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Yep, same as when we had the number 1 pick in 2020 and it was the 1 year when there was no elite mids available.

Walsh, Rowell, Anderson, JHF were available the years before and after our draft. The highest rated mids in our year were Will Phillips and Holland's who are nowhere near the quality of the above guys.
Also, we were bad the GC/GWS compromised draft years.
 
We need talent now.

Not next year. Not in 2025… NOW.

If we dont make the 8 next year then nicksy, roo and half their henchmen are goorrne..

They simply cannot survive yet another year without finals. You could actually argue they shouldnt have survived this year.

If we do make the 8, then our future 1st will be outside the top 10… and Tyler is looking like a top 10 prospect at this stage.

So.. if you are Nicksy and co, what are you thinking right now?..

I know what I’d be thinking..

“All in”

There’s little to no point loading up on next year.. when it could simply have us having to trade back out of it again if tyler has a big year..

Then we end up kicking the can further down the road.

Once again.. we find ourselves in a ****ed position!..
I agree but it doesn’t look like there’s much talent we can get this year
 

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Also, we were bad the GC/GWS compromised draft years.

You know what's sad?

In 2011 we should have had pick 4 but ended up with pick 10, which we traded to get Brad Crouch.

Pick 11 was Toby Greene.
 
ok so please tell me if i've got this correct;
next year, we will probably have to match a high bid on a full forward, may have to match on another Michelanney....and the draft is dripping with quality mids...
And this year, we HAVE a decent draft hand, and there's no good mids around our pick and/or they're all from tassie or academy.
What may happen is welsh does kick on next year but if the depth of top end mids is as others have mentioned, it might mean welsh drops down the order unless he truly dominates the U18's..therefore getting in before he is projected to go may alliw us to grab one or 2 of these mids and get welsh. It will be interesting to see how our team handle things this off season
 
ok so please tell me if i've got this correct;
next year, we will probably have to match a high bid on a full forward, may have to match on another Michelanney....and the draft is dripping with quality mids...
And this year, we HAVE a decent draft hand, and there's no good mids around our pick and/or they're all from tassie or academy.
If push comes to shove, let him go and draft an elite mid.

We've already got Fog, TT and Gollant and lack talent in the middle.
 
You know what's sad?

In 2011 we should have had pick 4 but ended up with pick 10, which we traded to get Brad Crouch.

Pick 11 was Toby Greene.
We probably would've lost Toby to a Melbourne club along the same lines as Dangerfield
 
GWS managed to retain him
Our club was a train crash during those years

Davis, Cameron, Lever, Dangerfield

My guess is more Vic clubs would've been going a whole lot harder after Greene than at least 3 of players. And certainly a lot harder than any of them went after Sloane
 
Our club was a train crash during those years

Davis, Cameron, Lever, Dangerfield

My guess is more Vic clubs would've been going a whole lot harder after Greene than at least 3 of players. And certainly a lot harder than any of them went after Sloane
First three years at GWS Greene won 7 games and lost 46.

I reckon we could have kept him. Maybe not with our "pay the crap senior players too much" policy, but he wouldn't have fled back to Victoria instantly
 

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Mid/Forward Darcy Wilson and KPP Connor O'Sullivan both have plenty of talent and should be around our pick, even Caleb Windsor though he's very outside so wing might be as close to the midfield as he gets, this is the best draft for potential athletic rucks that I've ever seen, most who will a chance to be there at our 2nd picks. Harry DeMattia another that suits our needs, utility james Leake goes alright too.
I agree with your thoughts, except Demattia ;) .....but I think you're seriously under-valuing Caleb Windsor ....because he has great speed, doesn't automatically label him as an outside player .....If you like, Windsor has the capability of being a Will Day type player
 
He's outside as they come...wingman, won't have the time and space at AFL level he has at U18's level to set up his kicking.
Nah ! .....again you get too wrapped up in under-age form / role .....I look more at AFL skill-sets & roles

He's tougher than you think
 
I agree with your thoughts, except Demattia ;) .....but I think you're seriously under-valuing Caleb Windsor ....because he has great speed, doesn't automatically label him as an outside player .....If you like, Windsor has the capability of being a Will Day type player
He’s very classy but very outside !

My main concern with him is there ain’t too many pure wings at U18 level that make it at AFL level

NWM is one , it’s more rare than common. Alot of the time they end up playing half back roles at afl level

I like him more as early 2nd round pick
 
He’s very classy but very outside !

My main concern with him is there ain’t too many pure wings at U18 level that make it at AFL level

NWM is one , it’s more rare than common. Alot of the time they end up playing half back roles at afl level

I like him more as early 2nd round pick
TWT Jeff ;)
 

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