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There was rumoured interest but not sure how strongI thought there was some talk about Bailey Van De Heuvel before the draft. Wouldn't he have been the alternative to Jeka?
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There was rumoured interest but not sure how strongI thought there was some talk about Bailey Van De Heuvel before the draft. Wouldn't he have been the alternative to Jeka?
Rudd is very ordinary.I think he is more a natural forward. Interesting we did not look at Rudd? Size?
He’s still only 22. But I have a feeling we will know very early whether he will remain on our list for another year after next season.
plenty of key position players dont come on till 23-24 yo, so you can see the merit in another crack if he has developed further in the VFL.Gotta laugh at Jeka being at Hawthorn, Essendon VFL, and now Geelong.
Hawks & Cats rivalry enough said.
Same with Hawks & Bombers.
And we've even got Bombers & Cats, with our fake rivalry out of the country game based on nothing.
Good luck Emerson, may you have a long and prestigious career in hoops!!
It's funny, I was actually thinking of this guy the other day when the thought crossed my mind of how much draftees value can change over the course of a season (See Ashton Moir).Hopefully the Cats initiated a very frank, blunt conversation with him, and have been equally as pragmatic when assessing his response and potential.
I've had to refresh the page 8 times to make sure I was reading it right.
Now I've done my neck for shaking my head too many times.
CadmanAt some stage we are going to have to invest a high pick into a key forward if we don’t trade for one in the meantime
Cadman
Same here.He's a rookie pick who we've drafted as depth for both ends while the kids come through.
I honestly don't get the furore. He likely doesn't make it, but we used a rookie pick on him as depth back up - so it really doesn't matter?
I have him in the same category as Furphy and Foster - don't expect them to do anything of merit, but will pleasantly surprised if they do.
Given the failure rate I'd strongly prefer stealing someone else'sAt some stage we are going to have to invest a high pick into a key forward if we don’t trade for one in the meantime
Who knows what's going to happen, but based on the rumours and our heavy draft hand, I'd suspect we've got a few mids and/or key forwards on the radar for next year's trade targets.Be nice.
You're allowed but I'm not sure why you would. Did you watch our team play in the AFLW last week? No shrinking violets there.Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane kind of player? Not sure we're even allowed to use that phrase anymore, but you catch my drift.
Given the failure rate I'd strongly prefer stealing someone else's
Depends on the failure rate. There was no Jeremy Cameron available at any pick we gave up for him. Lynch was free, as was Daniher.Just costs a premium doing it by trade.
Who knows what's going to happen, but based on the rumours and our heavy draft hand, I'd suspect we've got a few mids and/or key forwards on the radar for next year's trade targets.
Backline looks set both long term and short term, midfield is getting there, but still another elite young mid away IMO, and the forward line is similar, with a legitimate Hawkins replacement all that we're really lacking both long term and short term.
Bailey Smith & Aaron Cadman feel like the obvious names to address that, or similar players of that ilk.
Not to put any pressure on the kid, but...
Not to put any pressure on the kid, but...
Not to put any pressure on the kid, but...