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Meanwhile up in the Gold Coast / it’s another delisting for a name that has popped up on this board a few times.
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Meanwhile up in the Gold Coast / it’s another delisting for a name that has popped up on this board a few times.
yep. The only reason not too is if the medical due diligence comes back horrific. Otherwise it’s the biggest no brainer.Strange but why wasn't he done yest with the other 6? Good result if we want him.... actually it's a free hit just get him
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This is basically the approach we have taken to fixing òur lack of talls. Lots of late picks and rejects, no serious investment. We need a small forward or two, we should get the best available by splitting pick 2 and taking Berry.
Also, if Sydney are willing to let Konstanty go so soon, I would be very wary - could be another Dylan Stephens. Similar applies to Rosas.
No need to be wary in terms of Konstanty. Just wants more opportunities. We have a spot and need for him. Swans forward line is elite and hard to break into. Swans know this which is why they’ll let him go and explore his options.
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$64000 question. The risk is that statistically, the further down the draft you go the poorer the quality, so the further down we trade, the bigger the risk. We could always brain it and pick the next Cripps at 13, or we could land the next Daniel Venables. In comparison at 2, there's fewer busts. Pays ya money and ya takes ya chanceSo you reckon pick 7 and 9 instead?
I agree top five certainly looks better than bottom five in terms of games played but between them picks six and nine play more games than pick 2 and pick seven and nine play nearly 100 more games between them. And we're stretching the point here using average games played alone as the basis for judging how we value this years draft.
For me the question is:
Do 150 games from one of the top three picks in this draft give us more value than 200-240 games from two players fill definite needs given how even it is?
To me it's not the number, it's who you pick that matters.More than pick four, who averages 112 games.
BTW Here are some historical pick fours:
Peter Matera, Justin Leppitsch, Matthew Pavlich, Josh Kennedy, Andrew Gaff, Marcus Bontempelli, Clayton Oliver, Luke Davies-Uniacke, Nick Daicos.
Some of the best players in the game either now or of their era.
Last two years were George Wardlaw and Zane Duursma.
It also includes such names as Cale Morten, Tambling, Toumpas and the inimitable Farren Ray as well as Ben Ainsworth and Logan McDonald recently (those two not bad players but could have gone in the top 20 for what they show.)
So some real hits and misses with pick 4. And a good chance that five of the best mids of the late 2010s/2020s were picked there.
NMFC.
On the nose since 2020.
A couple of draft watchers were big on Harry.
Maybe Souup and roos_fanatic08? At least one of them speculated that he could be as good as he turned out to be in the middle.
Tom Mitchell won a Brownlow at 1 Club and a flag at his next.Sydney sold us a lemon last year, and generally do not miss when trading players out.
Very good.
I did start here though :
Always respect for those who highlight there bad calls, but you certainty got it right in the end.
I did start here though :
Think Bolton will have to be 9 and 17 (Port) for Tigers to trade him. They'd probably want 9 & 10 but that's overs.I agree, i don't think the market is going to be there for Pick 2 this year. Not sure the offers we get for it will be in inline with supporters expectations. I think best scenario will be taking best available at pick 2, and using our F2 to hopefully move our pick 22 up into a mid-late first round pick where can look at filling a need (e.g. KPP, small fwd/defender)
Tom Mitchell won a Brownlow at 1 Club and a flag at his next.
I think Richmond would love nothing more to get FOS and Smith.I agree, i don't think the market is going to be there for Pick 2 this year. Not sure the offers we get for it will be in inline with supporters expectations. I think best scenario will be taking best available at pick 2, and using our F2 to hopefully move our pick 22 up into a mid-late first round pick where can look at filling a need (e.g. KPP, small fwd/defender)
$64000 question. The risk is that statistically, the further down the draft you go the poorer the quality, so the further down we trade, the bigger the risk. We could always brain it and pick the next Cripps at 13, or we could land the next Daniel Venables. In comparison at 2, there's fewer busts. Pays ya money and ya takes ya chance
Pfft. FlagMan said all that first.
I did start here though :
Not strictly true - Nank, Aliir & Dawson are pretty handy players. We did get dudded with Stephens though... bad.Sydney sold us a lemon last year, and generally do not miss when trading players out.
It’s still Harry SheezelWho is Harry Sheezel this year?
could be, I do watch too much History Channel - I like the Romans, aqueducts, roads, that kind of thingMerlins you are looking too far into the past. A good talent ID team should be able to ascertain the spread of talent and make moves from there.
Sydney sold us a lemon last year, and generally do not miss when trading players out.
They essentially forced him out with their offer in 2016.
Havent really missed him.