Rumour GFC 2020 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt2

[cats_09]

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[David the Cat]

Do you reckon he was worth our Future 1st though?

All those clubs know more than me mate...it might be 20 for 20 if we do well in 2021...which should happen

 

[dangerwood]

Yep drafting Stephens and SDK in the first round last year was all about the now

Theres multiple examples though,

Yep drafting Stephens and SDK in the first round last year was all about the now

Righto, thanks for your input. 2 kids last year from 8 years of a similar approach.
Wasn't a criticism, just a comment, there is definitely a trend for taking more immediate action over projecting for the future. Again not criticizing, but I would say our approach is different to that of late 90s early noughties which was definitely a longer term strategy.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

I wonder if we honestly thought someone else was going to take this kid before our next pick. I'm not one to get upset about selecting x or y player because the truth is the draft is a lottery but trading up to get a player we didn't need to trade up for is always frustrating.

He was linked to melb at 21 though.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Will this finish at midnight?

If it doesn't, all the leftover kids turn into pumpkins.

 

[Seeds]

Did he??


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Yes he did. Traded pick 10-20 next year for pick 20 this year. And yet i thought pick 10 this year was supposed to be like pick 20 next year.

 

[you pick one]

Ford still there...Winder still there...Berry still there..Baldwin still there....

What a guru I am....

Good news Berry gone.

 

[dazbroncos]

238 am here

Hurry UP FFS

GO Catters

 

[Shadow89]

If it doesn't, all the leftover kids turn into pumpkins.

Hahahaha, comment of the night. Well played sir!

 

[Seeds]

He was linked to melb at 21 though.

How do we even know if holmes was our target with this pick? Maybe it was someone else that we just missed.

 

[Strange Cat]

Easily the slowest draft I can recall

 

[Grimoz]

How do we even know if holmes was our target with this pick? Maybe it was someone else that we just missed.

But we traded up for that pick so it was obviously him we wanted.

 

[dangerwood]

The guy we picked doesn't scream instant gratification to me. Seems like an attempt to pick the future athlete, just hope he can kick a football.

Not saying the kid is instant gratification just the strategy. We traded out of the first rd this year for an immediate outcome. It seemed we would need to wait until next year for any further action, but bang, made a move to get some action again now.

Not critiquing the strategy or plan just that it reminds me of the need to do something now and get a response.

 

[patience]

I give up. I'll have some reading to do in the morning. Night all.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

238 am here

Hurry UP FFS

GO Catters

Commitment daz respect to you.

 

[BennyGan]

Ford and Winder the two guys left I want

 

[Lana]

I don't like the trade, but what's done is done. All I can say is that he wouldn't have been the 20th name on their list for them to make that kind of move. Had the Cameron trade not gone through and we'd picked him up with 15, I wonder what the reaction would have been.

 

[Gee Class Loco]

Do you reckon he was worth our Future 1st though?

Let u know in 2024.


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[Shadow89]

Question is though are any late 1st rounders guaranteed to be a success, i would have to say absolutely not, so Wells took a shot at something that has just as much chance of failing as any other pick.

I'm just really sour I think, that we didn't get Henry when he was so damn close. Looks like we'll get Bruhn in two years though, given his reaction/GWS' massive player retention issues...so swings and roundabouts I guess.

Wouldn't mind just playing a straight bat on the next one and taking Ford, or even Max Heath as a really solid ruck moving forward

 

[Pure_Ownage]

How do we even know if holmes was our target with this pick? Maybe it was someone else that we just missed.

When you trade just before that pick you are trading to get a specific player so he was clearly the target..no one was taken between when we traded the pick and us taking him.

 

[BennyGan]

Easily the slowest draft I can recall

maybe having the first round on its own night wasnt the worst idea lol

 

[year of the cat]

Hawks love Mitchell's.

 

[Seeds]

All those clubs know more than me mate...it might be 20 for 20 if we do well in 2021...which should happen

yes it coukd be. but thats the extreme best case. you dont base trade based off the extreme best case. You base it off the expected case.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Like the hawks mitchell pick.

 

[Grimoz]

I have a feeling we will take Baldwin

 

[Pure_Ownage]

yes it coukd be. but thats the extreme best case. you dont base trade based off the extreme best case. You base it off the expected case.

Clearly we either rate holmes as a lot higher than 20 or we definitely think our future 1st will be near 20 or both.