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I don't agree. I'd rather take a shot at developing a potential AA level ruck like Xerri or Gawn and have them for 10 years than scramble every few years for some spud merry go round ruck discard.

They won't draft with any of those picks. They want a few extra points because all their picks will get absorbed in points matching bids on F/Son Levi Ashcroft (pick 1 or 2) and Lions academy player Sam Marshall (likely bid in 20-30 range). Our pick 62 will come in a little bit earlier once the...

I was going to jokingly go with why didn't he trade our F2 for Bombres 28. The trade is right there Brady FFS! Doesn't matter if we couldn't then trade our F1 on draft night without getting a F2 or F1 back in the deal. It's irrelevant... minor details.

You and Buttox still wish we'd traded him to Port for Soldo? Give him time, he'll be worth it imo.

I thought you were Venezuelan. Username does not check out.

Yep I agree. Just mentioning he and Smillie are the taller mids if we want to go that direction. Langford would complement our mids and does a lot of things well but lacks the acceleration of some others like Draper, but I guess Bont and Cripps had a similar 20m sprint time. He's more of a...

And if Tigers pick FOS at 1, who do you think we'd go then? Lalor? Draper? Smith? Smillie? Langford? Tauru?

Langford at 190cm is the other taller mid in the top 6.

It's not great but it's basically what Cripps and Bont tested. His workrate is very good and does a lot of things well. That's why its so tricky splitting them when others might have a bit more upside than Langford.

Probably Cunnington. Sheezel 20m was 3.14 s. Powell 3.10s. Langford is 3.236 s but has 6:26 2km.

FOS, Draper, Lalor or Langford can run and tackle. Anyway we'll either finish off our midfield or split pick 2. Can always take a tall by trading our F2 with Bombres 28. Tomorrow the last day to swap picks before the draft and end of the DFA period, so will be interesting.

I'd be just taking one of Smillie/Langford/Tauru/Armstrong/Shanahan at 7 vs trading into next year for a 3rd F1. I think we lack a bit of class delivery and speed with TT gone and that mid would be versatile to rotate fwd/wing/hbf, where I"m not sure next years mids are quite as versatile, but...

Don't mind the thought but the last time we traded into the future it was a disaster and we'd miss out on some good players in the 1st round of this draft. I'd prefer to round out our midfield with a bit more speed and class and better ball use inside 50 at 2 or trade with Saints for 7 and F1...

Don't bother. Junky will find the negative.

Sorry, couldn't resist in honour of the thread title. Part Deux baby!

I think those three and Tauru would definitely be a consideration at pick 6 or 7. And Cal backed up what RF08 suggested that we were interviewing some players in the teens. Either we're covering our bases in the event a trade happens or something more is going on.

I can understand us liking Tauru's aerial ablity given we struggled to compete or mark the ball in the air, just not sure I believe we'll take him at pick 2. Think it's the Dees trying to get us to bite so they get one of the top 4 mids.

Media reports don't weaken any teams trading position. Either a deal is offered a team wants or there's no trade. Bombres would have likely had indications from more than just the Demons inside 9 that they would bid. Keep our cards close to our chest and keep rival teams guessing as to what...

I would guess they want Luke Trainor or Lindsay.

Well they are the picks in the deal that really matter to journos, they don't really care about 2nd and 3rd round picks. I know teams generally have to pay a bit of a premium to get picks in this year's draft, but even on points valuing our F1 optimistically as pick 5 (1795 pts) for 13 (1,212...

Yes the F1 was on the table for Bombers 9, Freo's 11 and GC 13, but you don't know the full deals discussed. You are making an assumption that we undervalued it because only pick 13 was mentioned. My assumption would be the deal was 13 and one of 23 or 29.

Now no. 1 on my draft board.

Pretty sure Twomey had James Barrat in the next 10 group, so 30-40 range. Thought he was more of a 3rd tall defender interceptor at 194cm?

That's my biggest concern with him, not quite the speed and class of a superstar, but he's likely a 200 gamer. Maybe that consistency is a good thing and Sheezel isn't all that quick, but Sheez's footy IQ is off the charts. I could see him getting caught holding the ball at AFL level because he...

Don't spout that crap from oppo fans about "how you couldn't get 13 with the F1". The only reason we couldn't get 13 off GC (and likely 23 or 29) for our F1 was because GC wanted to deal with Port and Pies for Luko and Noble. If it was just a straight trade of pick 13, which almost happened and...

Yes it's different scale and different sport, but there would be some awesome learnings and things that overlaps from what they look for in their draftees. It would be very interesting to know the weighting do they put on character, organisational fit, skill package, athleticism, all-star...

I'd send our recruiters over to Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA if they'd let us behind the curtain. I'd love to know their drafting philosophy and process of how they scout players. They seem to find really good players, not just Durant, Harden and Westbrook high end picks, but even at pick 12...

I don't remember us making too many trades before the draft involving picks apart from the Brayden George trade. Most of them have been on draft night. Agree that we haven't always given ourselves the flexibility with picks/spots. They seem to not want to draft speculative kids and prepare to...