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luke jackson going alright for the dees. I don't like getting too cute with high picks, just take the kid we rate the highest. Pretty much always 'need' talent more than you do a specific positionI don’t want us to recruit another ruck/forward though. A pure key forward type and if we can, and if a decent one is available, a pure key back as well. Not asking for much![]()
the last time the club actually selected who we all thought we should it was Martin. Tigers love to pull an ace out of the hole ( conca, C. ellis, lenon )I don’t want us to recruit another ruck/forward though. A pure key forward type and if we can, and if a decent one is available, a pure key back as well. Not asking for much![]()
The issue with him is he's 200cm tall but only 70kg, he's a stick.The other one is Mac Andrew, who athletically has them all covered and looks decent above head and on the lead. If he's there at 17 I'd be tempted to pull the trigger. Maybe even at 9 if we really like him, believe he can be a forward and think we can get a mid of equal quality at 17 as at 9.
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Chol was elevated to the senior list on the morning of the rookie draft last year.
Our Category A rookie list currently consists of Aarts, Egg, Parker, Mansell, Miller, Stack and Pickett. At least one of them will have to be cut.
I think you're pretty close. Adelaide have Thilthorpe and Fogarty, so not sure they go for Amiss. I could see them going for Hobbs or Ward or pulling a surprise and going the local kid Draper.
The other one is Mac Andrew, who athletically has them all covered and looks decent above head and on the lead. If he's there at 17 I'd be tempted to pull the trigger. Maybe even at 9 if we really like him, believe he can be a forward and think we can get a mid of equal quality at 17 as at 9.
I'm not completely sold on Hobbs. Need to watch more of him. He gets the ball but does he do a lot with it? Does he explode from congestion? Are his hands elite? I prefer Ward.
I normally agree but GWS are stacked in midfield. They need bookends. Watch for them to go rogue. I think their pick shapes the top 10.
Hogan injury prone, Himmelberg doesn’t impact games, Greene suspended. Finlayson may go. They struggled to kick goals in that last final. I think they’ll go KPF. Just my view
100% agree with this post. Gibcus could be best available at pick 7 and either of them fill a need for usEasier to get good mids later in the draft than good KPP. If they are there, we should be looking at Gibcus/Amiss with pick 7.
And if we're getting Tom Green next year just get a plethora of inside outside mids like Roberts after Amiss/Gibcus.Easier to get good mids later in the draft than good KPP. If they are there, we should be looking at Gibcus/Amiss with pick 7.
They have Flynn and Briggs and Pruess so their rucks are pretty much sorted. They are in need of a KPF with Finlayson being a spud, Hogan injured half the time and an unwillingness to play Riccardi which only gives them Himmelberg. Pretty likely they take KPF, whether that's with their 1st pick (2) or their 2nd (13) or both it's hard to tell, FWIW I think they'll go with Callaghan as he's more of an outside player like Kelly, they have a few inside mids who are a bit similar to each other in Taranto, Hopper, Green, Coniglio (if he can get a game)actuallyHES could surprise and take Mac Andrew. Makes sense to help in the Ruck if Mummy retires
100% agree with this post. Gibcus could be best available at pick 7 and either of them fill a need for us
What if the Bulldogs lend the Dees all of their best players so they can win the 2023 flag then in 2024 the Dees swap those players back?It has nothing to do with A+ players.
Its about players that fit in a team to win a premiership at a point in time by beating certain opposition like the Bulldogs and Melbourne.
Ultimately, if the club's team is not designed to win premierships or developing to eventually a team combo to win premierships it is blowing wind up your a hole like Geelong
That's only fair if the Dogs reciprocate and lend the Dees their best players in 2024.What if the Bulldogs lend the Dees all of their best players so they can win the 2023 flag then in 2024 the Dees swap those players back?
Of course.That's only fair if the Dogs reciprocate and lend the Dees their best players in 2024.
I'm a bit pissed off though, being excluded from all that. Probably just an AFL conspiracy to limit free trade.
Why is everyone suggesting we get the dogs first rounder rather than PA's pick. They'll need points for Wanganeen-Milera and a good offer could secure their pick just as easily.In my mind, we are still in the box seat to get Bulldog's first round pick. Chol compensation & CCJ almost a lock to leave gives us even more draft points to be able to offer them the best deal.
I don't know how the club rates the talls this draft, but if we get that third first round pick I see us going 2 mids and one tall.
Whether they rate Amiss enough to use the first on him and miss Hobbs/Ward/Erasmus, I don't know.
Second pick would probably get Matt Roberts or Josh Sinn, Chesser, Sonsie, Wanganeen.
Bulldogs pick for whoever we like best of Van Rooyen or Williams unless we have already got Amiss or Mac Andrews, in which case we get a second midfielder.
What if the Bulldogs lend the Dees all of their best players so they can win the 2023 flag then in 2024 the Dees swap those players back?