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- diddley
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Tippett
In all seriousness here, are we worth looking at Kurt Tippett. I personally am in 2 minds about it.
Now, before everyone goes and says his pay packet is not worth it, Travis Cloke showed last year that some players are willing to take a pay cut to leave a club to try to get some more games. And while the Cloke experiment didn't exactly work out that well, that's beside the point. I would only begin to even think about this if the deal was cheap, and so was his re-negotiated contract.
He has a dual ability of being a forward and a ruck. This would be fairly useful with the saints. We would get have ruck relieving, as well as a mature forward in the mix. It would help develop players like Rowan Marshall, and possibly even other rucks to get some duality.
That being said, the other side to it would be, it would strangle some game time from developing players in the team. Plus his form seems to be dropping hard.
I could only see him being around for 2 years max at this stage, so any investment would have to be minimum.
If the deal is right, is it worth something like a 2 year punt?
Now, before everyone goes and says his pay packet is not worth it, Travis Cloke showed last year that some players are willing to take a pay cut to leave a club to try to get some more games. And while the Cloke experiment didn't exactly work out that well, that's beside the point. I would only begin to even think about this if the deal was cheap, and so was his re-negotiated contract.
He has a dual ability of being a forward and a ruck. This would be fairly useful with the saints. We would get have ruck relieving, as well as a mature forward in the mix. It would help develop players like Rowan Marshall, and possibly even other rucks to get some duality.
That being said, the other side to it would be, it would strangle some game time from developing players in the team. Plus his form seems to be dropping hard.
I could only see him being around for 2 years max at this stage, so any investment would have to be minimum.
If the deal is right, is it worth something like a 2 year punt?
Re: Tippett
He's only worth $100,000 per annum.
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Re: Tippett
has played about 5 good games in all his time at sydney. he is an athlete who played football but unlike buddy who is the same doesn't have the same ticker
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Re: Tippett
Absolutely not.
That said, the guy can definitely play… massive waste of talent, not sure what went wrong but he kicked 240 goals in 110 games in the 2009 - 2014 seasons.
That said, the guy can definitely play… massive waste of talent, not sure what went wrong but he kicked 240 goals in 110 games in the 2009 - 2014 seasons.
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Re: Tippett
I stood next to Tippett at the airport once. He is a monster size wise. I'm 6ft 5 inch and he made me feel small. Massive barrel chest.
Having said that, he's too injury prone, so my vote is no.
Having said that, he's too injury prone, so my vote is no.
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Re: Tippett
Con Gorozidis wrote:Would be a huge mistake.
Rather gets games in to Marshall.
Agree,Marshall to be developed makes more sense even short term than an overpaid Tippett playing at sandy
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Re: Tippett
He's all washed up at 30 years old. NO THANKS!
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Re: Tippett
is there other ruck/forward players that are potentially being put on the trade table?GregPackhamsHeadband wrote:Prefer others.
Or just others in general, like a midfielder, that has nothing to do with this post at all?
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Re: Tippett
Ask any Swans fan what they think of us looking at Tippett.
After they stop laughing and ask if you're serious you may get the heart to heart talk.
I know some and they do not speak highly. Not hard to see the reasoning.
NO THANKS. Are we aiming for glory or mediocrity ?
After they stop laughing and ask if you're serious you may get the heart to heart talk.
I know some and they do not speak highly. Not hard to see the reasoning.
NO THANKS. Are we aiming for glory or mediocrity ?
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Re: Tippett
NO......................
For many, many reasons not least of which is that he is 30 yrs 4 months old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No way can he be part of our rebuild.
No one over 26 please.
For many, many reasons not least of which is that he is 30 yrs 4 months old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No way can he be part of our rebuild.
No one over 26 please.
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