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I think we pretty easily could have fit a second MSD pick even if it was an 18 month contract Out of contract rookies: Parnell, Borlase, Hamill. Delist two for Murray and a second pick (Parnell and Hamill most likely). We were also running 38 senior and 4 rookies, so could go up to 6 rookies...

McHenry already has a fishing show, apparently he's quite decent at it, so that's what they're probably referring to

GAME 2 ROUND 12 Danger Zone - Geelong (Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, St Kilda) Crowholder - Geelong (Adelaide, Essendon, Suns, St Kilda) Eddie Murphy - Geelong (Adelaide, Brisbane, Gold Coast, St Kilda) Scorpus - Geelong (Port Adelaide, Essendon, Gold Coast, St Kilda)

I'm of the opinion the rules are deliberately open to interpretation so they can easily absolve umpiring errors and remove responsibility for the quality of umpiring. How often do we see errors ticked off as technically correct, even if it's not usually adjudicated that way, or wasn't in the...

It's not tanking to win a game by 80 instead of 100

Just get Murray to replace ROB

I think if we won by less than 80 we would have improved our spot by 1

With a precisely 0% chance of making it, we've elected to take Pass at the draft!

We passed

Did we beat West Coast by too much? Lol

Out: Burgess In: T. Murray

The ruck forward has joined our list as expected!

Gotta love North picking even more midfielders

Well if a player did have prior opportunity they're still required to attempt a disposal, it's just the attempt must result in a legal disposal

The rule says So at the moment of the tackle, the ball must be immediately disposed of. If the tackle occurs a split second before the ball is actually kicked (eg. in the act of kicking but before it hits the boot) then it would correctly be HTB

While that's technically correct with the way the rule is worded, if you had any (prior) opportunity to dispose of the ball you are required to attempt to do so, regardless of when the tackle occurs. And if the tackle is not immediate, your obligation rises from an "attempt" to a "legal...

Sure, although it means the same thing. If you have any opportunity to dispose of the ball, you are required to attempt to do so. The rules are actually very clear about this situation: If you are immediately tackled and didn't have an opportunity to dispose of the ball before the tackle...

No. Having an arm free to drop the ball and kick is prior opportunity

Holding the ball has to be balanced out by holding the man though You can't ping players for HTB after a shorter period of time if you're allowing players to tackle others before they get the ball

Pinning one arm to prevent a handball but still allowing a kick, then either preventing the kick or forcing a drop/illegal disposal, is a textbook tackle and should be holding the ball every single time

Sholl has both hands free and chooses not to handball. It's clearly holding the ball In the Neale one he has one hand free so that's also clearly holding the ball because he elects not to kick But yeah it's stupid to point out decisions that were already being paid

Aliir was a pretty good pickup and he was from Queensland/WA/Kenya

Had to laugh that the very first example they showed of what should now be holding the ball involved none other than Lachlan Sholl

Four years on a crappy Gold Coast list and couldn't manage a single game

You can't be serious suggesting that our poor record is only in the bubble of Crowland. This will be our 7th year without finals and 25+ without a flag On drafting, there are actual industry numbers to go on. https://www.draftguru.com.au/analysis/pick-value-comparison Pick 6 to 10 - 125 median...

It's fair to say some players have things to work on. Cook definitely has things to work on and areas to improve But how could anyone with a straight face say that Cook's issues need 47 games in the SANFL, but Murphy's issues need 6 games in the SANFL. Trying to get high ceiling players to...

You can look at examples to see whether going back to the SANFL actually improves a player's game For example, when we yo-yoed Fogarty in and out of the team, did that prepare him to play better football when we finally decided to back him in? Not really. It was only once we backed him in at...

I think you are wrong on every single point My point is not that players don't develop in the SANFL, but that they develop much faster in the AFL than the SANFL No one is claiming the Crows don't fast track some players. The issue is how often we fast track players, and who we choose to fast...

I mean I just flat out didn't say he would have been good 47 games ago:

Bit of a leap to go from "this player has developed more in a small number of AFL games than a large number of SANFL games" to what you said