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Yeah Friend is the most tricky one for me. Guess there would have been pressure on her as she got picked right after Rowbottom and Prespakis. But she hasn't really kicked on to be honest.
Agree also re Priest she has unfortunately been beaten by the speed of the game these days. Just unable to impact games much, she's been a wonderful leader for us the last few years.
On a separate note - while Rhi didn't play in a premiership team, that's two ex captains who have moved to the premiers now with Shierlaw winning.
Agree also re Priest she has unfortunately been beaten by the speed of the game these days. Just unable to impact games much, she's been a wonderful leader for us the last few years.
On a separate note - while Rhi didn't play in a premiership team, that's two ex captains who have moved to the premiers now with Shierlaw winning.
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Seems like a pretty good deal.
Cheaper than I was expecting.
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Can we bring this thread into the main forum? I just thought no one cared!
Kelly was one of the shining lights this year, so that’s a big blow, but no doubt wanted to play with her sister.
We just have to nail pick 8 like never before. Personally, I’d like a strong midfield bull. I’m not sure that player will be around our pick, plenty of talls this year and perhaps quite small mids. We just need to take more territory rather than starting behind the 8 ball
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Another good trade for us.
Barr will slot straight into the wing spot Kelly is vacating.
I presume that Essendon trade is unlikely to happen?
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I'm pretty confident that this will be the best player we've drafted since Smith, but we're in a similar spot to where we were in this year's men's draft - we have to take whatever falls to us. In terms of needs, Emma McDonald would suit us well if the teams in front of us all go for mids. If one of the teams in front of us takes McDonald, then there should be at least one really good mid available at our pick.
There's no AFLW Cal Twomey, though, so there may be some surprises on draft night.
Unlikely sounds right. We've managed to hold onto pick 8, so we could dangle that in front of Essendon. They may be doing us a favour turning us down this year, given all the Superdraft talk.
Barr's price was a shock to me. I thought we were going to have to split our first to get her. In the end all GWS got was a move up from 57 to 52 - basically nothing. It does make me wonder how fit she is on the back of a really bad hamstring injury. At her best she's one of the best players to have moved this trade week.
I don't love losing Kelly, but I think we can cover for her. It does make me feel a lot less good about this trade week.
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Reading the latest AFL.com.au article, seems we might be looking to use pick 8 for Amber Clarke?
Still waiting on word as to whether anything went through before the deadline.
Edit: it did:
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Probably would have preferred to keep pick 8 so hopefully Clarke is worth it.
That said, she is still only 19 (bday in a few days) so if we rate her the same as the players around 8 in the draft, it could be a good deal long term.
That said, she is still only 19 (bday in a few days) so if we rate her the same as the players around 8 in the draft, it could be a good deal long term.
That's fair. I'd say Clarke has more upside than anyone likely to be there at 8. More athletic, better kick, has decent size. There wouldn't be many faster players in the entire comp.
At worst, she's another Ash Richards and I'd be happy to add as many Ash Richards as they'd let me have.
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Yeah not sure I know enough of Clarke to suss out whether it was a good deal or not yet. Pick 8 though is a bit like our mens team - misses out on the really top notch players IMO...Centra / Rasheed / Zippy / O'Hehir etc. I think probably likely someone like Painter or Howley, looking at https://central.rookieme.com/afl/power-rankings/aflw-draft-power-rankings-november-2024/? Still will be good but not the level of those top 5 or so.
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If she has speed, I'm instantly sold. I felt that was one area we were really lacking this year.
Also - if we think she has upside and can make us better, I'm glad we just did the trade. Better to be bold to try and improve than sit back and miss out on the top end talent.
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Wonder why she wanted out / Essendon happy to trade? I am the same. No top 30 pick in what might be the best draft since the comp began, while IMO being stuck with a bit of middle of nowhere list, is probably short sighted. Again IMO. Feels like done 2019-ish Men’s team trying to scrape out of the bottom reaches by trading in without a chance
Amber flies. The big question for me is going to be role. She spent most of her time at Essendon as a forward and a little bit up on the wing. She didn't get in for a single centre bounce this year. I wonder if that was part of the reason she was interested in a move.
To be fair, we added two top-ten picks from what was probably the best draft prior to this one. Baskaran just turned 20 and and Clarke will soon. We're hoping for immediate impact out of these moves, yes, but other than Barr, we'd be hoping for a long-term improvement out of them as well.
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Fingers crossed. Whether they hold that former draft pick value is the question.
Jess Wuetschner weighed in on some of the Clarke discussion yesterday:
It was interesting to see a take from a former teammate. I'm not sure about the wing - I don't remember Clarke playing there much (if at all) as a junior. Personally, I'm hoping she ends up inside, reuinted with T Smith, using her pace to break away from stoppages.
People will like her more once they see her. Her stats may be underwhelming, but she was in a really difficult role to put up numbers. She was an absolute beast as a junior and the players in this draft with similar athletic traits are the ones going at the very top.
It was interesting to see a take from a former teammate. I'm not sure about the wing - I don't remember Clarke playing there much (if at all) as a junior. Personally, I'm hoping she ends up inside, reuinted with T Smith, using her pace to break away from stoppages.
People will like her more once they see her. Her stats may be underwhelming, but she was in a really difficult role to put up numbers. She was an absolute beast as a junior and the players in this draft with similar athletic traits are the ones going at the very top.
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Both Baskaran and Clarke seem to be wing or running mids rather than inside mids.
Is that similar to GP? True inside mids - can we say Lambert, Smith, maybe Charlotte Simpson?
Looking at CBAs at https://dfsaustralia.com/aflw-cbas/?team=STK&season=9, seems to not be too many else?
Is that similar to GP? True inside mids - can we say Lambert, Smith, maybe Charlotte Simpson?
Looking at CBAs at https://dfsaustralia.com/aflw-cbas/?team=STK&season=9, seems to not be too many else?
Baskaran is an smaller inside mid who got forced out of the midfield because of Hawthorn aggressively recruiting mature-aged mids (and lucked out with Williamson falling to them). Clarke is a forward/mid that didn't get an opportunity to play mid at Essendon. They might wind up playing wing here, but I'm hoping they at least get a shot in the middle. They were both very strong in that area as juniors.
