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AFLW 2024 - Round 8 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Yeah I reckon missing out on Kemp could burn us to an extent. Maybe not as bad as Xerri but Kemp was a top 5 prospect in his draft year before an ACL. AFL regular, 23 years old, fills a positional need, and would only cost pick 32 + junk
Missed opportunity
Not really, he did an ACL, then had back issues on his comeback. But once he was over that he's played pretty much every game it looks like. It's funny, reading more about him he sounded like a Battle clone...Kemps highlights looked impressive. But he has got a history of being unavailable for selection.
I’m not prepared to say it was a good or bad move until i see who we get at 32, or whether we deal it for a better draft hand.
But our unwillingness to depart with the pick suggests we know what it’s worth is.
Any connections we have to Kemp now (SOS / Dow / Stocker) won’t go away over the next 12 months. Patience may be the right play.
Sobering, but very valid post. Hopefully RL & Enright can work some magic with our Battle sized hole back there.We haven’t improved ourselves over the trade and free agency period. If anything we’ve regressed. Yes a good, but aging midfielder comes in, but opportunities for a Battle replacement and possible ruck support went nowhere.
Getting excited now about who pops up as a DFA now is actually pretty depressing.
Clarke, Capuano, Kitschke, Elliott, Ackland, Rix… Preuss.
Might as well get me to ruck. I’d be about as useful.
We didn't even put an offer to the Dogs until the last day so I'm not sure we can blame themThe Kemp situation is pretty annoying, I dare say if the Dogs didn't sit on their hands all trade period then it could've been worked.
So we offered our F2, they wanted 32, credit Stav for the info.
It would've been our freebie pick from GWS for Kemp & Macrae, which would fill our biggest 2 positional needs within our best 22.
One look at Carltons draft hand sees them stacked for late picks for the twins, that's unfortunate because we would've loved then no doubt. They had also traded their F1, so again, hamstrung for late future picks.
Geelong had minimum chips in the way of late picks with only 3 selections, Dogs had nothing late either. Seems both clubs wanted to keep all of their future picks.
So back to Sam Power, they had to send that on to the Cats anyway. A week of posturing for 2 spot improvement, then to swap with Cats for a 7 spot improvement with Smith. He is clutching at nothing but other clubs deal in good faith and practically give away picks.
It's a shame considering all 4 clubs were involved in the trade, with more time to haggle I reckon Kemp would've been a Saints player.
The aim is to improve our list through the draft.We haven’t improved ourselves over the trade and free agency period. If anything we’ve regressed. Yes a good, but aging midfielder comes in, but opportunities for a Battle replacement and possible ruck support went nowhere.
Getting excited now about who pops up as a DFA now is actually pretty depressing.
Brodie Kemp played 21 AFL games and three VFL games in 2024.Kemps highlights looked impressive. But he has got a history of being unavailable for selection.
I’m not prepared to say it was a good or bad move until i see who we get at 32, or whether we deal it for a better draft hand.
But our unwillingness to depart with the pick suggests we know what it’s worth is.
Any connections we have to Kemp now (SOS / Dow / Stocker) won’t go away over the next 12 months. Patience may be the right play.
Brodie Kemp played 21 AFL games and three VFL games in 2024.
He played 17 AFL games and five VFL games in 2023.
His durability was not a question.
Not really, he did an ACL, then had back issues on his comeback. But once he was over that he's played pretty much every game it looks like. It's funny, reading more about him he sounded like a Battle clone...
Out: A good, but not great general defender on $900kWe haven’t improved ourselves over the trade and free agency period. If anything we’ve regressed. Yes a good, but aging midfielder comes in, but opportunities for a Battle replacement and possible ruck support went nowhere.
Getting excited now about who pops up as a DFA now is actually pretty depressing.
So the Sam Power driven media said. I'd be absolutely floored if we didn't discuss what an offer looked like during our multiple 'speed dating sessions' and dialogues with clubs in the 5 weeks since Macrae nominated us.We didn't even put an offer to the Dogs until the last day so I'm not sure we can blame them
Preuss with a 1 year contract with a trigger (games played) for a 2nd.
If he gets his body right, awesome! If not he's only on our list for a year and costs us nothing.
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same,can only guess Gawns bags are lighter than Goldy's,making it a more attractive gig carrying them than goldies on match day and interstate tripsI never quite got Preuss, he was always talented but seemed to be low ambition.
It was bizzare when he chose to go from being second fiddle behind Goldstein to second fiddle behind Gawn.
Been said over and over and over at this point, most of our improvement is to come from within.Out: A good, but not great general defender on $900k
In: The first A grade, clearance capable mid to assist Steele for years
A high first round draft pick in the strongest/deepest draft for years
If you’re depressed looking at what lies ahead for the young core of this list I can’t help ya
I was talking about immediate improvement. Next year. Like what Hawthorn have just done for example. They have sailed straight past us and left us with windburn. 12 months ago we had just played finals with a young list and they finished bottom 3.Out: A good, but not great general defender on $900k
In: The first A grade, clearance capable mid to assist Steele for years
A high first round draft pick in the strongest/deepest draft for years
If you’re depressed looking at what lies ahead for the young core of this list I can’t help ya
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Clarke, Capuano, Kitschke, Elliott, Ackland, Rix… Preuss.
Might as well get me to ruck. I’d be about as useful.
I usually push the same line TBH but i think you have to consider what we already have as opposed to what Hawthorn went out and got.I was talking about immediate improvement. Next year. Like what Hawthorn have just done for example. They have sailed straight past us and left us with windburn. 12 months ago we had just played finals with a young list and they finished bottom 3.
I agree we are hopefully heading down the right path with the draft. But we’ve done that before. Doesn’t help us immediately, and doesn’t guarantee anything.
But hey, blokes like me, and so many others have been patient for over 50 years. What’s a few more.
Rinse and repeat and hope something changes. Hope for some luck finally. It’s hard not to be super pessimistic as a 56 year old supporter.
History would suggest Hawks will get it right and we will more than likely balls it up.
I’ll start getting positive again around draft time.