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"key parts of the swap", there'll be more to it than just this.Is this the AFL trying to help out the Roos here?
How in the hell is anyone agreeing to #11 for #25 and a future 2nd? Likely at the bare minimum #20+.
I don't care about the points. That just isn't even in the realm of sanity and simply couldn't be the best bid out there from a team.
I was thinking the same thing. Some graft maybe.Is this the AFL trying to help out the Roos here?
How in the hell is anyone agreeing to #11 for #25 and a future 2nd? Likely at the bare minimum #20+.
I don't care about the points. That just isn't even in the realm of sanity and simply couldn't be the best bid out there from a team.
As far as the Swans are concerned.. Depending on where the bid comes for Dean, this guarantees our p31 & 32 move up at least one spot and possibly two spots after Carlton match the bid. Before this trade, the Swans picks would stay the same or possibly move up one spot.Is this the AFL trying to help out the Roos here?
How in the hell is anyone agreeing to #11 for #25 and a future 2nd? Likely at the bare minimum #20+.
I don't care about the points. That just isn't even in the realm of sanity and simply couldn't be the best bid out there from a team.
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Maybe. But maybe their thinking is - if they keep pick 9 and/or 11, West Coast would be very interested to bid on him with their pick 2, this way West Coast's pick 13 advances by 1 or 2 spots.Carlton are idiots
Trading the first we gave them for pick 25 and an F2
Realistically that F2 is probably pick 25 at the earliest and potentially pick 30 if North take a jump.
So they basically traded down and didn't get a points gain
Also the F2 won't matter in matching for Walker because of the 2 pick rule and if he is a top 5 prospect there is no way that a pick in the 20s would do much to help match unless they have a top 5 pick as well
Hello Carmichael ? Woof woof.So you guys will have more of an understanding of the process around clubs talking to players, but my understanding is if a club has spoken to players they are required to log that discussion with the AFL somehow.
I have been told by a little birdie that one particular club known to be handed a premiership from the men in green have been in contact with a potential recruit to arrange a last minute meeting, to try and circumvent having to log the discussion and in similar words told the potential recruit, if anyone asks if we have spoken to you, don't say we have.
Not one of our academy kids, but a Vic kid who some believe could go earlier in the draft than expected because of one of his physical attributes. Did anyone know Pendlebury was a talented basketball prospect when he was younger?Hello Carmichael ? Woof woof.
Sweet and instead of getting a high quality player for that #11 (that was going to slide to about pick 18) they are gonna get 2 picks in the mid 20s in different drafts.Maybe. But maybe their thinking is - if they keep pick 9 and/or 11, West Coast would be very interested to bid on him with their pick 2, this way West Coast's pick 13 advances by 1 or 2 spots.
Without picks 9 and 11 West Coast would not have such an incentive to bid early. And Carlton improves their total points in this draft and gets second rounder in 2026. They might've looked for a better deal with other teams to get a first rounder next year, but got no takers.
Yes. That's the point. The rest isn't even worth discussing. You don't give up pick #11 for two picks #25 and similar because the rest isn't going to make up for it."key parts of the swap", there'll be more to it than just this.
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Kyle is expected to attract a bid inside the top-30 in this year’s draft but said he was “in the dark” around whether or not the Swans would match it.
The 18-year-old was in Melbourne on Saturday to train alongside some other highly-touted draft prospects as a member of the CDG Sports management stable.
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Not wildly different from what lots of others have said except that it appears to rate Kyle and King lower. Some nice video.Another FYI.
I came across the Footy Stuff Draft guide on YouTube where players are critically assessed and ranked into tiers.It is in 4 parts and will finish on Tuesday. Currently in part 2 and has assessed 30 players in descending order. The only Swan mentioned so far is Carmichael at Tier 4.
Easily the best draft guide yet IMHO.
FoxFooty's first round mock draft - enjoy!
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Updated Phantom Draft: Big top-15 calls, bid NOT matched as first 30 AFL picks predicted
Updated Phantom Draft: Big top-15 calls, bid NOT matched as first 30 AFL picks predictedwww.foxsports.com.au
Lot of hype given his build and combine results. It'll be interesting to see if clubs see a good AFL player or an athlete. If he gets bid on early and we match, at least it shows there's multiple clubs who see the former and not just media/fan hype.Is Kyle really worth pick 14? I mean I like his attributes, but I am very surprised he has risen up the ranks so much in the draft in recent months.
Or he’s on no-one’s radar so why put him there?McNamara ignored again. Had a more noticeable year than Kyle and Chamberlain I'd have thought, but maybe people think he's maxed out already.