Armitage To Brisbane?

[thejiggingsaint]

I know!!! Lets try and get Spida back and maybe Sean Charles and Matthew Young?!
Whats with all this rush to trade good YOUNG players? For Gods sake, take a bit of time to draw breath and act with a modicum of consideration when managing the list

[evertonfc]

I'd do a deal if it was outrageously in our favour.

But Armitage has a few credits up his sleeve.

[saint_mite]

Selwood + Cheynee Stiller.
please

[saintspremiers]

I know!!! Lets try and get Spida back and maybe Sean Charles and Matthew Young?!
Whats with all this rush to trade good YOUNG players? For Gods sake, take a bit of time to draw breath and act with a modicum of consideration when managing the list

yeah spot on there Dave.

I reckon Armo is actually another Andrew Thompson - a late developer.....similar type of burst player perhaps?

Wouldn't surprise me if Armo played 200 games for us, provided he can play on into his early 30's.....I'm not expecting him to really deliver until 2010 when his body full matures.

[TimeToShineFellas]

Whats with all this rush to trade good YOUNG players? For Gods sake, take a bit of time to draw breath and act with a modicum of consideration when managing the list

Here at Saintsational Traders we will do you a GREAT deal

Old hacks?
Rejects?
Duds?

Yes we will beat ANY offer of our rival competitors!

Come in and see us on a great range of players.

No offers dismissed!

Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!

[GrumpyOne]

Whats with all this rush to trade good YOUNG players? For Gods sake, take a bit of time to draw breath and act with a modicum of consideration when managing the list

Here at Saintsational Traders we will do you a GREAT deal

Old hacks?
Rejects?
Duds?

Yes we will beat ANY offer of our rival competitors!

Come in and see us on a great range of players.

No offers dismissed!

Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!

If it was 20 years ago we could of trotted out the old line:

"

come and see us at Sowta Melbun and Footisgray

".

[saints11]

Bradd Dalziell

[fonz_#15]

I'd do a deal if it was outrageously in our favour.

But Armitage has a few credits up his sleeve.

i agree with most of your posts ev, but what credits does armo have up his sleeve?

what devastating performances has he put in that have turned a game?

i don't want him traded, in fact that would be a huge mistake but what exactly has he done to warrant half this forum creaming themselves at the mention of the guys name?

[sainters man]

He has only just turned 20, give him some time!

If we traded him i wouldnt renew my saints membership! He along with others is our future!

[fonz_#15]

If we traded him i wouldnt renew my saints membership!

1 of those ones are you

[evertonfc]

I'd do a deal if it was outrageously in our favour.

But Armitage has a few credits up his sleeve.

i agree with most of your posts ev, but what credits does armo have up his sleeve?

what devastating performances has he put in that have turned a game?

i don't want him traded, in fact that would be a huge mistake but what exactly has he done to warrant half this forum creaming themselves at the mention of the guys name?

Sorry, credits as in he was a first round picks and clearly made an impact at junior level.

Agree though he's done little in the seniors.

[WinnersOnly]

Jed ADCOCK for ARMITAGE. Jed is a Vic bof and David a QLD it makes sense...

[plugger66]

Jed ADCOCK for ARMITAGE. Jed is a Vic bof and David a QLD it makes sense...

Yes for us it does but not for Brisbane.

[ozrulestrace]

Why give up Armo?
Give hm at least another year of sold gametime, not in and out week to week and he will develop into a great player and future vice-captain at the very least.
Apart from anything else and was with the Lions, worked at their shop and couldn't get a game, so why would he go back there?

[Ghost Like]

Trade him for a swap of first round draft picks (we get pick 7) and Justin Sherman. Both need new clubs and attitude re-alignments.

Probably better though that we keep him as I suspect GC17 will give a better offer when they come knocking, and they will.

[Dal_Santos_Gal]

honestly I don't get it !!!

A lot of you have been screaming the last few years about how we don't blood enough kids and also scream blue murder when we trade of early picks for older players.
Yet when we do have a decent young kid, it's lets trade him


sorry it does not make sense to me...

[St Fidelius]

honestly I don't get it !!!

A lot of you have been screaming the last few years about how we don't blood enough kids and also scream blue murder when we trade of early picks for older players.
Yet when we do have a decent young kid, it's lets trade him


sorry it does not make sense to me...

Too right and well said...

Just how many posts have there been about the trade period??

Grabbing players from other clubs for draft picks...

One classic was the possibility of trading our first draft pick to a 28 year old...

Gee, this years draft is meant to run deep and some on here are willing to trade in a "band aid" fix... for the illusion of possible success...

IT WON'T HAPPEN...

and plenty of coaches have been found out using that method IMO

We should take a leaf out of the Hawks style of player management...

trade players for draft picks and build a team

[mad saint guy]

Armo isn't going anywhere. He's quoted as as saying that was was itching to come down to Melbourne and live in the home of football when he was up in Queensland and that he's now loving the lifestyle.

[evertonfc]

Jed ADCOCK for ARMITAGE. Jed is a Vic bof and David a QLD it makes sense...

Heartbeat. For us.

They wouldn't do it.

[Saints Premiers 2008]

Bradd Dalziell

watch him get tagged...he will not know how to cope and become the next matthew priddis...soft outside who has 45 meaningless possessions a game that don't affect anything

[derby Street]

Gotta keep him - but geez I won't be so kind if he doesn't take a big step forward next year.

[Eastern]

honestly I don't get it !!!

A lot of you have been screaming the last few years about how we don't blood enough kids and also scream blue murder when we trade of early picks for older players.
Yet when we do have a decent young kid, it's lets trade him


sorry it does not make sense to me...

Mary !!

If you continue to speak in logical terms around here you will be banned !!

[Ghost Like]

honestly I don't get it !!!

A lot of you have been screaming the last few years about how we don't blood enough kids and also scream blue murder when we trade of early picks for older players.
Yet when we do have a decent young kid, it's lets trade him


sorry it does not make sense to me...

My view DSGal is that if we don't trade or endeavour to get higher picks then we don't improve. keeping our fingers crossed and praying that Baker and Maguire will get back and pick up the AFL pace circa 2009 won't cut it.

No point in trading our guns and unfortunately our older players who are not guns have absolutely no currency or at best we're trading a hyundai for a kia. This leaves the young players, personally I think Armo is one paced and one positioned, a Queensland boy who loves the idea of being an AFL player but is not prepared to work hard enough beyond his U/18 'mature body' reputation. Eddy and Geary have probably both passed him this year in club ratings. However I believe that GC17 will chase him hard and he probably believes that as well. In my scenario we could pick up Sherman, young and more games experience as well as better our draft pick.

But let's face it, it won't happen and the right people being Lyon and our recruiters will make better informed decisions than us wannabes on the internet.

Only my opinion, nothing against Armo, I hope he does become a 200+ game player...jst not seeing it at the minute.

[ctqs]

The Lions FANS want him? Oh okay then, I must put some thought into this one.



Required player. But could do with an attitude readjustment in his off field preparations.

How about we tell the Brisbane fans to get stuffed.

Was Harvey referring to him the other night when he talked about the need for young players to get their preparation right?

[saintly_safes]

He's hard at it & gets where the ball is but just doesnt seem to be able to find it at afl level,but he is young & unless there is some jaw dropping trade imo I would keep him.