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Can Blanck be a key defender for the next 10 years with dgb / Sicily / scrimshaw / cj / impey and Hardwick all giving him a chopout?
If his strong, fast and has a good fist all he needs to do is stop the big forwards and the company around him will shine
Ramsden with First
Blanck with Second
Job done
Blanck is in because we have obviously told him we would like to pick him upI feel Blanck will gone by our second.
Blanck is in because we have obviously told him we would like to pick him up
Noone else has really shown interest it seems
Have you seen much of Ramsden?Ramsden with First
Blanck with Second
Job done
Have you seen much of Ramsden?
He’s very raw. Wouldn’t expect much from him for the next 2-3 years, which is fine, but there’s some mids in amongst the top few who could have a Newcombe-like impact at AFL level.
Ramsden could be Jackson like... big if/could though.Have you seen much of Ramsden?
He’s very raw. Wouldn’t expect much from him for the next 2-3 years, which is fine, but there’s some mids in amongst the top few who could have a Newcombe-like impact at AFL level.
Ramsden Blanck sounds like a beautiful white wineRamsden with First
Blanck with Second
Job done
Or you pick up a 10 year high end midfielder in Jai. It's an opportunity to improve our list. We need to make every post a winner, considering we ignored the draft for the best part of 3 years under Clarko.These guys are contracted until the end of the season.
Why people are losing it over "the future" is weird.
Someone is already inactive and no spot is being taken.
Just sign a ruck,any ruck and say goodbye after rd 23.
Wow it's not that hard!
Thats a contender way to look at thingsThese guys are contracted until the end of the season.
Why people are losing it over "the future" is weird.
Someone is already inactive and no spot is being taken.
Just sign a ruck,any ruck and say goodbye after rd 23.
Wow it's not that hard!
Ballenden with our first would be a missed opportunity.
I don't mind us nabbing him with one of our later picks if he's around then, but realistically he's not the kind of player I'd think we'd be looking to invest in long term.
I'm not super keen on Ballenden if Blanck is still available. I actually think the latter has a better chance of making it long term and we are one Frost or DGB injury away from having key defensive stocks as shaky as our ruck line.
Not sure why we would take a ruck unless we felt one was available that would pass Max Lynch. It is probably good experience for our young mids to learn to compete at stoppages without a dominant ruck and Reeves is due back soon.
If Blanck is deemed good enough and grow enough to be a gorilla key defender, I would take him first, otherwise the best mid. Please no more half back flankers !!
Yeah best available but a ruck is a great need going forward. Won’t solve our current season issues but if we added Ramsden now and another bargain mature body on the rookie list in the offseason we are good to go next year with three mature rucks and a developing rookie. Would love a ruck/forward too but I’m not sure ballenden is the right player.You take best available (of course). If one of the impressive mids slips through that we think will make it, I expect we take him. Other wise, I think it is very likely we are planning to pick Blanck first. Our second pick will depend on who's left but I genuinely think a ruck, such as Ballenden, will be on the radar.
I'm not sure why we wouldn't take a ruck to be honest. McEvoy is undoubtedly close to retirement. That leaves 2 rucks on the entire list (and it's clear we intended to play 2 rucks in the team). No other list in the competition has only 2 rucks on it - even the ones who play a sole ruck. We had 4 last year and had to carry a 30 y.o Brooksby around. Using a late mid season pick on a competent young (but mature enough to compete) ruck makes perfect sense to me. Keep the National draft for other positions, like the midfield, etc as an 18 y.o ruck is almost always of little use and high draft picks should be spent on prime AFL roles (not support positions). The fact that neither of our young rucks are established yet and both are injury prone only adds to the argument.