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What a punchline that would be after the grief North gave us at the trade table. Almost as funny as drafting Billings's over-age mate

Hawks won't want to let Meek go but he's out of contract and the slightly younger Reeves has an extra year and is on a bigger salary (big enough to be a restricted free agent next year). As far as back-up options go he's more attainable than most.

Would prefer Peckett to slide past our first and ideally the Adelaide second we have. Take a leaf out of the 2021 draft, use early picks and pick up academy kids with junk selections

Adrian Cole is the most likely of our NGA's, a key defender clocking in at 195cm last published measurement, one of the vice captains at Sandy Dragons and a Capricorn. Where he goes on the draft board, way too early to say. As it the bidding process stands, we can only bid-match if he gets...

Problem is most of the ruck options are under contract (Bryan and Strachan both until end of next year) - we have to part with enough currency to prise them out and that means overpaying for a back-up ruck option. The best options out of contract would be Ned Moyle and Lloyd Meek, maybe Lachlan...

Also worth putting a spotlight on the Wilkie highlights video - not often you see a defender being showcased like this

There's at least one (understandable) error on that, GWS traded us Adelaide's 2nd rounder, not their own Source: https://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/1467456/draft-night-one-wrap

According to the official AFL list - he's unrestricted https://www.afl.com.au/news/1094814/afl-releases-full-list-of-restricted-and-unrestricted-free-agents-for-the-2024-season

Remember having high hopes for Jackson Voss

Xerri was willing to come

Not much of an update, but something AFL Draft: The best father-son selections of all time and the famous names in the 2024 pool Elwood Peckett (St Kilda) A high half-forward or inside midfielder, Peckett has started the season strongly with the Dandenong Stingrays in the Coates Talent League...

We have Adelaide's https://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/1467456/draft-night-one-wrap

Don't think he has the build to consistently ruck - he'd get absolutely ragdolled. The likes of Owens and Battle are stockier and work much better as a second ruck. He's already coming from a way back in terms of conditioning, better to let him work on just his forward craft.

How this kid slid to pick 18 - I don't know. How long until he gets the inevitable Rising Star nod?

King easily - very ordinary selection this week

Seems pretty unequivocal to me - asked at 11:20, very dismissive of the idea of going back to Adelaide

I assumed this thread was going to be about ruck contests

We've swung and missed at getting a ruck the last few years and now we're in an awkward spot. Unless we prise out a #1 ruck, get someone really young (18-20) or really old (30+), options are: Name Club Age (rounded up, we're looking next year) Career games Contract expires Ned Moyle...

From what I can tell the Pou noise is coming from particular places - Essendon't fans worried they backed the wrong horse, Adelaide and Port fans who want to get him cheap(er), pearl clutchers who decided he was arrogant based on stories around his draft year, even some of our own worried he...

Bold of Purple to recognise King didn't need to be suspended

More legalese horse**** to back up a weak decision, in other words the AFL operating as usual. Christian gets his revenge for the Pies losing.

Agreed, Adelaide shouldn't even bother talking to Mattaes

Not just about Toce though, article mentions Gallagher, Roughead, Wayne Hughes and apparently more ("The Saints also parted ways with a group of part-time recruiters, including Carlton’s ex-national recruiting manager Wayne Hughes, over email in the period after Toce’s exit, the same sources...

By selectively, assume you mean whenever it's us

Gotta laugh at supporters of a club complaining about the umpiring when their players do stuff like this

Marshall's a big wrap for Dow, looking forward to seeing Paddy debut for us

He earned it tonight - read the play well and involved in a lot of smart play

Boston and Elwood are ours if we want them. The others depend on what happens with academy bidding, if it gets lowered back after 20 we have a much better chance of getting Cole who's the standout this far. Linder and Hofmann will need strong seasons to push for that area where we can't match...

Dangerous precedent? What a sycophantic Sir Humphrey suggestion. Sir Humphrey Appleby: Minister, if you block honours pending economies, you might create a dangerous precedent. James Hacker: You mean that if we do the right thing this time, we might have to do the right thing again next time...