Game Day 2018 DRAFT - Christmas is early this year

How do you rate our draft this year?


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Next years draft isnt anywhere near this. SA squad nowhere near as good, Vic Metro not that good either.
Best SA talent is Taheny and Gould. We have McEntee but he is small, Pickett I love but he is maybe late first or early second.
Taheny is the one I want at this stage. Long way to go of course.
 

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A little bit underwhelmed. Jones should be a good pick. McHenry puzzles me. Is he a replacement for betts? Would have gone RCD at 13. Pick swap with carlton? Who knows how this works out. If carlton finish 12th we just got ******. If they finish 16th and we finish 8th, we gave up 10 and 16 for 3. This is a gamble.
FFS go look at Ned's Draft Machine footage, the kid's an absolute high pressure aggressive mid/forward that will run his arse off all day. He's the energiser bunny on steroids.
 

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We wanted to do it this year, to get a gun SA kid, and maybe help us win a bloody flag.

We’re pushing the intake of elite talent further down the track.
I'm not sure but can't we trade Carltons first round pick next year and maybe pick 21 for Luko or Rankine?
 
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It's so hard to move up the order with picks alone and we've likely done that with two mid double digit picks
Just think what the clubs with top 4 picks were asking this year for any potential trade... a shit load more than what we just gave up!
 

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Trading into the top 3 was too much to pay obviously. Disappointing to say i was wrong about Izak.
The trade to Carlton was massive though.
We have traded pick 19 and 12 - 19 next year for a top 5 pick next year.
You do that everyday of the week.
I can see carlton only finishing above st kilda and gold coast so thats pick 3 for 19 and 2019 pick 19
Don't bet on it - now that we have their pick you watch them have a break out year and finish just outside the top 8
 

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Keep in mind our first could be pushed out due to academy players

If we finish 6th, it could be 16 and 19 for 3

HUGE gamble, but I’m excited, we haven’t done something like that in a long time

We need another pick in this draft, though
Gold Coast and st Kilda wouldn't trade pick 3 or 4 for 8 and 13 this year.....
 
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Next years draft isnt anywhere near this. SA squad nowhere near as good, Vic Metro not that good either.
Best SA talent is Taheny and Gould. We have McEntee but he is small, Pickett I love but he is maybe late first or early second.
I have to disagree with you there. Next years draft pool is quality and surely you can appreciate that any pick within the top 5 will be a cracker.

fingers crossed those muppets at carlton go bottom 3
 

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Taheny is the one I want at this stage. Long way to go of course.
I really like Cam. Dropped off this year due to carrying injuries. He is a bit enigmatic. Can rip a game to shreds one day, and then go missing the next. Talent he has, consistency is what he needs to show next year. Another issue for him is that he gets thrown around alot. Every game I have watch live of him ( and thats 8) he was played forward, wing/mid and back.
Needs to be settled in a position.
 

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Well the trade and draft period summed up why we need changes at afc. ******* bewildered by our decision making. Why didn't we trade into the top 5 picks during the trade period? I hope we do well next year but until Burton and co are exited from the club nothing will change.
Because no one would trade this years picks. Why do you assume we didn't try?
You want change. We literally did something we've never done before
 

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Which makes this trade all the more unexpected

Can’t see the Blues finishing above NM/WB/Bris
This is what I'm thinking.

Carlton will improve of course, but I just cant see those directly around them getting any worse. Suns aside of course.
 
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