Pretty sure our recruiters said they didn't have a particular player in mind when trading up to 3 and only decided on Oliver just before the draft.
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coniglio_number1
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Wasn't it a 3 way toss up between Oliver, parish and Francis?
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Just wanted the best available midfielder with Schache and Weitering guaranteed to go 2/1, I think.
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I don't think anyone really knew outside of the club, there was a lot of speculation. I do remember it being reported that we were definitely going to take Parish, then someone else said he was certain it was Francis. Those 3 names sounds about right though.
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Bump just for the lols
LukeParkerno1
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Oliver was the best non-Academy mid available. You have a gun. Reality is all 3 of Oliver, Mills (N/A) and Parish were top quality. You couldn't go wrong with who you selected, but for your side Oliver made sense.
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Loving the look of our picks so far considering we had no high picks. Adams and Collins are exactly what we needed, Adams will probably play all year and Collins not far behind. Dunkley looks the goods and apparently word from the club is they are very confident weve picked another A grader up here, hes extremely highly rated inside the club.
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Did Sydney show any interest in Dunkley or did he tell them he wanted to stay in Melb?
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People have been saying this all pre season, From what I have seen and it's early days obviously Oliver and Parish look much better than Mills Hopper and Kennedy. Can't wait to see how all these guys develop.
Edit: Harsh for me to say much better, But they have outshone those academy boys so far, I think it's disrespectful to consider Oliver and Parish a rung below.
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Preferred option was to stay in Melbourne but would have been happy to play for Sydney also. I think the Swans were interested, but in the end the price was too high given how similar he was to a number of their current players.
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As a supporter on a non-Vic team how does that comment make you feel? It seems a bit odd.
That was just a troll account though, so the joke is on anyone who took anything he said seriously, or who thought he actually barracked for St Kilda. It was almost certainly just someone who really disliked both St Kilda and Melbourne and who made the account to make us look stupid and to trash anything Melbourne did.
Just surprised it took so long for him to get permanently banned.
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Yes, I know, that's why I said I did it just for the lols
He apparently had 'family' at every club giving him inside info
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Yeah Im fairly sure he was actually rated up there with Mills before last year, well I at least always remember reading swans had two very highly rated prospects but then obviously Mills went to a new level and i think Dunkley had a bit of injury trouble and dropped off.
The downgrade of our first pick was what made last draft, I'm confident we would have went either Collins or Dunkley at 11 but instead ended up getting them both, and we were always going to take Adams at 25 expecting Collins to be gone and then he slipped to 35 as well. So luck definitely went our way.
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After keeping an eye on him all preseason and watching his NAB/Round 1 form I can't believe the Swans didn't want him.
Kid just oozes courage, class and maturity.
LukeParkerno1
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We have way too many of his similar type. We would have taken him but not at the price Dogs wanted him.
Sort of is a situation where it is best for Dunkley to not go to Sydney. I'm happy that he gets to play at the top level.
Leezorr
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I think its similar to why we didn't want McPherson, we have 3 or 4 very very similar and just didn't need another player like that.
LukeParkerno1
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Pretty much. Doesn't make it a wrong decision on Sydney's end. In the end this is looking after the player. Why take him when he gets to play football at the highest level at the Dogs.
Considering we were likely to take Collins with 11, the downgrade meant we effectively got Dunkley for free. They are the kinda moves and luck that are required to really push a side into flag contention.
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Insane that we picked up our number 1 key defender at pick 35. A bit of Harry Taylor about the whole thing.
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You on board fronks? Honestly i cant see a weakness in the bloke
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No - Oliver was the choice a long way out from the draft - he had been on MFC radar for most of 2015. Jason Taylor loved what he saw when Oliver played games at the Tigers VFL side. Lets say the Tigers VFL games where the icing on the cake
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This is not correct. Lets call it Bulldust to cover your tracks.
