With the success of more mature players - like Murdoch, McCarthy at WC & others elsewhere - is it time to review strategies around drafting, where WC select these age of player from their 3rd round onwards rather than taking a hail Mary on some 18 year old?
To me the benefits
--being able to...
I think Walter is worth a mid-late 1st rnd pick. But as we know, if I player nominates a club and said club only has an early 2nd rnd pick - than that's what gets it done.
Is Kieren Briggs worth a swing at? I know the new rules have impacted him at centre bounces but to me he is clearly better...
Yet no- one does. But we do know Shanhan can so why on earth would WC move Shanahan out of CHF to accomodate a person who really has shown SFA in his admittedly short AFL career so far.
If Shanhan wants to play CHB then different story, but with Waterman, CDT, Reid and Shanahan all fwd of the...
The words "Rivers" and "late 1st or early 2nd rounder" are oxymorons.
Ive seen a fair bit of footy over my time and "Rivers" is a bog average player who to WC should be worth no more than #475
7 - geez can fill 2 fwd lines with that number.
Have no idea who generated the Rogers talk but how/why did his name come up?
Zane Duursma is OOC? Strikes me as a Heady/Lecras style over marking player which appears different to what WC currently have.
is he a better option than Rogers...
Id imagine hed be in Sydneys top money earners - so wouldnt that make him a restricted free agent meaning Syd would have the rights to match WC's deal & therefore force a trade for him?
I get the romance of another high draft pick this year and going to Syd in 27 when Warners OOC - but...
Not so sure about that.
An extra year working in tandem with the youngsters there, building chemistry, learning the game plan will - IMO - be well worth the outlay.
And he's not going to cost any less the following year.
Why not make a play for Warner end this year.
Give Syd whatever pick we have (3, 4 or 5), offer Neale good $$$ given he's unrestricted & WC have 2 midfielders who would instantly impact.
Maybe our next KPD is already on our list given the surfeit of talls we are trying to fit in the fwd line