Rumour Bluemour Discussion XXXVI - 'Loopy' Season in full swing

Remove this Banner Ad

Status
Not open for further replies.
AT97 said:
Not that stats show a complete picture, but do those O’Sullivan numbers look light on for a full time mid ?


excuse the ignorance if that is not his position.
Click to expand...

Happy to be corrected by those who know more but my understanding is he had a broken thumb/hand early in the year and it set him back badly.

Was a favourite for #1 before the season having made the u18 AA as a 17 y/o and won the u16 medal for player of the carnival.

Not a massive accumulator but has impact, in his vfl game for Richmond he had 12 touches but 6 were score involvements and he kicked 2
 
CrippaTheGoat9 said:
here we go batman GIF
Click to expand...
This isn't the best example, as nothing happened after he said this.
 
Question. Could we be making a play for pick 3 using current picks 12&14 just to trade it (pick 3) back out with some additional later picks to get our way back in for 2 picks in the top 10?

Have a sneaky suspicion this might be the case. But I could be 100% wrong! Ha!
 

Log in to remove this ad.

4flagsin5yrs said:
Paddy Dow was a #3 pick.

Spread your risk....

That's why one of 12 or 14 should be used on Houston....
Click to expand...

Preferably Pick 12…. for the reason that we once drafted Kane Lucas with Pick 12. :)

If you look hard enough, you will find more busts at the majority of first round selections than AA calibre players.
 
Manhattanite said:
For those saying Pick 3s aren’t guaranteed to be great players that’s true - but still more likely than Picks 10 and 12 combined.

Dow was Pick 3 but a) a majority of other clubs would likely have taken LDU or Cerra at 3 and both ended up better and b) it wasn’t a great draft class and that makes a big difference. The great draft classes have had players like Judd, Dusty Martin, Sheezel etc

Also picks 12 and 14 that season were Darcy Fogarty and Matthew Ling. Fogarty is a decent player having played 102 games in 7 seasons and Ling played 4 before being delisted.

Out of the 19 kids picked in the first round from 2017 only one has become an All Australian across their first 7 seasons (Brayshaw who was pick 2). There are two All Australians from the second round that year - so double the first round count.




Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com
Click to expand...
which is why you hope teh recruiting department and scouts have dome all the work they need to assess best available talent against our needs
 
harmesy37 said:
In a better draft may have better currency giving them a pick into the 1st round of the draft and trading for baker
Click to expand...

Yeah, Baker crossed my mind, moreso for us given he was a consideration a couple of years ago, but probably not now

I'd say WC would want more than 12 and 14 for pick 3

If I was the Eagles, I'd consider trading with the Saints
 
DangerousD said:
I was really impressed with Austin’s deals yesterday, I’d still like him to split 12 with Richmond or Sydney to target Houston but assuming he sticks to his guns and we go to the draft.

Why stop at picks 12,14 and the twins?

If the draft is as good as people say, go harder, still trade with Richmond or Sydney.’

Take something like 14, 19, 21 and the twins.
Click to expand...

Who said he’s gonna stop?


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app
 
TENACIOUS said:
Denver Granger-Barras, is an interesting rumour.. As far as I can see the knock on him isn’t his ability, it’s he doesn’t have an AFL level tank…

Fitness isn’t my forte, is an AFL level tank something you can build?
Click to expand...
Don't get rid of hacks only to bring in fresh ones.
It's up there with the no dickhead policy.
We are trying for a flag aren't we?
Premium ready made and premium draft.
We already got Haynes.
We are probably having to keep Lewis Young. We still have injury prone players on the list. Williams thep most pertinent. But some of our mids and Guv too. And Saad.
If this pretend Barrass hasn't got the tank then move on.

( I'm kind of enjoying going against the crowd again.)

Happy New Year GIF by HBO
 
DangerousD said:
I was really impressed with Austin’s deals yesterday, I’d still like him to split 12 with Richmond or Sydney to target Houston but assuming he sticks to his guns and we go to the draft.

Why stop at picks 12,14 and the twins?

If the draft is as good as people say, go harder, still trade with Richmond or Sydney.’

Take something like 14, 19, 21 and the twins.
Click to expand...
As it stands, we've got to create 3 extra places on the senior list. Add another pick, and that's 4. Likely depends on trading out contracted players.
 
Stamos said:
You’re ignoring the risk of the contract.
Houston will be on 800k plus, for at least 5, probably 6 years. That’s a limiting factor for our list management.

Picks 12 and 14 will be on 130-140k each for the next 3 years.
If either is on 800k in 2028 then something has gone very very right.
Click to expand...
Not ignoring that at all. What are you basing that presumption on exactly?

We will lose - Martin, Marchbank, Cuningham, likely one (or both) of Owies or Kennedy - and S. Durdin if we keep Young.

AND

1728695987732.png

So, no. No ignorance!

50/50 whether a draftee at 12 or 14 makes it....

Houston will be a fine player, 100% guaranteed.
 

Attachments

  • 1728695945554.png
    1728695945554.png
    17 KB · Views: 51

(Log in to remove this ad.)

Forty3 said:
From what I've heard, the media is omitting parts of the pies offers. Noble + F1 + F2 for 13 and 23 (23 could become 24 or 32 depending on the Rioli trade). The 13 + 23* pick + Richards for Houston and future change.
Click to expand...

Manhattanite said:
Let’s not forget what 43 said the other day - Collingwood in fact do have the best offer on the table to both the Suns and Port. So I wouldn’t get our hopes too much on Houston.
Click to expand...
The issue with this for Collingwood is that they can't make this trade without securing another F2 (can't trade out F1 and F2). Same way we had to secure Brisbane's F2 before we made the trade with Hawthorn. But Pies don't have the draft capital to get another F2.

They could go with:
F1 + 36 + Noble for 13 and 23. But I don't think this is better than any of the other deals on offer, and I don't think GC want/need 36.

So it would probably need trading out a player to get a F2.
 
4flagsin5yrs said:
Not ignoring that at all. What are you basing that presumption on exactly?

We will lose - Martin, Marchbank, Cuningham, likely one (or both) of Owies or Kennedy - and S. Durdin if we keep Young.

AND

View attachment 2139001

So, no. No ignorance!

50/50 whether a draftee at 12 or 14 makes it....

Houston will be a fine player, 100% guaranteed.
Click to expand...
Just because the cap is going up doesn’t mean there isn’t a bigger risk taking on large, long contracts for older players than there is for shorter, much lower contracts.
 
Red Bull said:
Think about Dustin Martin as a pick 3 and back Austin in …
Click to expand...

Dusty was arguably #1 on talent/potential, but...

1) Melbourne were poor drafters
2) There were concerns about his upbringing

Why Dusty 'slid' to #3.

This is based of recollection, not revisionist history.

I wouldn't be expecting a player as good as Dusty with pick 3 or Juddy (who possibly would have gone #1 except for shoulders).

Of course, anything is possible. Pick 3 could be the GOAT, but just looking at probabilities.
 
TENACIOUS said:
Denver Granger-Barras, is an interesting rumour.. As far as I can see the knock on him isn’t his ability, it’s he doesn’t have an AFL level tank…

Fitness isn’t my forte, is an AFL level tank something you can build?
Click to expand...

It is absolutely a quality that is trainable. You just need good continuity of training with a substantial volume of aerobic training (lower intensity steady state) for a few months to see significant improvements. The longer period you can go without disruption the more you can improve. That gets hard once the season starts and you’re dealing with corkies and rolled ankles etc so the off season is where you can make the greatest strides.

The hard part is there is a genetic component to this and if you’re up against the best who are also training hard and smart it’s unlikely you’re ever going to bridge the gap entirely. But at the very least you should be able to remove it from being a disqualifying factor for your selection.


Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com
 
Red Bull said:
If you want the best you gotta pay for it.
If pick 3 is running through the midfield on GF day next season with Cripps Walsh Cerra and TDK, I don’t think anyone will have any complaints …
Click to expand...
It’s like putting all your chips on one number in roulette…high risk, high reward, low probability.

Prefer to split our chips and increase the chance of picking up a quality player in a deep draft.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Remove this Banner Ad

Similar threads

Aphrodite
Injury Blue Healers Discussion - 2025
2
Replies
28
Views
2K
Juice030103
Juice030103
Aphrodite
Training 2025 Training Blog - Training Reports only - *NO DISCUSSION*
Replies
5
Views
3K
WildmanOfCarlton
WildmanOfCarlton
The Old Dark Navy's
Analysis 2024 Season Review
2 3
Replies
66
Views
4K
Blue Pulse
Blue Pulse
The Old Dark Navy's
Hot Topic Carlton 2024 Trade Discussion
42 43 44 45 46
Replies
1K
Views
78K
Stickitupthem
Stickitupthem
Aphrodite
Training 2025 Pre-Season Training - reports, pics etc
42 43 44 45 46
Replies
1K
Views
100K
Bennyboy7777
Bennyboy7777
Bletch
List Mgmt. 2024 AFL Trade Period and the AFL Draft [Less discussion]
2 3 4 5
Replies
104
Views
11K
Bletch
Bletch
The Old Dark Navy's
  • Sticky
Injury Blue Healers - NO DISCUSSION Injury Thread
2
Replies
29
Views
10K
Aphrodite
Aphrodite

Remove this Banner Ad

Back
Top