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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: The Quick Fix
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 on
Gaff is very outside and soft, Kelly probably isnt anything massive in the bash an crash stuff either but can win the footy in close, everyone is talking about our kids needing 100 games but if you put  a 4 year time frame on that a player like Cripps will be 27 and banged up big time, we need to get him some quality help at the coalface and a mid who has size and strength....

Agree completely, just one is a FA the other will cost our first pick. That’s why I wouldn’t mind trying to get Guthrie as aFA too
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: The Quick Fix
Quote from: blue4life on
I don't want to trade him unless we get to the end of this season and he's still showing four fifths of not much.
At that point his value would be limited but at the end of 2019 it would be zero, so we could at least salvage something.
Footscray traded Griffin, their captain, for Boyd, and some years ago North traded their captain for Shannon Grant, you have to give something to get something.
Unless we want to keep trading in the likes of Sumner, Smedts and Wiley, which has worked out well.

I get the limited value if we wait ‘too long’.

 I’m concerned that being played in the twos is doing him no favours and given how bad our delivery to forwards is in the seniors, I can only imagine how bad it is in the twos.

I’d be hanging on to him. His value to us will by far exceed his value to another team (unless he proves himself in which case why would trade him)
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: The Quick Fix
Quote from: blue4life on
The problem with that is that it's a no to trading anyone of any value according to most Carlton supporters, so how can we expect to trade anyone in who's half way decent.
Half of our list isn't AFL standard so there's no point hawking any of them around, so we just keep on trading in hacks and rejects in exchange for low draft picks and the sorry mess continues.

Who do you want to trade him for?

Who’s going to replace him?

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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: The Quick Fix
I think it's time to bring some better AFL class (not rejects) in via FA.

Someone like Guthrie, maybe Gaff or Dalhaus. Just another couple of guys that can manage AFL football and take some pressure off the kids. SPS, Dow etc would be better off being mids 5,6,7 etc than 3 or 4.

I'd also look for a Hodge/Lewis type as an on field coach.

I'm all for the rebuild but if we're not careful it could go very wrong 
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: Worst Leaders in the AFL!
Quote from: Jean-Claude on
Gibbs is the one I would be seriously thinking of trading come end of the year at this stage. I always hoped that he would just have that one season like Goddard did when he absolutely explodes but I can't see it in him to be honest. I think he has peaked and if he doesn't do it this year then I think his time is up in terms of getting in that top bracket of players.

I would be trying to prise Talia or something out of Adelaide perhaps not sure?

Should have let him go last year as a FA. Would have had pick 8. Could have traded our drafted at the top end if the draft and still got the KJ trade done.

Gutless.
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The Sports Desk / Re: cricket bats
Maddock Sports in Blackburn id ome fantastic work on a bat i bought. Took weight out without affecting the power of the bat.

If you want something handcrafted try Warsop, they made the best bat I've ever used.