ruckman is there to do. More than one way to skin a cat. We have defensive forwards and defensive midfielders in footy now and everybody accepts the role they play for the team- why not a defensive r...

with St Kilda keen on securing two draft picks for its star midfielder, who may yet stay a Saint." looking for 2 picks is interesting..... if true, looks like we are going to be paying contracted guy(s) to not play next year. Not a terrible thing (given our cap room) and assuming it results in...

So we trade out our only experienced ruckman, with a huge tank and great hands, a natural leader and one of the few in the early 20's age range, for a late round 1 pick and a fringe player??? What the hell is so good about that? exactly. Ben ain't going nowhere- he's the kind of player we are tryin...

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/st-kilda-has-set-north-melbourne-a-deadline-to-clinch-nick-dal-santo/story-fndv8ufg-1226735645562 Finally some sense prevails. Ether cough up something decent north...or PI$$ OFF also we wont be trading pick 21 for bruce. Think its too much to pay for him. Glad to h...

North's offer is fair, they are correct. And their in lies the problem- it's fair. They really need Dal. They know he's as durable as, and class doesn't vanish overnight. They are desperate to fix their mess of recruiting all the same kind of grunt type mids. With that in mind- they can and will pay...

We rate him and give him a contrazct and we're not del;isting him But we'll find him a new home-- Nice Hawthorn Well of course they are going to "rate" him if they are trying to get a trade! The writing is on the wall- the hawks can't see him getting any better than he currently is. Nothi...

savage? nah.
I would think calling him a 'midfielder' is a bit of a stretch?

We already have several dozen small forward types.

matrix wrote:lol
thomas at carlton will be on 700$ a year
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yikes, his ankle couldn't even last a half of football and 1 knock- after most of the season out..... those carlton docs better know what they are talking about!

A. Hamill 2 weeks anyone?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/collingwoods-senior-hierarchy-endorses-magpies-cultural-change/story-fni5f6hd-1226731736125 -Former St Kilda captain and current assistant Robert Harvey has been discussed as a potential senior assistant for Buckley, which would elevate him from line coach. Goo...

It's interesting that he said he is "hedging his bets"(?) No, Mr. Ledger.... you just did the complete opposite. All your eggs are now in one basket. I thought the kid had a bright future a couple of years ago... shame it didn't work out. But can't see him making us ever look like this was...

SEN now reporting Dal more likely to stay than go. I hate this time of year- just this morning SEN were reporting he was already gone. This is why it's not called "reporting"... it's called "guessing." SEN and all the other outlets don't do much "reporting" this time o...

plugger66 wrote:Is there any real reason we are getting this guy apart from a feel good story?

Blicavs says hi.

Throw enough mud at the wall and some it will stick.



Low probability, but no cost = why not?

Also, if i'm not mistaken- isn't Mitchell 2 years in? (injured last year?)
Also, what's so amazing about 600k over 3 years anyway?
Sounds like a load of baloney

Don't get caught up in the name.... The whole 'living allowance' thing is a thinly veiled PR exercise. Cost of living has gone through the room out west in the last decade, the dockers and eagles get no such compensation. It is what it is being used for. That is- 10% extra to prop the non AFL heartl...

He was helped by playing in a good side, but his form was hard to fault in 2009 in particular. If he wasn't doing well Lyon wouldn't have been forced to keep Max out of the team. Yep exactly. He was still a rookie, fighting for survival with Max breathing down his neck in 09. He played a fantastic ...

Teflon wrote:

True Believer wrote:

Kickit wrote: That was his 2013, so I'm not doing cartwheels at the thought of him, and wonder if those 3 cm make him significantly better than Tom Simpkin.

I think we would all take an extra 3cm if it was on offer........

Not needed...

By this I presume it doesn't get used regardless?

I remember he cut us up in a game a couple of years ago. I remember thinking geez I wish we had that kid- looks a player. Dunno how he's progressed since, but we certainly do have a real need for some size in the midfield. Cj is our biggest mid and he doesn't use it. The rest of our midfield are ver...

SainterK wrote:Still don't know pelchens role

Mitch Thorp's guardian angel.

Watch this space.

Massive chance to be at the Saints. He is a star, not sure why wouldnt welcome him? What has he done that is so bad? Dunno, but if Scott asks players to cancel their o/s trip with him? We don't really know the details of what Scott has actually asked the players to do… He might have said "mayb...

Ted Richards is already on the phone to the bloke who got Barry Hall off for whacking Maguire.

hmmm, I'm still unconvinced. Looks very similar to West Coast 2 years ago. They came from the spoon to top 4, then 5th and their kids looked like millionaires. Now they look a long way off the pace again and coachless. No-one's talking up the Eagles youth anymore are they? "Neade and Colqhoun f...

I can't believe it's gone this long before someone has mentioned how much better it is going to the movies, rather than train like professional athletes.

You would think they would be asking a very high pick for Patton if he is going to make a full recovery - possibly our #3 pick. if they let him go for anything less than a top 10 pick or player with 4-5 years left then I'd be suss. Can't really see how he could end up at the Saints, as plenty of cl...