List Mgmt. 2024 Draft & Trade Hypotheticals

What should we get with our first two picks as they stand

  • Best Available for both

    Votes: 26 29.9%
  • Small forward/Small Defender

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • KPD/Small Forward

    Votes: 9 10.3%
  • Mid/KPD

    Votes: 3 3.4%
  • KPD/Defender

    Votes: 19 21.8%
  • KPF/Small Forward

    Votes: 7 8.0%
  • KPF/Mid

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • KPF/Defender

    Votes: 23 26.4%

  • Total voters
    87

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Don’t think we had a bloke in the top 50 for in50 for tackles this season.

Not good enough
There was a patch mid-season after Hayward signed his contract where he had multiple rundown tackles inside 50 that led to goals. It's the only forward pressure I can think of during the whole season.

McDonald + Amartey; Hayward + Papley; Campbell + ??? - that would be the ideal forward structure going into 2025. Need to find a small forward who can chase, chase and chase.
 
There was a patch mid-season after Hayward signed his contract where he had multiple rundown tackles inside 50 that led to goals. It's the only forward pressure I can think of during the whole season.

McDonald + Amartey; Hayward + Papley; Campbell + ??? - that would be the ideal forward structure going into 2025. Need to find a small forward who can chase, chase and chase.
Thibk I was wrong . Hayward was 30th

still not enough pressure imo and shows the slow front half
 

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Think the best way to of looked at is who do we have that’s better than stringer atm
Papley that’s about it think he has the rest covered up front explosive dangerous would love the scg
Lot of question marks to I get that fitness and commitment but surely worth the punt at pick 50ish 2 years what’s the downside he don’t play either is a pick 50 in the draft really
Worth a gamble in my opinion all I can see is he really boosts gws he’s so y not try
Always see him as the big danger when we come up against him
 
There was a patch mid-season after Hayward signed his contract where he had multiple rundown tackles inside 50 that led to goals. It's the only forward pressure I can think of during the whole season.

McDonald + Amartey; Hayward + Papley; Campbell + ??? - that would be the ideal forward structure going into 2025. Need to find a small forward who can chase, chase and chase.
I'd be playing Warner at half forward a lot more, and not tolerating his half arsed chasing at times. Cleary is the other answer given in his full games he was running hard, chasing all game.

As for Stringer, I'd just play Campbell forward. In the game we played him most forward, he had 3 tackles inside 50, kicked 2.1. In his last 5 games, coming on as sub late twice, he had 7 tackles inside 50 (greater than Stringer's average of 1.2 per game).
 
Mate i'd suggest stopping now because if you dig any deeper you won't be able to get out of the hole.

Statistically they are the best ruck duo in the comp, you can have the best ruck duo in the comp and still loose because other elements aren't up to standards but you don't move two known best in the game elements in McLean and Blakey into different positions as a test, especially when Blakey was drafted as a forward and played there and played shockingly.

You can fix the forward line by still inserting faster players without breaking up the best ruck duo. Is sound logic that hard for you.

You're the one in the hole trying to use stats to tell us they are the best ruck combo - even if that's true, who cares?
It doesn't win us anything. There's no award nights, or grammy category for 'Best ruck duo'

Mclean isn't the best anything.
Neither is Blakey.

Blakey is at least quite good. Mclean isn't that. At anything football related, maybe he can belt out a tune at Karaoke like a MFer IDK.
 
On track to beat my tally last year. Hard to go back to back, so I'll try harder next year for the leaderboard fans (you). Give us all the contest we frankly (don't) deserve.
I can never forget , to beat the great man is something else . I challenged him early that there was a rookie competitor coming over from twitter , even with a trip away he's smashing it
 

Hind and Stringer hang out with a convicted killer & invite him into the rooms.

I think you were overly sensitive on this occasion caesar88.

I’m so so thankful we’ve ruled out Stringer (haven’t we?).
No parole period of 3 years for shooting someone dead!? What the actual F?

Clown country.
 

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To be fair this is a tough board to satisfy.

We never want to lose key/quality players and we re-signed 5 young solid players this year. Add the three additions last year and we have no $$$

As a result the one thing we are doing is trading the most expensive for least games value player we have - Parker, for max value.

Sure we have picked ling, Stephens and konstanty but also have some decent picks in there.

We have a great core with young age demographic, now just looking to compliment.

Can everyone calm down a bit. Winning trade week is almost always some shit VFL club who never makes finals…
 
Congrats to LP1 on 800 posts on the 1 thread ,extraordinary effort

I take that as a compliment can reach four figures by the draft ending not that I count
 
1. We need more defensive pressure in our forward half.
2. We should trade for Stringer.

These are mutually exclusive statements.

edit: for clarity - I don't want us to bring in Stringer.
The only thing better than forward half pressure is actually marking the footy and having a shot at goal.
He can do that tbf.

I can see both sides of the argument on him. I doubt we bring him in, but if we did, I'd be interested to see it.
Would be a HUGE upgrade on one of our big 3 KPF players. And that might be enough to get us over the GF day hump.
 
This is the forward line i would have
McDonald + Amartey

Hayward + Papley;

Campbell + Wicks/Cleary/Florent

We aren’t moving Florent forward. Wicks is a trier but can’t say I’d love him there. Cleary and Paps. I feel we have to bite the bullet play Hanily
 
Essendon are in a bind as to what to do with their first pick this year. They desperately want a pick before there is a bid on Kako but his value varies by as much as 6 to 15. I know that they are trying to get an earlier pick but haven't had too many offers. I'm hoping that the bid comes before their pick whatever it is.
 
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