Player Watch 2023 AFL Draft Pool Discussion Thread

[Strapping Young Lad]

Same rule applies to this thread as other years, keep it on topic about the kids.
Don’t get bogged down on what other teams might do or where they will finish.

Trade speculation belongs here.
That's also where you can discuss your mock drafts or pick trades.

Any McCabe, Dear or Maginness talk belongs here.

 

[MC_9]

Liking what I'm seeing of Curtin, a lot. Seems a complete package. Would probably start as a key back, which we are in desperate need of, but could swing forward and kick goals, and go into the midfield. Can mark, kick, evade, lay a tackle and seems pretty damn quick for his size. He's my pick at 4.

Yep, love that he models his game on the Pav also.

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[Ned Ryerson]

It's CURTIN for christ sake. And don't blame auto correct.....

Mate that's a losing battle - I think the majority still spell Maginness wrong.

 

[CHUBBSS]

It's CURTIN for christ sake. And don't blame auto correct.....

Curtain sounds intriguing but

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Curtain sounds intriguing but

 

[Hawker399]

Curtin to me has the same skill set as Roughy. A KPP with versatility.
In fact I reckon we could snare him with the Demons pick 6. A swap of our pick 4 for Melbourne's pick 6 and their F1 and F2. (Roughly pick 4 for pick 6 in 2023 and about Pick 15 and 33 in 2024). The exact trade can be debated.
The Dees seem to want Watson and the Bulldogs want a mid e.g. Sanders and already have enough talls with Croft adding to this so would probably pass on Curtin.
Pick 1 Reid
Pick 2 Duursma
Pick 3 McCercher
Pick 4 Watson
Pick 5 Sanders
Pick 6 Curtin

 

[KeeperLeaguer]

The Dees seem to want Watson and the Bulldogs want a mid e.g. Sanders and already have enough talls with Croft adding to this so would probably pass on Curtin.
Pick 1 Reid
Pick 2 Duursma
Pick 3 McCercher
Pick 4 Watson
Pick 5 Sanders
Pick 6 Curtin

Apart from the fact we've already stated a number of times we're not trading down I don't think any team would base their draft strategy on what another team would probably do.

 

[Hawker399]

All the talk from every club is posturing and misdirection. No club excludes any possibility of improving their list.
KL I assume you recognise this.
I guess time will tell.

 

[Scrads]

All the talk from every club is posturing and misdirection. No club excludes any possibility of improving their list.
KL I assume you recognise this.
I guess time will tell.

This is a good point - if we were open about considering trading down you can guarantee the offers to do so would be lesser.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Curtin to me has the same skill set as Roughy. A KPP with versatility.
In fact I reckon we could snare him with the Demons pick 6. A swap of our pick 4 for Melbourne's pick 6 and their F1 and F2. (Roughly pick 4 for pick 6 in 2023 and about Pick 15 and 33 in 2024). The exact trade can be debated.
The Dees seem to want Watson and the Bulldogs want a mid e.g. Sanders and already have enough talls with Croft adding to this so would probably pass on Curtin.
Pick 1 Reid
Pick 2 Duursma
Pick 3 McCercher
Pick 4 Watson
Pick 5 Sanders
Pick 6 Curtin

If he's available at 6, and WCE desperately want him, they could offer their F1 - which would be a better offer than our F1.

 

[Kuuz]

Apart from the fact we've already stated a number of times we're not trading down I don't think any team would base their draft strategy on what another team would probably do.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

An all-time moment from the all-time best Simpson's Episode. Bravo

 

[fairdinks]

It's CURTIN for christ sake. And don't blame auto correct.....

many thanks CT. I have now fixed my mistake
... and it is Christ with a capital C to be accurate

 

[Manila_Hawk]

many thanks CT. I have now fixed my mistake
... and it is Christ with a capital C to be accurate

You need to add the (apostrophe s) ..... for Christ's sake

 

[KeeperLeaguer]

This is a good point - if we were open about considering trading down you can guarantee the offers to do so would be lesser.

Exactly

 

[KeeperLeaguer]

I'm fairly new here, do these threads usually morph into grammatical lectures or Simpson's quotes?
Should I prepare for anything else? Monty Python references? Asking for a friend.

 

[hfc70]

Mate that's a losing battle - I think the majority still spell Maginness wrong.

My all time favourite is BREUST

The amount of people that spell it wrong (Bruest) amazes me.

 

[Manila_Hawk]

I'm fairly new here, do these threads usually morph into grammatical lectures or Simpson's quotes?
Should I prepare for anything else? Monty Python references? Asking for a friend.

KL

This video should help you understand.

 

[FB19]

This is a good point - if we were open about considering trading down you can guarantee the offers to do so would be lesser.

That’s not how negotiation works. There’s a difference between listening to offers initiated by others (as happens every year for the top picks from teams trying to trade up) vs actively shopping our pick. In your world you either don’t go into the room at all or you do with your pants around your ankles…
We should be listening to offers but like the eagles being firm that we are happy with the pick, it would take a huge offer to consider and it would only happen on the night if our player wasn’t there. This idea we wouldn’t trade down under any circumstances is ridiculous. It’s fine to say you wouldn’t, it’s fine that the club seem to strongly say we won’t (as we want them to) but it’s also fine for posters like me to say we should be open to it at the right price. Except of course if you believe list managers are using BF as a reference and I am weakening our draft negotiation position.

 

[projectdingley]

Yep, the more I read on Curtin the more I like him at our pick. Still a fan of McKercher as well. I just think these two have more grunt to offer than others at our pick.
I don't see WCE missing on Reid TBH unless North become desperate and give 2 + 3 in which case I can see a Curtin, McKercher double act at WCE in 2024.

Curtin wouldn’t hurt a fly. Not sure you’re right about him having more grunt than the others.

 

[Holy Rioli]

There's a world where we run out:

Reeves: 211cm

Nash: 198cm

Curtin: 197cm

Day: 191cm

Imagine being Lachie Neale and looking up at that at a centre bounce.

Replace Day with Hustwaite with Day and it would be the tallest midfield ever assembled.

 

[James Colorado]

That’s not how negotiation works. There’s a difference between listening to offers initiated by others (as happens every year for the top picks from teams trying to trade up) vs actively shopping our pick. In your world you either don’t go into the room at all or you do with your pants around your ankles…
We should be listening to offers but like the eagles being firm that we are happy with the pick, it would take a huge offer to consider and it would only happen on the night if our player wasn’t there. This idea we wouldn’t trade down under any circumstances is ridiculous. It’s fine to say you wouldn’t, it’s fine that the club seem to strongly say we won’t (as we want them to) but it’s also fine for posters like me to say we should be open to it at the right price. Except of course if you believe list managers are using BF as a reference and I am weakening our draft negotiation position.

I'm convinced Adrian Dodoro used the Essington board as the basis for how he rated their players.

 

[Dipper]

I'm fairly new here, do these threads usually morph into grammatical lectures or Simpson's quotes?
Should I prepare for anything else? Monty Python references? Asking for a friend.

It's a poor thread that doesn't morph into any of the above.

The best ones though, are where somebody is guilty of a kind of lecturing pomposity but makes a faux-pas themselves. Then it's a joy to behold as the attack dogs come in for the kill, joyously ripping every lasted piece of flesh from the humiliated carcass of the errant poster.

Often these people are known recidivists so the glee will be even greater, occasionally the pile-on might be so great that you'll hear the phrase 'Stop, he's already dead' running through your own mind.

Those are the best times on here and for me everything else is mere fluff just to arrive at those all too rare giddy moments.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

I'm fairly new here, do these threads usually morph into grammatical lectures or Simpson's quotes?
Should I prepare for anything else? Monty Python references? Asking for a friend.

Yes, almost always.

 

[Kuuz]

I'm fairly new here, do these threads usually morph into grammatical lectures or Simpson's quotes?
Should I prepare for anything else? Monty Python references? Asking for a friend.

 

[Scrads]

That’s not how negotiation works. There’s a difference between listening to offers initiated by others (as happens every year for the top picks from teams trying to trade up) vs actively shopping our pick. In your world you either don’t go into the room at all or you do with your pants around your ankles…
We should be listening to offers but like the eagles being firm that we are happy with the pick, it would take a huge offer to consider and it would only happen on the night if our player wasn’t there. This idea we wouldn’t trade down under any circumstances is ridiculous. It’s fine to say you wouldn’t, it’s fine that the club seem to strongly say we won’t (as we want them to) but it’s also fine for posters like me to say we should be open to it at the right price. Except of course if you believe list managers are using BF as a reference and I am weakening our draft negotiation position.

I'm not sure if it was me you meant to reply to? I wasn't implying that we shouldn't be open to offers, I was implying that we shouldn't be open about being open to offers. (And by 'we' I'm not referring to BF posters).