Wayne Swan
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- Sep 9, 2013
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Starting to get impatient now about this new bidding system, still fearing that Eddie will convince the AFL to shaft us.
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Think he lives with his mother in Melbourne.
Maxfield isn’t eligible for the draft until 2016 and will play his first season at under-18 level this year, having graduated from Sandringham’s under-16 development pathway.
Think he lives with his mother in Melbourne.
Pfft, as if he wouldn't want to come. We've got the two best players this century, possibly ever, in Heeney and Mills (according to Eddie, anyway). Why wouldn't he want to play with those guys and win like 13 premierships in a row?Ah bugger. I hope he has a good relationship with his father because if he doesn't then he might not want to come to the Swans.
Pfft, as if he wouldn't want to come. We've got the two best players this century, possibly ever, in Heeney and Mills (according to Eddie, anyway). Why wouldn't he want to play with those guys and win like 13 premierships in a row?
not yet, but i can see it going through with an adjument on the discount ie f/s upping to 25% as well.Have the committee which proposed the new academy and f/s laws stated a date they will confirm any new changes (i.e. can we know about it more than 5 minutes before eddie and his mates try to shaft us) unlike this year!!!
not yet, but i can see it going through with an adjument on the discount ie f/s upping to 25% as well.
yeah, considering the strike rate of no 1's. Perhaps they will, it's been a while so they must be mulling over some chnges.I hope they make the first 3 picks cheaper. How much more expensive pick 1 is compared to pick 4 is silly.
I reckon 50% discount to recognise the millions being invested into statewide development as well as direct investment into the players and 30% for father-son if they're gonna persist with this points scale. It's all just wild stabs in the dark which is the stupid thing. Look at all the lower draft picks like Parker and Hanners, if the system was so perfect surely they would have been collected by the other teams ahead of us.
Funny enough i have it on good authority that the one area Okearney needed to brush up on was inside, contested part of his game. He's a player that positions himself extremely well off the pack-better than any Ive seen and spreads nearly as good as any kid his age that Ive seen (not as good as Callum Mills). His kicking didnt look elite to me, but pretty good. In my eyes he was more outside than inside last year, lacks a bit of foot speed and height and therefore is not the player for us. He'll perform well at Nationals as his game suits that style of competition but i wouldn't be surprised if he is still on the draft after pick 10-a weaker draft this year might keep him in.
I haven't had any major issue's with O'Kearney's inside game myself. I'd overall describe him as one of the elite accumulators as probably after Dunkley that next most productive when looking at totality of numbers. For a mid he has a good inside/outside ball balance and good tackling ability and numbers, so I agree with you from the standpoint that he isn't a pure inside player. He isn't super tall or a powerhouse so that might be more where you're coming from regarding the contested side of his game with Dunkley again an example of a substantially more dominant contested ball winner. But with O'Kearney I tend to see his game for an inside player as more balanced accumulation which is fine.
Well if Eddie can't have them, no one can!They mention Mills quite a bit on the Collingwood forum
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/collingwood-almanac-2014.1058851/page-111
Mentioning Dunkley as well
Saints (my tip to get the spoon) will bid pick 1 on Mills i have no doubt.
They need mids and Mills is on track to be the best available.
That is what I am worried about as well. I have been thinking about who would get the spoon and what sort of player they want. Really the gap between pick 1 and 2 in points is huge. Even if we could stop pick 1 being used to bid on Mills and instead pick 2 was used it would be a huge win for us.
Maybe they will remember we did them a favour delisting Membrey so he could start early pre-season
I highly doubt itIf Membrey turns out well for them this year I wonder if they would be nice enough to sort of return the favour and not bid on Mills.
I highly doubt it
In a perfect world. But st kfc are a rebuilding club with midfielders at the top of their priorities. If they think he is worth pick 1 they will bid pick 1. St kfc have never done any clubs any favors in the past. They wont start now.A you scratch our back we'll scratch your sort of deal. St Kilda would not be harmed in any way by us getting Mills at pick 2 instead of pick 1.
In a perfect world. But st kfc are a rebuilding club with midfielders at the top of their priorities. If they think he is worth pick 1 they will bid pick 1. St kfc have never done any clubs any favors in the past. They wont start now.
The draft watchers were saying when Mills and Heeney played for NSW last year they were equal or Mills was slightly better despite Mills being one year behind. The mind boggles...Mills will well and truly be a swan