Player Watch #7: Zane Duursma - out for 2024, undergoing shoulder surgery

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Thomas, Horne-Francis and phillips are three top ten picks that hurt us massively.

There were a few moving parts with Thomas being an academy pick and the trades we did re Polec so I don't even want to get into the "what ifs" on that one.

But with Horne-Francis and Phillips, let's say we did things differently. Let's say we accepted the proposed trade with Adelaide for JHF (pick 6 in 2021, along with pick 6 + 18 in 2022) and we drafted Logan McDonald instead of Phillips. Would we have seen more wins? And would we be watching JHF play for the Crows and wondering whether we'd made a terrible mistake?

With those Adelaide picks, we may have taken Rachele, Humphrey, and Weddle. That's if our draft rankings matched exactly with the clubs who ended up with those picks so it's a big if. Instead, we have Wardlaw and Goad.
 

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Player Watch #7: Zane Duursma - out for 2024, undergoing shoulder surgery

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