Bluemour Melting Pot XXI - Like seriously, the polar ice caps have got nothing on us

[Blue__Balls]

Newnes is so average. There's a reason he got delisted.

4.5 turnovers a game and he only averages 18 touches. So 1 in 4 touches is a turnover.

Edit. Just to add, at 27 if he got delisted from a team with a weaker midfield than ours, what does it say about us if he plays round 1.

Gee that's embarrassing...

Not Newnes, the fact that you based your entire critique on a wildly inaccurate stat.

Has averaged a tick over 2.5 clangers per game for his entire career, and has a disposal efficiency of 74% (almost on par with the much-vaunted Lachie Whitfield).

Where did you pull your number from?

 

[OldCarltonKnows]

He’s only ~23 so what’s wrong with 4 years? $500k per year is about the most you’d wanna pay though.

Wish I could get 500k a year for being average...right, I’ll talk to the boss tomorrow!

 

[Accidental genius]

Wish I could get 500k a year for being average...right, I’ll talk to the boss tomorrow!

You might get fired. Those salaries are chick peas for professional sports people.

 

[Wily trout]

Will next year’s draft be comprimised because of the priority package given to gcs and the access they will be given to NT talent..or is there something more than that? I hear about acedemy points but am not sure what they are about

Believe a few teams have academy prospects as well next year.

 

[Arr0w]

Re Pick #9: I get that we need senior players to even things up but adding a talented 18 year old only helps the list reset we did with the Weitering draft, we have quality players from every draft since then why not add another one, let them grow together.

Yeap, continue to replenish each year, players will eventually mature, starting with the 2015 draftees, just add a splash of maturity, even if they are not elite

 

[Healer]

I would love a Butler at my house...........

I'd prefer a pair of au-paires. Gil has contacts aupairently

 

[Accidental genius]

Re Pick #9: I get that we need senior players to even things up but adding a talented 18 year old only helps the list reset we did with the Weitering draft, we have quality players from every draft since then why not add another one, let them grow together.

Do we use it to target a specific type eg small forward, mid or just best player?

 

[Keyza]

Is there really an agenda towards Carlton though?

Probably not but we do seem to have a lot of things go against us.

 

[Thehurdle]

I know this is very hard to believe, but is it possible AFL trade departments might use the media to signal what might be a win for them. GCS recruitment boss probably doesn’t think so when he said:

Gold Coast already has the strongest hand of the 2019 AFL Draft. It could soon get better

Suns already have AFL’s strongest draft hand. It could soon get better

www.foxsports.com.au

Asked if the Suns had any interest in bundling Picks 15 and 20 together and trading them off to a rival club for an earlier selection, Gold Coast recruiting manager Kall Burns told AFL Media’s Road To The Draft podcast: “Absolutely. That’s a scenario we’re open to and discussions we’ve had with other clubs who potentially want to split their pick. So we’ll work out that.

“We can still trade picks now leading up until a week before the draft, so those conversations are constantly happening. Then the trade will open up again as the draft night commences.”

We need a vote: Is there a less subtle signal in trade period than GCS’s?

 

[Arr0w]

Do we use it to target a specific type eg small forward, mid or just best player?

Best available

 

[Accidental genius]

Best available

Sorry that’s what I meant ..best available. I know that has been sos’s phylisophy all along but at this stage why wouldn’t we go for a player that fills a gap?

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

I know this is very hard to believe, but is it possible AFL trade departments might use the media to signal what might be a win for them. GCS recruitment boss probably doesn’t think so when he said:

Gold Coast already has the strongest hand of the 2019 AFL Draft. It could soon get better

Suns already have AFL’s strongest draft hand. It could soon get better

www.foxsports.com.au

Asked if the Suns had any interest in bundling Picks 15 and 20 together and trading them off to a rival club for an earlier selection, Gold Coast recruiting manager Kall Burns told AFL Media’s Road To The Draft podcast: “Absolutely. That’s a scenario we’re open to and discussions we’ve had with other clubs who potentially want to split their pick. So we’ll work out that.

“We can still trade picks now leading up until a week before the draft, so those conversations are constantly happening. Then the trade will open up again as the draft night commences.”

We need a vote: Is there a less subtle signal in trade period than GCS’s?

Yep, that's about as subtle as MEB's (aka MrsEddieBetts) urge to kick Gil in the nuts

Personally I wouldn't be against trading our pick 9 (if the players we're targeting have already been selected), or MEB kicking Gil in the salada's.

 

[Benaly28]

Yes. Big upgrade on Gibbons.

I think you underestimate Gibbo.

 

[Jeremias]

There are many players that have been released late in their careers, Newnes does have versatility

Maybe, but if he does join, I will be surprised if we see him in any role drastically removed from that which he has played over the course of his career.

Wing and flanks with the occasional run through the guts.

 

[KohPhi]

I think you underestimate Gibbo.

A second full,solid pre season will do wonders for Gibbons. I'm really bullish on his potential.

Edit; as a mid.

 

[Pablito]

Gee that's embarrassing...

Not Newnes, the fact that you based your entire critique on a wildly inaccurate stat.

Has averaged a tick over 2.5 clangers per game for his entire career, and has a disposal efficiency of 74% (almost on par with the much-vaunted Lachie Whitfield).

Where did you pull your number from?

The AFL app.

That's embarrassing alright....

Keep defending the saints whipping boy everyone, we'll see what happens this time next year.

Edit. Wish him all the best btw (especially if we pick him up).

 

[Arr0w]

Sorry that’s what I meant ..best available. I know that has been sos’s phylisophy all along but at this stage why wouldn’t we go for a player that fills a gap?

Draft best available, trade for needs

You don't reach for a type of player

 

[Funk]

Yep - beware the delisted player. When was the last good one we got ??? (although they are a free hit).

I'd read a bit on the Saints board last week and from I could gather he is very much on a downward curve performance wise and a bit of a whipping boy.

Possibly true.

However Playfair was at Saints for last 2 years.

He wouldn’t want his first contribution to be bringing in a lemon.

Patience folks.

 

[Arr0w]

Maybe, but if he does join, I will be surprised if we see him in any role drastically removed from that which he has played over the course of his career.

Wing and flanks with the occasional run through the guts.

That is already vastly different to his last 18 months at the Saints, where he spent most of his time stuck on a HFF

Similar to Knight at the Crows

 

[Funk]

Pick 9 is unlikely to help us too much for 3-4 years though. We needed to use it for a trade that fills a gap in our current list. Eddie will be good for this and maybe next year. Martin good if it happens. Pitonett and newnes we’ll see. Not terribly exciting atm....time will tell.

Chill out AG my man.

Pick 9 can be traded for high 2020 picks - which can then be traded for mature players “that fill gaps”.

Game is not over yet.

 

[Funk]

Is there really an agenda towards Carlton though?

Nup - we’re just unlucky.

 

[Funk]

I'd prefer a pair of au-paires. Gil has contacts aupairently

Gold ^^^^^^^

 

[BigFrizz36]

He’s only ~23 so what’s wrong with 4 years? $500k per year is about the most you’d wanna pay though.

If you were to pay anywhere near $500k a year for Butler there is no way you can be classified as a genius - accidental or not.

 

[Canyouhearthedrums]

Yes. Big upgrade on Gibbons.

Whaaat?

 

[Canyouhearthedrums]

fu** the NB. You dont run your recruiting to satisfy Josh fraser

With respect, that’s nonsense. It’s no coincidence that all the recent Vic based premiers/contenders have had VFL teams at the pointy end of that comp.