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[grumbleguts]

Just came here to say we potentially got Ginnivan and a 2nd round upgrade.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Pendlebury staging for frees, Tom going to ground constantly, Cox ineffectual, Sidebottom being rushed… their old guard is looking very shakey.

Will be interesting to see how McRae manages them all and if he can get more out of them.

 

[Brant]

Just came here to say we potentially got Ginnivan and a 2nd round upgrade.

In finance terms, did we just short their 2nd?

 

[TheFourPillars]

 

[theiaofseed]

They can't be stopped.

 

[cryptor]

In finance terms, did we just short their 2nd?

Sleepy Mark is The Wolf of Draft Week

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

The third one is

Third one? First one is chefs kiss worthy.

 

[extractasam]

Second one arguably a free kick ?

He was off for sure but those examples pretty rough

 

[Brant]

Second one arguably a free kick ?

He was off for sure but those examples pretty rough

What are these examples of?

 

[Blackhawk42]

...we could have had him...

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We likely would have taken Gibcus or Amiss if we didn't take Ward. And the last thing we needed at the end of 2021 was another back flanker.

Nas looks fantastic, but there's no point lamenting what could have been.

Archie Perkins on the other hand....

 

[QuietB]

Posted this in the “next club to fall off the cliff” thread a couple of months back. Pies fans didn’t like it, but it’s not looking good for them.


Collingwood are the oldest list in the comp and have 1 player under 28 from the top 10 in the draft on their list. If we push it out to Top 15, they have 2.
We all know Nick Daicos is a supreme talent, but he's going to need more help to fill the void left by the older heads as they leave or decline.

Geelong, who are second oldest, have 2 under 28 from the top 10, but 4 from the Top 15.
Melbourne 3rd oldest list. 3 top 10 picks under 28, and 6 top 15.

I won't go too deep on Brisbane, because they're likely to have 3 number 1 picks on their list by the end of 2024.

Looking at Carlton, they're 6th oldest, 6 top 10 picks under 28 and 9 top 15 picks.

Other Collingwood posters have already conceded that their list manager has a bit of work to do in the next 1-2 years to replace Pendlebury, Cox, Sidebottom, Elliot, Howe Mitchell, Mihocek etc.

It's really not that surprising of a take to say "old players need to be replaced with quality, or you'll dip down".

The other part of that equation is who are their best 5?

Pendlebury but he is on the slide.
Daicos X 2 but both are HBF’s
Moore

DeGoey is not reliable. Who is next? Their group of elite players is actually not that strong.

 

[Sturty]

Naicos definitely sleeps with the light on, bloke was jumping at shadows all night

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Sixpence]

They coughed up a first for Schultz? Oof. Well played Freo.

 

[moginie]

They coughed up a first for Schultz? Oof. Well played Freo.

Yep. And their second is tied to us.

The rebuild might be delayed a bit.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

They coughed up a first for Schultz? Oof. Well played Freo.

They did. Freo always ask for the world.

 

[Sixpence]

They did. Freo always ask for the world.

Getting Pick 2 (Brayshaw) for Lachie Weller was such as massive steal. AFL should have folded GC right there and then for that.

 

[Dr.J]

Just picking up on SYL's earlier post.

Tom Mitchell going to ground at every opportunity is synonymous with a player who'd leg speed is gone.
(not that it was ever his strong suit)
Still knows how to get the ball inside but struggles to do anything when he gets it.

The cliff is very steep at the end and he looks like a player clinging on by the fingernails.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Goes to ground a lot too

Loves those diving handballs. I don't know why players do it. Keeps them out of the next play and I'm quite sure it doesn't make the handball go any further or more accurately.

 

[TylerDurden]

Just picking up on SYL's earlier post.

Tom Mitchell going to ground at every opportunity is synonymous with a player who'd leg speed is gone.
(not that it was ever his strong suit)
Still knows how to get the ball inside but struggles to do anything when he gets it.

The cliff is very steep at the end and he looks like a player clinging on by the fingernails.

He's cooked. But he's got a few mates.
Sidey, Pendles, Cox, Crisp, WHE, Howe, should all hang em up.
Very steep cliff.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

He's cooked. But he's got a few mates.
Sidey, Pendles, Cox, Crisp, WHE, Howe, should all hang em up.
Very steep cliff.

I'm surprised he wasn't subbed off. They were playing him off a HFF for a lot of the time and he just wasn't contributing.

 

[kirbatron]

Yup, said at the time we should reached, saints recent drafting is top tier

(Not to say we just need some patients)

we had an abundance of hbfs & needed mids at the time... can you imagine the outcry had we picked another hbfer over a elite jnr mid

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Second one arguably a free kick ?

He was off for sure but those examples pretty rough

Nothing in them

 

[extractasam]

Nothing in them

Contact below the knees is certainly a FK.

 

[Yardie]

Sleepy Mark is The Wolf of Draft Week

I hope not!