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He’d be pretty devastated about missing out on downhill skiing season down in Tassie

The issue with the hindsight argument is that myself, and many others, actively criticised the McAsey, Gallucci, McHenry and Milera picks (among others) at the time, and not just in hindsight. I’m just an average flog who has taken a very strong interest in the draft since around 2010, and while...

We really should be debuting 3 players this week. Fair enough that Curtin began the season in the SANFL after spending some time injured in his first preseason with a jarred knee, and then an ingrown toenail. But he’s played 3 SANFL games now, and we’re playing the worst team in the AFL (well...

Bingo. Unfortunately, even if someone was to take him aside and say “hey Hamish, can you just bin the great family bullshit and focus on footy only like you did with Soligo”, he’s made the exact same comments in relation to both Matt Signorello and Zac Taylor, who have a grand total of 0 AFL...

Foresight is greater. Head recruiters at clubs who have contended for premierships in recent years possess it.

Ogilvie has tried repeatedly to draft midfielders in the first round (and I agree, not necessarily because we “needed” a midfielder with the corresponding pick, but because he identified them as the best available overall selection) - he’s just got absolutely no idea how to identify the best...

The conversation is centred around Hamish’s incompetence with FIRST ROUND picks, where the majority of the comp’s elite are obtained, and specifically his incompetence in drafting capable AFL midfielders with first round picks. The most glaring issue with our list is clearly that it contains...

Shoutout to hugecannon with the great call in Jun 2017. Still 0 AFL quality midfielders drafted with top 20 picks in the 7 years since.

It was Donald Dickie, and I sent a good friend of mine a “Donald Dickie” text straight after the first of Rachele’s “efforts” on Friday night, as it immediately came to mind.

The Dawson shot would’ve been 45m out (man on the mark 38-40m out, very slight angle, but the favourable side for a lefty). Despite the after the siren heroics against Port (which was a lucky shank), Dawson’s set shot goalkicking record from outside 40m is not very good, at all. I’d say it was a...

There’s definitely an element of player development involved too, but NO amount of player development was ever going to turn any of the following into “the right picks”: Chayce Jones instead of Butters Ned McHenry instead of anyone with a pulse (most notably Rowbottom, Bobby Hill, Sparrow)...

Do we have a first round pick, drafted by us, on our entire list who is actually playing consistent AFL standard football right now, let alone being match winners, competing for all-Australian nods etc like first rounders are supposed to? Thilthorpe - injured, so N/A. Has still never played...

Mr 2 possessions in the first half should probably take a look in the mirror. Maybe if he pulled his finger out and got the ball 3 more times in that half of football instead of sipping his own bathwater we might have stolen it?

But not as good a footballer as Wanganeen-Milera, who we should’ve drafted with this pick, but didn’t, because Hamish makes the wrong choice with literally ever 1st rounder he’s ever used.

I have too, but he was legit worse than McHenry against the Bombers, and a lot of it was effort-based. I think he’s gone. I wouldn’t be opposed to him being selected because he actually has a lot of talent (unlike the majority of our list) but I just don’t think they’re going back there again.