Recruiting

ccrump wrote:o'brien close to signing at essendon? this really hurts

It would appear so. Good luck to him!
It is very annoying that Essendon's stuff ups impact other clubs.

certainly gd luick to him.
but now our oputs certainly out weigh our ins bigtime

As Lee said, a lot will depend on the fringe players taking the next step.
Players like Homburg, Anderson, Klemke, Nelson, Hardy, Favretto...
Would be nice to see a couple of young players take the next step too.
Brind and Watchman....

ccrump wrote:o'brien close to signing at essendon? this really hurts

News to me.

Lee Harradine wrote:

ccrump wrote:o'brien close to signing at essendon? this really hurts

News to me.

also news to me.

Jamo wrote:

Lee Harradine wrote:

ccrump wrote:o'brien close to signing at essendon? this really hurts

News to me.

also news to me.

Well it must not be true then!

have we losttvg a backman to a bad injury>?

Crump you seem to be a pessimist.All your comments seem to be in the negative, how a about some praise towards the players and the club. GO THE BLOODS IN 2016.

soz i dont mean 2 b.
but i beliebve we lost a premiersip player to a bad injuryt

Well, who is it........

Waslee black
Won't plays the whole year is what I heard

Lee tell tell us it's not true.That would be one hell of a loss.

Errin will have surgery on a finger on Monday.

He could miss about half of the season.

We're hoping he'll be back well before finals.

ccrump wrote:soz i dont mean 2 b.
but i beliebve we lost a premiersip player to a bad injuryt

Spellcheck is your friend. SOZ.

Lee Harradine wrote:Errin will have surgery on a finger on Monday.

He could miss about half of the season.

We're hoping he'll be back well before finals.

So what happened Lee?

Bugger that's all we needed.Hope he has a quicker recovery.Thanks Lee.

Jamie Hampton maybe a possibility to play as the third tall defender
with the injury to Wasley-Black

Was mentioned on radio that Kaine Stevens was on Essendon's radar.
Anyone else heard anything??
Jars on Triple M mentioned LOL

Wolf Pack wrote:Was mentioned on radio that Kaine Stevens was on Essendon's radar.
Anyone else heard anything??
Jars on Triple M mentioned LOL

They would need special AFL approval as he is not within their current recruiting rules. Needed to have been on an AFL list in the last two years.

Very impressed with some of our new and up-and-coming players at training and in practice sessions.

Any names???

Reading between the lines it may be that we have dodged the Essendon bullet.

They can sign 10 top ups. Kelly and Crowley are signed with Stokes (Geelong) and Simpkin (Hawthorn) to come per the Age. They also note - Matt Dea (Richmond), Mark Jamar (Mel) and James Polkinghorne (Bris) are strongly rumored if not already signed but not announced.

They are also concerned about their key positions and so are considering Sam Grimley, Matt Watson (WA), Ayce Cordy and Peter Faulks (Williamstown).

I was just reflecting on our recruiting this year and taking into account the late start due to the premiership i feel we have again recruited quality, potential quality agreed, over quantity again.

I feel we will find that the recruiters have done well again ==== time will tell.

What do others think

I think both O'Brien and Stubbs wll be quality players for us.
Unfortunately we were unable to recruit an experienced key defender.

The club did however recruit a young key defender in Josh Ryan,
hopefully he can develop quickly

The backline is our only concern I think.
We won't have any depth in that part of the ground this year plus we have lost Wasley Black.