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Here we go. Opposition teams revisited the rule introduced by AFL when GWS was getting too many academy kids from Riverina. We could be saying goodbye (or hopefully see you later down the track) to Read or Rogers.
Hopefully, AFL will bend the rule as suggested or we better not make finals
Interestingly, it appears there is no problem to match multiple F/S in first round. If I remember correctly Lions last year played PF and matched 2 bids.
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Hopefully, AFL will bend the rule as suggested or we better not make finals
Interestingly, it appears there is no problem to match multiple F/S in first round. If I remember correctly Lions last year played PF and matched 2 bids.
Suns face awkward dilemma as finals could spoil Academy plan; father-son bolters: Draft Watch
Stars threatening to spearhead an unthinkable boilover; two father-son gun bolters: Draft Watch
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Comfortably No.1, Walter is a good prospect but Riewoldt was easily the best kid the country in 2000.
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Yeah that’s bullshit that the father son and academy rules aren’t aligned here.Here we go. Opposition teams revisited the rule introduced by AFL when GWS was getting too many academy kids from Riverina. We could be saying goodbye (or hopefully see you later down the track) to Read or Rogers.
Hopefully, AFL will bend the rule as suggested or we better not make finals
Interestingly, it appears there is no problem to match multiple F/S in first round. If I remember correctly Lions last year played PF and matched 2 bids.
Suns face awkward dilemma as finals could spoil Academy plan; father-son bolters: Draft Watch
Stars threatening to spearhead an unthinkable boilover; two father-son gun bolters: Draft Watch
I dare say we’d be arguing this.
Surely they just change the rule.
Not sure that all 3 get bid on in the top 20, but if we’re playing finals then it’s a headache I can live with.
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Even worse if we go on a golden run and make a prelim. Means we will only get to bid match one of them!
Here we go. Opposition teams revisited the rule introduced by AFL when GWS was getting too many academy kids from Riverina. We could be saying goodbye (or hopefully see you later down the track) to Read or Rogers.
Hopefully, AFL will bend the rule as suggested or we better not make finals
Interestingly, it appears there is no problem to match multiple F/S in first round. If I remember correctly Lions last year played PF and matched 2 bids.
Suns face awkward dilemma as finals could spoil Academy plan; father-son bolters: Draft Watch
Stars threatening to spearhead an unthinkable boilover; two father-son gun bolters: Draft Watch
Easy fixed you just train them to be a flight risk in their interviews with other clubs. Plenty of Victorian kids do it
Provided we have enough points and selections in the right locations there’s nothing to stop us selecting a player before they’re bid on so we can still match bids for the remaining two players is there?Here we go. Opposition teams revisited the rule introduced by AFL when GWS was getting too many academy kids from Riverina. We could be saying goodbye (or hopefully see you later down the track) to Read or Rogers.
Hopefully, AFL will bend the rule as suggested or we better not make finals
Interestingly, it appears there is no problem to match multiple F/S in first round. If I remember correctly Lions last year played PF and matched 2 bids.
Suns face awkward dilemma as finals could spoil Academy plan; father-son bolters: Draft Watch
Stars threatening to spearhead an unthinkable boilover; two father-son gun bolters: Draft Watch
Read in the top ten seems a reach to me anyway. I rate Walter and Rogers higher.
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Can guarantee you a lot of recruiters from AFL clubs see Read as a genuine top 10 pick.
It looks certain that Walter will be top 5 pick before our 1st round pick. So we have to trade this pick or it will be eaten by Walter's match. Then we have no picks in 1st round to select Read or Rogers before bids come (if bids come indeed in 1st round).
I like flight risk strategy
The last time a team had multiple high end academy players was Sydney in 2020 with Braeden Campbell and Errol Gulden.
Both rated incredibly highly from recruiters and AFL journos.
Campbell bid on at pick 5
Gulden bid on at pick 32
While Walter, Read and Rogers are all high end prospects, there is very good chance Walter gets bid on in the top 10 and Read and Rogers bid on in the 2nd round.
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Yeah it was a Hail Mary in desperation. I prefer the flight risk strategy too!!It looks certain that Walter will be top 5 pick before our 1st round pick. So we have to trade this pick or it will be eaten by Walter's match. Then we have no picks in 1st round to select Read or Rogers before bids come (if bids come indeed in 1st round).
I like flight risk strategy
Fair enough. Hoping for our sakes he slides (a lot) then.
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Gulden slide because of his height. Read is a 200cm athletic freak. He has top 10 reach all over him. I bet everything I have he doesn't slide to the second round.
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Worst case trade up to pick 2 with this and next years 1st and pick walter at 2. Not ideal but getting these 3 is a must.
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But Rogers could well slide.
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He definitely could and I hope he does. Small well built mids are prone to slide, especially if there is tall athletic project mids there instead.
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I think the realistic possibility we can't match helps him slide too but I just think he's far too good to not go top 20 in any case.
I will start worrying about this when we make finals......
This will be partly what the trade period is for. Not just players in and out but also preparing for the draft and where we need to have picks/points once we get a better idea of where all the kids sit in the pool.
This will be partly what the trade period is for. Not just players in and out but also preparing for the draft and where we need to have picks/points once we get a better idea of where all the kids sit in the pool.
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It's hard to tell this early who is in the top 10 before the championships start.
Walter could definitely rise to top 3 though.
Hopefully Read and Rogers perform well but I just can't see recruiters taking Rogers in the first round knowing that there is so many players who play similar positions to him not tied to another club.
Read, just on height and athleticism alone, will probably go first round.
I am positive we'll get all 3 with the amount of points we've accumulated for this year's draft and also the ability to tap into next year's picks.
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Rogers is easily top 20.
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