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Starting to think the draft system coupled with FA is having the effect of having teams like the Hawks, Swans and Cats to never go down the ladder
Tigers had the superstars prior to the compromised draft, Bulldogs seem to be the outlier and a one off.
The high quality players gobbled up over the compromised drafts seem to only go to the top teams therefore making FA pretty useless.
Look at us Carlton and Essendon. Us and Carlton have gone backwards.
Essendon pick up top up players in Stringer , Saad, and Smith where 'experts' said would have them top four.
These players have failed do far.
If us or North or other rebuilding teams cant land a Lynch or Sloane or even a Gaff and they go to a big club, the competition is in huge strife.
How much longer will teams who are not constantly topped up by FA or bogus academies have their supporters stay loyal?
We can see how sick we are of it already.
Imagine this IPL type of comp because it seems thats the way its going.
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Starting to think the draft system coupled with FA is having the effect of having teams like the Hawks, Swans and Cats to never go down the ladder
Tigers had the superstars prior to the compromised draft, Bulldogs seem to be the outlier and a one off.
The high quality players gobbled up over the compromised drafts seem to only go to the top teams therefore making FA pretty useless.
Look at us Carlton and Essendon. Us and Carlton have gone backwards.
Essendon pick up top up players in Stringer , Saad, and Smith where 'experts' said would have them top four.
These players have failed do far.
If us or North or other rebuilding teams cant land a Lynch or Sloane or even a Gaff and they go to a big club, the competition is in huge strife.
How much longer will teams who are not constantly topped up by FA or bogus academies have their supporters stay loyal?
We can see how sick we are of it already.
Imagine this IPL type of comp because it seems thats the way its going.
On [device_name] using BigFooty.com mobile app
I just feel like there are a few clubs that just get how to play modern footy tactically and then create a strong culture and brand that is easy to teach their players... this obviously comes about because they have the most talented coach/coaches to design and steer everything. It just gives them a massive leg-up on top of the competition that flows onto things like FA. It's also why certain clubs develop players so well compared to others (like us).
I think it was Lloydy on footy Classified the other night who talked about Blake Carracella. He said that he's in charge of ball movement at Richmond and pretty much took Geelong's ball movement and combined it with Richmond's existing pressure game-plan (similar to what we have now).
The point of the above is, it is bloody hard in modern footy with the pressure and zones to move the ball effectively. It is the main reason why the skills of the players from teams that don't have a plan to move the ball in the modern game look so deplorable. A select few clubs (Hawthorn, Geelong, Sydney to a lesser extent... they are much more defense minded) have training and development that facilitates this ball movement... and coaches that come out of these systems tend to thrive, or at least teach their players how to move the ball in the modern game.
It's why at the very least to remain competitive and give our young blokes a chance to thrive (or at least assess if they have ability or not), we need a coach/assistants to completely change the way we go about moving the ball. Pressure isn't going anywhere, it's here to stay. FA rules and equalization may only get worse. at the very least we have to have a brand of footy taught at our club that allows the players to execute basic skills to a level that we can compete.

