AFL 2019 Round 14: Sydney v Hawthorn, 7:50pm AEST SCG

[Foreign Legion]

Of course with this draft assistance you receive it’s impossible to bottom out.

With your history on Bigfooty maybe you should reserve ridiculous comments for a few years.

 

[Loken]

Shame to see the Hawks slip so far...

 

[VADA]

With your history on Bigfooty maybe you should reserve ridiculous comments for a few years.

Is there a waiting period to be able to post about things as ridiculous as this?

 

[VADA]

Based on spending the money developing them in a state that doesn't have AFL as a popular sport. They also use multiple draft picks to get each academy player.

I’m sure all teams would tip money into surrounding areas if it meant they had access to first round talent at a budget rate each year.

 

[Mister B]

Sydney should have used their COLA to give Rampe a brain...

Probably should have donated to North so they aren't such a ******* basket case.

 

[Foreign Legion]

Is there a waiting period to be able to post about things as ridiculous as this?

2 days and so much crap already - I can hardly wait.

 

[JZ_Skitzo]

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I’m sure all teams would tip money into surrounding areas if it meant they had access to first round talent at a budget rate each year.

They do

Next Generation Academies

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Rougheads last game?

Bring him in for a farewell game in Rd 22 but I'm sure I'm not alone in wondering why the hell Mitchell Lewis will be plying his trade at Bolton St tomorrow alongside Jackson Ross. Sadly time has caught up with him (alongside a few other Hawks). That's the way it goes.

As for the game itself, always felt the Swans were in control and a typically predictable result of a 3-4 goal loss for the Hawks. We can scrap but have absolutely no system or method for scoring. It's awful to watch. Interesting that Buddy going off actually opened the scoring a bit - it felt for at least two quarters the Swans only way of scoring was to try and kick it to Buddy. He goes off and the forward line became a bit more unpredictable.

 

[Banyo Bloods]

Would have been much closer if the umpires weren't helping Sydney.

Classic

 

[Banyo Bloods]

Of course with this draft assistance you receive it’s impossible to bottom out.

Comparable to the insane assistance you get from umpires at home so I take your moronic point.

 

[theyellowsash]

What's the argument? That the academy rule should be suspended when a possible father/ son is available?

So if Paul Kelly's sons grew up in Adelaide you'd be happy for the crows to sign them to an academy and draft them

 

[longsuffreosupp]

Clarko with the excuses.

 

[base615]

So if Paul Kelly's sons grew up in Adelaide you'd be happy for the crows to sign them to an academy and draft them

Why wouldn't you? If they grew up in Adelaide, were massive Crows fans, spent their childhood playing with the Crows academy and really wanted to play for the Crows instead of the Swans, I think I'd rather they play for that team rather than feeling forced to play somewhere they didn't want to.

It's not like the Swans went looking around the league, found Nick Blakey playing for some Victorian team and went "He's good, let's bring his dad in as a coach so he will play for us in the future", he's been here since he was 6 years old.

 

[base615]

I’m sure all teams would tip money into surrounding areas if it meant they had access to first round talent at a budget rate each year.

And they can. Every club in the league has a region they can exclusively recruit from for an academy

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[theyellowsash]

Why wouldn't you? If they grew up in Adelaide, were massive Crows fans, spent their childhood playing with the Crows academy and really wanted to play for the Crows instead of the Swans, I think I'd rather they play for that team rather than feeling forced to play somewhere they didn't want to.

It's not like the Swans went looking around the league, found Nick Blakey playing for some Victorian team and went "He's good, let's bring his dad in as a coach so he will play for us in the future", he's been here since he was 6 years old.

So why have the draft at all then

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Sydney a chance to play finals? Might depend on how they fare without bud. We should be able to dispose of the Hawks next week. The kind of game we should win.

Your kidding aren't you?. We are just about done this year, playing with zero confidence and zero flair. We are ripe for a belting because if we do we may finally start to see the kids being played instead of stubbornly going to old faithful every week as Clarko has his head in the sand ATM.

 

[base615]

So why have the draft at all then

We're developing players in a non-traditional AFL area who would likely end up playing Rugby Union, Rugby League or Football if they weren't introduced to Aussie Rules.

We don't just get to say "We'll have these 5 guns we've developed", it's a draft process. The other clubs have access to that talent too and can bid on the player. We can match it but have to pay the price for it in the form of additional picks. If Carlton picks one of our academy players at pick 1 and we want him, we might have to give Carlton 3 picks in return. In Blakey's case, GWS picked him at #10 and we had to match.

I really don't see what the issue is, unless you don't understand the process. It's identical to father/son picks.

 

[Leeda]

Clarko with the excuses.

Ah well everyone likes to skim the surface of a loss..we all do it..champ you do it too...purple haze 'n all

 

[Americanpies]

We're developing players in a non-traditional AFL area who would likely end up playing Rugby Union, Rugby League or Football if they weren't introduced to Aussie Rules.

We don't just get to say "We'll have these 5 guns we've developed", it's a draft process. The other clubs have access to that talent too and can bid on the player. We can match it but have to pay the price for it in the form of additional picks. If Carlton picks one of our academy players at pick 1 and we want him, we might have to give Carlton 3 picks in return. In Blakey's case, GWS picked him at #10 and we had to match.

I really don't see what the issue is, unless you don't understand the process. It's identical to father/son picks.

I believe the point being that although Sydney is not a traditional AFL place, the Swans team has been around since the early 80's.. coming onto 40 years. It's not like the team was set up yesterday. Why should one team have access to such a large population base. It's not like we are talking back end country towns with population 50.

 

[stfan]

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They do

Next Generation Academies

Which are so restricted in who is eligible that they are a farce.




The reason why the Academy is a farce is that you get to jump the queue. A team's slated first pick may be number 14, but hey presto if the Academy player is effectively a pick 3 you get him.

I would take a pick 3 and be able to pay for him with later picks every day of the week.

Cut and dice it any way you want but based purely on the players it has produced to date it is a huge advantage. I would take it in a heartbeat.

PS
It is not why the Swans won today. That is due to Hawks topping up and building such an old list of players whose time is up. The Hawks will possibly be the oldest bottom 4 team ever.

 

[TheSunGod]

Shame to see the Hawks slip so far...

I see your sarcasm and raise you a....

No it’s not, let them wallow in the bottom rungs for a long time so the younger generations of Hawks fans know how it feels.

 

[Red Bull]

Shame to see the Hawks slip so far...

Can’t stop the tide coming in ...

 

[ThatsjustDappa]

No need to be 'racist' mate *tongue in cheek*

Well he's certainly not a BOG

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

good loss.

Hopefully we can keep this losing momentum up. We have some very tough matches that we might be a chance of winning in Tassie. Really hoping we can put in our old faithful stars and snatch losses in these winnable games.

The draft is my premiership

 

[Loken]

good loss.

Hopefully we can keep this losing momentum up. We have some very tough matches that we might be a chance of winning in Tassie. Really hoping we can put in our old faithful stars and snatch losses in these winnable games.

The draft is my premiership

Better be careful or Clarkson will take that way from you again...