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Premiership Player
- Jun 11, 2021
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- St Kilda
No one needs to stress. Jagga will be an elite mid.Oh great another HBF.
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No one needs to stress. Jagga will be an elite mid.Oh great another HBF.
No one needs to stress. Jagga will be an elite mid.
I mean who are you gonna draft that'll be an instant plug and play in the midfield whilst also having the upside worthy of a top 5 pick?If we get him and start him as HBF, this time next year we'll all be crying that we don't have enough mids.....again.
Unless Philipou is lighting it up by then.
Probably not but the players are in the same mould. One classy link player, and one contested bullNot sure Lalor is going to be as good as Wardlaw.
Oh great another HBF.
No one needs to stress. Jagga will be an elite mid.
No-one but it always seems to be an expectation of supporters.I mean who are you gonna draft that'll be an instant plug and play in the midfield whilst also having the upside worthy of a top 5 pick?
True, but hopefully by next year we'd have found a solid mix of mids. Steele & Dow at full flight should improve our mids a couple steps further, while Clark with a full pre-season hopefully can too altho been saying that for years now. Pou with his work ethic and another pre-season could be a breakout contender touch woodNo-one but it always seems to be an expectation of supporters.
Reminds me a bit of sanders
Probably 2 + Elwood Peckett. Also need to get Cole and a Sandy player. Maybe Lennox as a rookieBelieve we need to invest in 3-4 mids this draft.. 2 first rounders and 2 more at later rounds.. Dalrymple has a knack of picking mids as he believes the game is won from the midfield, just look at his former teams Bulldogs + Swans.. we should be in good hands
A bit will depend on if the draft NGA rules change this year.Probably 2 + Elwood Peckett. Also need to get Cole and a Sandy player. Maybe Lennox as a rookie
We are not getting a 2nd rounder for Doug, can't see it happeningA bit will depend on if the draft NGA rules change this year.
I think we need to snaffle another 2ndRDP or we'll be stuck with what we've got, and I'm looking squarely at Doogle Howard to supply it. We need to get busy early, last year was the perfect blueprint.
The right club wil pat p35 for a ready to go KPD. We could even give something back.We are not getting a 2nd rounder for Doug, can't see it happening
A bit will depend on if the draft NGA rules change this year.
I think we need to snaffle another 2ndRDP or we'll be stuck with what we've got, and I'm looking squarely at Doogle Howard to supply it. We need to get busy early, last year was the perfect blueprint.
Howards spot is much harder to fill than Battle's plus the return for losing Howard is much less than what we might get for losing Battle.If we lose Battle and trade out Howard it will leave us very exposed in defence. You can see how the club have Shoenmaker and Keeler in mind to replace Battle. Perhaps Caminiti replaces Howard who knows, but unless the club can replace either with a ready to play upgrade (highly unlikely) it will cause a major void in experience down back. I dont want to lose Battle, but I can see how the club believe the best way to improve our midfield talent is with early draft picks.
Van Es if he gets an extension may develop into a Howard replacement but thats sometime away and very speculative. I think our list can cope with losing 1 but not both next year, we just dont have the exposed talent ready to go. Cordy has really shown to be a solid VFL player but as an AFL option in reality he is a list clogger and was a poor recruiting decision. Whats worse is I think contractually we are stuck with him for another year.
Apparently we are into some of Adelaides fringe tall defenders, but how advanced can those players possibily be if they are not getting a game for the Crows. I guess the other option is use one of our early picks on a key defender eg Trainor but that really defeats the purpose. The overall message is we have such a void between the experienced players and developing kids we have huge list holes where is there is no easy fix.
Taking the examples given if we trade Doogs and get Butts it's very much like for like and Butts is several years younger. Thats a winIf we lose Battle and trade out Howard it will leave us very exposed in defence. You can see how the club have Shoenmaker and Keeler in mind to replace Battle. Perhaps Caminiti replaces Howard who knows, but unless the club can replace either with a ready to play upgrade (highly unlikely) it will cause a major void in experience down back. I dont want to lose Battle, but I can see how the club believe the best way to improve our midfield talent is with early draft picks.
Van Es if he gets an extension may develop into a Howard replacement but thats sometime away and very speculative. I think our list can cope with losing 1 but not both next year, we just dont have the exposed talent ready to go. Cordy has really shown to be a solid VFL player but as an AFL option in reality he is a list clogger and was a poor recruiting decision. Whats worse is I think contractually we are stuck with him for another year.
Apparently we are into some of Adelaides fringe tall defenders, but how advanced can those players possibily be if they are not getting a game for the Crows. I guess the other option is use one of our early picks on a key defender eg Trainor but that really defeats the purpose. The overall message is we have such a void between the experienced players and developing kids we have huge list holes where is there is no easy fix.
A bit will depend on if the draft NGA rules change this year.
I think we need to snaffle another 2ndRDP or we'll be stuck with what we've got, and I'm looking squarely at Doogle Howard to supply it. We need to get busy early, last year was the perfect blueprint.
Howards spot is much harder to fill than Battle's plus the return for losing Howard is much less than what we might get for losing Battle.
Cordy was picked up as cheap back up - the fact that he has played more than 50% of games since he was signed justifies his contract.
Still a lot to play out with ladder positions and changes to academy rules... but I think given the evenness of the draft and lack of standouts in our range we should be looking at splitting our first. Sacrilege I know.
Leo Lombard is an interesting one. Gold Coast academy player, seems to have risen to pick 5-7 on a lot of draft boards. GC at the moment have picks 8, 10 and 20. Assuming (however unlikely) things stay as they are we could potentially offer pick 5 for some combination of those picks, to give them a pick inside the bid.
Similar to the GC/Dogs trade last year for Dogs to get pick 4 and inside the Croft bid, and hopefully just as lopsided.