This part wont work though. You can't go and hit the trade market desperately trying to gather up more points, then say, "oh we gave up pick 5 for a couple late 1sts, but we aren't actually going to match if you bid early".
No one is falling for that.
I also don't think trying to trade them...
Very different era, and our list profile was significantly different.
We have several years of MSD picks and very low draft picks as the only things filling our list. Ultimately to win the whole damn thing we'll need greater levels of top end talent.
Can't see Dougie going pick 1.
Injury marred draft year, and we should be basically hiding him for the rest of the year with made up issues.
The question is whether we still want him to be drafted in top 5 because of the bonus pick. Probably works out great for us if He goes at say 5 and...
We finish bottom 4. Dougie bid on at 5 or later. Walker bid before our 1st pick giving us a end of first round compo.
We use the bottom 4 pick, get Dougie for the compo and 2nd rounders.
Especially when they were always unlikely to get the matched player.
Richmond would be stupid not to bid on Walker at 1. Carlton will match, Richmond will get the kid they want at 2 and also a bonus pick.
Probably the stupidest rule weve ever heard of.
Cochrane wont go top 5, should be hidden away for the remainder of the year. Has a massive case of draftamperingitis. We'll need to be very careful with him.
Unless we get on a crazy winning run, we've definitely got to be thinking tanking for a top 5 pick would be best case scenario to help build this list back up.
Not sure how we'll even get NAS. He'd be restricted in what 2029. Which would be hard alone. But in a trade would cost years of 1sts. Probably coming after we've gone into deficit from all our FS's.
Feels like it'd be a bridge too far. Can dream.
I'd still like to be in Zac Bailey's ear...
Yes, the Hawks were missing their forwards and Geelong lost a ruck that was slaughtering us early on. We cant be naive and ignore the effect no-Blicavs had, it was large. We still played amazing, and should've won by a huge amount more, but that injury a big impact, we went something like 45-18...
Crows are a massive effort based team. They give 100%, 100% of the time. Its an admirable quality.
What it does though is, it means they capitalise fully, every time an opposition lapses.
As you say, as a result they literally over rate every performance they put in, because they always think...