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Ben Davis ends up at Adelaide. Reckon we were hoping he'd slip to us in the rookie draft.
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Well Rd 1 will clearly be able to be judged in future years - it was either Simpkin or Florents -
To broken leg or not broken leg.....?
For me it will be:
Florent v Simpkin (watching Logue closely too)
Haywood v Witherden
Maibuam v Allison
Cameron v Young
Giving it three or four years.
Brisbane would have matched the Allison bid for sure if we had have tried to pick him.
Just looking back at Gold Coast's draft.
Ainsworth, Scrimshaw, Brodie & Bowes.
Holy s**t.
They are the most idiotic club in the country atm. McCluggage looked absolutely shattered to be picked by them. He'll be gone ASAP.Brisbane is ******ed you have a bloke that has been saying he wants to buy into the culture and is wanting to be picked up by them you would think with all the retention issues you wouldnt even ask questions!
http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-11-23/culture-attracts-ainsworth
Brisbane is ******ed you have a bloke that has been saying he wants to buy into the culture and is wanting to be picked up by them you would think with all the retention issues you wouldnt even ask questions!
http://www.lions.com.au/news/2016-11-23/culture-attracts-ainsworth
You take best available. Unless McCluggage pulled a Wingard and just flat out said 'I won't play for you', you take him.
Pick 1 McGrath DE:56% 2016Average or below average kicks?
I'm so eager to hear who all you draft experts would have chosen as alternatives. The negativity on this board is unpalatable at times. We went into the draft wanting the best available with pick 9 and 19 and drafting for needs with our later two picks. In my opinion, undoubtedly we achieved that aim.
Florent: People wanted speed, creativity and a bit of flare - we chose Florent. He'd be one of the most creative and evasive players in the draft. Perhaps a case could be made that Simpkin was a better pick but most power rankings/phantom drafts had them very evenly matched. Simpkin is coming off a broken leg too which makes it far more difficult to assess how good he really is.
Hayward: I would be very interested to hear who people believed was a better pick, that was available at 21. He is a dead eye dick and provides another much needed avenue to goal to relieve some pressure from our midfield. Think of him as a better man's Xavier Richards. Emma Quayle even had Hayward linked at Carlton's pick 5 at one stage, albeit quite a stretch. Yet, people still complain he was a poor choice. Who would be the suggested alternative? Take someone like Shai Bolton for instance whose name has been thrown around - you might get the speed you so ardently desire but his skill set is lacklustre.
Maibaum: a very well built and solid sized key defender (193cm and over 90kg). A poor pick here would have been another Laidler, Rampe, Marsh type that plays third tall. Instead, we took a strong key defender who can hold down a defensive post and who also happens to be the U18 All Australian full back.
Cameron: I think it is naive to think we can get away with only having three ruckmen on our list - far too risky, especially given the injury history of Tippett, Sinclair and Naismith. Perhaps an argument could be made that we should have worked harder to retain Nankervis but if you're given the opportunity to play best 22 at another club, you're always going to take it. Now by no means will Cameron be a superstar but he gives us depth and flexibility in that he can play up forward as a second ruck and also provide a contest. He's also a mature-ager so we're not going to have to wait a couple of years (like the Dogs will with English) for his body to develop.
Ridiculously pessimistic in here tonight. Draft night is supposed to lull us in to thinking we're now premiership favourites..
Anyone catch Kinnear Beatson's comments on SEN? I missed it. From what I can glean from tweets he was very excited about Hayward but he didn't sound too enthused about Maibaum.
Was Maibaum the pick where we were undecided for a while?
Forgot his name, so maybe the final decision was out of his hands - But he might have been distracted- there seemed to a bit going on around him during the interview.Anyone catch Kinnear Beatson's comments on SEN? I missed it. From what I can glean from tweets he was very excited about Hayward but he didn't sound too enthused about Maibaum.