by Booney » Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:29 pm
by Booney » Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:32 pm
Dutchy wrote:GWW wrote:Dixon was a risk Port had to take, because the club's drafting & development of key forwards - eg Harvey & Shaw - has been diabolical.
And the downside is you get stuck with him for 5 years on big $....huge risk.
Very early in the season, but at this stage a Rookie on 10% of his pay packet is looking more dangerous.
by PatowalongaPirate » Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:44 pm
Booney wrote:Dutchy wrote:GWW wrote:Dixon was a risk Port had to take, because the club's drafting & development of key forwards - eg Harvey & Shaw - has been diabolical.
And the downside is you get stuck with him for 5 years on big $....huge risk.
Very early in the season, but at this stage a Rookie on 10% of his pay packet is looking more dangerous.
Who should Port have gone after at the end of 2015 to fill the huge gap up front?
by amber_fluid » Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:47 pm
PatowalongaPirate wrote:Booney wrote:Dutchy wrote:GWW wrote:Dixon was a risk Port had to take, because the club's drafting & development of key forwards - eg Harvey & Shaw - has been diabolical.
And the downside is you get stuck with him for 5 years on big $....huge risk.
Very early in the season, but at this stage a Rookie on 10% of his pay packet is looking more dangerous.
Who should Port have gone after at the end of 2015 to fill the huge gap up front?
Petrie.
by MW » Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:49 pm
by Booney » Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:00 pm
MW wrote:Interesting debate...
Port take an expensive risk in draft picks and wage on Dixon and get blasted for it, yet Adelaide don't take a similar risk on Gibbs and also get blasted for it.
by bennymacca » Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:22 pm
Booney wrote:2009 was Butcher, 2012 was Shaw, 2013 was Harvey.
We got 31 games and 41 goals from Butcher. 0 and 0 from the other two.
2010-2013, our lowest point off field coincided with our worst drafting period.
by amber_fluid » Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:25 pm
bennymacca wrote:Booney wrote:2009 was Butcher, 2012 was Shaw, 2013 was Harvey.
We got 31 games and 41 goals from Butcher. 0 and 0 from the other two.
2010-2013, our lowest point off field coincided with our worst drafting period.
Maybe they skimped on the recruiting department during this time?
by valleys07 » Sat Mar 18, 2017 9:52 am
by GWW » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:13 am
by Psyber » Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:51 am
by Mickyj » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:55 pm
Psyber wrote:Did I read the AFL web page correctly?
It appears there will be no free to air TV of the Power match against Sydney on the 25th, while there will be for the Crows/Giants match on the 26th.
It will be one or four only on Channel 7.
I always expected there would be a gradual transition of AFL matches to subscription only, but we seem to be further along that route than I expected at this stage...
by amber_fluid » Sat Mar 18, 2017 3:41 pm
valleys07 wrote:Butcher was absolutely the best key forward prospect in his draft year. The outcry had we not selected him would have been more vicious than the criticism he copped by not performing. He was as much a victim of the weight of expectation post our Tredrea years, as he was a victim of injury and poor development.
Shaw was the right pick for his draft range. Looked likely to get a game after some strong performances in the SANFL, but injury cruelled that, and he never recovered and was delisted.
Harvey was the wrong selection. Considering Ben Brown was still on the table at the time, and would have fit a list need of fwd/2nd ruck that we needed at the time, and subsequently traded for in Ryder, to have him picked by North 3 picks later gripes me.
by bennymacca » Sat Mar 18, 2017 8:02 pm
Psyber wrote:Did I read the AFL web page correctly?
It appears there will be no free to air TV of the Power match against Sydney on the 25th, while there will be for the Crows/Giants match on the 26th.
It will be one or four only on Channel 7.
I always expected there would be a gradual transition of AFL matches to subscription only, but we seem to be further along that route than I expected at this stage...
by Booney » Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:13 pm
by The Bedge » Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:15 pm
Booney wrote:Matt Broadbent has been cleared to play and will be considered for round 1 after a minor hamstring from Ports internal trial on 18th Feb.
Port's injury list before round 1 :
Broadbent - Hamstring - Available
Pittard - Hamstring - 2-3 weeks
Howard - ACL - 3-5 weeks
Dolphin Treasure wrote:Your an attention seeking embarsement..
by valleys07 » Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:18 pm
Booney wrote:Matt Broadbent has been cleared to play and will be considered for round 1 after a minor hamstring from Ports internal trial on 18th Feb.
Port's injury list before round 1 :
Broadbent - Hamstring - Available
Pittard - Hamstring - 2-3 weeks
Howard - ACL - 3-5 weeks
by Booney » Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:27 pm
by Dutchy » Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:38 am
Booney wrote:MW wrote:Interesting debate...
Port take an expensive risk in draft picks and wage on Dixon and get blasted for it, yet Adelaide don't take a similar risk on Gibbs and also get blasted for it.
Dutchy knocks the Dixon deal ad nauseam, I'll be interested in what he thinks our recruiting department should have done.
by Lightning McQueen » Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:47 am
Dutchy wrote:Booney wrote:MW wrote:Interesting debate...
Port take an expensive risk in draft picks and wage on Dixon and get blasted for it, yet Adelaide don't take a similar risk on Gibbs and also get blasted for it.
Dutchy knocks the Dixon deal ad nauseam, I'll be interested in what he thinks our recruiting department should have done.
Hard to judge this early untill you see what the 2015 draft delivers beyond the No. 10 pick you gave away.
But could have picked up Brett Eddy a year earlier and saved $650k a year which would provide much needed cap relief to retain you other stars which will be very tight in the next 2 years.
At the end of the day it was a massive risk to take him on for 5 years on big $....if it was 2-3 years then absolutely worth taking, this was on the back of the Hartlett long term contracting mistake also.
IMO any deal more than 3 years is for the absolute A graders of the comp, too many B graders are getting long term deals and they rarely work out for the club,
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