Strategy Draft assistance 2023 [Twomey: NMFC get #19 in 2023, x2 end of 1st rd picks in 2024, and x2 extra rookie list spots in 2024; no Sanders/#11]

[justroyal]

I’ve noticed a few things.

Pissed off wce supporters. Not because they think they deserve assistance. They know they need another year or two until they qualify.
But I think because they know there’s more amo to trade for Reid now. But we’re all cool with Curtin.

And weirdly vocal Crows supporters. The **** did they come from? Salary cap breaching campaigners.

Imagine when the McKay compo goes through

 

[Shinboner roo]

The alternative is North Melbourne don't get any assistance.

We were always bound to get something, you can't go 17th 18th 18th 17th. My point was about the outrage from oppo posters carry on over picks 19 19 20 v the old system we would have harley reid, and before you say North did it to themselves cutting so many A graders all 11 of them, we cut less players that Carlton and GC did over the same time frame.

 

[Lomas]

I wonder if they've called them three 1st rounders because we hold the draftee to a three year contract?
If not it sounds really stupid, it's three start of 2nd round picks.

There is a benefit for other clubs coming that they are defined as firsts is my guess.

 

[Disco Dew]

Aight I think I’m done with the main board now. It’s only funny for so long

 

[rippersnipper]

The alternative is North Melbourne don't get any assistance.

Not particularly fair given what gold coast got recently despite being a better team than we have been, and what teams got in the 2000s, some of which were two years removed from back to back grand final appearances.

 

[Rod Stroker]

How awesome is it that on Brownlow night and the first day of GF week, everyone is talking about us!

 

[Lomas]

I’ve noticed a few things.

Pissed off wce supporters. Not because they think they deserve assistance. They know they need another year or two until they qualify.
But I think because they know there’s more amo to trade for Reid now. But we’re all cool with Curtin.

And weirdly vocal Crows supporters. The * did they come from? Salary cap breaching campaigners.

Imagine when the McKay compo goes through

Now, now, Adelaide are also draft tamperers. Give them their due.

 

[DunderHead]

Can we magic up Reid McKercher and Sanders out of this?

 

[Disco Dew]

How awesome is it that on Brownlow night and the first day of GF week, everyone is talking about us!

And these campaigners try to say we are an irrelevant minnow.
Biggest club in the land!!!

 

[Lomas]

How awesome is it that on Brownlow night and the first day of GF week, everyone is talking about us!

Maybe they’ll buy some extra GF day breakfast tickets so they can boo.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Can we magic up Reid McKercher and Sanders out of this?

I'd wager Brady and co already know.

 

[justroyal]

Last year we stole the show with the Bombshell coming out before the GF. This year it’s the assistance packages.

I’m going to miss you guys and this journey.

One thing is for certain, these past four years have been more enjoyable than finishing 9th-13th for half a decade!

 

[DuckYeah]

Reids a s**t kick at full tilt too but you love him, remember that one?

Then you said something about McKercher being soft or something...

Also multiple comments from the blokes mouth about how he can't wait to get out of Tassie.

Anyway I'm happy to watch his highlights again of him nailing kicks at full tilt?

I never said I wanted reid for his outside kicking skills. He is an inside player with grunt. More grunt the better in my opinion. Mckercher does not laser point kicks at full tilt. He is overrated and we as a club must steer clear of that. There is no point adding a player that blasts balls over players heads entering inside 50. Spud.

 

[joegreen]

Looks so good!! Edit - Now just to add pick 3...

 

[r_boy]

The main board just leaves you fuming, I hope the we end up shoving it up these campaigners big time.

 

[koshari]

3 first round picks isn’t that bad, gives us a lot of trade capital now.


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With mckay compo we aready have 3 first rounders. Everthing else is 2nd round and with the usual caviets for the future ones.

 

[Samsquanch]

My word Queef

FIFY in context of Andy Maher.

 

[JGreezy]

How awesome is it that on Brownlow night and the first day of GF week, everyone is talking about us!

Will be the same next year, as LDU will be runaway brownlow favourite.
Then the year after we will be in the big game.

 

[krakouers]

I was going to reply to this but I feel spelling out these things won’t help him…
Not to mention Jack Darling

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[Samsquanch]

With mckay compo we laready jave 3 forst rounders. Everthing else is 2nd round and with the usual caviets for the future ones.

On the plonk again Kosh?

 

[koshari]

Can we magic up Reid McKercher and Sanders out of this?

I still like curtin

 

[Roostorm]

Tom…l got it alll wrong in my tweet brown …..”north get an extrodanry draft assistance that’s sure to raise other clubs eyes”.
how about you f&#&&$ off back to ametuer hour you muppet.

 

[GS WARRIORS]

Looks so good!! Edit - Now just to add pick 3...

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I'm a bit disappointed seeing pick 39 move to 40.

 

[joegreen]

North get first-round picks in AFL assistance package​

Marc McGowan
North Melbourne will be armed with three extra end-of-first-round picks across the next two drafts as part of an AFL assistance package designed to help the Roos escape the bottom two.
The AFL Commission gave the green light to the suite of selections on Monday, on top of granting North the ability to have two additional rookie list spots again next year.

North Melbourne have received special assistance from the AFL.CREDIT:GETTY IMAGES

The league has consistently stated it wants to avoid compromising the draft further, which may have played a role in the Roos’ assistance picks not being higher. The Kangaroos have won only 10 of their past 82 games across a four-year period, during which they never finished higher than second-last.
It is a significant step up from last year, when the league handed them two future draft picks – neither in the first round – that had to be used to trade for at least one player, and ended up delivering Griffin Logue

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and Darcy Tucker

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from Fremantle.
North Melbourne will be active again in the player movement period, having already convinced out-of-contract Swan Dylan Stephens

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to request a trade to them on a four-year deal.
Carlton’s Zac Fisher

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, too, is set to cross to the Kangaroos despite being contracted until the end of 2025.
North have also entered a four-club race with Adelaide, the Brisbane Lions and Hawthorn for Gold Coast forward-ruck and ex-Tiger Mabior Chol

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, according to three sources familiar with the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because a trade was yet to be agreed upon.


Chol, who fell out of favour at the Suns this season after kicking 44 goals last year, would help the Roos cover for departing ruckman Todd Goldstein

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, and offer desperately needed support for Nick Larkey

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inside 50.
But there is stiff competition from the other three clubs. The Crows have made clear they won’t trade Elliott Himmelberg

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to the Giants, where brother Harry plays, unless they secure Chol or another forward-ruck-type.
Tall swingman Chris Burgess

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is also set to leave Gold Coast for Adelaide, but his arrival is not expected to be enough to convince the Crows to offload Himmelberg.
North Melbourne explored options throughout the year to gain access to Tasmanian hotshot draft prospect Ryley Sanders, this year’s Larke medallist as the best player in the under-18 championships, but rival clubs railed against the idea.
Sanders, who is certain to be snapped up in the top 10, has Indigenous heritage and was finally approved last week as a Next Generation Academy prospect after an extended process and complications with his certification.

Under league rules, clubs can match an opposition bid on an NGA player only if it comes after the first 40 picks, so the Roos will have to draft him with one of their own selections.
They will have to wait until free agency opens late next week to find out the compensation they will receive for restricted free agent Ben McKay, who wants to join Essendon.

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North have the right to match the Bombers’ six-year offer, which is expected to be worth about $750,000 per season. It is unclear whether that will be enough to trigger first-round compensation, which would be the third pick for the Kangaroos.
With that compensation and the AFL’s assistance package, they are expected to make a bid for the Suns’ pick four, although the Western Bulldogs are front-runners with an offer involving picks 10 and 17 this year and their future first-round selection. The Dogs would receive something back from Gold Coast in that scenario, unless North Melbourne can trump them.

The AFL Commission can review any special assistance picks if the Kangaroos improve markedly next season, but there is nothing stopping them from trading those selections this year.
AFL chief executive-elect Andrew Dillon said North Melbourne’s two-year support package would help make the club competitive on-field again.
“North Melbourne has faced considerable challenges in recent years, having not finished higher than 17th on the AFL ladder in the four seasons since 2020,” Dillon said.
“The club presented to the AFL on how assistance can help the club potentially improve its on-field performance ... [and] ensuring North Melbourne is competitive on the field and can build strength across its organisation, in the short term and in a sustainable way, is important for both the club and the broader competition.
“Under the leadership of president Sonja Hood, CEO Jennifer Watt and the club’s board, the AFL is confident that North Melbourne is heading in the right direction.

“After assessing the club’s position, the special assistance package can help the club deliver on its strategy for overall improvement in its football program and give greater confidence to staff, players and supporters.”

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

At no stage have received, or a slated to receive, a first round pick.

None of those picks are between 1-18.

They’re between 1st and 2nd Round selections.