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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
If the game went another quarter we would've won so we're really moral premiers.Do I have to explain this again?
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Games that go 5 quarters. Or 5 fifths to be precise. Interesting. If that fails we could try 6 until Carlton eventually win. Or the players drop deadIf the game went another quarter we would've won so we're really moral premiers.
i am basing my argument on sides that bottomed out and took way too long to go up again. Swans Cats Pies , yes the Hawks, are constantly up there without high draft picks.What? Clubs win flags based off high picks all the time.
Hawthorn 3-peat:
Franklin - Pick 5
Roughead - Pick 2
Lewis - Pick 7
Hodge - Pick 2
Cyril & Birchall - Pick 12 & 14
Richmond 3 flags in 4 years:
Dusty - Pick 3
Cotchin - Pick 2
Riewoldt - Pick 13
Melbourne in '21 were littered with high picks.
Brisbane spent years at the bottom collecting high picks who played on the weekend - and look to be set up for a dynasty off the back of it.
That's 8 of the last 11 flags that have been won by clubs who have valued high picks - so you're just so blatantly wrong it's not funny.
I assume you're basing your argument off the fact that Collingwood don't believe in the draft, but let's just clear up that: Collingwood pinched a flag off the back of:
N Daicos - projected Pick 1-2
D Moore - Projected top 5 who you got as F/S for pick 9
Quaynor - Projected 1st round who you got as NGA.
De Goey - Pick 5
Once again, you don't get near a flag without those 4. Let's also not forget you got Pendlebury for Pick 5 who has been the rock for 20 years in keeping you competitive.
The 'draft is overrated' approach is losing its merit imo. Clubs are falling over themselves to access the draft this year before Tassie comes in, if draft picks were overrated then they wouldn't be doing that.
i am basing my argument on sides that bottomed out and took way too long to go up again. Swans Cats Pies , yes the Hawks, are constantly up there without high draft picks.
lol Tigers , they had 3. They stayed up there for longer than they should have with free agents.
Carlton has had about 15 and cant get anywhere. North have had heaps but are miles off it. Gold Coast have had heaps but are miles off it, Dogs have had a couple but they never bottomed out, father son and academy picks have helped them (the system isnt fair and i am saying this as a Naicos fanatic)
Anyway i am glad you are happy with all your high draft picks, long may you get them, you seem to be on the right track again
Swans have an academy - not comparable. They're also making a habit of getting belted in Grand Finals.
Geelong have a monopoly on their geographic location - not comparable.
Collingwood would be bottom 6 if not for their F/S & NGA selections. If they remain a threat post 2025, I'll be seriously impressed.
Erm, Hawks build their 3-peat with high picks, then traded AWAY their high picks (for O'Meara, Mitchell etc) then fell to the bottom. It's literally the opposite of what you're saying.
Again, the opposite. They stayed up until they canned the draft and traded picks away for Taranto & Hopper, then what happened? Their 2017 flag had about 9 first rounders playing.
It takes time. The only team you listed behind schedule really is Carlton.
Now, let's list the teams that have gotten nowhere over the years by going to the 'ignore the draft' method.
Essendon trading the farm for Shiel, Stringer, Smith, Saad etc.
North under Scott
St Kilda post 2010 under Lyon
Richmond for Taranto & Hopper
Hawthorn for O'Meara/Mitchell et al
Adelaide end of 2017 recruiting Gibbs.
From 2014-2024, flags have been won by teams who have rebuilt via the draft. But yeah nah, the draft is overrated. The Norm Smith medalist is a #1 pick ffs, your best player was projected #1 if not for junior injuries.
You're just clinging onto hope Collingwoods method will pay off.
I'm happy with our core of players we got through the draft, since ignoring the draft and trading picks away, our depth looks worse. I hope we keep pick 11 this year.
Have the Pie supporters eaten all the tacos yet
Yes, I had 60 my partner had 0.
That was before the dinner siren.
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It hurts me to say this. But I do see Carlton winning a flag sooner than you all think.That should have said almost seventy years my bad!
Carlton are getting as crazy and unpredictable as Port fans towards Ken Hinkley.... AlmostWow they have turned on Vossy on the Carlton board.
Oh no.It hurts me to say this. But I do see Carlton winning a flag sooner than you all think.
They are following a similar path than a recent flag winner in the last 5 years
Three flags in sixty five years would suggest otherwise, but at least the Pies don't make a Sydney Swans style holy show of themselves in grand finals.Carlton should be better in 2025.. "SHOULD" but its Carlton we are talking about and the culture at the Pies seems to always prevail
I know we play in so many it's hard to keep track, but 2003 wasn't our finest day...Three flags in sixty five years would suggest otherwise, but at least the Pies don't make a Sydney Swans style holy show of themselves in grand finals.
To be fair to the Pies the last arse kicking they were on the receiving end of in a grand final was against Richmond in 1980.
What can I say? Nobody’s perfect - but we get pretty darn close.I know we play in so many it's hard to keep track, but 2003 wasn't our finest day...
Let me guess....Yes, I had 60 my partner had 0.
That was before the dinner siren.
Indeed.What can I say? Nobody’s perfect - but we get pretty darn close.
2003Three flags in sixty five years would suggest otherwise, but at least the Pies don't make a Sydney Swans style holy show of themselves in grand finals.
To be fair to the Pies the last arse kicking they were on the receiving end of in a grand final was against Richmond in 1980.
It's the only Tigers flag win i enjoy watching to tell you the truth!
11 months before Essendon's last finals win2003
No wonder they remember those years so well...11 months before Essendon's last finals win
I forgot that one. There's been so many Pies grand final defeats over the years it's hard to remember them all.2003
You blokes would love the chance to shit the bed in a GF. You have to settle for 1 prelim every 25 years though. CuteI forgot that one. There's been so many Pies grand final defeats over the years it's hard to remember them all.