Hornethorne and the wooden spoon dilemma

[TylerDurden]

The tank is on.

It is so on.

 

[chopflop]

Pick 2 lads. Forget the Horne chat

 

[WWSD]

Pick 2 lads. Forget the Horne chat

Callaghan it is then!

Round 1 2022

C: Day, Worpel, Callaghan

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Who would you take at Pick 1?

Horne or Callaghan (or Daicos or Darcy, I guess)?

Horne but I don’t think we get pick 1 and we finish 17 and get my boy Finn Callaghan

 

[mustang]

Saving him for the Blues game which could yet be in tassie or GC.

 

[Brant]

Horne but I don’t think we get pick 1 and we finish 17 and get my boy Finn Callaghan

Yeah I'm really keen on Callaghan as well.

 

[mustang]

North v Essendon moves away from Marvel to GC which may be better for North seeing Marvel is Essendon home ground.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

North v Essendon moves away from Marvel to GC which may be better for North seeing Marvel is Essendon home ground.

Yeah nah, north aren't winning anything without Cunnington

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Yeah nah, north aren't winning anything without Cunnington

No club gets ahead of themselves like the Bombres, so it’s a slim chance.

 

[mustang]

With us getting a draw keeps us in the spoon race also.

 

[theiaofseed]

No club gets ahead of themselves like the Bombres, so it’s a slim chance.

Essendon, Carlton and Adelaide all decent chances

 

[TylerDurden]

Cmon Kangas.

 

[Brishawk]

We are a win and percentage ahead of north. Unlikely they get past us now.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

We are a win and percentage ahead of north. Unlikely they get past us now.

You gave them no chance against the Eagles too though, so….

 

[Hawk the Talk]

I’ll be just as happy if our kids keep playing like that and we end up with Callaghan. A second top 10 pick is the key

 

[Big Hotdog]

The key is our massive salary cap space. IMO and other really clever peoples opinion also.

 

[Hawk the Talk]

The key is our massive salary cap space. IMO and other really clever people also.

I meant in terms of the draft

 

[fairdinks]

Can see us finishing above Adelaide and Collingwood now. We could very well beat both in the run home. Still, winning (or drawing ) is better than losing for draft picks. We will still get access to a couple of very goood kids.

 

[Accipiter]

One thing to remember with Horne vs Daicos is that Daicos is doing it against kids where Horne has been playing seniors the last year a half. When he was playing against kids he got 30+ disposals while kicking goals on multiple occasions.
Horne in my mind will no doubt be the superior and damaging player over their careers.

A good example was Des Headland who was a kid in a mans body dominating in a kids competition. If you were to re-rank the 1998 draft he wouldn't have been anywhere near number 1.

 

[Wingnut19]

A good example was Des Headland who was a kid in a mans body dominating in a kids competition. If you were to re-rank the 1998 draft he wouldn't have been anywhere near number 1.

Yeah I’m always a bit weary of the early developed kids who are playing senior footy, Bruce Gibbs and James Aish played 2 years of SANFL footy before being drafted. So did Will Gould. I’d go with Goater over Horne who looks to have the most upside in draft. Callaghan a close second. Horne 3rd.

 

[bumsonseats]

I will be interested to see what effect the Melb lockdown has on our players in the run home. A number of Melb clubs have relocated Northam some level of personal freedom, whereas our guys are locked at home.
Will be interesting to see how we handle the next few weeks if lockdown gets extended.

I can’t see it having a positive effect on our players.....especially the younger guys

 

[Brant]

The key is our massive salary cap space. IMO and other really clever peoples opinion also.

We've had that space for 2-3 years.

The key then would be actually making use of it, which I'm still not confident that we will.

 

[Dewnior]

With us getting a draw keeps us in the spoon race also.

Actually the opposite. A draw is the equivalent of 4 points based on Norf's crap %

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I will be interested to see what effect the Melb lockdown has on our players in the run home. A number of Melb clubs have relocated Northam some level of personal freedom, whereas our guys are locked at home.
Will be interesting to see how we handle the next few weeks if lockdown gets extended.

I can’t see it having a positive effect on our players.....especially the younger guys

Most of our young guys will get more PS5 time. Doubt they will care too much.

 

[TylerDurden]

We wont win the spoon now. Kangas shut up shop today in the 2nd half.