From that finals loss to Sydney, we had Boak, Burton, Dixon, Fevans, Narkle and to a lesser extent in my eyes but not to others, Ratugolea playing.Agree, none of those players should be in our team.
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From that finals loss to Sydney, we had Boak, Burton, Dixon, Fevans, Narkle and to a lesser extent in my eyes but not to others, Ratugolea playing.Agree, none of those players should be in our team.
Tom morris said GC threatened to trade pick 13 separately, which spooked usThis question has possibly been asked but what changed between 7p.m. Monday and Tuesday afternoon? What was added to the Houston deal to suddenly make it more appetizing to our brains trust? Please don't tell me Gold Coast were playing hard ball over clearing Rory Atkins.PLAYERCARDSTART32Rory Atkins
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I have not included Lukosious as we gave up a future first for him and he was originally drafted as the #2 pick and can kick goals which fills a need. Let's hope he turns out better than the last top two Draft Pick forward we traded in.
The reports were that we were originally asking for two first round picks for Dan Houston. I see the pick 13 in the deal but not much else. Richards has played 9 games and no one else wanted Rory AtkinsPLAYERCARDSTART9Dan Houston
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PLAYERCARDENDso they don't come as outstanding 'ins'. The picks #29, #36 and #50 may increase our hand in this year's draft but they are hardly a first round pick to go with the #13, which could finish even lower by the time trading is done.PLAYERCARDSTART32Rory Atkins
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- 185cm
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- 19.9
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- 5.0
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If we pick up consistent AFL performers with the Draft picks received the trade will be viewed as passable but if the majority of these guys are spuds, which could happen, it will be an abject failure. The Draft is a lottery and some very good performers can be picked up between #13 and #50 but there have been some duds in that range as well.
Someone at Alberton must be rapt in the depth in this year's Draft. I guess only time will tell and in that time those responsible will have ****ed off and left someone else to carry the can if things do not work out. TBH I do not know what to feel about this 'mega trade' and it will probably be 3-4 years before any of us can make a factual assessment.
In all of this the cost has been a dual All Australian who has been our most consistent defender and the loss of next year's first round pick. I hope the incoming players are worth the price.
Does this all stem back to the China days when Koch carried on about their red jumper? GC seem happy to lie down and take it when trading to other clubs (Bowes to Geelong, for example) but will play hard ball with us?Tom morris said GC threatened to trade pick 13 separately, which spooked us
Does this all stem back to the China days when Koch carried on about their red jumper? GC seem happy to lie down and take it when trading to other clubs (Bowes to Geelong, for example) but will play hard ball with us?
What has Connors and Cripps being tight done for us?What exactly are we supposed to get out of this relationship with Connors? What has Connors and Cripps being tight done for us?
We've overpaid for fringe players 2 years in a row. We've traded out 2 firsts and one of our best players for peanuts. Yet again Port put being the Care Bears ahead of actually achieving anything.
Is the club aware of how pissed off the supporters are with this trade? Do they care?
Tom morris said GC threatened to trade pick 13 separately, which spooked us
Alternatively, we bundle 50 with Soldo to get someone’s mid-late second rounder. That way we can use his vacated list spot to add another top-40 kid we like, maybe even the big ruck-forward from WA.
Don't forget Atkins.Logan Evans getting even better next year will go some way to cover Houston. Time to also back in Sinn and see if Williams can regain his class from 2023.
Whether we can salvage anything from the Houston trade will ultimately be determined by who we get at pick 29, and by how good Lukosius and Richards can be.
Pick 13 will be judged against whoever is taken as the F1R we gave GC.
So true. We create our own problems over & over again.This plus a F1 for Luko and 29 plus pick upgrades for Ratkins Salary dump, is probably a little better than I had anticipated.
The thing that kills me about this club is this time next year we'll be celebrating how well we've done with our drafting because whoever we draft at pick 13 (or 19 and 21 ffs) did better in their first season than a few top 10 picks.
We consistently start the race by shooting ourselves in the foot and then proclaim "oh we did pretty well considering we got shot" WE DO THIS TO OURSELVES.
We did pretty well in 2023 despite having little ruck or key position quality.
We've done pretty well to get Esava Ratugolea considering Geelong were mean.
Ken's done pretty well despite the supporter base booing him after reading the writing on the walls for the 5th straight year.
We've done pretty well in 2024 despite Davies saying we don't have the list and the SANFL being an inferior reserves competition.
We've done pretty well to scrape over the line against 7th in a final despite having a younger team on the day.
We've done pretty well to get back into this years super draft™ considering we surprisingly had no draft capital at the bit where everyone wants draft capital.
We've done pretty well to squeeze some extra value out of Dan Houston despite his manager putting pressure on us and him wanting to be traded to one of two clubs whilst heavily under contract.