05-27-2019, 08:32 AM
With all due respect to Rhys Palmer, he was part of the Marchbank "deal".....to get Marchbank for the pick we gave up, we also had to take Palmer of GWS' hands and his contract for one year. But agree, most of the mature players we've got through in recent years haven't been up to it. I like Newman as he offers a bit and hopefully McGovern has more of an influence in games.
The problem is we're anchored to the bottom of the ladder (AGAIN) and it's gonna be very hard to tempt decent players from other clubs. And players using Free Agency to move clubs aren't going to want to go to a team that's at the bottom of the ladder, especially if they want to taste some success and not just take the $$$. It's why in the last few years we've courted blokes like Rockliff, Devon Smith, Dylan Shiel etc and haven't been able to tempt any of them.
If we can identify exactly what we need, then we can give up a very good young player and our first round pick next year to a club that has something we need.
The problem is we're anchored to the bottom of the ladder (AGAIN) and it's gonna be very hard to tempt decent players from other clubs. And players using Free Agency to move clubs aren't going to want to go to a team that's at the bottom of the ladder, especially if they want to taste some success and not just take the $$$. It's why in the last few years we've courted blokes like Rockliff, Devon Smith, Dylan Shiel etc and haven't been able to tempt any of them.
If we can identify exactly what we need, then we can give up a very good young player and our first round pick next year to a club that has something we need.