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Yep, WA has a good crop this year with Jack Williams, Luke Polson, Jye Amiss, Van Rooyen and Rhett Bazzo. Would be happy with any of those 5I think there will be other KPFs pushing up. Don't just focus on the one local boy.
Two years ago moving from pick 10 to pick 8 cost us pick 28. I.e. 10 & 28 for 8. We got Serong though so it was well worth it!I’ve wondered if we had something like 10 how much trading it with a future first would get us/ how high we could climb up
Or multiple of themYep, WA has a good crop this year with Jack Williams, Luke Polson, Jye Amiss, Van Rooyen and Rhett Bazzo. Would be happy with any of those 5
So long as we don't miss out on another 'Naughton' by ignoring local talentI think there will be other KPFs pushing up. Don't just focus on the one local boy.
What makes you think we ignored him? The club is clear that it takes best available early in the draft. It clearly didn’t rate Naughton as best available.So long as we don't miss out on another 'Naughton' by ignoring local talent
Van Rooyen is the only KPF prospect to have played League so far - he looked the goods on debut just like Naughton did. At this point in time he is the clear #1 KPF prospect. I'm already confident enough (in his ability to make it at AFL level) to say if he is available at our first pick we should take him.
Nah, just throwing back the same BS back at you from your original post. Nobody was only focussing just on the one local boy. He's quality, he's a KPF, he'd fit our needs. We should be talking about him - we shouldn't not talk about him because he is local. Anyway enough of this BS - you've wasted enough of my time on this forum.What makes you think we ignored him? The club is clear that it takes best available early in the draft. It clearly didn’t rate Naughton as best available.
Nothing like a smattering of personal abuse to get my day started.Nah, just throwing back the same BS back at you from your original post. Nobody was only focussing just on the one local boy. He's quality, he's a KPF, he'd fit our needs. We should be talking about him - we shouldn't not talk about him because he is local. Anyway enough of this BS - you've wasted enough of my time on this forum.
What makes you think we ignored him? The club is clear that it takes best available early in the draft. It clearly didn’t rate Naughton as best available.
Must admit I always thought we worked to the theory of taking mid-fielders early in the draft and picked what KPPs we could either late in the draft or in rookie draft. Theory being it is less of a gamble using your prized early picks on mids as they develop more quickly. Not saying that thinking is right but it just seemed to be what we do.What makes you think we ignored him? The club is clear that it takes best available early in the draft. It clearly didn’t rate Naughton as best available.
The thing that frustrates me is how many amazing talls from WA (not at Freo) have just torn apart the competition and I can't remember the last time we drafted a WA tall forward (or even any tall forward using a decent pick really). West Coast have Kennedy, Darling, Allen, Waterman. All WA, all able to impact at AFL level. Is it just a coincidence/luck they have 4 and we have none? Or have our recruiters been blind to the quality talls coming out of WA? Or is it broader in that we refuse to invest in tall forwards altogether? I'd say it is a bit of both.Another mistake in a long line of mistakes. Making the wrong decisions at draft time has been the reasons for 20 years of misery.
They seem to have put all the eggs in the trade basket in terms of KPFs. Just seems an unbalanced strategy. Anyway I am confident there are going to be a couple of options this draft. Maybe, just maybe, this time.Another mistake in a long line of mistakes. Making the wrong decisions at draft time has been the reasons for 20 years of misery.
It’s the safe approach, lazy, but gets you an A on draft night.Must admit I always thought we worked to the theory of taking mid-fielders early in the draft and picked what KPPs we could either late in the draft or in rookie draft. Theory being it is less of a gamble using your prized early picks on mids as they develop more quickly. Not saying that thinking is right but it just seemed to be what we do.
Trading away picks has been our mistake.Another mistake in a long line of mistakes. Making the wrong decisions at draft time has been the reasons for 20 years of misery.
It’s the safe approach, lazy, but gets you an A on draft night.
The strong clubs don’t have a gluten of first rounders available.
Sure they bend the rules, in business it’s called smart accounting.
Look at Blues, Dees, GC and now GWS, with Silvagni associated at 2 clubs.
Thought I’d seen the end of dodgy trades at Freo, until Hogan.Trading away picks has been our mistake.
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WC have inside trading like information on WA boys.
Makes my blood boil how badly Hogan fked us over. What a campaigner.
A 17 year old KPF kicking 2-3 goals a game at WAFL league will be going top 5. Hell - that’s pick 1 level performance never mind top 5. Best not to think too much about him as the inevitable disappointment when he is selected before our pick will be easier to swallow.
Hogan was ??? Hogan...It was Rosich's captain call to bring him in...Makes my blood boil how badly Hogan fked us over. What a campaigner.