Whilst 25 is a ridiculously compromised draft, l still think that taking our two picks this year is a better strategy that trading for Reid. Yes, its a weaker draft... but l'm backing our team to pick the eyes out of it again.
Harley is a gun and l'd love to have him at Richmond. But its a...
It might sound like its moot, but l really like Tauru and Hotton. Tauru wont fit our needs at 6, but l can understand why the tine rattlers love him. And Hotton, could be sexy as ****. If Hotton were in next years draft, he'd go top 3.
Why the **** do we keep creating new threads.... we need to keep the other one pinned for prosperity purposes, the look back in 6 years times will be elite. I cant wait for Big Footy reputations to be absolutely savaged.
You'd be right if all our current KPP's had ability or were of the same age... but they're not. Our talls are filth if we're planning for our next flag. Other than Balta and Tigger (who, in all likelihood wont be there to see any fruits of our next success)... you'd see a better group of talls...
When we dont mind which of the midfielders falls to us, l think giving up pick 18 or 20 just to go back 4 places is just too much considering what we would get if we auctioned off pick 18 on its own. North, Essendon could offer us the F1 for 18. I'm taking that deal every day of the week...
Please dont think l'm trying to attack you or troll you... its not my intention. I just find you theory completely wrong and has holes everywhere in it.
"If it pays off, we get 5 picks inside the top 10"
You do know that - without ANY "IF's" - we currently have 5 picks in the top 11 over the...
There are currently only 10 clubs - outside of us - that even get to participate before we have our last selection at pick 24.
And some clubs like North, WCE and Port want to participate further in the first round.
Those picks in the 20's will be jizzed over. We might even think that a F1...
So, we're giving up 6 + something for North's 2 & F1. Under your theory, the only thing they would accept is pick 10 or 11 (because you've already stated that 18 for their F1 is ludicrous). NO CHANCE.
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Then you want to offer Essendon either pick 10 or 11 for one of their F1's (let's, for...
You forget that we hold the whip hand on the entire 1st round.
Their only hope of getting into the first round is with either us (who hold 4 back end first round picks); GWS (who hold 3 back end picks, but just lost a number of players and dont have any academy kids to worry about next year)...
Your avatar suits you perfectly.
So Geelong who:
1. doesnt have a pick inside 45
2. is potentially finishing top 4 next year and is likely to get pick 15 (which gets pushed back to probably 20 with the amount of academy selections)
3. They LOVE a player that is still there after pick 22
3...
If there is a kid that we felt was top-10 and still on the board and was absolutely what we needed and there is ZERO certainty we're going to fill that need with a F1 in next years draft (which might be, in GWS eyes, might be -pick 14-18 range) - 1 ZILLION %.
In fact... they will think they're...
This is where pick 10 & 11, as well as 18/20/23/24 are insanely good - given how bunched together they are. There will be clubs 2-3 selections behind us that will literally throw a F1 at us, just to move up ahead of us because they're spooked that we might want their player (or another team...
Sorry RT... he's right.
It's like back in the day and trying to fill your footy sticker album. You only need one to complete it... now you can buy a whole box for $500 and hope that you get that 1x10c sticker... or you can pay $25 off the next door neighbour and your job is done. No smart...
As l said a while back, love reading your posts. You are bang on and what l've been saying all along.
We didnt even entertain any discussion during the trade period. The closer it gets to each selection on draft night, the higher the value each pick becomes. Look at how many clubs were/are...
That's fair and totally understand why you would want to retain pick 2 as well. We're fortunate that pick 6 will net a very strong midfielder anyway. I dont think the dream of having Lalor/FOS is held that strong by Hartley. I hope you guys get the guy that Carlton so desperately wants (whoever...
Fair, our board is full of biased crap as well. I've liked some of the objectivity that one or two of your posters have commented to ensure there is some level of balance to what's likely in making a decision around pick 2.
If you would like my honest view is that both Rawlings and Hartley have...