If you were recruiting for a new AFL franchise...

[Jeba]

...and the coach said to you "Go to the NRL and buy me a superstar for this team" who would be the bloke you went after?

I would go for Cooper Cronk.

I reckon someone with the pin point kicking and brilliant tactical awareness of Cronk would be awesome in AFL. He'd be a very good follower I reckon. IMO he shows more skills playing League than Hunt and Folau and it is that type of player that would be more of an asset to an AFL team. So who would be your target?

P.S Admins feel free to move this to AFL Forum if need be

 

[dukey]

Depends on the location of the team. Obviously, one of the biggest mistakes GWS have made is buying a Maroon to try and win the hearts and minds of Western Sydney.
If I was starting a team in Sydney, I'd buy Jarryd Hayne, or Michael Jennings, or Mitchell Pearce, because let's be honest, we're not looking for breathtaking ability here, we want column inches.

 

[Fozz]

Jennings wouldn't be a bad choice, he'd make a zippy midfielder.

 

[Nashy]

Gus Gould. Expert commentator for the AFL.

 

[Ghibli]

If it was in the late 90, early 00's I would've signed Lockyer. These days, probably Inglis.

 

[Bannermania]

Yeah Lockyer played AFL for a long time as a kid, would've been good to grab him when he was younger.

Nowdays, I would try for someone like Michael Jennings or Greg Inglis, it goes without saying how athletic these guys are.

 

[Bucking Beads]

If I was recruiting for the Gold Coast I would chase Inglis..
If recruiting for GWS I would recruit Brett Morris..

 

[Kimlo]

Inglis, Jennings or Soward.

 

[Nashy]

Soward is too short and fat.

 

[Kimlo]

Soward is too short and fat.

Very fast and has a pinpoint kicking game, he can lose weight and wear high heels if need be.

 

[Nashy]

He's still a little fatty.

 

[Je$ter]

Cronk would run all day in the midfield.

 

[Flutterby]

Yeah Lockyer played AFL for a long time as a kid, would've been good to grab him when he was younger.

Define "a long time". He last played AFL when he was like 11 or 12 - couldn't have started tooooooooooo many years before that.

 

[OXY-351]

Given one of the best assets to have in AFL is the ability to kick with both feet, I'd go after Ian Roberts

 

[Bannermania]

Yeah Lockyer played AFL for a long time as a kid, would've been good to grab him when he was younger.

Define "a long time". He last played AFL when he was like 11 or 12 - couldn't have started tooooooooooo many years before that.

Oh come on really? ffs, okay he didn't play for a "long time" then. but he played.

fark, talk about the little things.

 

[gUt]

I would recruit players with sexual appeal to schoolgirls, for the free publicity that would inevitably flow.