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I want both as well but something the club doesn't do enough anymore is if splitting hairs always go the home grown talent, we're the pride of south Australia has little to no meaning anymore. Take Draper and trade in 2025 1st if possible to a team that needs to offload this year's 1st then hopefully move up and grab Lalor. If I was in charge of list management I'd be doing whatever I could to move picks forward this year up until 2027, using them to select the best talent or using them to find missing puzzle pieces through trade, Cooper Sharman is ooc at end of 2024 so a 2nd rounder will get that done, if we keep playing the kids I think we'll al start to see we're not far off from being a solid top 8 team, coach excluded
I think our biggest threat is WCE, the Vic team's will slant towards local mids before Draper but the Eagles could secure there midfield for the next 10 years with Reid, Draper and Gibney
Draper would definitely suit our midfield but personally I want us to split and trade down in a deep draft.
In an interview with Alistair Clarkson last week he said his biggest priority was drafting a key forward. I know Clarko doesn't get the final say but their list is packed with mids, the problem is they only currently have one 1st rounder so there's no benefit to either team. The only chance we might have is getting a deal done with GC, considering that they might trade 8 or 9 for rioli we could enquire about trading the remaining pick for a 2025 1st and some swaps of later picks, being mindful to have enough points to match for Welsh. I do think we should be clearing the decks of driftwood and getting what we can , I understand Murphy, Ned and Gollant are worth almost nothing but there's quite a lot of talent in this year's draft that will go unselected or very late in this draft, I can see this draft running deep into a fourth round.
We can only hope
I like Phoenix, let's be clear he's not generational
I interpreted that differently. He was asked if a KPD or KPF was more important on the couch and he said a KPF, didn't specifically mention drafting one
Berry for Saints second - pick 25 to 30 ish is the minimum we would need and in the same range we drafted him. I would prefer to keep him as 5-6 others are more obvious outs (Sloane, Parnell, Mc H, Gollant, Dragon to GWS, Smith).
Agree it’s gotta be GC and we are right at the sharp end of where they would need to be before their Academy player bid on. Would love to get their first 2 first rounders and wonder what additional we may need to give up in addition to our pick 4 ish
On what you just said, it would make a lot of sense if GC tried to bundle up their 2 x 1st rounders for the north pick. They get in ahead of a lombard bid so get 2 super talents in and north get to grab the best rated talls inside the top 10. I don't thing we have a snowballs chance in hell of getting one of those GC picks for a future pick with what else they could do
Smilie didn't make the team because he wasn't one of the best players at the carnival, he probably wouldn't have made a 2nd team either. Unlikely he turns into a forward given he isn't strong over head. Is one who could drop down a bit, has beaten up on weaker teams in the Coates league with his size but not the same impact when he went up a level. Red flag.
Collingwood has pick 26 and St Kilda has pick 25 in the second round
Ok fair call man. I assumed Pies will improve ladder posn but clearly that’s uncertain. Either way yes I think a contracted KPD showing some excellent upswing in his development curve is worth more than Berry. So 26 for Keane (now hypothetical if staying) I would be disappointed to pull the trigger on that trade as we hold the leverage here. I would be asking for Pies F1 with something going back there way perhaps.
I want both goddammitSam Lalor it is then..
very low possibility in getting both.
It get your thinking, IF we could snare both Draper and Lalor under his example, get Curtin in the midfield rotations going forward, then to have Rankine, Dawson, Soligo, Curtin, Draper and Lalor as the primary mids. Rachele primarily up forward with pinch hits through the middle. Crouch would be gone by then, Edwards, Taylor and Dowling pushing. I like that as it would allow Dawson to slot back across half back when not in the middle and having his reading of the game and marking power there along with Worrell, Murray and Keane makes us very formidable. It COULD really be the making of us if we somehow could get 2 of the top end mids in this draft in.
Would be nice to have two first round picks this year but will be difficult and costly. Media has been talking up the talent in this draft so teams won’t trade out without being compensated well.
IF Sam berry is headed to Collingwood, could we wangle their 2nd round pick? if so, maybe our F1 and the Collingwood 2nd for one of Freo's 1sts. Not sure why they would want to trade out of this years draft though?
Yeah that’s the question. Why would any team want to trade out of this year’s first round. Freo only came to mind as they have three first rounders and rumours re Warner for next year
We can't fit our pick 8 from last year into our all conquering line up, so not sure more early picks are what we need this year.
only problem with this scenario with freo is they are into LIAM BAKER.......
No complaints from me, he’d slot in brilliantly across wing/half back for us. Would be 22 years old with 80 odd games under his belt by then. Worth every bit of a first rounder
I suspect Gibney is well past her peak, but if you reckon she has another 10 years in her, I won't argue.
I'm prepared to take the hit
