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Theres always less info of the players further down the list, be interesting to see if we look at a couple options with our later picks. Is this why people are talking about trading up or is that just the typical wanting new toys happening?

With news that we have delisted Clarke official, wondering what the small forward talent pools looking like in this draft?

It just says to you that we would rather take pick 50 odd in this draft (which bats deep) then continue putting more development time into Clarke. As everyone is saying here that was a woeful draft and by most reports this one is a much deeper draft.

Another side to consider is that there is going to be less distraction for our younger guys with Daniel and Macrae gone. Every week when they took those spots there was a lot of chatter about whether they deserved it or not and there was no doubt additional pressure because of it. This gives...

Fair enough, and at the end of the day we will have to be lucky to find a player of Smiths talent at what we got for him. Fwiw I don't think him having signed a longer contract would mean he'd still be at the Dogs, we just would have gotten more picks for him. He had completely clocked out

Counterpoint to this though, is that Smith didn't have a good 2023 at all and then did a knee for 2024. While we didnt get the trade capital we wanted, we would all be sitting here very nervous about another 5 years of an underperforming star coming off a knee taking a signficant chunk of the...

Have to recognise the aggression in the list management. If Macrae is seriously done for midfield minutes and thats not getting undone, why pay him an AA salary to play like a Matt Kennedy. Why not trade Macrae down, get someone younger better at playing the role in the side allocated for him...

Give it a break. Its just way too early to know, if you go back 3 years read the comments the media and this board were making about JUH. You cant tell what a players going to be capable of at this stage.

Good ****ing riddance - had so much potential but what a Grade A w***er, was so hard trying to support that bloke.

What a game! I loved what I saw from basically everyone out there, just domination at the contest, defence was at its intercepting best and the synergy between the forwards was incredible. Lids almost off. Will be a great test next week

Lots to like in this one; Pros really well rounded performance. We won by 76 points without relying on the brilliance of bont and libba. Our bottom 15-24 look so much better this year than last. Forward line genuinely looks good together. Synergy building and personnel only improving the...

Prefacing this with the fact that Ive had number 11 on my guernsey since 2014, but I think the midfield looked worse with Macrae in it. Had hints of last year where we look great when its on our terms but when it wasnt looked really vulnerable.

Out of interest, to all the people having melts about how much we paid to move up to pick 4 (into 6), how much are you enjoying the preseason hype for sanders? If theres one thing weve done well over the last decade, its our first round draft picks

Dunno if defensive pillars of JOD and Busslinger does much for me... with the younger guys feel like they would get absolutely mauled. Clarifying I like the look of JOD but think he is a good option as the 2nd tall while he's still growing into his frame. Busslinger didn't seem to tear up the...

Absolutely agree, having an easily day trippable road trip there and back is far superior to cairns darwin and hobart and canberra, and seemingly lands us in a better financial position. Yknow you're pretty switched on for a North fan?

I highly doubt we are going to be in a position to heavily target the free agent market what with the now 3 major resigning questions looming, but geez it would be great go get mcluggage. feels like he'd be a perfect fit having an elite winger. bonus points that he can't kick at goal to save his...

Be great to see him get a bit of a consistent patch in the seniors this year, maybe a month on the back of some serious form. Like most people, I reckon giving him space to grow in the 2s will do him good, fingers crossed he gets more luck with his body. I like having Lobb in the side as hes a...

You are missing my point here. The 2019 draft had a really even talent pool between 5-20, those picks were less clear and contributes to why there were more flops right up the top end

It looks ugly when just looking at the numbers now, Im holding out hope that with bids the numbers look better and we have a better year next year which we definitely can. End of the day I have no idea what the talent is like in the draft, but when I hear there is a top 7 or so and then a drop...

Spewing because I love what Bevo has done for the club and how much joy he has brought me in the early days. But Im so fed up, and am beginning to feel we have wasted the golden years on what is the best looking list Ive ever seen us have. I want off this rollercoaster, the good times are...

Scott Jones and Weightman offering so much energy up forward. So much to like already in our forward line and still so much potential to grow over the years.

hard running and fast winger. an area I have personally been crying out for for this side! Love this pick, seems like a ripping bloke from everything I've read here

Can't believe my luck, got a cold on today of all days! the boss was really sympathetic though and let me have the afternoon off. what a coincidence.....

Lobb is a terrible option. He wants to be played as a forward and left the Giants so he could be a forward. On stupid money for a very mediocre player too. We are going to have a very delicate cap situation moving forward and we cant afford to screw it by getting a contract like lobbs, even if...

I fear that you are mainly right although I do also think its fairly over simplified. He may be an "ok" ruck (pretty shit actually) and an "ok" forward, but he does still offer a lot around the ground that a merely ok ruck or forward couldnt. He is isnt a liability in chains like the generic...

im a little suprised with how close we are playing our cards to our chest. must be out of respect for our players and maybe more will happen after the seasons done. just odd that in all talk of key backs and rucks we are no where to be heard of (in the mainstream media)

yep righto ill put me hand up for that one couldnt help myself on a tuesday morning

If we were to forget the 2015 saga what are peoples opinions on talia? at 29 hes still got footy left in him, however with an injury tarnished 2021 and a dip in form in 2020 are people thinking hes cooked already? ive just got such strong memories of the gun player that he was and as a 2 - 3...

jj to be living in salems pocket

As a dogs fan snooping, all ill say about lewis is that we are so slim on key backs as it is and yet he still cant hold down the spot for longer than 2 weeks at a time. has the athletic attributes but is soft as butter. He is being played out of position but its because he isnt trusted to play...