List Mgmt. Draft Needs 2018 #2: Rankine / Lukosius / Rozee / Hately, I'm knocking Woodcock out the box, daily!

[Sanders]

We can’t afford to develop them in the NEAFL and then loose them just when they are developing

How tight are they?

 

[Sanders]

To be honest , I'm more confident Dew ,Francou , Tate Kaesler knowledge more on how to build spine than you .All three actually coaches team in higher level .

What is the basis for this confidence???

Their track record perhaps

 

[Thunderstruck]

First 3 picks done, I've gone for Caldwell, Jones and Collier-Dawkins so far. Last one was a very hard call between about 4 players.

 

[craig crowing]

[nQUOTE="Wayne's-World, post: 58702384, member: 8907"]Is Rankine & Lukosius best mates ? .... or is that just implied ?[/QUOTE]
No as far as I know Luko was friends with Rozee.

 

[hey shorty]

Where's old Splinterdick being projected these days?

Late pick still

 

[hey shorty]

To be honest , I'm more confident Dew ,Francou , Tate Kaesler knowledge more on how to build spine than you .All three actually coaches team in higher level .

Kaesler hasn't and Francou is unproven. Your whole club is a joke, why would these guys be any better

 

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Disagree. Build your spine first. Their spine looks ordinary going forward.

Gold coast has been down that path, Did not work. So now the time they followed the Hawthorn, Geelong, Richmond path of having a dominant Midfield and one or two KPP,
Their defensive talls look Good enough to cope if they had a Midfield capable of standing up, they have a couple of tall Forward capable, add Luko and they are set in that area, but they do not have depth in the middle and they need pace. A great spine is useless if you don't win the ball.

 

[Shaz2012]

Gold coast has been down that path, Did not work. So now the time they followed the Hawthorn, Geelong, Richmond path of having a dominant Midfield and one or two KPP,
Their defensive talls look Good enough to cope if they had a Midfield capable of standing up, they have a couple of tall Forward capable, add Luko and they are set in that area, but they do not have depth in the middle and they need pace. A great spine is useless if you don't win the ball.

Off the top of my head that is the path they have been going down with their recent drafting. Hasn’t worked for them either.

 

[Bicks]

First 3 picks done, I've gone for Caldwell, Jones and Collier-Dawkins so far. Last one was a very hard call between about 4 players.

Good to see you're on the Caldwell train too....

 

[Peel67skin]

Off the top of my head that is the path they have been going down with their recent drafting. Hasn’t worked for them either.

It Take time , Clayton was GC previous list manager , and now Craig Cameron,Evans and Dew are cleaning the mess . Not going to take a season to clean all out . Blind Freddy also can see Dew don't actually rate what Clayton pick and Trade ( Barlow / Lyons /Scrimshaw ) . Not sure is his game plan or other matter.

 

[Crow Envy]

Same school and played a lot of footy together, Luko said he would love to keep playing with Rankine

 

[Golumless]

Not sure he was ever best mates with betts.

They might be, but equally, people massively overvalue the value of friendships/mentoring when it comes to retaining players.

 

[Thunderstruck]

Good to see you're on the Caldwell train too....

Oath, was wetting the bed that he would be taken before Ben King as I didn't want to take King with our first but fortunately King then went the pick before making my decision easy. Without his issues he's a top 5 talent.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Also wouldn't surprise me if Port end up taking an interstater with their first pick.

Smith ? A king wouldn’t surprise either

 

[Thunderstruck]

Smith ? A king wouldn’t surprise either

Yea Smith or a King

 

[Tobster]

Blood is thicker than water (mateship).

GC have a rare opportunity to get key position twins who have been rated extremely highly in a very strong draft year.

Elite spines are harder to find and take longer to develop. Their #1 issue is retention. How do you fix that?


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[Golumless]

Blood is thicker than water (mateship).

GC have a rare opportunity to get key position twins who have been rated extremely highly in a very strong draft year.

Elite spines are harder to find and take longer to develop. Their #1 issue is retention. How do you fix that?


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Blood is not that thick either.

How do you fix retention of your elite is try to prioritise local talent (and GC has a huge advantage here with academies), stringent management of cap space and being a good side. Equally not being afraid to sacrifice your mid tier players to keep these top end players when the time comes to doing that.

Drafting the Kings brothers because they are brothers doesn't fix anything on it's own.

 

[Bicks]

Oath, was wetting the bed that he would be taken before Ben King as I didn't want to take King with our first but fortunately King then went the pick before making my decision easy. Without his issues he's a top 5 talent.

What odds we end up with a pair of Xavier's draft wise?? Reckon they are both the type Hamish would be all over??

 

[Iva Bigun]

Exactly and those picks won’t be 8 and 13 they will be much lower..intact I would think a first rounder would be enough for an out of contract player.. they will both get sick of losing infront of 8000 people on weekly basis pretty quickly...

There is actually a strong AFL support base on the GC it just hasn’t been tapped into as we have been so poor on the field. Our crowds apart from last year stack up favourable again GWS which is encouraging considering how they have performed

We are never going to be a big club but a crowd of 20k is very achievable if we start winning

 

[Iva Bigun]

How tight are they?

I would be lying if I said I know, media indications are very


But then again it is the media

 

[Iva Bigun]

Blood is not that thick either.

How do you fix retention of your elite is try to prioritise local talent (and GC has a huge advantage here with academies), stringent management of cap space and being a good side. Equally not being afraid to sacrifice your mid tier players to keep these top end players when the time comes to doing that.

Drafting the Kings brothers because they are brothers doesn't fix anything on it's own.

Our academy is no doubt an advantage if used correctly but we have been starved of funds to support it. And while it is a geographically large area It is sparsely populated and pro league. The GWS academy that borders on the NSW - Vic boarder is an strong AFL area and fruitful.

 

[Shaz2012]

Our academy is no doubt an advantage if used correctly but we have been starved of funds to support it. And while it is a geographically large area It is sparsely populated and pro league. The GWS academy that borders on the NSW - Vic boarder is an strong AFL area and fruitful.

Tough break with Scott. Will you take any of your academy kids? Any worth bidding on?

 

[Iva Bigun]

Tough break with Scott. Will you take any of your academy kids? Any worth bidding on?

We will, 2 of them but they are unlikely to attract much interest.

A third option as a rookie is M Spencer he was delisted last year and to me and many others showed significant understanding of the game, closing speed and vertical leap as a 3rd tall . I am hopeful he finds a way back onto the list but atm it seem Charlie Ballard has taken his spot. bTW he (Charlie) is a great guy, always smiling, up for a chat and loving the life on the Coast

 

[Cap]

Our academy is no doubt an advantage if used correctly but we have been starved of funds to support it. And while it is a geographically large area It is sparsely populated and pro league. The GWS academy that borders on the NSW - Vic boarder is an strong AFL area and fruitful.

Why is the club starved of funds?

Has the AFL dropped the ball or where they expecting more private investment?

 

[Sanders]

I would be lying if I said I know, media indications are very


But then again it is the media

Wish