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One of them will be clohesy (unless someone picks him in the ND) so he isnt exactly new.
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One of them will be clohesy (unless someone picks him in the ND) so he isnt exactly new.
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Clark or mid p7.
P58 best kpd
Rookie A-mckenna riccardi and a project ruck
Rookie b clohesy
Would be a good haul.
Yes it would be.
We will have added a lot of potential mid the last two years, perhaps we add another mature or two as FA in 23 but the group looks strong.
Henry,Bruhn,P7 and I look forward to seeing the second stringers can do. Chlosey, Willis, Dempsey etc ..From what I have seen Chloesy has a good chance of developing into a player ... good roll of the dice as a rook.
Winning can change perspective ..and being thumped can do that as well. Imagine us being the Swans in the GF.
As it stands.. we look strong in most positions, and the "Stanley Stratagem" added the extra height down back while allowing our smaller defenders to play tall and short as required. Hawkins perhaps but players of his type do not get replaced..one just picks other to play the role when he is done. If not Neale then its probably a different type of forward structure.
The p58 is probably the most uncertain therefore most interesting as its the most unknown.... and we may not know till the end of the draft.
Riccardi ? He will not be Rookie B .. or do you know of them looking at someone else.
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They have announced the rookie (Riccardi and Chlosu)… but I understand they already have 2 for rookie B including one from Ireland
I don’t know who - but understand one might be from Ireland (maybe even the boy who didn’t come last year - but not sure).
Suspect the other is from athletics or something?
I don’t think Clohesy can be a rookie b? Am I missing a non sport or international Connection? I think he and Riccardi are the rookie A’s to add to Dempsey
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If we take Clohesy post draft as we've committed then he'd be Cat B as an NGA like Schlensog was
I love your point about how different the world looks if we got beaten by 10 goals rather than won by 10. All the plans in the world would have been thrown out based on one result… too old, play the youth etc….
as it stands it is hard to not think of that grand final team (less selwood plus Holmes) as the best 22 (not just for Cats but in the competition!). And so you get “stressed” thinking about how they get a game into…
Jack, O Henry, Tanner, Scratcher, Dempsey, Mitch, Simpson, Toby, and the others yet to debut, Pick 7 let alone menagola and any other suprise packets this draft…
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FS are cat a rookies (if they get through ND) as simpson was.
Clohesy is an NGA (has an international parent) and they are cat b rookies if they get through ND.
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Nah he wont come back from swimming now hes too old to seriously make a go of afl.
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That last sentence is stuck in my mind:
1st rounder, 1st rounder, 1st rounder, most promising kpf we've had in fair while, biggest natural talent we've had in ages, high upside 2nd rounder, one of the better finals performers we've had, high upside 2nd round ruck, and the others yet to debut, Pick 7 let alone a guy unlucky not be AA 40 odd games ago and any other suprise packets this draft...
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I'm just trying to consider who it could be.
Oisin come back home to a place you've never known!
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Correct. Club press release has committed to taking riccardi as a cat a rookie and clohesy as a cat b rookie if no one else nabs them in the nd (if they get through the nd they get auto pre selected to our cat a and b rookie list).
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Ricca is a cat a rookie.
Mckenna if he comes is a cat a rookie.
Clohesy will be a cat b rookie (unless another club gets him first) so we could only take one more cat b rookie.
Well when you put it like that….even more exciting!
Busslinger hardly touched it in the WAFL seniors but killed it in the Colts... Also good stats at the Nationals level.
Maybe his shoulder was no good by the time he moved into the seniors? Although I'm assuming he played some good national games after playing WAFL ones.
Anyway... I love everything I see about Busslinger... But those WAFL stats are not something I'm hanging to give a top 10 pick for.
If those numbers in the WAFL is just a sign of him going up to the next level, it def shows how long he has to go before he is a factor in the AFL.
SDK, who is a special talent took 3 years to shine (and that's pretty fast for a key position player).
Maybe his shoulder was no good by the time he moved into the seniors? Although I'm assuming he played some good national games after playing WAFL ones.
Anyway... I love everything I see about Busslinger... But those WAFL stats are not something I'm hanging to give a top 10 pick for.
If those numbers in the WAFL is just a sign of him going up to the next level, it def shows how long he has to go before he is a factor in the AFL.
SDK, who is a special talent took 3 years to shine (and that's pretty fast for a key position player).
I think your point about SDK is well made and relevant for whoever we take as a tall. You could argue that now is the right time to take a top 10 key position as we don’t need someone with immediate impact for a few years. That does mean we sacrifice a top 10 mid (clarke) but again we don’t need that for a few years either given our depth
so either way we are just tying to get a high quality player for 2025 onward. From what I have seen you are better (if you can afford the time) to pick key position players early as a lot of late ones don’t work out. Ie, nearly every quality KPf in the league right now was a high draft pick (or father son/academy). and a lot of the KPD were as well (some picked as forwards!)
that says to me that we have a once in a decade chance to pick a high quality tall. Going against what it looks like will happen is to get another high quality mid.
Absolutely true, though it's an easy way to burn a top-10 pick.
2015 draft is a case in point. Out of the top ten, the following were at least a pass: Weitering, Mills, Oliver, Parish, Hopper, Harry McKay.
The following were the fails: Schache, Francis, Ah Chee and Weidemann.
Overall, though, I agree with you.
Lets find an athletic kid that kid that is as keen as mustard and just needs time. I dont mind the idea of Philips ...if he has the athletic traits to play the afl game if not pick a kid who may be a Hail Mary ..but who cares ...its P50 plus
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A couple tall defenders that aren't heralded much.
2 WA talls' in Hugh Davies & Jed Adams.
Central District's captain Brodie Tuck. Plays both Key Back & Forward.
I'll even mention Ziggy TOLEDO as a dark horse.
That Hail Mary is gonna be interesting... I can't wait.
might be we do not get a hint or maybe not till almost draft time.... but we have a good record with those last pick no names.
I have menioned a couple of hose before ... ziggy is worth call jus on his name alone...
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