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List Mgmt. 2022 List Management: Draft, Trade and FA
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A classic example of the folly of picking for positional needs instead of the most talented player, with a top 10 pick.Heh, those two available and they pick the next Josh Schache instead
Never reach for positional needs when investing a top 10 or 12 pick - inevitably you will pass over an elite talent or two and look stupid
Crowden will always be the type of player that dominates at WAFL but is just a journeyman at AFL level. OK to have as depth but will always be in strife around contract time. We need list spots so I think his time with us is up
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I'm loath to join the Crowden bashing (there will be consequences) but I wouldn't really even say he's a 'dominant' WAFL mid. That was only the 5th time in 38 games he has exceeded 30 disposals and the third this year. It's also the only time he has exceeded 32 disposals. He's a good WAFL mid with a far better than average kick (but not complimentary decision making. If it was he'd be AFL quality I reckon despite all his other limitations).
Blakely fat and not really trying is still a fair way in front of Mitchell at that level for mine.
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Crowden has had many opportunities to do well.
Would rather see western get a proper run.
Would rather see western get a proper run.
Crowden would have been an absolute weapon in early 2000s footy, bombing the ball over the flood into open space. Teams structure too well now, you need to actually hit targets.
He can hit targets.
He can, but that doesn't mean he does. He far too frequently just kicks for distance. There are plenty of players who are small and slow who have made it by pairing good skills with excellent decision making (Caleb Daniel being the superlative example).
You haven't see Crowden then... Laser kick
Playing in the backline and doing that is easier...
I've seen 5 years of Crowden with only a small improvement in his decision making. He's gotten better at making decisions a little faster and not getting caught HTB so often, but he still makes far too many bad decisions.
Sure, then make Crowden a HBF. I'm not saying he's a lost cause, but in his current WAFL role it is no surprise that he cannot get AFL games in a contending side.
I think you'll find that kind of player invariably has good skills on either side of their body (Sam Mitchell, Caleb Daniels, Liam Baker all come to mind). Mitch is very much a one-sided left footer which means he is so much easier to corral or catch.
Good little player, but doubt he'll ever be best 22 for us now.
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I have been looking over our list and I can't help but be excited for the future when all of the listed players are under the age of 25 and we are still competing in the finals in season 2022.
AGE 24: Logue, Darcy, Shultz, Brodie, Meek, Cox, Banfield
AGE 23: Crowden
AGE 22: Sturt, Brayshaw, Frederick
AGE 21: Serong, Clark, Henry, Young
AGE 20: Chapman, O'Driscoll, Treacy
AGE 19: Walker, Johnson, Amiss
AGE 18: Erasmus
Best 22 under 25:
Walker - Logue - Chapman
Clark - Cox - Young
O'Driscoll - Brayshaw - Johnson
Henry - Treacy - Frederick
Amiss - Meek - Shultz
Darcy - Serong - Brodie
Erasmus - Sturt - Banfield - Crowden
I left out the unknowns in Western, Worner, Benning, and Kuek and that is still 22 players, let that just sink in for a moment.
AGE 24: Logue, Darcy, Shultz, Brodie, Meek, Cox, Banfield
AGE 23: Crowden
AGE 22: Sturt, Brayshaw, Frederick
AGE 21: Serong, Clark, Henry, Young
AGE 20: Chapman, O'Driscoll, Treacy
AGE 19: Walker, Johnson, Amiss
AGE 18: Erasmus
Best 22 under 25:
Walker - Logue - Chapman
Clark - Cox - Young
O'Driscoll - Brayshaw - Johnson
Henry - Treacy - Frederick
Amiss - Meek - Shultz
Darcy - Serong - Brodie
Erasmus - Sturt - Banfield - Crowden
I left out the unknowns in Western, Worner, Benning, and Kuek and that is still 22 players, let that just sink in for a moment.
Our list is insanely good for one so young. The combination of nailing good role players with late picks and getting elite talent with high picks has helped us put together such a good list. We just need to keep them all together now and maybe grab another young key forward for when Tabs retires (depending on how Treacy develops) and we can set ourselves up for a seriously good run at the top of the ladder
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This seems like a massive fail - traded up to get a player they really wanted and he's delisted not long after...
Everything that s**tstain club does is a massive fail
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Didn't Liam Stocker go to school with Andrew Brayshaw? I've always has the impression that he was skilled, has some speed (tho could be wrong), bloody hard at it. Andy give him a call and see if he wants a trip west? Though I'm very perplexed that Carlton would just cut him a drift without trying to deal him in another trade. There must be lots going on that we don't know about. We could do with some toughness to add to our speed and class.
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