Opinion 2020 Draft #2: 1/9/22/23/40/80 (2021 + Melb 2nd, Haw 4th, Freo 4th)

[Deaneus!]

KEY DATES

Oct 30 – Nov 6: AFL Free Agency Period
November 4 – 12: AFL Trade Period
November 20: List Lodgment 1
November 27: List Lodgment 2
November 30: AFL Draft Nominations close
w/c December 7: NAB AFL Draft and Rookie Draft (exact date to be confirmed in due course)
Mid-December: Final List Lodgment & TPP estimates

As God is my witness, finding anything useful on the AFL.com.au site is practically impossible, may whoever designed it burn in hell.​

 

[Bearded Clam]

I’ll never learn but Faith is an unquantifiable quantity and it can only be found in you x

... sounds like someone’s been punching too many bongs..

 

[Towely]

Question, would you all still take Hollands, or any player for that matter, if you thought they would become the best player from the draft over their career, but you knew he would do 1 more ACL in his career and be out for a year?

I would, 100%. 10 years of service from an A Grader is better than 15 years from a B-grader.

 

[hey shorty]

Question, would you all still take Hollands, or any player for that matter, if you thought they would become the best player from the draft over their career, but you knew he would do 1 more ACL in his career and be out for a year?

I would, 100%. 10 years of service from an A Grader is better than 15 years from a B-grader.

If he does another ACL he's not going to be the best player in the draft.

 

[Mutineer]

 

[hey shorty]

Question, would you all still take Hollands, or any player for that matter, if you thought they would become the best player from the draft over their career, but you knew he would do 1 more ACL in his career and be out for a year?

I would, 100%. 10 years of service from an A Grader is better than 15 years from a B-grader.

If he does another ACL he's not going to be the best player in the draft.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Riley McDonald.

Doesn't Logan McDonald have a brother called Riley McDonald? (Serious)

 

[Towely]

If he does another ACL he's not going to be the best player in the draft.

Depends when he does it I guess. If he's helped us win a flag already and then does his knee, I'd take that as a win.

 

[Brett Cummings]

If he does another ACL he's not going to be the best player in the draft.

if mcdonad or thilthorpe do an acl they wont be the best in the draft either.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Its the sort of thing Essendon like to do. I am 100% certain that was on purpose!

Didn’t Essendon do exactly that during the trade period as well at some point?

They do like to troll down at Tullamarine

 

[GrommoT]

Do seriously want a ruckman at pick 1 though?

We'd be able yo say "Stone the Crow!"

 

[hey shorty]

if mcdonad or thilthorpe do an acl they wont be the best in the draft either.

God you're tiresome.

The kid has done one already, and is a high percentage chance of doing another one. I wouldn't wish it on him of course, but the stats are there to see.

Unlike you, I'm happy if we take any of the 3, perhaps 4 if we include Phillips in the discussion.

 

[hey shorty]

We'd be able yo say "Stone the Crow!"

I like Ricky, I wonder who he is here......

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

The best midfielders of the last decade haven't won a flag.

Martin doesn't qualify as a midfielder?

 

[ABAB]

Hollands also just confirmed on radio that GC are ‘very keen’ on him, so we can probably throw out any trade scenarios, of little hope they were anyway


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Hence trade our pick 1 for pick 5 and 2021 1st rounder and they can get Hollands, North get Philips or Campbell, Sydney get DGB, Hawks get McDonald and we get Tilly.

 

[Brett Cummings]

God you're tiresome.

The kid has done one already, and is a high percentage chance of doing another one. I wouldn't wish it on him of course, but the stats are there to see.

Unlike you, I'm happy if we take any of the 3, perhaps 4 if we include Phillips in the discussion.

big men very rarely recover from alc's. you really need to stop posting so much garbage.

also thilthorpe and fog will never be compared. you constantly post crap comments.

 

[hey shorty]

big men very rarely recover from alc's. you really need to stop posting so much garbage.

also thilthorpe and fog will never be compared. you constantly post crap comments.

RT is more athletic, more mobile and a better contested mark than Fog.... Yeah you're right I post rubbish.

The constant wishing of an injury on an 18yo kid however is quality posting.

 

[The Sloane Ranger]

The best midfielders of the last decade haven't won a flag.

More best mids have won the flag compared to elite ruckman

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[Kane McGoodwin]

That feels like Hollands or McDonald to me

I still have NFI who we prefer with pick 1... but yes, it's likely to be between these 2.

 

[Brett Cummings]

RT is more athletic, more mobile and a better contested mark than Fog.... Yeah you're right I post rubbish.

The constant wishing of an injury on an 18yo kid however is quality posting.

thilthorpe and fog are 2 completely different players so yes, you post garbage.

one is a leading forward. one is a contesting marking forward.

 

[hey shorty]

Martin doesn't qualify as a midfielder?

He does, but then over the decade I'd still have Fyfe and Danger ahead of him for consistency. Even then he's probably done his best work as a forward.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

More best mids have won the flag compared to elite ruckman

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Just need to review all the Norm Smiths.

A poor ruckman has been an issue in Grand Final losses, but plenty have been won with serviceable ruckmen.

 

[Runnin Blue]

This thread is moving too fast for me.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

He does, but then over the decade I'd still have Fyfe and Danger ahead of him for consistency. Even then he's probably done his best work as a forward.

He has won Brownlow in a premiership year.

Has been the most damaging midfielder for last few years

 

[hey shorty]

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More best mids have won the flag compared to elite ruckman

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That's good, we're about to draft a KPF

 

[hey shorty]

He has won Brownlow in a premiership year.

Has been the most damaging midfielder for last few years

There's absolutely no doubt he's the best big game player we've seen possibly ever, but as far as consistency goes the other 2 have him and in worse teams.