Opinion The Race for Pick #1 - It's ours (almost... again....)

[Kanga Glory]

Too many pencilling in Horne as an immediate superstar norm smith winning brownlow favourite too.

Mate you are totally misreading this, we are not pencilling Horne in its set in stone

 

[The acurate one]

If you going to trade pick 1 - you’d want 3 first rounders for it , with two top 7 picks this year.

Think GWS are the only likely ones that can do that.

yes three for sure, just like two top ten picks for Brown .

You should ask The acurate one for advice. He didn't get the handle "The Love Doctor" for nothing.

Just be careful though his other nickname is "The Lunch Cutter".

Oh that is harsh man, I've never do that. There are apparently 13340 more single women in Victoria than single men. If you make an allowance for the crazy ones that still leaves 15 more single women than men

But yes I have advice to offer should anyone seek it- haha

 

[SpiderBurton22]

I guess it will be the Hawthorn boards turn this week to say Callaghan suits us better anyway.

 

[Chadwiko]

Thomas comes back next week. Noble said Zurhaar could play next week. Obviously Cunnington out is enormous, but we're a far better team than we were earlier in the season and in 2020 when he wasn't playing.

I stronglyyyy suspect we won't see any of those three again this season.

 

[Mav]

Hang on everyone.

 

[teethmeetsflesh]

I stronglyyyy suspect we won't see any of those three again this season.

Why would TT not play?

 

[Passmore]

Why would TT not play?

Got to be conservative with concussion.

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

Worpel you star! Clarko deserves the win

 

[Chadwiko]

Why would TT not play?

TT the most likely of the three to come back, but I think Noble and the team doctors will take a sensibly cautious approach to making sure guys are going to be healthy as possible going into the preseason.

It's not tanking. It's just good list management

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

Oh for *'s sake!

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Oh for fu**'s sake!

haha, amazing

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Should be right now, though.

 

[Sphynx]

If we beat 2 of Richmond/Sydney/Adelaide we likely get pick #6.

If we just beat Adelaide we get pick #1.

Big difference.

 

[Lomas]

Damn

 

[DrZaius]

If we beat 2 of Richmond/Sydney/Adelaide we likely get pick #6.

If we just beat Adelaide we get pick #1.

Big difference.

????

 

[Chadwiko]

Damn

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[Cyber_punk]

Hornth Melbourne

 

[shinboner magic]

Horne must be real bad - no one wants him

 

[DrZaius]

The amount of people not only comfortable with, but actively barracking for us to finish last so we have pick 1 (despite history suggesting pick 1 is unlikely to actually end up the best player in the draft) is genuinely disturbing.

 

[BlueandWhiteinmyBlood]

Crows are our biggest danger in terms of pinching pick 1 I feel. The currency of having pick 1 and them wanting Horne is going to be immense and amazing leverage to better our draft hand.

 

[Horace]

We can afford to win one more game. I can't see us beating Sydney. They have been a revelation this year (BTW, happy birthday to Horse and all the others galloping around today) and would be most unlikely to drop a game against us.

A lot will depend on the result of the Freo Ninthmond game now under way. If Freo wins then I suspect the crew from Ninthmond may be very beatable next week. Which would take it down to the last game against Adelaide.

Given we can only afford to win 1 more game this year to get first pick, I would prefer it to be against Ninthmond. This will be our GF, beating last years Premier and hey, who knows we might then deny them that position on the ladder that they covet so much. 9th

 

[BoomerRoo]

Ok......... how many of us went to the "Ladder Predictor" as soon as the siren went Hawks v Lions?

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

despite history suggesting pick 1 is unlikely to actually end up the best player in the draft

While that's true, there's upwards of 50 players in each draft. The same can be said for every single pick.
But you can also say the number 1 pick is the MOST likely to end up the best player in the draft.
If the wooden spoon happens on the back of upsets by Collingwood and Hawthorn, I can live with that. Our early season losses can't be changed now.

 

[DuckYeah]

Tooot toooot Horne train departed!

 

[the big lebowski]

The amount of people not only comfortable with, but actively barracking for us to finish last so we have pick 1 (despite history suggesting pick 1 is unlikely to actually end up the best player in the draft) is genuinely disturbing.

You’ll be ok