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call me frank
Joined: 27 Jul 2008
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Greenwood and Varcoe are cheaper replacements, have similar stats to Beams and Lumumba (not quite as good), room for improvement, provide extra salary cap and allow us to go to the draft for top ten talent.
I can see us not missing much of a beat with them. Plus we get Crisp who does have potential.
Are we trading smarter without having to look spectacular?
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thompsoc
Joined: 21 Sep 2009
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Greg Swann said they recruited 2 A grade players.
I say we recruited 3 B graders plus pick 5.
I reckon they did better than us.
We are paying big big money for Cloke, Pendles and Swan.
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doriswilgus
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Location: the great southern land
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Who knows pick 5 might end up being better than both of them.
And let's be honest here,the Lions just got plain lucky with these two.They only got Christiansen because he(allegedly) slept with his team mate's wife and had to get out of Geelong,while Beams wanted to be with his sick father and take a bucket load of cash as well.It's not as if they wanted to be there because the Lions have such a great team culture. |
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MJ23
Joined: 28 Feb 2011
Location: Sydney
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^ plus paying beams a shit laid with the kids coming through will challenge them to afford the like of Aish - certainly what he will be worth
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thompsoc
Joined: 21 Sep 2009
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| doriswilgus wrote: | Who knows pick 5 might end up being better than both of them.
And let's be honest here,the Lions just got plain lucky with these two.They only got Christiansen because he(allegedly) slept with his team mate's wife and had to get out of Geelong,while Beams wanted to be with his sick father and take a bucket load of cash as well.It's not as if they wanted to be there because the Lions have such a great team culture. |
Funny allegation.
But you make some good points.
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Wokko 
Come and take it.
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I think Buckley watches Moneyball every night before bed. We have so many flawed diamonds and he just wants more and more.  |
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Pies2016
Joined: 12 Sep 2014
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Cant believe the number of footballers wives who play around.
Gee, who would be an AFL player these days. |
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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005
Location: In flagrante delicto
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| Wokko wrote: | | I think Buckley watches Moneyball every night before bed. We have so many flawed diamonds and he just wants more and more. |
Read the book. Most people who've watched the movie have the premise wrong or misunderstand it. It's not just about getting cheap under appreciated skills.
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matrix10
Joined: 17 May 2009
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Greenwood<Beams
Varcoe~Harry
Pick 5 ??
We have not done too badly out of this- short term pain for long term gain. |
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swoop42 
Whatcha gonna do when he comes for you?
Joined: 02 Aug 2008
Location: The 18
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Swann is right.
They're getting two A rseholes
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jackcass 
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: Bendigo
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I'm not an advocate of prescribed numbers of A, B, C graders being required to get a team to a GF. Be nice to have 8 or more A graders but they then chew a significant amount of the TPP pool and then by necessity you have to have more C graders because that's what you can afford.
What is then the tipping point in the balance of A, B, and C graders? Saints 2010 a case in point. Too many C graders to get the ultimate prize. What if you didn't have to use any C graders? |
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Big T
Joined: 18 Oct 2003
Location: Torino, Italy
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| swoop42 wrote: | Swann is right.
They're getting two A rseholes |
LIKE!
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Piethagoras' Theorem 
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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Christensen A grade? I just spat out my alphabet soup!
Funnily enough, it spelt, BULLSHIT!
I buy the ones in uppercase 
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call me frank
Joined: 27 Jul 2008
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| FrankieGoesToCollingwood wrote: | Christensen A grade? I just spat out my alphabet soup!
Funnily enough, it spelt, BULLSHIT!
I buy the ones in uppercase |
I once vomited a steak that looked like Jesus - but that's another story.
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Damien 
Me Noah & Flynn @ the G
Joined: 21 Jan 1999
Location: Croydon Vic
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Aaah so Christensen did a Carey hey? All makes sense now. So who was playing the part of Stevo in this remake of an old classic? (And was there an Archer?)
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