Review 2023 National Draft Review Thread II [McKercher, Z.Duursma, Goad, W.Dawson, Hardeman, Maley]

[Epictetus]

Look at the side that just won a flag, not every player needs to be star, you need role players too.

Thanks for that.

 

[Orange Peanut]

Can't believe they didn't bite our hand off for that tbh.

 

[TerryFilk]

Can't believe they didn't bite our hand off for that tbh.

Lol, you can’t believe we didn’t give you 1 for 4 picks that’ll be in the 20’s? You didn’t even include 2 or 3 in the deal.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

So many games going on at the moment.

He's getting his info from somewhere....

Is it Connors playing games putting some pressure on WC without publicly coming out and saying he doesn't want to go? (and thus cop the JHF boo treatment for his career)

Is it North feeding some private interview discussions to put pressure on WC to do a deal?

Is it someone from WC or an ex-player/journo feed McClure to put public pressure on WC from their supporter, TO TAKE REID.

Seems worse this year than any other previous year. Definitely some high level chess going on.

Articles have come out today which say the exact opposite of one another regarding Reid.

 

[BRider]

Lol, you can’t believe we didn’t give you 1 for 4 picks that’ll be in the 20’s? You didn’t even include 2 or 3 in the deal.

You aren't getting 2 or 3.

 

[Orange Peanut]

Lol, you can’t believe we didn’t give you 1 for 4 picks that’ll be in the 20’s? You didn’t even include 2 or 3 in the deal.

I kind of hope we take it off the table before you come to your senses.

 

[apollo_creed]

Lol, you can’t believe we didn’t give you 1 for 4 picks that’ll be in the 20’s? You didn’t even include 2 or 3 in the deal.

We all know it's ridiculous. But why are you here sharing your thoughts/outrage where no one cares?

 

[Skarrz]

Can't believe they didn't bite our hand off for that tbh.

Would give them a lot of flexibility to go for multiple picks from 5-10 and is a lot of points

 

[Uncle_Leo]

Can't believe they didn't bite our hand off for that tbh.

Where has 18 appeared from??

 

[roos_fanatic08]

He was also definitive that Luke Hodge would finish his career at the Suns

He was also definitive that Dustin Martin was going to the Suns at the end of 2022

He was also definitive that Dustin Martin was going to the Suns at the end of 2023

He was also definitive that Harley Reid would not want to go to West Coast

He was also definitive that Dustin Martin should go to the Suns on a 3 year deal of 500k per year as opposed to 1.5m from the Tigers for 1 year

I am definitive about 1 thing. Sam McClure is a dead set arse clown.

I know the bloke is a clickbait douche bag, but he wouldn't be saying this stuff without getting info from someone who is relatively connected. All part of a bigger game being played.

It's an interesting watch.

 

[J866]

They will pick Reid with #2....after it gets pushed back because they bid on Walter with #1......I reckon his just creating a headline with the bonus his 'scoop' technically will be right

Sounds like he has doubled down on his comments about Reid not wanting to go to WC earlier on in the year.

 

[Uncle_Leo]

I know the bloke is a clickbait douche bag, but he wouldn't be saying this stuff without getting info from someone who is relatively connected. All part of a bigger game being played.

It's an interesting watch.

It really isn't

He says plenty of stuff that is plain wrong just to get his name out there. Its embarrassing

 

[Masked Avenger]

Regardless of what McClure says - it highlights why we take 2 and 3 to the draft.

Hawthorn are going bananas over dropping from 3 to 4 and yet some posters are advocating that we give up 2 or 3 plus change to move up one pick.

Either McClure is right and Eagles will blink and take Curtin at 1 or he's wrong and they'll want 2 and 3.

Either way, we give them noting.

 

[ferball]

They are easy targets but lets have the fair discussions, who does, or would, McKercher displace if these are our strongest midfielders -
TT, LDU, Simpkin, Phillips, Powell, Wardlaw.

Powell and Simpkin most likely simply because of Mckercher's speed. Both of those players have shown they can score on the HFF. But i don't think TT stays as a centre square mid. I think he will play in a variety of positions as well cos he is a very talented and damaging forward.

I think you're also assuming we will have an injury free future whereas many of those players have had injury interrupted careers so far and there is still a chance we lose TT (tho hopefully we don't.)

 

[ferball]

I like Darcy Wilson, Mitch Edwards, Joel Freijah, James Leake, Caleb Windsor, Will Green, Angus Hastie around those selections.

What do you think of Schoenmaker around 21 (or 25 as it probably ends up)?

 

[woosha24]

You aren't getting 2 or 3.

In no world are your mob getting pick 1, 2 AND 3.

You want #1, then #2 or #3 + something else comes our way.

 

[Souup]

What do you think of Schoenmaker around 21 (or 25 as it probably ends up)?

Yep I like that too as an option. Archie Roberts is someone I like. I don't hate the idea of Archer Reid.

It's pretty even around picks 16-30 for me, so I like quite a number of options in that area.

 

[Only Forwards]

In no world are your mob getting pick 1, 2 AND 3.

You want #1, then #2 or #3 + something else comes our way.

In no world is 1 worth 2&3 let alone 2&3 & something else.

 

[woosha24]

In no world is 1 worth 2&3 let alone 2&3 & something else.

I didnt say 2 AND 3, I said 2 OR 3.

If you lot offer us 2&3 for 1 then you're, to put it very mildly, a bit silly.

 

[ferball]

Can't believe they didn't bite our hand off for that tbh.

If these are real deals we don't really want to trade but will be happy to take 1, 2 and 3 to the draft.

 

[Sphynx]

I didnt say 2 AND 3, I said 2 OR 3.

If you lot offer us 2&3 for 1 then you're, to put it very mildly, a bit silly.

There is a world.

Like our Future R1 pick.

 

[woosha24]

All posturing off the table: I reckon if you blokes offered us 2 + 15 + future first for 1 + future second, it would get the job done.

We need to draft good players over the next few years, you want the best player in the draft + your own high picks.

Both sides could probably claim to come out as the "winners" of the trade in the above scenario.

 

[DesertRoo]

Lol, you can’t believe we didn’t give you 1 for 4 picks that’ll be in the 20’s? You didn’t even include 2 or 3 in the deal.

I want you to do it as we’d never hear the end of it here, Caroline would genuinely cry on national TV, every time she heard North completely routed the system to get picks one two and three.
Kane Cornes would have conniption and it would be glorious.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Lol, you can’t believe we didn’t give you 1 for 4 picks that’ll be in the 20’s? You didn’t even include 2 or 3 in the deal.

So what you're saying is the raft of priority picks that North Melbourne was gifted is not worth pick 1. And therefore, the shrill pearl-clutching over North Melbourne being granted this supposed unprecedented assistance package is a little bit over the top given that clubs such as your own have been granted greater assistance in the past. Is that about right?

 

[Ura]

We all know it's ridiculous. But why are you here sharing your thoughts/outrage where no one cares?

Must fans are Nuffies. North will say unders Eagles will demand overs. The fact they are still talking bodes well a deal will get done. Still over a month befor it needs to get done