words of wisdom wrote:Drama wrote:GWW wrote:4 or 5 quality recruits will certainly help tailem, but they will need to minimise player losses, especially the locals/zero pointers. Seems to be a bit of chat about potential recruits on here for all clubs except Jervois and Mypo, both clubs will need some quality INs to cover their reported player losses.
Tailem Bend has been on the front foot in retaining locals and keeping their Under 17s from this years Premiership side interested and at the club.
Kartinyeri - is staying, despite links it Karoonda. Best player the league has seen for 20 years, and is certainly not past it at all.
Hogarth - is staying, despite links to Karoonda and other Mallee teams and is the best young player in the comp.
Gregory - is staying, despite links to Marion.
Sumner - is staying, despite talks of him returning to Imps. I remember when this kid was playing in town, and his early days at Imps, and he is as good a player as any in the comp. And may as well be a new recuit for 2010 as he missed most of this year with major surgery.
Linde and Krueger where never going anywhere, despite the stuff that gets said on this forum.
Matt Cooper is a massive signing. People like to say Tailem are in all sorts of trouble, but know very little and get caught up in "Muffy leaving" rumors. A lot is being done out there to make sure they can be competitors in 2010.
Hogarth is a solid player but as for the best young player in the comp.... Steve Braun has got him covered by a fair bit.
Comment was just based on the fact Hogarth has won the past 2 Best Under 21 awards for the leauge, and I believe he is still only 19.
As for Braun, that statement is a little wayward mate, I don't think he is even the best young defender in the comp. Ben Quast from Imperials who would only be 20 or 21 in my opinion is better. Kerian Jaensch at Mypo is another young kid who had a great season and is up there. But Braun, for mine, isn't quite as good as a handful of young talent in the leauge.