Rumour GFC 2020 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt2

[cats_09]

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[Grimoz]

They may want someone still available come our pick 27, but they have no list spots available - hence being willing to trade it to us

I know, it was tongue in cheek.

 

[CatsDoItBetter]

If we bid on Rioli with our second pick will the tigers match? Would love a Rioli in our team.

 

[ibuprofen]

Archie Perkins is an interesting one, I wonder how far he could fall. I remember one recruiter saying making demands like that is not the problem itself, its a weakness to want a career "conditionally". You want guys who just want it, not want it "subject to". Basically, they get a red flag because they don't want it enough.

 

[Two Planks]

My stab in the dark is as follows

Trade 51 and FR2 (Ess) to Richmond for 17.

Then we trade 17 and 27 to North or Freo for pick 11 or 12.

We select Bruhn or Henry.

Draft night over

 

[ibuprofen]

The other thing I wonder is, will clubs draft delisted players just so they don't have to take draft picks? Its been a bit quiet on that space but if they did, it could shrink the draft even further.

 

[David the Cat]

I am extremely confident he’ll be gone before pick 35 at the latest

I hope he gets to us and no further...

 

[CatsDoItBetter]

I get the feeling that with live trading there is still a lot to play out tonight, will be very interesting. Maybe GC might want someone again and give us a future 1st for pick 27

The suns are already getting their best players without having to use a pick on top of having pick 5. Plus they have a huge list of over 50 players. Hence why they don’t care about losing pick 27.

 

[dazbroncos]

Seems as thought us international types have got no draft coverage.....
www.watchafl.com.au has no stream for it or even and ads that its happening.

AFL website says you need an AFL live app to watch it - which you get from Telstra.... which clearly i dont have...

We shall see

GO Catters

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Pretty sure Rookies get 2 years off the bat.

1 year for cat A rookies 2 years for cat b.

 

[dazbroncos]

Seems as thought us international types have got no draft coverage.....
www.watchafl.com.au has no stream for it or even and ads that its happening.

AFL website says you need an AFL live app to watch it - which you get from Telstra.... which clearly i dont have...

We shall see

GO Catters

scratch that....

magically updated now lol

GO Catters

 

[Pure_Ownage]

My stab in the dark is as follows

Trade 51 and FR2 (Ess) to Richmond for 17.

Then we trade 17 and 27 to North or Freo for pick 11 or 12.

We select Bruhn or Henry.

Draft night over

Problem is richmond wont want to do it til pick 17 is on the clock and we have passed 12. But would love that.

 

[David the Cat]

My final

27 Ford
51 Baldwin/Winder/Berry

I can now confidently predict that those nominations will not be considered by Geelong's draft team...

 

[STPer18]

Some kid from a ten-person town in rural SA with our first.

 

[David the Cat]

Seems as thought us international types have got no draft coverage.....
www.watchafl.com.au has no stream for it or even and ads that its happening.

AFL website says you need an AFL live app to watch it - which you get from Telstra.... which clearly i dont have...

We shall see

GO Catters

Good thing we have Rudy Guiliani representing us ex-pats seeking draft coverage.

 

[ibuprofen]

My final

27 Ford
51 Baldwin/Winder/Berry

I can now confidently predict that those nominations will not be considered by Geelong's draft team...

I'm pretty similar.

I would go one of:

Baldwin/Kolar/McMahon/Rosman

and, one of:

Coleman/Winder/Ford

In no particular order. I don't really mind and the picks are closer together.

If we're guessing I'll say:

27. Coleman (no match)
51. Rosman

 

[Two Planks]

Problem is richmond wont want to do it til pick 17 is on the clock and we have passed 12. But would love that.

Didn't think of that

 

[year of the cat]

If we stay as we are then I think we will go tall.

27 - C.Fleeton
51 - L.McMahon

 

[BennyGan]

seems like this thread is a lot higher on Eddie Ford than everyone else.

 

[you pick one]

27 Highmore or Brand
51 Rosman or Henry Walsh

 

[David the Cat]

Kaine Baldwin concedes some AFL clubs might be “scared off’’ by his consecutive serious knee injuries which have seen him become one of the biggest mysteries of this year’s draft.

Once tipped as a certain top-10 selection, the Glenelg key forward has hardly played a game in two years after twice shredding his right knee.

While the rest of SA’s top draft talent were showing off their physical qualities to recruiters at the SA AFL Draft Combine two weeks ago, Baldwin was undergoing medical testing and hoping clubs would look favourably on his scans.

“It’s a bit concerning for me,’’ the 18-year-old said.

“In terms of my durability, some clubs could be scared off.

“But I’m hoping the scans will look all right and that I’ll be given a chance to play somewhere.’’

Baldwin, a 194cm key forward who has been likened to Richmond premiership forward Tom Lynch, was named in the Australian under-17 team last year before breaking down.

Then, when he was on the comeback trail in a league internal trial match in March, he injured the same knee.

Baldwin initially thought his latest injury, which occurred when he planted his right foot to shepherd for a teammate as he braced for impact, was innocuous.

He continued playing for five minutes and kicked a goal, on his damaged leg, from 15 metres out, before realising something wasn’t right and leaving the field.

Scans revealed an 80 per cent tear of his rebuilt ACL and he underwent a second reconstruction.

Baldwin said his surgeon, former Adelaide Crows rover Matthew Liptak, was confident his knee would now hold together, although a second major surgery means he has a “five-to-10 per cent’’ greater chance of re-injuring the knee.

He described his latest setback as “devastating’’ but after recovering from surgery he attacked his rehabilitation with the same work ethic and discipline as the first.

Highly regarded for his professionalism and leadership as much as his football, Baldwin expects to play again in April or May.

“I’m not giving my injury too much thought at the moment and am just trying to get through my Year 12 exams (at Westminster School) but I’ve still had some interest from clubs,’’ he said.

“I’m confident I’ll be okay moving forward, so I’m just continuing with my rehab and studies and we’ll see how things pan out.

“Clubs haven’t been able to see much of me in the past two years but hopefully they look at what I was able to do in my under-16s year and see the potential I have.’’

 

[you pick one]

seems like this thread is a lot higher on Eddie Ford than everyone else.

Wonder if it would be the same if his name was Eddie Hyundai.

 

[Vdubs]

If you want the Eagles to win the flag every year, sure.

There is Freo.
I did not mind the zone principle.
We would get to keep all our Falcons.
We are not like USA paying our players exorbitantly.
Too many Victorian teams does upset that zone system unfortunately

 

[Pure_Ownage]

I'm pretty similar.

I would go one of:

Baldwin/Kolar/McMahon/Rosman

and, one of:

Coleman/Winder/Ford

In no particular order. I don't really mind and the picks are closer together.

If we're guessing I'll say:

27. Coleman (no match)
51. Rosman

Brisbane will match Coleman imo.

If we stay as we are i predict we take baldwin at 27 and fleeton at 51 but i would love us to take ford.

 

[Strange Cat]

My final

27 Ford
51 Baldwin/Winder/Berry

I can now confidently predict that those nominations will not be considered by Geelong's draft team...

This is the way

 

[you pick one]

Kaine Baldwin concedes some AFL clubs might be “scared off’’ by his consecutive serious knee injuries which have seen him become one of the biggest mysteries of this year’s draft.

Once tipped as a certain top-10 selection, the Glenelg key forward has hardly played a game in two years after twice shredding his right knee.

While the rest of SA’s top draft talent were showing off their physical qualities to recruiters at the SA AFL Draft Combine two weeks ago, Baldwin was undergoing medical testing and hoping clubs would look favourably on his scans.

“It’s a bit concerning for me,’’ the 18-year-old said.

“In terms of my durability, some clubs could be scared off.

“But I’m hoping the scans will look all right and that I’ll be given a chance to play somewhere.’’

Baldwin, a 194cm key forward who has been likened to Richmond premiership forward Tom Lynch, was named in the Australian under-17 team last year before breaking down.

Then, when he was on the comeback trail in a league internal trial match in March, he injured the same knee.

Baldwin initially thought his latest injury, which occurred when he planted his right foot to shepherd for a teammate as he braced for impact, was innocuous.

He continued playing for five minutes and kicked a goal, on his damaged leg, from 15 metres out, before realising something wasn’t right and leaving the field.

Scans revealed an 80 per cent tear of his rebuilt ACL and he underwent a second reconstruction.

Baldwin said his surgeon, former Adelaide Crows rover Matthew Liptak, was confident his knee would now hold together, although a second major surgery means he has a “five-to-10 per cent’’ greater chance of re-injuring the knee.

He described his latest setback as “devastating’’ but after recovering from surgery he attacked his rehabilitation with the same work ethic and discipline as the first.

Highly regarded for his professionalism and leadership as much as his football, Baldwin expects to play again in April or May.

“I’m not giving my injury too much thought at the moment and am just trying to get through my Year 12 exams (at Westminster School) but I’ve still had some interest from clubs,’’ he said.

“I’m confident I’ll be okay moving forward, so I’m just continuing with my rehab and studies and we’ll see how things pan out.

“Clubs haven’t been able to see much of me in the past two years but hopefully they look at what I was able to do in my under-16s year and see the potential I have.’’

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