Seb Ross wouldn’t be a bad pick up for any club Seasoned pro Handy depth player But just to put it in perspective Jack MaCrae is 1 year younger Seb Ross made the AA squad of 40 in 2017 Macrae made the AA team in 2019, 2020, 2021 Seb was a B+ mid Macrae was A Grade If we get 50-60 games out of MaCra...

Our best 22 with Finn and Macrae looks pretty solid. Webster Howard Stocker Milera Wilkie Sinclair Marshall, Steele, Callahan, Clark Wood Hill Henry, Sharman, Pou Higgins, King, Owens Bench Wilson (wing, fwd) Macrae (mid) Butler (fwd) Windhager (mid) Sub Dow (mid) Depth Byrnes, Jones, Garcia, Shoenm...

What about either of these. Do they get it done and would we be happy.

Option 1
GWS get: pick 8, pick 24 and a future 1st
St kilda get: Finn, pick 14, pick 34


Option 2 (if more expensive)
GWS get Pick 7, pick 8 and a future 1st
St kilda get Finn, pick 14, pick 34, pick 49 and future 2nd

No one has said he is a star.

What has been said is he is a player who wins clearances.

A weakness of ours.

Also wasn't having a crack at Steele but your combativeness can't see past the red mist to realise that.

Fwiw the year I shared his, was last year. It wasn't a decade ago he was a 30+ possession midfielder who won more clearances per game than Steele did this year- it was last year. I love Steele but he needs support. Support a player like this can give him and costs us a bag of chips. Yes he didn't ac...

Because he has demonstrated the capability to be a genuine clearance player.

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_ ... 2=S&type=A

Sat next to Morris at a Cafe this morning.

He was meeting Dan H about working on trade week radio.

They were talking about this topic.

He told hanners the deal would be 7m over 5 years.

The_Dud wrote: ↑Mon 16 Sep 2024 2:11pm Why are we throwing big money at a 28 year old?!?

Nothing wrong with recruiting star players at 28.

Has between 4 and 6 years left most likely.

Before we all overreact. Tom Morris isn't reliable on the St kilda side of things. If he is hearing about this it won't be from our camp. If we're talking to Merret, great! He is exactly the sort of player we should be looking to add. Would be our best mid, would fit our game plan and isn't too old ...

Yes but Geelong will get 5 good years out of Bowes. We'd be extremely lucky to get 2 years out of McCrae...and we don't need him Unless Steele, Clark, Windy, Dow, and Pou are all injured in 2025 and Zak Jones isn't offered a contract, then McCrae isn't required. We have guys like Stocker, Sinclair,...

Think Bevo and his throwing the magnets around has impacted him.

When he is played as a genuine onballer he is a Crouch equivalent and we really missed Crouch this year.

If he comes cheaply (I.e. we don't have to trade more than a 3rd rounder) he would be a handy addition.

Would pick 8 get it done for Sniff?

Peatling showing why so many clubs are interested

Hawks will get pumped by the Dogs I thought Cats were going to get pumped last night I think this one’s going to be close until the final siren. I tipped the Dogs but not confident I've got question marks over the Hawks being finals ready, just missing some key talls and hard bodies. Not sure they ...

A one year deal is a reasonable approach.

BadRossco wrote: ↑Wed 04 Sep 2024 9:45pm Very unlikely to get pick 8, end of round one probably best case but in what dips supposed to be a deep draft don’t trade early picks our first should be best available mid and second best available player maybe a versatile tall

I think very unlikely is a stretch.

It seems to be a genuine 50-50.

Agree with everything you've said. However.... First Hill and now Wood. Soft cap limitation means we essentially retain 34 and 35 years olds on the playing list for the last year of their contract. We'd be keeping them in 2026 and 2027 at the expense of bringing in 18-23 year olds. We are hoping th...

Pou is the standout. Steele has 4 more years of good footy ahead of him. Garcia is a work horse but doesn't lack pace. Windhager a defensive workhorse Clark high impact clearance player Liam Henry and Jack Sinclair can go on ball in bursts for x factor. Depth: Dow, Jones. Wings well under control wi...

I think the soft cap is very shallow, therefore signing a guy like Wood on a low contract (assuming) he can be that coaching mentor at the club. He is certainly respected and admired by NAS amongst other young players. Agree with everything you've said. However.... First Hill and now Wood. Soft cap...

Don’t get the Hunter Clark love Averaged less than 20ppg as a mid Kicked 1 goal in 11 games 1 contested mark for the year, Zero bounces, 2 goal assists 3.8 clearances per game, 1 rebound, 3.8 i50s They are actually very average numbers for an inside mid. His running ability is not good enough- foot...

Don’t get the Hunter Clark love Averaged less than 20ppg as a mid Kicked 1 goal in 11 games 1 contested mark for the year, Zero bounces, 2 goal assists 3.8 clearances per game, 1 rebound, 3.8 i50s They are actually very average numbers for an inside mid. His running ability is not good enough- foot...

Just on Clark being 'slow' He had the highest average speed of players out there with a name other than Wilson. He clocked the top average speed in defensive running of any player on the ground. Whilst being top 5 for contested possessions. The high impact/rest approach lines up well with the above....

Keeler had a massive chance to impress RTB Sunday - was poor Heath the same Campbell was typically dominant- deserves selection- if there is selection integrity - probably a thank you and farewell game too Out Caminiti, Hill, Dow In Ross (Sub) Campbell Phillipou Both Farewell Games Garcia into the ...

A real concern if it continues into next year. Teams can have an 'impact' player but for someone like Hunter Clark we would want him on the ground more than that. You don't think he has an impact? Would suggest looking at our team/midfield performance this year and compare the numbers when he was p...

He was on field for about 56% of the 3rd qtr 45% of the last qtr Total for the game was 56%. He still got 22 touches- i think 16 kicks. He seemed to be everywhere in the 3rd qtr and set up several F50 entries. When he got the ball, he made things happen. I can't recall any clangers or is that my ro...