Game Day The 2024 Draft Day Thread

[Keys]

Draft Day is here

Unlike last year when the excitement of adding No.1 pick Harley Reid to our list was palpable (and also near certain), this draft is uncertain and viewed with equal parts excitement and trepidation

We go into the first night with pick 12, which is expected to slide to 15 after academy and Father Son selections and a lot of guesswork on who we’ll take. Or even if we actually use that pick with rumours circulating that we might trade up or back

Night two we have pick 26 (subject to change) along with a gaggle of late picks. Again, there’s the possibility of trading into the draft with another pick using one of our later future picks and even less certainty on who we might pick

The one near guarantee is that NGA product, Malakai Champion, will be an Eagle at some point over the next couple of days

So sit back and watch to see how the draft unfolds whilst praying we don’t do something stupid

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

 

[dinnaz]

A nothing player? I would be very happy to have him.

Only after pick 30. He can have his Jackson Nelson career somewhere else.

 

[brabs]

Suns gain 58 and lose 58?

 

[archiemoses]

Leo Lombard and Picks 89 and 94 for 40,41,48 is an absolute joke

 

[pantskyle]

Can we now gain Darling after losing Darling?

 

[random260]

Right now Twomey is right. Next min he gets one wrong where we are on the receiving end.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

It’s like that with all of these kids, it’s a lottery. No one knows for the most part if any of them can play against men yet.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Suns gain 58 and lose 58?

It’s a different type of 58 though

 

[EagleMan87]

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Right now Twomey is right. Next min he gets one wrong where we are on the receiving end.

Might be worth just taking a walk buddy.

 

[KERRPOW]

some nice flourbags from lombard. Gov would be proud.

 

[pantskyle]

Might be worth just taking a walk buddy.

Long walk off a short pier you reckon?

 

[Schtinker]

This is like watching all the hot girls picked for the school dance while you’re stuck talking to some teacher about homework.

Teachers these days seem to put out more often than teen girls though.

 

[dinnaz]

It’s like that with all of these kids, it’s a lottery. No one knows for the most part if any of them can play against men yet.

Id rather bet on the guy who gets 40 a game vs the one who gets 10 against their own age group to start off.

 

[DanWCE]

Craziest thing about this draft is my 6yo realized within seconds that GC has changed their logo. No idea how he's picked that. Some interesting stuff happening between the ears with that boy

 

[Shueygod]

Only after pick 30. He can have his Jackson Nelson career somewhere else.

Hahahaha ****, what a clueless comparison.

 

[DanWCE]

Lombad language

 

[ArdentEagle]

Leo

 

[Eaglemaniac]

Teachers these days seem to put out more often than teen girls though.

Haha true. I think that’s mainly in America though.

 

[dinnaz]

Gees saints midfield sucks and they go quite speculative with positions.

 

[random260]

Murphy Reid your nearly here at our pick just hang on buddy

 

[bzparkes]

Long walk off a short pier you reckon?

He'll go the full Harold Holt if we take Hotton...

 

[Mr Q]

I feel sick in the guts watching this

sigh

It's a sport, not life or death.

The only certainty here is that no matter what player the Eagles take, no matter when, there will be someone melting to a puddle about it.

It will be five years before we know whether anything we've done in this trade/draft period was good, bad or indifferent.

 

[eaglevision]

If Dees take Allan we are a chance at Lindsay

 

[MaxHunt]

Murphy Reid your nearly here at our pick just hang on buddy

And watch him sail on by