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List Mgmt. 2022 Draft and Trade Hypotheticals: Kinnear & Dalrymple - we march to no drum but our own!
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Same, same. Herr Rupert.
I know it's probably been said before, but I am still in awe over the machiavellian shenanigans from the Swans draft team. To damage Adelaide's draft hand - probably as payback for screwing us with the Dawson trade - by using the very pick we got from them for Dawson was so delicious. And then we give that pick away anyway lol. It also helps that the Adelaide player was rated so it was win/win for us.
I'm thinking that after so many drafts where we have out-thought the competition, the other clubs must be watching us very keenly on draft night to see what we will pull out of the hat. It is becoming quite entertaining.
I am guessing that one of the draft team (not necessarily KB) is some kind of an evil genius who enjoys 3D chess.
I'm thinking that after so many drafts where we have out-thought the competition, the other clubs must be watching us very keenly on draft night to see what we will pull out of the hat. It is becoming quite entertaining.
I am guessing that one of the draft team (not necessarily KB) is some kind of an evil genius who enjoys 3D chess.
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Was nice to see the club take off the mr nice guy costume that they've been charading in the past few years. Ruthless, conniving moves yesterday that brought a tear to my eye.
Not sure who sanctioned the hits last night, but it was great to see
Not sure who sanctioned the hits last night, but it was great to see
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I wonder what sanctions the AFL is dreaming up to punish us for last night's utter reaming of GWS.
All we have left is the academy
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You know you've done am incredible job when even the swans are getting plaudits from around the fan bases for that assassination
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Do you guys wish we hadn't matched the Rowston bid? I wish we hadn't. Perhaps we can trade him to you in 2 years time.
RookieMe had Rowston going in late 30s. 
Still, looks a good player and perhaps under rated due to playing for Allies.
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Still, looks a good player and perhaps under rated due to playing for Allies.
Swans’ draft strategy costs GWS prized pick as rivals weigh in on ploy
Sydney made a surprise bid on a Giants Academy player.
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Pffft, tradition dictates you’ll trade him to Carlton for a bag of Samboys.
Tradition matters.
LukeParkerno1
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We’d have been fine with him- bid was a free hit No risk of him going home
LukeParkerno1
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We will take 1 tall option just not sure it’s going to be 2. We don’t rate them
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Lemmey and Connor Mac and I'll be a happy boy
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Incredible performance from us last night. Based on our drafting strategy, we essentially landed pick 21 next year for free, and Konstanty looks like a fantastic pick-up.
We'll wait and see what we do tonight, but we are on-track for an A+ draft performance IMO.
We'll wait and see what we do tonight, but we are on-track for an A+ draft performance IMO.
LukeParkerno1
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With the added bonus of annoying GWS too! Plus taking their likely target at our next pick
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As I noted previously, Sydney cannot get an A+.
That grade is reserved for Essendon.
Instead, we will be given a C- …. with an accompanying note that “Sydney upset rival clubs with their aggressive bidding strategy, but ultimately was prepared to move down the order with an eye towards the 2023 draft”.
LukeParkerno1
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And GWS will get an A despite their dumb trade with North. Come off it North we’re not taking a tall forward over Wardlaw/Sheezel. They are better talents. They could have kept 3, taken Cadman, still had their mid first (one from the Tarranto trade), taken whoever. Instead wasted a mid first for nothing and lost one last night through sheer dumbness
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He's actually from Griffith not Sydney. And therein lies GWS's problem with their academy boys. Most are south of the Barassi line and feel more affinity with Melbourne than they do Sydney. "Go Home" factor is very real.
LukeParkerno1
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Well unless there’s a new team in Griffith there wasn’t any Ho home risk for us!
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Today let's revel in the dastardly moves we put on GWS last night, but they'll remember this and we should expect payback in the coming years. I've always felt that there's been an unspoken pact between the 4 Northern Academy teams not to bid on each other's players early, but now that that compact has been broken by us last night, I expect sharpened knives at our throats especially from the Giants' end.
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…. and it’s a problem, because GWS will always have earlier picks than us.
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They bid on Nick Blakey though
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The club just needs to fight fire with fire. With all these Vic kids claiming they will be sad if they move from home...we should start "hiding" academy kids more. Hold them out of national champs, reduce their games in the nab league. It's a risky strategy, but with the Intel we should have on them coming up in the academy, it's a calculated risk
Like that time in 2018 when GWS bid on Blakey?
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