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henno,reynolds, cartledge. a few rookies gone

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bolton,pevrill lucky IMO.

One more to go yet if we plan on using our PSD pick.

If I was Bolton I wouldnt be getting settled in yet.

I was a little worried when i read that Sheeds thinks Henno is a player that can be re drafted... if we waste a pick on him i will scream!

cartledge?

I thought he might still get a go.

delisting him, does it make us more likely to take leuenberger in the national draft with pick 2?

Bugger me. Ben Jolley as well! Even though he lacked a bit of leg speed, I thought he was starting to show a bit...

Jolley did really well towards the end of the year.

Whilst I liked the look of Jolley I don't think he is ever going to turn into a player that will make it into any starting 22 consistantly so sadley in what is not a cut throat buisness there is no room for him.

good delistings, although i was a bit sad about Jolly, they said he might get back onto the rookie list though

Cut throat business?? Are you serious? Surely that's a joke when Bolton gets another contract, Jolley and Cartledge both depart and the latter two showed one hell of a lot more that Bolton ever will (who incidentally was #4 pick )

I have mixed opinions of Mark Bolton. I think he's a handy player, but that's all. He will never be a match winner and he will never be a key position player. What seems to be the problem is that everyone expects more out of him simply because he was pick #4 in the '97 draft. Well, that aint his f****** fault. He didn't walk around with a neon sign on his head saying "you must pick me at #4". The Essendon football club chose to ingnore other "star" recruits and chose him. So throw your rotten eggs at the recruiters responsible for missing out on the likes of Adam Goodes, Chad Cornes, Simon Black, Luke Power, Nick Stevens or Matthew Scarlett instead. That is very shitfull from the EFC. And to continue on poor decisions, they have re-signed him at the expense of a (yet to be known) player. Again, not Bolton's fault. The EFC have created the Mark Bolton bagging machine, pure and simple.

Apsalutely Spot on BD

I agree that the recruit has been rubbish. Mark Bolton is a handy player at times, I also agree. Mark Bolton is not going to help Essendon Football Club win a premiership. He is not the future of the club, as evidence by the one year contract. He should have been delisted. Plain and simple.

Yes, I'll support him while he's a player for the club, but I'm not happy about it.

IMO, Bolts deserves to stay. Sure, he is not the best player in the team, but he works his but off and has the right attitude...

Henno going is no real surprise for me. He did not play this year with the shoulder and in past seasons has not shown enough...I don't think it would help to cut both Bolts and Henno in the same season...

Also, last year we cut a number of trouble makers from the club and as such, I don't think they could have gone then...

For mine, Bolts will have to have a blinder of a season this time around in order to get another contract next year, but overall, I can understand why he is still on the list all things being equal...

Crazyman wrote:IMO, Bolts deserves to stay. Sure, he is not the best player in the team, but he works his but off and has the right attitude...

Doesn't matter, he isn't good enough to warrant a further year on the list. In a rebuilding phase, you have to cut the crap and give others a chance to see if they're any good.

Well it's official...... Austin Lucy has been delisted
I reckon this is pretty harsh going by some reports that said he was coming along well in the reserves.... He's 19 and only had one year on our list???.... very harsh....

Boyler_Room wrote:I agree that the recruit has been rubbish. Mark Bolton is a handy player at times, I also agree. Mark Bolton is not going to help Essendon Football Club win a premiership. He is not the future of the club, as evidence by the one year contract. He should have been delisted. Plain and simple.

Yes, I'll support him while he's a player for the club, but I'm not happy about it.

Lets face it, were not going to win a premersip in '07 so it hardly matters. I'm told he trains the house down. Perhaps he is there to show the young kids how its done, while also being a player who can fill a spot when the first picks go down.

In any event, he is now contracted until the end of '07, live with it!

patoman wrote:Well it's official...... Austin Lucy has been delisted
I reckon this is pretty harsh going by some reports that said he was coming along well in the reserves.... He's 19 and only had one year on our list???.... very harsh....

A little surprising but i get the feeling that he has only been let go to make room on the list, he will probably be re drafted or rookied by the club.

Mrs Mercuri wrote:

patoman wrote:Well it's official...... Austin Lucy has been delisted
I reckon this is pretty harsh going by some reports that said he was coming along well in the reserves.... He's 19 and only had one year on our list???.... very harsh....

A little surprising but i get the feeling that he has only been let go to make room on the list, he will probably be re drafted or rookied by the club.

Can he be rookied?

He wont be picked up in the PSD by us thats for sure. All reports were that he was a real defensive prospect. Does this further indicate that we will be targeting a defender, therefore Hanson in the draft no matter what Carlton does? I thought Lucy and Lee were going to be our next FB CHB combination.

Could be a surprise with Gibbs making it to 3rd pick.

Crazyman wrote:IMO, Bolts deserves to stay. Sure, he is not the best player in the team, but he works his but off and has the right attitude...

Henno going is no real surprise for me. He did not play this year with the shoulder and in past seasons has not shown enough...I don't think it would help to cut both Bolts and Henno in the same season...

Also, last year we cut a number of trouble makers from the club and as such, I don't think they could have gone then...

For mine, Bolts will have to have a blinder of a season this time around in order to get another contract next year, but overall, I can understand why he is still on the list all things being equal...

That looks to be the plan with Bolts. Shape up or ship out!!!

Crazyman wrote:For mine, Bolts will have to have a blinder of a season this time around in order to get another contract next year...

I would agree too, if it wasn't for the fact that people have been saying that about Bolton for the past 5 years!!!

He has never produced and yet he still gets kept on the list!!