Recent content by Rooboys Rool

Ford is from the 2020 draft. Only in his 4th year now.

I see quite a few saying this now, but I completely disagree. Projecting to our next premiership window, it’s only Comben and W Dawson in the right age bracket. Comben might not be playing in the backline by that time and obviously Dawson hasn’t even played a game yet. With the time KPP take...

A form of assistance the AFL should give teams at the bottom is no dilution of FA compensation if another FA is acquired.

https://www.zerohanger.com/rivals-still-desperate-to-lure-contracted-west-coast-star-149596/amp/ Apparently the Bulldogs are into Barrass. If true, that might mean they don’t think all that highly of Busslinger. Doesn’t necessarily mean we shouldn’t look into seeking Busslinger, but should be...

Nah, we had a free spot from last year that Sellers took.

So, who’s worse: Kano, who shitposts and refuses to acknowledge any issues that may lead to; or Caro, who acknowledges and thinks deeply about the issues it may lead to, but shitposts anyway?

Tell Jy to get different mates?

And Taylor?

Maybe they’ve taken some tips from our membership department and all these foundation memberships will be auto-renewed next year but on a more expensive membership level.

No you’re right - take out Thomas and Quaynor and our pick goes back to pick 12 (our 11 became 12 after GC compo for losing Lynch), which is where Butters was taken. So you’re absolutely right in that under the current academy rules we wouldn’t have had Thomas and may well have Butters!

Butters was gone by our pick (it ended up being used by GWS on Hately). And yeah we could have got Thilthorpe if not for academy rules, but likely that Adelaide would have taken JUH. Agree on 2019 👍

What’s the minor change that would give us Butters or JUH?

If both fit to play, the two co-captains will come in. I’d also bring in Greenwood if he’s fit, with Hugh to be the backup ruck. That allows us to bring in a KPF with better forward craft than CCJ, so that’s probably Sellers with Comben developing as a back. And with Jy, LMac and Hugh coming in...

Hate to point this out, but it’s actually 3 of the 4 preliminary finalists in the first 4 weeks… At least it backs off from there though, because in round 5 we get to take the leisurely drive down the highway to pork barrel stadium…

Just on the whole “we could have had Butters” thing - unless we traded up then, no, we couldn’t. Butters was taken with Port’s own pick. They on traded our Polec pick and it ended up at GWS, who then used it on Jackson Hately at pick 14 at the draft. The next few players taken were Jordan...