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AFLW 2024 - Round 8 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
I'm no doubt going to cop it and possibly even the for this, but I don't believe that they are the clear best 2 in the draft. I also don't believe that the 2 of them together are best fit for us. I like the thought of taking either FOS or Lalor and then either Draper or Smith so that we get a couple of players who compliment each other rather than 2 of the same.
Im big on Lalor and open to trading down for 2; but I’m yet to see a video that stamps FOS as a #1/#2 candidate.
Can someone here who is bullish on him point me to a highlight reel that sells me that this guy is worth 2x 1st rounders?
Combine results suggest he’s got a good tank and speed that doesnt seem to translate to many touches. Good in traffic; but doesn’t seem to have a greatest skills.
Thank you. And at a time when KMac and Tom Brown were our best marking forwards..! The club is hilariously incompetent currently.
The only reason we aren't all rioting is the hope that they can follow the newspaper draft guides and get us some talent in after all our star mid-age players walked out for draft picks. They obviously can't see talent directly under their noses.
The idea that the worst team in the comp didn't need to a free 6-month look at the best kid in the VFL... Jesus wept!
Is it but? I admit small forwards putting pressure on is huge now but top 5 this yearwhat we need is genuine talent quality over quantity
fos and lalor 2 best players in the draft both can go forward and kick goals and take marks
the game is going away from tall forwards and tall defenders they are not as important as they once were
you can get a ruck from anywhere anytime just look at the ghrand final the last 2 years, we should load up on multi positioned players who can have the ability to win a game of footy,,clutch players
North can get a sweet deal if they are interested in future firsts.
Doubt they want to go down that path so it's trade with us or try to get a trade from the Saints.
No other team has good enough picks. Well Melbourne do, but it's hard to see them taking one gun kid at 2 and then the dregs, when they can take two good kids instead.
I don't mind trading for 2 but doubt we will offer better than 6 & 20.
Completely agree. Tall mids who can go forward and can win contested marks and kick goals are the future. It’s an extremely rare combination. Neither Cripps nor Bont are reliable kicks at goal.what we need is genuine talent quality over quantity
fos and lalor 2 best players in the draft both can go forward and kick goals and take marks
the game is going away from tall forwards and tall defenders they are not as important as they once were
you can get a ruck from anywhere anytime just look at the ghrand final the last 2 years, we should load up on multi positioned players who can have the ability to win a game of footy,,clutch players
Agree - Hanafords highlight package certainly places him within the top echelon of players (just one match) - if we pursue No 2 this is the opportunity cost we forego if we give up Pick 10 or 11. See a little of Buddha Hocking in him ! Sleeper of the DraftHe such a tenacious competitor that has alot of Baker in the way he hunts the player and the ball and looks like a perfect player for the modern game . Love this kids tenacity and will to get the ball combined with Berry , FOS & Lalor
look like a fantastic mix
Hannaford also went to Ashcroft in the 3rd Qtr and kept him quiet, then Marshall in the last. Was strong defensively and influential with ball in hand. He’s strong, quick, booming kick and can play multiple roles, like him. Berry might be the more natural forward, though he likes a spin in the middle too. Haven’t seen Hotton live, only the clips, but elite athlete. I want more than one!I think I agree with your order
But it’s close between hannaford and Hotton
Would actually love both at 10 + 11.
Hannaford really did a number on Reid in the grand final , was just too quick and powerful for him , looks an a grade small forward to me that can run through the midfield reminds me of Papley
So Josh smillie then? By that logic the most dominate game by any player this year came from him in multiple games at the start of the yearNo one responded yet? You know why, because there are no single games where FOS has taken it by the balls available. All the FOS fanboys want us to take it on good faith that he’s a gun but with no stats or footage to back it up. Little highlights and supposedly 2023 form. If we trade 2 picks to get #2 for FOS then our recruiting team is insane. For Jagga yes or even 2 or 3 others. I’m not saying we shouldn’t draft him but if you base it on current 2024 form, he would be lucky to picked inside pick 25. I know he’s had injuries etc but he is a very risky early pick.
I'm pretty confident he will be a Tiger if we don't trade and saw an article that he'd love to be a Tiger.So Josh smillie then? By that logic the most dominate game by any player this year came from him in multiple games at the start of the year
This is the thing that the so-called experts in the media have not even considered when carrying on about out 8 picks in the first 24. We simply cannot create enough opportunities for 8 top line kids to get the time they deserve next year. Remember that many kids from the 22 draft have not got to 30 games yet. This was the frustrating thing last season when we played older players ahead of the kids. Four early picks and one late pick would seem to be the limit in my opinion.
If Smith is there at pick 6 we're snapping him up, a Lalor / Smith or Lalor / FOS 1 and 6 is an elite combo to pick up.The top end of the draft is looking like going this way:
1. Rich - Lalor - it would be a mistake to take him over FOS
2. Norf - Tauru - if norf don't trade back
3. Carl - FOS
4. Bris - Ashcroft - Adel bid
5. Adel - Draper
6. Essen- Kako - Melb bid
7. Melb - Langford
8. Rich - Smille
9. Saints - Jagga
10. Saints - Armstrong
11. GC - Lombard - Melb bid
12. Melb - Travaglia
13. Rich - Lindsay
14. Rich - Hotton
Hopefully you are not part of our club's trade team.Im liking Smillie at 6.
If we can get 2 it’s for 10 and 11.
Nope, just as big a draft nuffy as you.
You said we'd get all 3 picks for Bolton and all 3 for Rioli
6 & 10? Would be a terrible trade. Un-do a lot of the good work we just did imo.It’s definitely on we will trade our 6 and our next pick for nth Mel pick 2 to get O’Sullivan and Lalor then we get Jobe Shanahan Jonty Faull Dodson the SA Ruckman and possibly another midfielder
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