AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
If Bowes turns out to be a Will Brodie, so be it. Both deserve(d) a run in the midfield if that’s what they want. I’m ok with players leaving and playing well, especially if they were not getting a game and are overpaid to do so. We’ve had so many high picks that it’s bound to happen, just like at GWS.
He is too slow, Brodie definitely has Bowesy covered in speed. I love Jack but he doesn't fit our high pressure, quick ball movement game plan. He doesn't have the leg speed.
Why not just package 25,31 with Bowes or 25,2023r2. Clubs would still love those picks, enables North to get Griffin Logue, Geelong to keep its 2023r1 and use 25 if needed for Henry from collingwood.
Thing is we have depth. Miller, Anderson and Rowell will be the main mid's, plus there is Swallow, Davies, Hollands, and Flanders to get more time. Constable is there too (don't rate titsas, but he's fine in the VFL), plus maybe another high draft pick this year. A bit inexperienced maybe. But way more upside than Fiorini and Bowes who both have had a decent chance to prove themselves and are on too much coin to play VFL.
Re: Pick 7 - I've come too terms with this. I think the key point is you can only have so many high drafts at a time. They simply cost too much after their rookie contract and combine that with needing to pay overs to retain players and the salary cap bursts. We can't keep adding 3 a season and then retain them all.
Would those picks be enough to entice a club into taking Bowes salary?
"With Lachie Hunter currently weighing his options as a contracted Western Bulldogs midfielder, Gold Coast should be making a play for the veteran. With Brandon Ellis the Suns only player who has experienced premiership success, Hunter would provide the Suns with a second player who has been a part of premiership success and a veteran who can add to their gameday 22."Every AFL club's list needs ahead of 2023
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He didn't trigger me as much as some, but I feel like he enjoys being controversial. You wonder how much of what he writes is bait, and how much is genuine opinion. Loses him credibility imo.
He has 0 idea on lists and list building. He is a draft watcher not a list manager.
Yes it is but clubs can satisfy the rule by also promoting rookie to senior list or de-list and re-draft like we did with Thompson.
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Mackenzie would be a good fit. Great footskills
I like the thinking. Instantly replaces the depth at minimum cost
