Game Day 2024 Draftmatmas live celebration and melt thread

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Matt Rosa has already shown his hand as a panic merchant with the Kako fiasco. I reckon there's a good chance we fleece Essendon for a F1. Who they then use for Shanahan who is Weideman 2.0. I'd want a pick slide though, think there's a ton of talent left in this draft.
 

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lalor on ice and will be eased in, maybe plays late in season
Taj wont play
Faull wont play
Armstrong sneaky lil chance
Trainor very unlikely

Smillie will play some games
youre deluded
 
This is how our 25 and under team is shaping:

B: Trainor, Gibcus/Miller, Trezise
HB: Brown, Balta, Smith
C: HRS, McAuliffe, Banks
HF: Campbell, Faull, Hotton
F: Mansell, Armstrong, Bauer/Fawcett/Gray/Kozi
R: Ryan*, Lalor, Smillie
Int: Ross, MRJ, Clarke, Sonsie, Green, Dow, Blight

Our main areas of need are ruck (if none of our existing rucks come good), half-backs, quality small forwards, and more midfielders.

Getting Norths F1 gives us the ability to land two top mids in next years draft which could be perfect for us.

I have no idea what we are going to do with 8 tall forwards but there is quite a bit of athleticism in half the group. We may end up playing 4 of them in the AFL, especially if Lefau/Bauer are in there.
 
I think all our picks have had significant injuries in the last 12 months.

Except Smillie.

I get that next years draft might not be as deep as this year but the top end talent definitely is.
You take in adademy picks again and it could easily be pick 27 and 30 for a top 10 pick. I mean if Larkey goes down it’s a top 3 pick. North double there win tally and it’s still a top 5 pick.
Id be interested to see who people think will make the bigger jump next season. North or WCE?
I can’t see North jumping above teams like Saints, Melbourne, Collingwood GC ect.

This years draft also had 5 compo picks

Battle, Perryman and Cummings plus 2xnorf, we don’t know what we’re doing just throw more picks at the problem, priority picks from the afl.

Also this years afl academy intake had 8 kids tied to clubs (only 4 taken so far) vs 7 kids tied to clubs next year.

LDU is probably the only FA getting an early compo pick next year l who might move, so I think our 2nd will be 22-25.

Loving Trainor's excitement. That shit will be contagious in the group.

Alex Rance 2.0?
 
Wonder if we can get a PP to get that F2 back.

secret smell GIF
 
Great work last night by the club. As Blair mentioned drafting for our next premiership, and getting the type of players that’ll stand up in finals football.
He’s putting the building blocks in place, remembering this is only the beginning of the rebuild, we’ll have plenty of A grade talent via the draft over the next couple of years and add a FA or 2.
Geez Langford did not look impressed last night to be heading to the Demons, and thought there was maybe a bit of angst from Murphy Reids old man. Reckon both these lads would have loved to be at Tigerland.
Grabbing Norfs F1, was great way to finish the night, no way they finish any higher than bottom 4 next year.
 
Great work last night by the club. As Blair mentioned drafting for our next premiership, and getting the type of players that’ll stand up in finals football.
He’s putting the building blocks in place, remembering this is only the beginning of the rebuild, we’ll have plenty of A grade talent via the draft over the next couple of years and add a FA or 2.
Geez Langford did not look impressed last night to be heading to the Demons, and thought there was maybe a bit of angst from Murphy Reids old man. Reckon both these lads would have loved to be at Tigerland.
Grabbing Norfs F1, was great way to finish the night, no way they finish any higher than bottom 4 next year.
Was Reid's old man shitty at Richmond for not taking his kid?
 

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chances of us getting someone’s future first tonight and a pick in the 40-50 range for our pick 27 tonight?

So many KPP rated next.

Feel like we need to draft another mid or small forward.
Very good chances I reckon.
Essendon maybe?
You'd think they'd be desperate to land J Whitlock or Shanahan
 
Was Reid's old man shitty at Richmond for not taking his kid?
I was watching it with a couple of mates and we all thought it came across that way, but perhaps we were reading too much into it. It’s an emotional night, for the players and families, so sometimes people just say any sh!t that comes into their head.
I’ll rewatch the interview later today. See if first impressions were correct or not.
 

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