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[Shinboner1]

Huh? You've been asking to draft mature players all year.

Yeah but not with our non existent first round picks

 

[Shinboner1]

Not too sad. We need experience as much as three untested young kids, especially as they would all arrive in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round raffles. Further, our second round pick will be around 30 anyway. I don't quite get the angst.

More cranky about re signing Cooper lol

 

[Istanbul Roo]

More cranky about re signing Cooper lol

Yes, but what is the point of drafting more young kids and then not giving them the time to develop? You can't have both.

 

[Val Keating]

What picks did Melbourne get when they traded pick 2 a few years back?

 

[Chadwiko]

What picks did Melbourne get when they traded pick 2 a few years back?

You referring to this trade?

GWS Trades: Dom Tyson, Pick 9, and Pick 43
Melbourne Trades: Pick 2, Pick 20, and Pick 72

 

[chubbspeterson]

Yeah but not with our non existent first round picks

Still plenty to play out. Trade in a F2/F3, split 2 or trade the F1. Things could look different on draft night.
We were fortunate to get two of the top 5 kids last year and the year before.

 

[Shinboner1]

Yes, but what is the point of drafting more young kids and then not giving them the time to develop? You can't have both.

2 years is generally enough time to see where a player fits, their work ethic and how much they want to stay in the team.
Plenty of kids get delisted after their first contract.
I'd prefer the chance to draft a best 22 mater ager or a KPP for the future vs keeping another meduim sized forward with poor training standards

 

[Val Keating]

You referring to this trade?

GWS Trades: Dom Tyson, Pick 9, and Pick 43
Melbourne Trades: Pick 2, Pick 20, and Pick 72

must be. Dom Tyson was a highly regarded young player at the time, high draft pick himself iirc.

 

[BlueandWhiteinmyBlood]

Us being linked to Tauru so heavily diminishes our leverage of pick 2 if that info is correct. Clubs will only trade up if they think we are taking one of the elite mids like FOS or Lalor. The Zero Hanger draft had us taking Lalor and the resulting picks for Richmond were shithouse. The ESPN one had us taking Tauru at 2 and Richmond ended up with Smith at 6 and Armstrong at 10, absolutely no way they would trade up to 2 if that happened

If we keep 2, we will draft one of the mids projected in that top mix.

 

[Chadwiko]

must be. Dom Tyson was a highly regarded young player at the time, high draft pick himself iirc.

 

[chubbspeterson]

You referring to this trade?

GWS Trades: Dom Tyson, Pick 9, and Pick 43
Melbourne Trades: Pick 2, Pick 20, and Pick 72

It was 2 (Kelly), 20 (22) (Gardiner), 72 (76) for Dom Tyson (pick 3 two years earlier), 9 (Salem) & 53 (57) (Hunt)

 

[Val Keating]

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He was only 20 and pick 3. Might not have worked out as well as predicted, but he was highly regarded.

 

[Smoocher]

Interesting all the talk of deep, even draft but several clubs happy to go with close to minimum picks.

Deep and even is code for Potatoes after pick 10.

Click bait headlines.


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[Lomas]

Deep and even is code for Potatoes after pick 10.

Click bait headlines.


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It’s also code for ‘not many standouts, plenty of role players’.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Deep and even is code for Potatoes after pick 10.

Click bait headlines.


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Lol don't agree. I think there's better players in the 10-40 range this year.
The national championship game was a higher standard compared to last year.

 

[Footywizard]

I’d use pick 2 on lalor only…..otherwise the split has to be done. The flying Viking will be insane (and we seem to know it)

 

[ferball]

He was only 20 and pick 3. Might not have worked out as well as predicted, but he was highly regarded.

So not that different to Will Phillips...

 

[Footywizard]

So not that different to Will Phillips...

Isn’t will a shame…..can’t even switch him to another position as he’d be a liability.
One last pre season to work his arse off and we will see…..

 

[ferball]

Isn’t will a shame…..can’t even switch him to another position as he’d be a liability.
One last pre season to work his arse off and we will see…..

If he can improve on his 2023 season he'll be a good player. Dunno what happened this season but he'd want to turn it round.

 

[LB2Snake]

I’d use pick 2 on lalor only…..otherwise the split has to be done. The flying Viking will be insane (and we seem to know it)

If we don’t take Tauru at 2 I’m tipping he’s gone at 5 to the Dees.
Hope we are exploring a way to get 4 and some change off the crows. Wondering if we’ve floated to F1 to the crows. Surely we have. Puts them in a great spot possibly for Sharp next year. They’d listen.
2 and 4 would be a decent haul to play with.