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Beveridge 1, Buckley 0. Big story next season will be how Collingwood's fire-sale has affected the playing group.Shame about your coach...
How mature of you. Some tough love delivered there, straight out of the Collective Minds handbook.
There’s a huge difference between the messaging of having the number 1 pick and the rest. If you don’t get that then your view is more akin to a child than the previous poster. No surprises there. Crows fans have had a mare this off season with the complete inability to grasp basic trade concepts and how their clubs messaging is perceived by the rest of the afl.
If JUH is number 1 on your board bid on him. If he isn’t and you bid on him to prove a point your idiots to hand the number 1 pick to another club after you previous couple of seasons.
Say Swans get a bid on Campbell at pick 4 (2023), they already geta a 20% discount, so 1627 points (pick 7).
They can then go and match with 5 picks in the 40s they were never going to use. What a joke!
I completely agree, if you have him number 1 on your board you should bid but your club does have to take into account whether the “story” of having pick 1 is compelling enough for you to skip.We select the highest placed player on our talent order, it's what we've done in the past and I don't see why it would change just because it's pick 1. No different to Roos at 2, they know they're not getting him as well, so using the logic of that other poster, they also shouldn't bid. So he slips through to you guys at 20whatever your first selection is at. Anybody suggesting to do it as a strategy to impact the Dogs is a moron, bidding or not has got nothing to do with the Dogs and everything to do with our talent list.
You'll have to explain the messaging comment and the relevance to collective minds. Is there some special improvement that is imbibed by the player called first on draft night? They don't seem to end up being the best player of the pool too often, so whatever it is, it doesn't seem to work that well.
Afl changed that yesterday.I thought you can only have as many draft picks as you have free spots on the list.
So if 4 picks are burned matching then there are still 3 picks required to fill the list. I guess they could all be late picks or Rookie picks...
They changed this this year because of the list changes and draft problems due to Covid. Only 1 player needs to be drafted and no cap on amount of picks vs list space.I thought you can only have as many draft picks as you have free spots on the list.
So if 4 picks are burned matching then there are still 3 picks required to fill the list. I guess they could all be late picks or Rookie picks...
No, the AFL changed the rules for this year and will change them back next year.I thought you can only have as many draft picks as you have free spots on the list.
So if 4 picks are burned matching then there are still 3 picks required to fill the list. I guess they could all be late picks or Rookie picks...
If list numbers are down by 1, then they should have only said they can have 1 extra pick to match, not open slather.They changed this this year because of the list changes and draft problems due to Covid. Only 1 player needs to be drafted and no cap on amount of picks vs list space.
They’re pretty much just gifting the top end NGAs this year before it gets scrapped for 2021.No, the AFL changed the rules for this year and will change them back next year.
Why? " The AFL will revert to its usual rule next year, having allowed the clubs a one-off change given some had prepared for matching bids by already trading out future selections during last year's exchange period."
So because they screwed up the list numbers and not notifying teams, they have made another rule on the run and screwed teams even more (oh, except if you have a FS or NGA)
Swans, Pies among clubs buoyed by late draft rule tweak
Clubs matching bids on Academy and father-son players will be able to use the points from picks they didn't plan to usewww.afl.com.au
I completely agree, if you have him number 1 on your board you should bid but your club does have to take into account whether the “story” of having pick 1 is compelling enough for you to skip.
Dogs fans and the club know we’ve lucked out. We know a bid is coming at 1-4. That’s why we’ve stacked enough(nearly) points to match a bid at 1.
The argument is around if you have him 2/3 on your board is it worth bidding at 1 anyway? If you do the kid you get after we match will get over it but don’t be mistaken, these kids want to go at 1. They’ve been working to this point and they want to be known as pick 1 from their year. Any elite kid that says “actually I’d rather you took me at 2 to ease the pressure” should be raising red flags all over the place. These kids aren’t shrinking violets.
Who has only won a final in one of the 6 years he's been coaching, and seems to love playing players out of position.Our Premiership coach
At least Buckley won't play Taylor AdamsBeveridge 1, Buckley 0. Big story next season will be how Collingwood's fire-sale has affected the playing group.
Have you seen Ed RichardsWho has only won a final in one of the 6 years he's been coaching, and seems to love playing players out of position.
Why play Cody Weightmanup forward when you can play Ed RichardsPLAYERCARDSTART3Cody Weightman
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PLAYERCARDENDthere? Why play an ruckman in the ruck when you can just play Josh DunkleyPLAYERCARDSTART20Ed Richards
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PLAYERCARDENDthere? Seems to make perfect sense for your coach. I'm sure we'll be seeing Ugle-Hagan playing as a defender before long, and Aaron NaughtonPLAYERCARDSTART5Josh Dunkley
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PLAYERCARDENDas a wingman.PLAYERCARDSTART33Aaron Naughton
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Is your reading comprehension that bad?Have you seen Ed Richardsplay forward? Clearly not as he’s very average up there. His best footy behind the ball.PLAYERCARDSTART20Ed Richards
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Yeah, It' disgraceful IMO. A real unfair leg up for 4 or 5 teams.They’re pretty much just gifting the top end NGAs this year before it gets scrapped for 2021.
“Why play Cody WeightmanIs your reading comprehension that bad?
At least Buckley won't play Taylor Adamsin the ruck.PLAYERCARDSTART3Taylor Adams
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The afl stopped allowing teams to do this because it made a joke of their points system. Now they bring back the rort because teams sooked about having to pay a fair price to match bids.If list numbers are down by 1, then they should have only said they can have 1 extra pick to match, not open slather.
Plus they will change it back next year when they lose first round matching - talk about an uneven playing field.The afl stopped allowing teams to do this because it made a joke of their points system. Now they bring back the rort because teams sooked about having to pay a fair price to match bids.
Most of the third round this year will be zombie picks.
My understanding is that' the case.Happy to hold my hand up when wrong. The Swans list manager literally said on the draft podcast they view JUH as the “clear” number 1. Not sure how when he hasn’t played all year but if that’s representative of the broader view by list managers fair enough.
Interesting, as one WA based draft watcher can't fathom McDonald slipping past pick 1 after what he's done in the WAFL.Happy to hold my hand up when wrong. The Swans list manager literally said on the draft podcast they view JUH as the “clear” number 1. Not sure how when he hasn’t played all year but if that’s representative of the broader view by list managers fair enough.
Happy to hold my hand up when wrong. The Swans list manager literally said on the draft podcast they view JUH as the “clear” number 1. Not sure how when he hasn’t played all year but if that’s representative of the broader view by list managers fair enough.
Yes. The only limitation on that this year (other than the usual ones about future picks) is that you can’t trade a pick back to the club you got it from.Would it be possible to trade our pick 33 for a bunch of later pick points gain then live trade 26 to someone when jamarra bid comes in then live trade back in with someone else to say pick 30