Delistings and list management

Bono · Post: # 475086Post **Bono** » Sat 13 Oct 2007 7:49am

My post from 24/9 is below. The 3 guys I thought should be delisted were yesterday (Brooks, Mini, Watts). Gwilt with a ? wasnt. Raymond and Sweeney had already gone. Its not often you pick up 4 AFL quality players with basically one pick (forget about pick 90), with 3 of those having Premiership experience. Well done Ross and Trout. ***Well done Ross on your final delisting of the day. Trout, the last week has shown that you have the qualities to be a good General Manager - Football***. Ruck-wise, we now have King, Gardiner, Van Rheenan and Rix. Id throw in someone like Dawson Simpson with our last pick next month as well.

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Sept 29, 2007

We are now paying the price of poor list management:

This year we had 44 on our list (incl Rookies).

Players retired (5):
M. Clarke
Thompson
Voss
Hamill
Gehrig

Injured for 2008 (1):
Attard

Injured coming back for 2008 (so dont expect full seasons) (2):
Gardiner
Goddard

44-6=36 with another 2 doubtful.

Players that shouldnt be there next season include:
Watts
Brooks
McQualter
Gwilt?
Raymond
Sweeney

That leaves us with 30 and 2 doubtful. Unfortunately we cant go having 12 picks in the draft so we are in a bit of strife for the next couple of years until the Armitage's and Gilberts etc get more games under their belt. Areas like this is where the prvious Coach severely let the club down.

my les foote · Sat 13 Oct 2007 8:12am

Bono wrote: The 3 guys I thought should be delisted were yesterday (Brooks, Mini, Watts).

Some punctuation might help here.

Are you saying they were delisted yesterday?

Or are they they guys you thought about yesterday as being candidates for delisting?

If it's the first option, that is breaking news.

Bono · Post: # 475090Post **Bono** » Sat 13 Oct 2007 8:18am

Sorry, its the first option. After trading finished yesterday, those three were delisted.

my les foote · Sat 13 Oct 2007 8:19am

I haven't seen this anywhere else.

What is your source?

Bono · Post: # 475092Post **Bono** » Sat 13 Oct 2007 8:39am

No need to reveal the source.

Trust me.

Just remember where you read it first.

vacuous space · Sat 13 Oct 2007 8:44am

Bono wrote:No need to reveal the sorce.

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

Animal Enclosure · Sat 13 Oct 2007 8:46am

Disappointed if Watts has gone... it's pretty hard to cement a senior spot with a busted leg.

I saw the Crows delisted Perrie though... a few KPP for the Dogs in the PSD.

Art Vandelay · Sat 13 Oct 2007 12:04pm

One thing that everyone should have learnt from visiting footy forums on the web is that most of the speculationa nd inuendo turns out to be false.
It is so easy for some anonymous poster to come on and reveal that a close 'source' linked to club has told him/her something in confidence, only to find out later on that it turns out to be a pile of sh!t.
Until the club makes an official media release regarding any delistings, I will treat the above as speculation only. It may turn out that some/all of these guys actually do get delisted, but blind freddy could npminate these guys - there is nothing there that is earth shattering.

Oh When the Saints · Sat 13 Oct 2007 12:08pm

Bono has a perfect track record.

He has broken news here over the last 2-3 years and it has never been wrong.

Who is "Trout" ... Tony Elshaug?

fisher_fan · Sat 13 Oct 2007 12:18pm

i dont think we have had poor list management at all...we have possibly the most depth we have had for quite some time. and surely the saints wouldnt delist themselves down to 32 players when now they can only get themselves back up to 37? that would be foolish imo and a professional club in the elite league would not do such a thing....

Bono · Post: # 475271Post **Bono** » Sat 13 Oct 2007 1:34pm

[quote="Art Vandelay"]One thing that everyone should have learnt from visiting footy forums on the web is that most of the speculationa nd inuendo turns out to be false.
It is so easy for some anonymous poster to come on and reveal that a close 'source' linked to club has told him/her something in confidence, only to find out later on that it turns out to be a pile of sh!t.
Until the club makes an official media release regarding any delistings, I will treat the above as speculation only. It may turn out that some/all of these guys actually do get delisted, but blind freddy could npminate these guys - there is nothing there that is earth shattering.[/quote]

Why do you read these forums then!?

Trout is Elshaug.

crowjelly · Post: # 475275Post **crowjelly** » Sat 13 Oct 2007 1:42pm

[quote="Bono"][quote="Art Vandelay"]One thing that everyone should have learnt from visiting footy forums on the web is that most of the speculationa nd inuendo turns out to be false.
It is so easy for some anonymous poster to come on and reveal that a close 'source' linked to club has told him/her something in confidence, only to find out later on that it turns out to be a pile of sh!t.
Until the club makes an official media release regarding any delistings, I will treat the above as speculation only. It may turn out that some/all of these guys actually do get delisted, but blind freddy could npminate these guys - there is nothing there that is earth shattering.[/quote]

Why do you read these forums then!?

Trout is Elshaug.[/quote]

Hand in your Avatar Art and spend a $1.40 on the Age. At least you'll be supporting our sponsors. Bono's stuff is the lifeblood of the forums.

Riewoldting · Sat 13 Oct 2007 1:49pm

Christ please tell me we're not still sponsored by The Age.

Scoop · Post: # 475335Post **Scoop** » Sat 13 Oct 2007 3:19pm

Art Vandelay wrote:One thing that everyone should have learnt from visiting footy forums on the web is that most of the speculationa nd inuendo turns out to be false.
It is so easy for some anonymous poster to come on and reveal that a close 'source' linked to club has told him/her something in confidence, only to find out later on that it turns out to be a pile of sh!t.
Until the club makes an official media release regarding any delistings, I will treat the above as speculation only. It may turn out that some/all of these guys actually do get delisted, but blind freddy could npminate these guys - there is nothing there that is earth shattering.

My you are a doubting Thomas (freudian slip?) Art.

Bono's news aint no pile of sh!t....as you so eloquently put it.

saintly · Post: # 475413Post **saintly** » Sat 13 Oct 2007 5:08pm

why would the saints get rid of both brooks and watts? espcially with no gherig on the scene. maybe they would do bett er this year with games into them.

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