Strapping Young Lad
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2005 we were a bit unlucky with Max Bailey and Beau Muston both cruelled by injury. So happy to see Big Max finally get a premiership medal - I think at one stage after 3 or 4 years he had totalled more knee reco’s than actual games playedI know a team that had 5 picks in the top 30 two years in a row.
In 2004 they picked up:
But then in 2005 they picked up:
- Pick 2: Jarryd Roughhead
- Pick 5: Lance Franklin
- Pick 7: Jordan Lewis
- Pick 21: Tom Murphy
- Pick 26: Matthew Little
One haul was era-defining. The other much less so.
- Pick 3: Xavier Ellis
- Pick 6: Beau Dowler
- Pick 14: Grant Birchall
- Pick 18: Max Bailey
- Pick 22: Beau Muston
So late Wednesday afternoon/evening it is.
Perhaps, if the trade was agreed a couple of months ago, our first would probably have been around pick 8-10, not 14.Meh. I don’t believe there’s actually an issue here. I think the deal has likely been settled for a long time. It seems that WC don’t have downstream trades being impacted by this delay, so I think we’re playing this game to give the impression that WC is a hardball negotiator, even on the long-settled deals that have no dependencies. Yada, yada.
It’s a show to assist WC in their conversations about trades that haven’t been agreed for over two months.
Meh. I don’t believe there’s actually an issue here. I think the deal has likely been settled for a long time. It seems that WC don’t have downstream trades being impacted by this delay, so I think we’re playing this game to give the impression that WC is a hardball negotiator, even on the long-settled deals that have no dependencies. Yada, yada.
It’s a show to assist WC in their conversations about trades that haven’t been agreed for over two months.
I reckon this is spot on. Big gap (in perception if not reality) between a top ten pick and one in the teens.Perhaps, if the trade was agreed a couple of months ago, our first would probably have been around pick 8-10, not 14.
Perhaps, if the trade was agreed a couple of months ago, our first would probably have been around pick 8-10, not 14.