Retirements and Player Movements

[Macca19]

Callum Wilson a big pickup for the Maggies. Exactly what the club needs.

[Big Phil]

Callum Wilson a big pickup for the Maggies. Exactly what the club needs.

I've seen some vision of him playing in the WAFL and I think he will be a very potent forward in our League. A great pick up by the Maggies IMHO.

[SDK]

Looks like no Ed Lower at Redlegville. Staying to finish study in Melbourne apparently.
Still we have enough .... have to give the other teams some chance

[SDK]

Looking at ins and outs before I did not realize Glenelg had lost so many.
Will fight Sturt for the spoon I think.

[frontfoot]

Looking at ins and outs before I did not realize Glenelg had lost so many.
Will fight Sturt for the spoon I think.

Could be well worth a punt at good odds you'd think

[Big Phil]

Article on the 3 of Norwood's new recruits...

From Localfootysa...

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl ... 6231205015

[am Bays]

Looking at ins and outs before I did not realize Glenelg had lost so many.
Will fight Sturt for the spoon I think.

At this stage of the pre-season I'm actually more confident of earning a spot in the finals this season than what I was this time last year.

[The Sleeping Giant]

As I'm sure all teams are.

[Jim05]

As I'm sure all teams are.

Im not!!
This time last year i was confident Norwood would finish top 2, at the moment im still unsure how we will fare. Would like to think we will be good enough to play finals.

[Peter Griffen]

What's finals??

[SANFLnut]

Most improved sides via recruiting IMHO so far:
1. Sturt - 4 or 5 more regular league players in than out (but need them)
2. Eagles - Have not lost much and appear to have gained some good impact players
3. West - Like a few clubs it depends on how much impact young guys who have not made it at AFL can have

Biggest recruiting losers:
1.Glenelg - Now relying on undrafted kids to do what sound mature players could not. 3 year plan?
2. Norwood - Lost some crucial players to their set-up, although many thought the same last year

Still some water under bridge just yet but gap between 3rd/4th and 9th may be very tight this year.

[croc11]

Struggle to see how Sturt have recruited the best or most ready league players - Jenkins huge wraps, from all reports Kerridge will mostly play for the Crows, B Kane a walk up start but on ageing legs, Panozzo played Ressies last year and is coming off a shoulder recon (still not sure how Sturt are going to find the transfer fees for both??????) - not sure about the rest of their recruits
North look like they have picked a few good ones -Blee very handy if he plays for them
The Eagles have recruited a few good ones as well - Eddy, Shirley back and Sumner - ready made league players to add to an imposing list
Port have picked up some good ones as well - SANFL is alive and well - lets wait and see what happens when the real games start because perhaps sides like Glenelg, Norwood and others have finally got rid of their dead wood

[redandblack]

I see it a bit different for Sturt. The finished bottom last year and struck the bonanza in the mini-draft. We'll have to wait and see about whether Jenkins is any good at this level, but Kerridge at 10 was a steal and there's no gurantee that he'll play much with the Crows, let alone walk straight in.

Ben Kane is a class player and Panozzo will fill a role.

Cahill also gives them options.

[Grahaml]

I don't know if it's a fair assessment or not, but I thought Sturt needed players at the top end of the ability scale. They seemed to have a bunch of reasonable and fringe type players but lacked a couple of really classy guys. Add a couple of those guys and the whole list looks different. Add a few average players and maybe the 15th-21st guys improve a little but I don't see that sending them up the ladder too much.

[frontfoot]

Sturt and eagles have improved on last years squads at this stage IMHO.
Eagles and Centrals gf again . With norwood the only notable challenger.
The real interest in the sanfl is from 4th - 8th for me . Anyones guess really . You could make a solid argument for and against for all the remaining 5 clubs.
Then you have the Bays.

[Sojourner]

I see it a bit different for Sturt. The finished bottom last year and struck the bonanza in the mini-draft. We'll have to wait and see about whether Jenkins is any good at this level, but Kerridge at 10 was a steal and there's no gurantee that he'll play much with the Crows, let alone walk straight in.

Ben Kane is a class player and Panozzo will fill a role.

Cahill also gives them options.

How many of them will commit to the club should they make the finals?

[redandblack]

Good question, Soj.

I'd say Kane, Panozzo and Cahill

[am Bays]

1.Glenelg - Now relying on undrafted kids to do what sound mature players could not. 3 year plan?

I thought that was Centrals MO, recruit/produce blokes just not good enough to get drafted (go to the camps and the screenings but not get picked up) - Havelburg, Dutchke, Goodrem, Spurr (now drafted), O Hara etc

Our blokes still have to produce when it matters at league level but I'm liking the ability of M Snook, Agnew, Clayfield, Curren and Hender (Hender should do a Spurr and get drafted eventually)

Confident we'll make the finals.

[FlyingHigh]

Can't see the Bays doing overly well this year, but certainly building towards something.

[mighty_tiger_79]

i hope ben kanes ankles hold up