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I liked the look of Fergus Greene and he was just delisted from Hawthorn, would be a good depth player I hope we get him.
Yeah I see that point but I am a fan of this guy is a nice in between size as well for depth behind Henry and Rohan. Probably won’t happen just wishful thinking.Pretty unlikely to pick up a 25yo player delisted by a bottom 4 team, who has played 16 games across two clubs in 5 seasons, I would have thought.
I wouldn’t be holding onto that hope too tight.
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I like your thinking but if I was to be taking one of the hawks delisted players it would be Bramble in a heart beat.Yeah I see that point but I am a fan of this guy is a nice in between size as well for depth behind Henry and Rohan. Probably won’t happen just wishful thinking.
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For anyone who had spare time on their hands (And with the goal of lowering their collective IQ) feel free to watch Fox Footy's 'Trading Day' on Kayo.
We know footy media is a crackpot at the best of times, but just listening to Kingy is hilarious.
With bass in the voice, and full of bravado, he goes "I have a huge value on top 30 picks, they are what wins you premierships. Since 2017, the Cats only have 5 remaining on their list".
Now David, I know you are an analytics guy, and maybe your boy Daniel Hoyne has been fudging the numbers over at your holy grail of 'Champion Data', but bare with me.
1. Jhye Clark (Pick 8) (2022)
2. Tanner Bruhn (Pick 12) (2020)
3. Sam De Koning (Pick 16) (2019)
4. Oliver Henry (Pick 16) (2020)
5. Max Holmes (Pick 20) (2020)
6. Mitch Knevitt (Pick 25) (2021)
7. Toby Conway (Pick 24) (2021)
8. Pick 8 (2023)
9. Pick 25 (2023)
I didn't major in mathematics. In fact, it's a subject I struggled with greatly, but I'm pretty sure that was 7? With it about to become 9?
Of course, there's the argument to include Jack Bowes (Pick 10, 2016) & Brandan Parfitt (Pick 26, 2016), because why should we stick to the arbitrary number of 2017?
But let's play Kingy's game. For reference, in that timeframe, that's more than the struggling minnows known as Hawthorn, or the once feared West Coast Eagles.
At the end of the day, the whole conversation is academic. It's not about the picks, it's about the players.
I'd like a few more Tyson Stengles' & Jack Henrys' over another Darcy Lang...but we can't play that game, because Kingy said so.
Another Brad Close & Gryan Miers over the next Billie Smedts? Sign me up!! But again, that's not how this game works.
So David, if you're going to go after us, and get paid a gazillion sheckles to do so...Can you just get it right?
The age of some of our prime movers, the youngsters not yet in their prime, the injury bug hitting a veteran core....All very reasonable points of concern leading into season 2024.
But no, we'll stick with the arbitrary and factually incorrect points. That always works.
I for one look forward to the day where we have 25 top 30 picks on our list.
Doesn't matter if any of them can play football or not, that's not the point. It's the picks that matter, don't you see?!?
For anyone who had spare time on their hands (And with the goal of lowering their collective IQ) feel free to watch Fox Footy's 'Trading Day' on Kayo.
We know footy media is a crackpot at the best of times, but just listening to Kingy is hilarious.
With bass in the voice, and full of bravado, he goes "I have a huge value on top 30 picks, they are what wins you premierships. Since 2017, the Cats only have 5 remaining on their list".
Now David, I know you are an analytics guy, and maybe your boy Daniel Hoyne has been fudging the numbers over at your holy grail of 'Champion Data', but bare with me.
1. Jhye Clark (Pick 8) (2022)
2. Tanner Bruhn (Pick 12) (2020)
3. Sam De Koning (Pick 16) (2019)
4. Oliver Henry (Pick 16) (2020)
5. Max Holmes (Pick 20) (2020)
6. Mitch Knevitt (Pick 25) (2021)
7. Toby Conway (Pick 24) (2021)
8. Pick 8 (2023)
9. Pick 25 (2023)
I didn't major in mathematics. In fact, it's a subject I struggled with greatly, but I'm pretty sure that was 7? With it about to become 9?
Of course, there's the argument to include Jack Bowes (Pick 10, 2016) & Brandan Parfitt (Pick 26, 2016), because why should we stick to the arbitrary number of 2017?
But let's play Kingy's game. For reference, in that timeframe, that's more than the struggling minnows known as Hawthorn, or the once feared West Coast Eagles.
At the end of the day, the whole conversation is academic. It's not about the picks, it's about the players.
I'd like a few more Tyson Stengles' & Jack Henrys' over another Darcy Lang...but we can't play that game, because Kingy said so.
Another Brad Close & Gryan Miers over the next Billie Smedts? Sign me up!! But again, that's not how this game works.
So David, if you're going to go after us, and get paid a gazillion sheckles to do so...Can you just get it right?
The age of some of our prime movers, the youngsters not yet in their prime, the injury bug hitting a veteran core....All very reasonable points of concern leading into season 2024.
But no, we'll stick with the arbitrary and factually incorrect points. That always works.
I for one look forward to the day where we have 25 top 30 picks on our list.
Doesn't matter if any of them can play football or not, that's not the point. It's the picks that matter, don't you see?!?
He wasn’t counting Bruhn or Ollie Henry. I think the point he was making was that our top 30 drafting since 2017 hasn’t been good.
The players picked in that range that are no longer on our list:
Fogarty (22)
Kelly (24)
Clark (15)
Stephens (16)
So we’ve actually kept more than we’ve lost, and two of the four we have lost are good players, we just didn’t retain them.
Actually, I'm going to take this one step further, since 2016, our drafting has landed us all these players who have played at least 5 AFL games (here or at another club):
Parfitt
T. Stewart
Ratugolea
J. Henry
Z. Guthrie
O'Connor
L. Fogarty
T. Kelly
Miers
J. Clark
T. Atkins
SDK
Close
Holmes
S. Neale
Conway
Knevitt
Dempsey
Mullin
+
Decent prospects -
Jhye Clark
Willis
Clohesy
Pick 8 this year
Pick 25 this year
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Is it perfect? No. Is it catastrophic and 'cliff worthy'? Also no.
Not to mention, that having 5 top 30 picks that are decent in a period of relative success, is no fail either - considering how little access we had to the top end. It's essentially 1 a year after 2017. Every 2nd round pick should fall into the mid 30's - failing King's arbitrary 'system', so would never count like it would for other teams - given our success.
But god forbid King would ever do that sort of analysis.
I don't like how Jhye Clark hasn't re-signed...
I hope we hold pick 8, trading it should only happen if North (Sanders) and WCE (Curtin) is available.. I would only accept a future first and an end of r1 pick though.. It sounds overs, but if your trading into a future draft you can't assume it will be a top 10 pick. A sweetener needs to come back as well..
I liked the look of Fergus Greene and he was just delisted from Hawthorn, would be a good depth player I hope we get him.
He wasn’t counting Bruhn or Ollie Henry. I think the point he was making was that our top 30 drafting since 2017 hasn’t been good.
The players picked in that range that are no longer on our list:
Fogarty (22)
Kelly (24)
Clark (15)
Stephens (16)
So we’ve actually kept more than we’ve lost, and two of the four we have lost are good players, we just didn’t retain them.
I thought Bowes smoothed out his money over by extending to 4 years when he signed with us?This is a very interesting list. A year away yes but they will be thinking about what it all means for drafts now.
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Love him as a DFA and Midfield depth - Rated him at GWSAny love for Jackson Hately?
He wasn’t counting Bruhn or Ollie Henry. I think the point he was making was that our top 30 drafting since 2017 hasn’t been good.
The players picked in that range that are no longer on our list:
Fogarty (22)
Kelly (24)
Clark (15)
Stephens (16)
So we’ve actually kept more than we’ve lost, and two of the four we have lost are good players, we just didn’t retain them.