Opinion 2024 AFL Draft - Nights 1 & 2, from 7pm AEST

[tombomb]

Cochran is fringe prospect at best.

Either the draft is nowhere near as deep as everyone is saying or we made the right call on passing on such an early bid.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Did taking Bice impact this decision?

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Cochran is fringe prospect at best.

Either the draft is nowhere near as deep as everyone is saying or we made the right call on passing on such an early bid.

I think we were planning on taking him at 81

 

[Tedeski]

Good decision

Yep.
He’ll come back home in two years.
A bit of up your arse to Collingwood. Enjoy him developing for the next two years McCrae & we’ll take him back when he’s homesick.
F u Eddie.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Cochran is fringe prospect at best.

Either the draft is nowhere near as deep as everyone is saying or we made the right call on passing on such an early bid.

Probably wanted the 4 before a bid and that’s fine

I did say personally wouldn’t match till we’ve had 4 picks.

 

[The King!]

Cochran gets a shot at a premiership

 

[Cadsky]

I ****ing love that we passed. It'll make other teams think twice about an early bid on our Academy players in the future. Hope the kid is good and wants to return home in 2 years.

 

[Bloods86]

Cochran gets a shot at a premiership

Almost rate the Pies work at this draft better than ours, before that bid too.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

There you go everyone happy with a KPD

 

[BloodySwan]

we passed???

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

we passed???

We did

 

[Bloods86]

I ****ing love that we passed. It'll make other teams think twice about an early bid on our Academy players in the future. Hope the kid is good and wants to return home in 2 years.

Really depends on who we take from here.

But it could also signal to academy kids that they won't necessarily get to stay with us, which could be a negative.

 

[Bloods86]

Goddammit.

 

[The King!]

Guess we are confident in Snell and Edwards

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Kennedy Parker it's finally happening

Good, addresses our dire need for finals performers.

 

[liz]

From what I’ve seen of Cochran, he’ll need to do a huge amount of work on his kicking to make it at AFL level. He tends to kick slow loopy kicks that give opponents a lot of time to intercept or spoil, and his length judgment isn’t great either.

Good mark and obviously athletic but it’s not obvious what position he might play.

 

[Dubai Quacker]

We’ve been linked to Mac Andrew’s brother.

Is that the mystery “you’re better than Cochrane” player?

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Btw i dont think its that early of a bid for him its no coincidence his only game was against Collingwood they genuinely wanted him.

 

[Cadsky]

Really depends on who we take from here.

But it could also signal to academy kids that they won't necessarily get to stay with us, which could be a negative.

I don't think so. There are no guarantees at the draft and at the end of the day he made it onto a list. That's the goal. Kids moving interstate from NSW is the same as every other kid that has to move to NSW.

 

[Tedeski]

Really depends on who we take from here.

But it could also signal to academy kids that they won't necessarily get to stay with us, which could be a negative.

Time to scrap it anyway because they get gifted a spot compared to the rookies that have to work harder for survival.
Fox for example has wiped the floor with his GF performances compared to Gulden or Heeney.

 

[Bloods86]

I don't think so. There are no guarantees at the draft and at the end of the day he made it onto a list. That's the goal. Kids moving interstate from NSW is the same as every other kid that has to move to NSW.

Unless they have options from other codes.

 

[Jimbo OZ]

Really depends on who we take from here.

But it could also signal to academy kids that they won't necessarily get to stay with us, which could be a negative.

It could also signal to academy kids that they need to work their arse off because we won't automatically take you.

 

[Bloods86]

Time to scrap it anyway because they get gifted a spot compared to the rookies that have work harder for survival.
Fix for example has wiped the floor with his GF performances compared to Gulden or Heeney.

Fox won't get a game now because we've drafted some exciting, flashy players at either end.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Really depends on who we take from here.

But it could also signal to academy kids that they won't necessarily get to stay with us, which could be a negative.

We should only take one if he’s rated why take we rated 60+ earlier? Makes no sense

 

[Bloods86]

It could also signal to academy kids that they need to work their arse off because we won't automatically take you.

I think Cochran's fitness isn't at all a concern.