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A.F.L. Thread II
- Thread starter vic_orthdox
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vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
****, we've lost Jeremy Laidler. That's a huge blow, we've spent three years grooming him to replace Scarlett. Bloody Carlton.
pasag
RTDAS
SHould have gotten rid of Milburn earlier, itbt.
Matt79
Global Moderator
Jeez David Cloke is a plonker. Can see where Travis gets his brains from.
pasag
RTDAS
No you guys tampered with the draft and gave them no choice. Ridiculous form from Collingwood:
"we'll take any player we want, just get them to go in the preseason draft and drag their feet till they get to us."
Scum of the earth.
Matt79
Global Moderator
Unfair to judge it like that. No club got fair value from GC re compo picks, probably besides Collingwood with Fraser where GC prob paid more than anyone else would have given their niche need. Given you'd lost Harbrow in that manner, getting Sherman with the pick you got was good trading.
Matt79
Global Moderator
A) can you prove that?
B) whatcha gonna do bout it?
C) go die in a hole crybaby.
Carlton managed to get nothing much for Jacobs, fail to offload Walker or Thornton, and marginally won the Grigg thing. Going nowhere fast that club.
pasag
RTDAS
a) we could have lost Jacobs for nothing, so it turned out ok in the end.
b) We weren't looking to offload Walker. He was under contract and only would have been traded for a good price.
c) Thornton wasn't really a priority for us.
It was a pretty good trade period for us.
Success or not, you'll always remain a dire club. Run by dire ****s, played by dire ****s, supported by dire ****s.
SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
Of course he can prove it! It is no secret that Tarrant basically said Collingwood or retirement, so Freo at least had the good nature to **** him royally and take him in the PSD.
Yeah he's a very good pick up (i.e. much better than you think he is judging by your attitude towards him a few pages back), but I still think it is pretty poor form from Collingwood.
Freo did pretty well this period, all things considering.
Matt79
Global Moderator
Obviously Tarrant said what he did. But prove it that him doing so had anything to do with Collingwood doing anything dodgy, as opposed to being a great club in the premiership window.
Re my attitude to Tarrant, it was that we shouldn't trade away anything significant for him. He'll obviously be useful next year and maybe 2012, and given we basically paid only pick 55 for him, I'm happy enough.
Re my attitude to Tarrant, it was that we shouldn't trade away anything significant for him. He'll obviously be useful next year and maybe 2012, and given we basically paid only pick 55 for him, I'm happy enough.
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SirBloody Idiot
Cricketer Of The Year
He'll be more than useful. He'll be your best defender if he stays fit.
Spikey
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Tarrant tampered with the draft, but it's much the same really. Funny how I've heard the reason Tarrant wanted to go back to Collingwood was to thank them for starting his career...but he's ****ed over the club who saved it.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Yeah I'm a Tiger fan.
You can't say how good or bad Houli is, or is going to be. He has never had a proper chance, a proper string of matches to show what he's got.
Similar story with Grigg IMO.
I think they'll both be decent pick ups. Nothing Earth shattering, but there is a chance that one of those could be an untapped gun.
Whereas Tambling had been given 6 years of constant play, and only had one good season (2009).
You can't say how good or bad Houli is, or is going to be. He has never had a proper chance, a proper string of matches to show what he's got.
Similar story with Grigg IMO.
I think they'll both be decent pick ups. Nothing Earth shattering, but there is a chance that one of those could be an untapped gun.
Whereas Tambling had been given 6 years of constant play, and only had one good season (2009).
pasag
RTDAS
You're missing the point. You said, "Trading with Freo still brings the lulz." Well, basically you tried to screw and it was a dog act. Let's not turn around and laugh at them after trying to knife them, kthnx.
pasag
RTDAS
Grigg > Collins, but Richmond were in a position of strength and didn't have to give so much away, perhaps. Anyways, overall Richmond had a good week so nothing to complain about.