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2009 National Draft
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Angus McFuttock
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still can't believe we didn't take one last year
Hill or Rich were always going to be the options for pick 3 so it would have to have been a KPP instead of Ballantyne or Suban.
I was surprised at the time too with Jackson Trengove and McKernan slipping. Trengove didn't play and McKernan played a couple of games - can't tell how good they are going to be yet. Most of the talls that showed a bit - Hurley, Schoenmakers, Vickery - were taken earlier than our second pick.
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Norm Smith Medallist
still can't believe we didn't take one last year
of all last years draftees who would have you forgone? personally i wouldnt trade any of hill, suban, clarke, ruffles or ballantyne for anything, and as for hall or bucovaz, both were taken so late that most of the prospective key position players were gone. thats just my view
I wouldn't trade any of them either because they are "ours" now and we love them. It just seemed strange to go into a draft with 8 picks and not take 1 KPP. We don't have a single KPP under 22 on our main list which I find staggering
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Maybe. He doesn't look like a natural forward but I guess that could be an option. Bucovaz was also touted as a KPP but he seems way too small
I guess the positive for us is having power KPP's isn't as important as it used to be. We can probably do OK with Pav, Johnson and Mayne as our main targets
Angus McFuttock
Team Captain
Agree - aside from Drum in 2005, we have not used a high draft pick on a KPP since Ryan Murphy (12) in 2003
. We traded for Tarrant in 2006 because Schanolly didn't believe in drafting young talls and preferred an established KPP. The 2006 draft was quite strong in promising KPPs and we blew the Collard selection and landed Mourish at pick 89
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Agree - aside from Drum in 2005, we have not used a high draft pick on a KPP since Ryan Murphy (12) in 2003
We traded for Tarrant in 2006 because Schanolly didn't believe in drafting young talls and preferred an established KPP. The 2006 draft was quite strong in promising KPPs and we blew the Collard selection and landed Mourish at pick 89
2006 Draft
Pick 31 - Clayton Collard
Pick 32 - Kurt Tippett
Kill me now
You are kidding, that is a massive error by Connolly/Smart
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TheBrownDog
How?
You're talking about a guy who was talented but had mental issues versus a guy who'd played one year of football and was 2 years older than everyone. Look at the rest of the draft. Are North Melbourne ruing that they took Hansen at 3 instead of Tippett?
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Norm Smith Medallist
probably
Angus McFuttock
Team Captain
No doubt Collard was elite junior talent but the club knew it was a gamble because of his personality/issues.
which is why I'm liking Harvey/Bond because they seem to add more weight to the mental side of the game.
Rest assured if Harvey was in charge we would have been much less likely to have taken Collard.
I'll admit that I was very happy we picked him up at the time, but hindsight proved it to be a big mistake. A mistake most clubs realised at the time, he slid for a reason and certainly did not fit the mould of what Harvey wants in a footballer.
Whether we would have taken Tippett, I doubt it, as Smart has proven himself a poor judge of talent overall. There are plenty who slipped through who look decent players without being superstars (Krakouer, Dick, Hill, Moss, Riemers, Gray, Warren, Hogan). Adelaide nailed it with Tippett and MacKay at 48.
I'll admit that I was very happy we picked him up at the time, but hindsight proved it to be a big mistake. A mistake most clubs realised at the time, he slid for a reason and certainly did not fit the mould of what Harvey wants in a footballer.
Whether we would have taken Tippett, I doubt it, as Smart has proven himself a poor judge of talent overall. There are plenty who slipped through who look decent players without being superstars (Krakouer, Dick, Hill, Moss, Riemers, Gray, Warren, Hogan). Adelaide nailed it with Tippett and MacKay at 48.
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Bingo! I was about to say the same thing.
Finally we seem to have leaders at the club that understand how important the attitude and application side of AFL footy is. That was probably CC's biggest weakness.
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Im not sure if this has been discussed already but...
Whats everyones thoughts on this kid for a KPF??
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Whats everyones thoughts on this kid for a KPF??
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dont know why, but i reckon if you mated adam campbell adn clancee pearce together, that is what you would get.... unsure on him. played will in that game though
Angus McFuttock
Team Captain
Haha
I reckon Temel looked slowish and not overly agile - maybe his size and strength makes him look good at U/18 level but not sure he'd make an AFL KPP. He seems to be well down the order in draft terms.
You want us to draft a CHF that isnt WAFL standard to go with a FF that isnt WAFL standard?