harry000
Brownlow Medallist
There is no way I can see us having pick 2 at the draft so forget about Anderson guys.
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I actually want to see GC work, so I want the AFL to help them somehow. Top 2 picks isn't going to be the fix though - they need to find a way to get 2 x Top 20 players in the competition there...
I think it’s more likely that GC don’t get pick 2 from the AFL.
I think it’s more likely that GC don’t get pick 2 from the AFL.
I think it’s more likely that GC don’t get pick 2 from the AFL.
If the AFL actually wants Gold Coast to improve then they won't give them pick 2, they will give them an extra 1-2 million in cap a year. An extra too draft pick just encourages them to play one more kid, which they already have dozens of on the list.
With more salary cap it isn't just stars they can target, but some solid B graders who would earn 400-500k at another club and would move for 700-800. Set some. Standards for the team and make the buckets of kids they already have work for a spot in the team.
You forget who the second bottom club is. In the great farce that is the MFC opus, GC will get a minimum of one priority pick, at the start of the draft. We will then proceed to draft the 2019 version of Jimmy Toumpas/Cale Morton/Jack Watts/Tom Scully/Jack Trengove at 3, while the rest of the top 5 of this years draft go on to become hall of gamers.If the AFL knows what's good for them, it'll be pre-draft selections for GC again to use on state league talent and QLDers.
Whats your rationale? Or just a hunch?
If the AFL actually wants Gold Coast to improve then they won't give them pick 2, they will give them an extra 1-2 million in cap a year. An extra too draft pick just encourages them to play one more kid, which they already have dozens of on the list.
With more salary cap it isn't just stars they can target, but some solid B graders who would earn 400-500k at another club and would move for 700-800. Set some. Standards for the team and make the buckets of kids they already have work for a spot in the team.
Giving them an extra salary cap top up just encourages them to overpay whichever mediocre mercenaries are willing to forego their career in favour of a big pay day and artificially inflates their wage bill because people who are already at the club will want a cut of that action as well. Throwing cash at players just ends up being divisive for the playing group.
If they are meeting the salary cap rules then they are already paying the current crop more than they are worth.
That's why it's hilariously when supporters project every single top 30 player into superstardomOff work sick so thought I'd have a the top end talent from recent drafts. Amazing to think that the following may not be in the AFL system in 2020:
Pick 2 2010
Pick 3 2011 (unless he got a multi year deal, but certainly out of favour?)
Pick 2 2012 (already out of the system, as pick 4 is about to be)
Pick 1 2013
Pick 1 2014 (and pick 4 likely as well)
Admittedly some of the talent was compromised, with the expansion clubs coming in around this time, but to be missing at least one of the top 3 from each draft when we're 5 to 9 years down the track is surprising.
That's why it's hilariously when supporters project every single top 30 player into superstardom
Half of GWS picks have been rat s**tI could also throw in pick 2 from 2009 as well.
Obviously in some of these instances injury and mental health have been to blame for ruining careers. But that's the gamble of the game.
Always hated all of those messiah memes of Watts back in the day. Some of our fans just accepted he would be one of the best in the league within a couple of years, and like many things associated with this club, it didn't end well...
So it goesOff work sick so thought I'd have a the top end talent from recent drafts. Amazing to think that the following may not be in the AFL system in 2020:
Pick 2 2010
Pick 3 2011 (unless he got a multi year deal, but certainly out of favour?)
Pick 2 2012 (already out of the system, as pick 4 is about to be)
Pick 1 2013
Pick 1 2014 (and pick 4 likely as well)
Admittedly some of the talent was compromised, with the expansion clubs coming in around this time, but to be missing at least one of the top 3 from each draft when we're 5 to 9 years down the track is surprising.