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If we already weren't using Hosie do you think he'd get a senior game?He should’ve been on our list after the mid season draft.
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If we already weren't using Hosie do you think he'd get a senior game?He should’ve been on our list after the mid season draft.
If we already weren't using Hosie do you think he'd get a senior game?
If we already weren't using Hosie do you think he'd get a senior game?
Hearing Will Walker say he knew he was done for the year before round 1 and hasn't even started running yet adds to my feeling we wasted an opportunity. Yes, it would have been speculative, but I just can't see why we wouldn't have gone for a second roll of the dice.He wouldn’t play ahead of Brown/Larkey at the moment but his upside is huge and who knows where he could end up in a professional environment.
We had a free hit in the mid season draft and we missed the opportunity.
Probably not at the moment, be we literally have 0 key forward depth. If something were to happen to Brown or Larkey we’d be in serious trouble. Xerri isn’t ready, Durdin & McKay both struggle forward and I think we all want Daw to settle in the back half.
He's tall enough to play ruck. Goodes was only about 192. Jackson can play that mobile Ruckman role or play as a third KPF and spend time in the ruck helping out an aging Ruckman. Means Larkey can play 100% as a forward.U18 watchers - do you think Jackson has the height to be a full time ruck in the AFL? If not, does he have the ability to play a key position?
Tom Gribble please - kid can definitely play but just seams to have flown under the radar
We definitely need more genuine midfield depth. Gribble vs Partington? Who would you pick egga? Who uses it better?Tom Gribble just win the JJ Liston. I called for us to rookie him back in 2012
Classic case of a kid who’s good at everything but maybe without that one elite trait that recruiters look for. He’s still relatively young, gets lots of ball, no obvious flaws (at least that I’m aware of). Worth a rookie pick?
Edit: averaged 30 touches and 7 clearances.
We definitely need more genuine midfield depth. Gribble vs Partington? Who would you pick egga? Who uses it better?
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Tom Gribble just win the JJ Liston. I called for us to rookie him back in 2012
Classic case of a kid who’s good at everything but maybe without that one elite trait that recruiters look for. He’s still relatively young, gets lots of ball, no obvious flaws (at least that I’m aware of). Worth a rookie pick?
Edit: Good runner, averaged 30 touches and 7 clearances. What’s not to like?
Thoughts on Partington RF? Handy list depth type?Very poor kick and from what I’ve been told doesn’t have the best attitude either. Same reasons Jye Bolton and Hayden Scholithe haven’t been picked up.
We are more likely to repeat 2017 and trade for second rounders and we got away with it last time.Interested in people's thoughts about trading our first for next year; as I understand it, there will be a heap of academy players in the top 20 (none zoned to north) so the talent pool will be limited and yet other clubs might be keen to get points to secure their kids; two first rounders this year might well be a better package than one now and the other next (if you see what I mean)
Interested in people's thoughts about trading our first for next year; as I understand it, there will be a heap of academy players in the top 20 (none zoned to north) so the talent pool will be limited and yet other clubs might be keen to get points to secure their kids; two first rounders this year might well be a better package than one now and the other next (if you see what I mean)
Lachlan Ash would be my pick at this stage for his elite pace off hbf
Brodie kemp I think will be a serious player in the Fyfe mould and don’t mind that he will miss half a year. Will be worth it
but that's the point, isn't it? swap our first next year for another first this year?I wish we were in a position to do so, but we need talented kids now.
With the amount of NGA academy kids next year the draft is nearly going to be as compromised as the Gold Coast and GWS super drafts.
I wish we were in a position to do so, but we need talented kids now.
With the amount of NGA academy kids next year the draft is nearly going to be as compromised as the Gold Coast and GWS super drafts.
yep, that's the logic; out of a selection of picks like that, you'd be unlucky not to get some starting 22 players, to build on the existing younger brigade (LDU, Jy, TT, Zurhaar, Larkey) while the older cohort are still around (hopefully Goldy, Higgins, Tarrant, JZ, Cunners)I think you're actually saying the same thing. I thought Merlin007 was suggesting cashing out of next year to focus on this year?
The main way I'd imagine it working is trying to grab a stronger club's 1st and 2nd rounders this year in exchange for our 2020 1st rounder. This would depend on an outside perception we're not going to improve our ladder position.
For instance, would we gamble our 2020 1st rounder for West Coast picks 1 (14-18) + 2 (32-36)?
We then hit the draft with for example: 7, 15, 25, 33, 43. Not a bad hand to retool the list and keeps us out of overinvesting in the pre-selected minefield of 2020.
I think you're actually saying the same thing. I thought Merlin007 was suggesting cashing out of next year to focus on this year?
The main way I'd imagine it working is trying to grab a stronger club's 1st and 2nd rounders this year in exchange for our 2020 1st rounder. This would depend on an outside perception we're not going to improve our ladder position.
For instance, would we gamble our 2020 1st rounder for West Coast picks 1 (14-18) + 2 (32-36)?
We then hit the draft with for example: 7, 15, 25, 33, 43. Not a bad hand to retool the list and keeps us out of overinvesting in the pre-selected minefield of 2020.