List management 101 (69?)

[blisk]

KPFs + Back Up rucks R7 2024:

Mel: 2
Rich: 2
*: 3
Coll: 2
GWS: 3
BRIS: 3
PORT: 3
StK: 3
North: 1
ADEL: 3
CARL: 3
GEEL: 3
Fre: 3
WB: 3
GC: 3
WCE: 4
HAW: 3
SYD: 3

Happy to hang shit on CCJ for being a potato but it is undeniable this year we have looked better with him in the side.

We go into every game with one hand behind our back.. then we offer to put the second hand behind too as soon as ball is bounced

 

[see see]

I think you're under-selling the great Eric Wallace there

And that kid who gave up a rowing scholarship at Yale to be a Cat B rookie.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Have we ever unearthed a quality category B/Irish player?

Where is our will to improve the list on outside of the box pick-ups?

Geelong have the likes of O’Connor & Mullin as Irish rookies, Blicavs was a steeple chaser, and Atkins, Stewart, & Wiltshire were all plucked from VFL & ammo’s obscurity.

We don’t have any left field picks. Closest we have is Finnbar & Blake Drury (but he was Vic Metro captain - clearly known in AFL circles, was just limited by height/athleticism).

No Irish picks. No sporting converts. No tough & smart ammo’s footballer who is coachable like a Stewart.

One of my big pet peeves

Irish, cross coders, nga kids like rhyan mansell just fill the cat b list odds are one will eventually be good

They are free hits we are not using

 

[scottywiper]

Another season underway. Another familiar loss. Had a crack, miles off it.
After five years at the bottom we are looking another 2-3 years off any major movement up ladder.
As always, some encouraging signs. Mainly the kids.
Sheezel a ripper, Wardlaw cracks in, McKercher classy and Duursma looks a player. But so they should be. They are absolute high end draft picks. There would be something very wrong if they weren't quality young players. Goater looked good too - terrible luck.
Then look at the rest of the list.
It's horribly unbalanced. Backline is atrocious and still no small pressure forward.
After infamously culling all the fringe players, we have drafted so many mids and not much else. And many of them are small. Where is the system in what we've done?
What have we been doing for past five years?
We've tried recruiting guys from other clubs. But most have been just spot fillers. CCJ trade was always horrible and is looking even worse now. Corr is very average. Tucker adds little. Fisher and Stephens get time but looked average on debut. Daniel Howe. Should we have gone after a Ginnivan who at least filled a glaring need?
Greenwood and Stephenson been ok. Shiels solid last year. But none move the needle for us.
Logue was at least a tick until his injury.
Our key defender cupboard is virtually bare. We're relying on Comben who has never been a back and is made of paper. Nyoun, Pink??? Unlikely.
So many mistakes with drafting and trading it's amazing.
The CCJ trade.
Trading out of the first round of the draft when we were rebuilding, missing Pickett and/or Serong.
Jacobs Edward. Phoenix Spicer. Jack Mahoney. Hosie. Ham.
Phillips looking very shaky (ahead of McDonald).
Delisting and Relisting Turner? Why? What was Josh Walker all about? And then we flicked him when we were light on for key backs?
We should also have pushed harder with Horne-Francis. Port were desperate and like the CCJ trade we folded meekly. Even with Brown we took way unders for a bloke with his record.
I know some will disagree but I see a string of glaring mistakes leading to a historically bad team.
Some are with benefit of hindsight, undoubtedly, but lots of them like CCJ, Mahoney, Howe, even Corr, were obvious at the time.
And most have one bloke's hands all over them.

I thought Logue was ok? for shame. I becometh Brady.

 

[Spud11]

I’m glad we’ve got Whitlock.
If we ever feel like making a reboot of the Wonder Years, we’ve got someone who can play Paul.
Thanks Brady for giving up our first pick for this

 

[kangafruity]

I’m glad we’ve got Whitlock.
If we ever feel like making a reboot of the Wonder Years, we’ve got someone who can play Paul.
Thanks Brady for giving up our first pick for this

I have just seen this quote from Clarko " We rated young Whitlock really highly. Our list management team made a call on that last year. Its just horses for courses. There is not a club in the competition that get it right all the time. Everyone would applaud us getting Nick Larkey at #75, right "
Seriously this is the hill you are going to die on? What about all the **** ups since?

 

[Spud11]

I have just seen this quote from Clarko " We rated young Whitlock really highly. Our list management team made a call on that last year. Its just horses for courses. There is not a club in the competition that get it right all the time. Everyone would applaud us getting Nick Larkey at #75, right "
Seriously this is the hill you are going to die on? What about all the **** ups since?

I get to die on a hill? Awesome. If it means no more nmfc games, show me the hill.

 

[Arthur Cloke]

I’m glad we’ve got Whitlock.
If we ever feel like making a reboot of the Wonder Years, we’ve got someone who can play Paul.
Thanks Brady for giving up our first pick for this

"Nice stain Pfieffer" - one of the all time great calls.