Laidley and Makepeace.
Laidley and Makepeace.
At a school function yesterday and I spoke with one of the teachers husband who is best mates with Makepeace having grown up with him. Makepeace is a mad Essendon supporter since birth.
He was 2nd B&F in 2005 with Norf and then had a major falling out with Laidley who I reckon is a raving lunatic and he spent most of the year in the 2's because of a "youth policy"....what youth policy at Norf with the Rawlings/Hay debacles of the last 2 years and the 4 Draft picks they gave up to get them (ie kids).
Makepeace is apparently desparate to play at Essendon. He is tough, quick and good on both sides of the body. He is only 27. We could do worse in the PSD.
He was 2nd B&F in 2005 with Norf and then had a major falling out with Laidley who I reckon is a raving lunatic and he spent most of the year in the 2's because of a "youth policy"....what youth policy at Norf with the Rawlings/Hay debacles of the last 2 years and the 4 Draft picks they gave up to get them (ie kids).
Makepeace is apparently desparate to play at Essendon. He is tough, quick and good on both sides of the body. He is only 27. We could do worse in the PSD.
could do alot worse. Picking him up would also free up MJ and McVeigh to play in the middle more.
don't necessarily have to use a PSD pick on him either. Telling him to nominate for the National Draft and we can use a late round pick on him.
A 5th round pick for Makepeace would be a bargain.
And with the exit of the 'tough' nut Solly, he would help replenish are hard at it stocks, without all the stupid free kicks and 50m penalties that Solly would give away.
don't necessarily have to use a PSD pick on him either. Telling him to nominate for the National Draft and we can use a late round pick on him.
A 5th round pick for Makepeace would be a bargain.
And with the exit of the 'tough' nut Solly, he would help replenish are hard at it stocks, without all the stupid free kicks and 50m penalties that Solly would give away.
Like I said, picking him up would free McVeigh and MJ to play in the middle and forward line and personally for mine he would be a better optin than Welsh or Cole in a back pocket.bowzer wrote:if we did pick him up there wouldnt be a spot on the team for him unless there were a major amount of injuries to our backmen, PLUS we have an abundance of running backmen its not funny ie Mcphee, NLM, Mcveigh, Welsh, Nash, MJ (when need be), Cole and Bradley
If we had him my starting 6 defenders would be Makepeace, Fletcher, NLM, McPhee, Lee and Nash.
With MJ and McVeigh in the guts or up forward.
Filthy, I reckon he's worth a good look, especially come our last pick in the national draft if we've covered our other needs/wants.
He'd more than likely go straight in to our starting 22, he runs hard, creates and has a lovely left boot on him. Could also be used in a tagging role if need be.
I was very surprised he got delisted, my Brother works with a number of Kangaroo fans and they could not believe he was sacked.
He'd more than likely go straight in to our starting 22, he runs hard, creates and has a lovely left boot on him. Could also be used in a tagging role if need be.
I was very surprised he got delisted, my Brother works with a number of Kangaroo fans and they could not believe he was sacked.
Big blue with Laidley Col.bombercol wrote:Filthy, I reckon he's worth a good look, especially come our last pick in the national draft if we've covered our other needs/wants.
He'd more than likely go straight in to our starting 22, he runs hard, creates and has a lovely left boot on him. Could also be used in a tagging role if need be.
I was very surprised he got delisted, my Brother works with a number of Kangaroo fans and they could not believe he was sacked.
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My thoughts also.Western Red wrote:If we are not going to challenge for a flag in the next 2-3 years why would we draft a 27 year old. If we were in the position Freo are in where they are a couple of players away from making a GF Makepiece might come into the picture.
Stick to the super draft this year.
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3rded.F111 wrote:My thoughts also.Western Red wrote:If we are not going to challenge for a flag in the next 2-3 years why would we draft a 27 year old. If we were in the position Freo are in where they are a couple of players away from making a GF Makepiece might come into the picture.
Stick to the super draft this year.
Even in St Kilda or Melbourne's position (ie 5-8) I would think 27 yos are good pick ups, but at second last (and only on percentage) - NO.
This bullshit about not being in a window of opportunity is rubbish.
If we arnt going to challenge for a flag, why is Hird playing on? Why dont we trade Lucus and Lloyd for some first rd picks? Why do we keep anyone over the age of 25?
BECAUSE WE WILL CHALLENGE FOR THE FLAG EVERY YEAR!!
The baby bombers came from obscurity and won a GF. Get the right group together with the right game plan and we could be challenging in 2 years or even next year in all the right circumstances.
I dont care what age they are, we take the best value player we can get in the PSD and if that is makepeace then so be it.
If we arnt going to challenge for a flag, why is Hird playing on? Why dont we trade Lucus and Lloyd for some first rd picks? Why do we keep anyone over the age of 25?
BECAUSE WE WILL CHALLENGE FOR THE FLAG EVERY YEAR!!
The baby bombers came from obscurity and won a GF. Get the right group together with the right game plan and we could be challenging in 2 years or even next year in all the right circumstances.
I dont care what age they are, we take the best value player we can get in the PSD and if that is makepeace then so be it.
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=D> Brilliant. You are a true Bomber!!Sol wrote:This bullshit about not being in a window of opportunity is rubbish.
If we arnt going to challenge for a flag, why is Hird playing on? Why dont we trade Lucus and Lloyd for some first rd picks? Why do we keep anyone over the age of 25?
BECAUSE WE WILL CHALLENGE FOR THE FLAG EVERY YEAR!!
The baby bombers came from obscurity and won a GF. Get the right group together with the right game plan and we could be challenging in 2 years or even next year in all the right circumstances.
I dont care what age they are, we take the best value player we can get in the PSD and if that is makepeace then so be it.