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We took 9 picks inside the top 30 over 4 drafts, which was the strategy.True - but have we really HIT the draft?
1 top 5 pick.
True, we need one more top-5 pick with great talent to really help our team, imagine if we lucked out and got a walsh or bontempelli calibre player from our top 5 pick.True - but have we really HIT the draft?
1 top 5 pick.
Only Geelong blowing us out of the water with an untouchable offer is the only way it won't happen. Cats won't do it because it goes against what there about. There about at the maximum offer right now and he's said no.Of all the trade whispers I have heard over all the years of being a member here, this is the one I am most confident of.
By far, over any others.
How many of the truly truly elite players on the market leave to go to a bottom 4 club, especially when most of those players are paying in contenders. It is not a sign our club has issues.If we don't get Taylor, McCluggage, English with the amount of cash we have I'll start to think external players think our club has problems.
I count 7?We took 9 picks inside the top 30 over 3 drafts, which was the strategy.
Newcombe, Ramsden and Tucker on top of that.
If we don't get Taylor, McCluggage, English with the amount of cash we have I'll start to think external players think our club has problems.
Unfortunately, you are right.How many of the truly truly elite players on the market leave to go to a bottom 4 club, especially when most of those players are paying in contenders. It is not a sign our club has issues.
Like I keep saying the strategy is the strategy.I count 7?
Maybe because 2016-2019 we had 1 pick in the top 30 and 2020 was a balls up we need to do it for a bit longer?
It also depends on the depth of the draft year.
And Blanck as wellWe took 9 picks inside the top 30 over 3 drafts, which was the strategy.
Newcombe, Ramsden and Tucker on top of that.
Can save you the trouble, we won't be getting any of themIf we don't get Taylor, McCluggage, English with the amount of cash we have I'll start to think external players think our club has problems.
Taylor is playing for a premiership contender.If we don't get Taylor, McCluggage, English with the amount of cash we have I'll start to think external players think our club has problems.
hahaha our team to be loaded with hawthorn nuffiesI'm interested in the Josh Battle interest, I've followed him since he was quite young, would be a good fit. He was a huge Hawks fan growing up so hopefully he 'wants to come home'.
Taylor is playing for a premiership contender.
McLuggage isn’t going anywhere. Already agreed to an unannounced deal according to most mail around the place.
English is likely only going home to WA if anywhere.
We don’t need conspiracies on why they won’t come to Hawthorn, when the reality of each players situation tells the story.
I reckon it's cos Sam and the rest are placing a greater emphasis on personality characteristics in recruiting "good blokes" with great leadership skills, above average intelligence and dashing good loks. And Hawthorn fans have a greater disposition toward all the above. Makes perfect sense to me.hahaha our team to be loaded with hawthorn nuffies
**** me am i the only odd one outI reckon it's cos Sam and the rest are placing a greater emphasis on personality characteristics in recruiting "good blokes" with great leadership skills, above average intelligence and dashing good loks. And Hawthorn fans have a greater disposition toward all the above. Makes perfect sense to me.
We don’t need conspiracies on why they won’t come to Hawthorn, when the reality of each players situation tells the story.
Well if there were two of you, then you would not be the odd one out, would you.* me am i the only odd one out
You volunteering yourself as the other me?Well if there were two of you, then you would not be the odd one out, would you.
Sorry. let me re-phrase that:
Well,
IF there were two of you
THEN
you would not be the odd one out, would you.
I keep thinking of Carlton during a period who could never attract a free agent or complete a decent trade and then almost overnight, Cerra, Saad, McGovern, Williams, Acres, Kennedy, Hewett all nominated the Blues via trades or free agency during what felt like a 3 year block. Having Curnow Mckay Weitering and Cripps already in place no doubt helped with luring these other pieces .
Last year Chol and Ginni chose us. It is a start for what hopefully will be an exciting time for us.
It won’t, because the amount of talent that we identified we already had on the list has not changed.
As Nelk points out above, we have a couple of holes to fill, and we all know what they are. Key forward, Key Defender and some more pace through the middle.
Weddle, B. MacDonald, S.Mitchell & CJ could be used further up the ground.like Kingy says, there's no alternative to pace. speed solves everything. We got none of it in the midfield, time to pay up and get some!