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Moneyball?
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:39 pm
by call me frank
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?
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:01 pm
by thompsoc
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:28 pm
by doriswilgus
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 5:49 pm
by MJ23
^ 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
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:16 pm
by thompsoc
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:33 pm
by Wokko
I think Buckley watches Moneyball every night before bed. We have so many flawed diamonds and he just wants more and more.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:34 pm
by Pies2016
Cant believe the number of footballers wives who play around.
Gee, who would be an AFL player these days.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:47 pm
by stui magpie
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:55 pm
by matrix10
Greenwood<Beams
Varcoe~Harry
Pick 5 ??
We have not done too badly out of this- short term pain for long term gain.
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:23 pm
by swoop42
Swann is right.
They're getting two A rseholes
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:53 pm
by jackcass
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?
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 1:28 pm
by Big T
swoop42 wrote:Swann is right.
They're getting two A rseholes
LIKE!
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 1:53 pm
by Piethagoras' Theorem
Christensen A grade? I just spat out my alphabet soup!
Funnily enough, it spelt, BULLSHIT!
I buy the ones in uppercase
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 3:37 pm
by call me frank
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.
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:29 pm
by Damien
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?)