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I think he probably did ask but he was never going to go this year because Freo put their trade currency into Shai Bolton. It could happen next year for 2 firsts but I'd much prefer to keep him clearly.

why are you only just figuring out how woke the AFL is? I stopped caring about what the AFL cared about many years ago. You'll just drive yourself crazy if you get roped into what the AFL care about.

how is this even bad? A joke about the birds and the bees? wow. some people honestly.

I don't think anyone was offended by the GWS stuff. The AFL doesn't count. They're just running their PC company.

I personally think it's defensive pressure. the 2 basically 100 point smashings from Freo, the smashing from WCE and almost losing to North, our defensive pressure was non-existent. It was a complete lack of effort and accountability.

I wouldn't have taken pick 10 for Petty at the time either. He's shown how good he can be when playing his best in defence and when fit. Turner is already a decent player. Very agile and attacks the contest hard. 17.7 in 13 games is fine. so hopefully he can kick at least 30 next year.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/draft/afl-draft-2022-latest-whispers-picks-trades-melbourne-offer-to-essendon-three-firstround-picks-sydney-swans-trade-options/news-story/33c888ad603f787d75700af0e606b585 Yeah, 3 firsts. I think maybe something coming back to us though. But still. GC would be...

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/draft/afl-draft-2022-latest-whispers-picks-trades-melbourne-offer-to-essendon-three-firstround-picks-sydney-swans-trade-options/news-story/33c888ad603f787d75700af0e606b585 3 first round picks offered for the Essendon pick 4 and it was strongly rumoured/known in...

I couldn't find the right thread for this, but didn't the dees offer up 3 first round picks in order to select Bailey Humphrey? I know he's only 20 but that's a very steep offer that is, at this stage, looking like it would've been a disaster trade offer. Then fast forward to this year and...

I didn't say that he needed to become fast did I? just becoming average would be massive for his game. I'm not writing off Langford. I've just got concerns over him that's all. Moreso defensively.

it hasn't stood out in training. And he's shown no power whatsoever due to his lack of speed. If we're a serious footy team Langford shouldn't be playing any games this year until he develops his speed whilst playing or Casey.

Lack of speed across the ground and still lacking fire power up forward. Seeing a dramatic decline in Steven May and having no replacement because we didn't take Tauru

laird is one of your best players. as if he's not in your best 22

true. still has an extra bye though which is annoying.

Isn't Houston suspended?

Getting caught is the least of my worries with Langford. It's just his speed all over the ground that worries me. He's probably slower than TMac. How is he going to defend if given an inside mid role? I don't know why players aren't on customised training programs tbh. I'd rather Langford be...

Lace out laser Laurie.lol. Yeah, I agree. I think if Langford doesn't work out it could be the end of Jason Taylor. This is the most important draft for us to nail in arguably a decade or more with Tasmania coming in and I feel like our selections in recent drafts have been quite low ceiling...

either way, you lose something by tanking. you gotta finish low on the ladder. This academy/f-s is basically the AFL's way of tanking the league.

Danster's Training Report Windy conditions so skills were pretty off today. Slightly better energy around the ground than other sessions I believe. Non trainers were: Fullerton, Melksham, Spargo, Woewodin, McAdam, Turner. and Gawn. Lindsay didn't play the match sim stuff but he did the cruise...

No worries. I haven't seen an improvement in his competitiveness to be honest. That's what I look out for in the time trial. Not the performance but the effort and I still see that lacking. There's not much more new to see at trainings because I've seen quite a few now. most of the drills are...

lol no-one does. if u didn't realise, 1 f/s in 20 years is well below afl avg. and we smashed the dogs by 80 who had 3 more father sons. You won't have an asterisk-free result until both Ashcrofts retire. That's just the reality. But you're competing with Collingwood and Dogs. That's your tier...

you earn them by finishing low on the ladder. i.e. there is a cost to receiving the good draft pick. We can get hung up on the semantics of the word 'deserve' but you don't get good draft picks if you're a good team. That's an obvious equalisation measure. And that's where the Academy/Father-son...

haha, nice try Elixuh :) Our father-sons outside of Viney were lowly ranked juniors.

and me. It's an absolute disgrace. The amount of leg ups your club has got with the father/son is something that will never happen again. Completely uneven playing field. Great for Brissy. But horrendous for the integrity of the comp.

No it doesnt. How does it fix the fact that top 4 clubs get access to top end talent that they don't deserve. It doesn't fix that at all. Only way to fix it is to abolish it all together.

I remember watching Danny Hughes training and thinking this guy is an absolute gun from Sandringham, our aligned club at the time.

yep. spot on. that's definitely a way

I guess we'll never know. :) I just don't personally see how teams wouldn't be dramatically different if there were 300 players injected back into the game with reasonable prices. If there's 300 options to choose from versus 10 options, there's going to be much more variance in even the...

With 300 mid pricers to choose from, teams won't select the same mid pricers. And I'm not suggesting that they will be mid-priced. I'm suggesting the 300 odd players that are disregarded, should be close to rookie priced. So instead of teams being mostly the same premo's and all the same...