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Rugby codes? Sorry but I don't get the link. Rugby ball goes backwards. Any kicking is usually high to allow players to make the distance. Carry at length withouth bouncing or disposing. Different context completely.
Sick Nal Danto wrote:This could possibly be a bad career decision by Cripps
If wellingham moved there also, Cripps would have to get past Shuey, Gaff, Selwood and Wellingham for the rest of his time at west coast
...and Masten, and maybe Swift (if he ever becomes a player), and he'd about be level with Sheppard and Ash Smith. Tough gig!
You're assuming WC want him.
He's kinda buggered if they don't.
And I'm not sure why they would want him given what they have.
"The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break in the game. Every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches that's gonna make the f***in' difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!'
Thinline wrote:And I'm not sure why they would want him given what they have.
I guess they may as well take him, given that he wants to come home and Stevens has walked out. They can probably get away with paying him $150k so the cost is essentially zero, which makes it all upside. Worse comes to worst, he never makes it and they delist him in a couple of years with no real loss. There's a chance he becomes a solid wingman/HBF for them in which case they've won big from the deal. Pretty good position for them!
Actually, he reminds me of Embley a bit so maybe he's a drop-in replacement?
Thinline wrote:And I'm not sure why they would want him given what they have.
I guess they may as well take him, given that he wants to come home and Stevens has walked out. They can probably get away with paying him $150k so the cost is essentially zero, which makes it all upside. Worse comes to worst, he never makes it and they delist him in a couple of years with no real loss. There's a chance he becomes a solid wingman/HBF for them in which case they've won big from the deal. Pretty good position for them!
Actually, he reminds me of Embley a bit so maybe he's a drop-in replacement?
Embley is granite next to Cripps' fairy floss IMO.
"The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break in the game. Every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches that's gonna make the f***in' difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!'
Cripps for Koby Stevens... done... if Cripps wants to go, you can't do much, and I don't certainly want to end up with nothing like the Luke Ball saga where we were offered Wellingham...
If Cripps wants to go, even if we convince him to stay a year or two, he'll then want to leave, so might as well just do it now and be done with it. I don't want to see us put in time/effort into players that don't want to stay.
Plus tbh, Lenny will probably finish up next year (hope not though), so I think having Koby will help us...
spot on. which makes the decision to play him off the back line and wing unusual. thought his best position was close to goal and a long term replacement for milne/schneider.
james rose wrote:Personally think we are ahead with this trade.
Is this trade even going to happen?
Koby looks like a very blah inside grunt to me. He hasn't had a lot of opportunities, but his results haven't been to flash when he has got a shot. I'd much prefer to either keep Cripps or a trade for a draft pick.
Send him to Freo with our 3rd rounder for pick 16.
lol
maybe ask them for Zac Clarker as a sweetner
He was taken around 23 in the draft and we want pick 16 and a third rounder? Ross hates youth anyway so doubt he's had a chance to plod enough to excite the Lyon.
Send him to Freo with our 3rd rounder for pick 16.
Ross is stupid. He's not a moron.
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james rose wrote:Personally think we are ahead with this trade.
Is this trade even going to happen?
Koby looks like a very blah inside grunt to me. He hasn't had a lot of opportunities, but his results haven't been to flash when he has got a shot. I'd much prefer to either keep Cripps or a trade for a draft pick.
To be fair, Stevens only had one game where he wasn't sub this year and he did get 19 touches, 7 marks, 6 inside 50s and 2 goal assists. This was against GWS though. In his other three games he generally only got a quarter on the field.
Neither Stevens or Cripps are particularly hot property, I'd rather get a pick but wouldn't be too upset with a straight swap.
