Rumour GFC 2024 Player Trading, Drafting FA, Rumours and Wish lists Pt 2

[cats_09]

Ask and we'll try our best to assist - so here's 2024 Provisional AFL Draft Order

As normal, would like to acknowledge & thank Lore for creating this, keeping it up to date and making it available for all users on BF to use and keep track of the picks ahead of the upcoming draft





I'll also sticky this post to ensure it's easily accessible for discussion of our hypothetical trader

 

[Gee Class Loco]

It’s nearly at that point
Remarkable that port beat the hawks
Still not sure how that happened

Yeah I’m hearing ya.
Glad they did though.
As they were the form danger side this season IMO.

 

[BORIS332]

The question is why wouldn’t we.
Multi positional players.
The key to having a top squad/side.

Why wouldn’t you play a 40 goal forward on a HBF? Maybe because you lose 40 goals?

 

[year of the cat]

Why wouldn’t you play a 40 goal forward on a HBF? Maybe because you lose 40 goals?

When’s he kicked 40 goals for us?

 

[catempire]

I'm pretty sure he'd find something nice to say about my draft chances

“The kid has a great footy brain”

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Doesn’t look like it.

At his and with that injury i cant see how he isnt. But i doubt we announce anything til trade week.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Wonder what Nick thinks of the colour blue...

We are still chasing bryan i know that but i think he will stay.

 

[iameviljez]

Why wouldn’t you play a 40 goal forward on a HBF? Maybe because you lose 40 goals?

The guy's maximum output in any one year, btw, is 24 goals.

 

[Lana]

Mackie is a thief

 

[iameviljez]

Mackie is a thief

I know. He stole my heart, too.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Mackie is a thief

If you mean esava yes he is (although edwards needs to make it for it to be really good).

 

[Reg Hickey]

FA and priority picks you can say affect your pick but F&S and Academy ones not really

Below is purely an example

Geelong has pick 15 before any academy/ F&S picks

Crows bid at pick 2 for Daicos and then pick what ever player at the pick once it is matched Geelong's pick is pushed out to 16

Freo bid at pick 6 for Ashcroft and pick another player again Geelong's pick is pushed out to 17

Add 3 more players for F&S and academy bids and Geelong's pick is now out to 20.

That is 5 players taken off the board that Geelong was never going to be able to pick which leaves them with the best available at that pick what ever it be 15 or pushed out to 20/25/30 it doesn't matter.

In no world was any top 18 F&S or Academy pick actually on the board for anyone except the team who they are the F&S from or an academy player for them.

N Daicos was only ever going to Coll, JUH (due to bullshit) was only ever going to the Dogs, Ashcroft to Bris etc etc they were never on the board.

Now due to the way matching works early picks get pushed back but later picks can come in a lot depending on what picks are used to match.

Either way the whole draft system needs an overhaul or it is fast becoming pointless.

How they could fix or at least un-**** the draft somewhat has already been stated in this thread.

1 get rid of FA compensation
2 stop giving priority picks for clubs ****ing up and let them sink or swim
3 adjust the DVI for F&S and Academy players so you actually have to use good picks to match

You're right, we were never in the hunt for N Daicos, JUH or Ashcroft.

But we were never in the hunt for Harley Reid, McKercher, Cadman or Sheezel either.

A F/S taken ahead of our pick means that player was rated that high by whoever bid on him, and it takes that talent out of the draft WITHOUT using up a draft pick, and that alone reduces the value of our pick simply because it means more talent has been taken out before our pick.

Again, if our pick is at 15, we get the 15ht best player in the draft. If it is pushed out to 25, we get the 25th best player in the draft. And in terms of trade value that DOES matter, irrespective how the picks ahead of ours were taken.

That's F/S and Academy picks. As for FA and priority picks, they are simply added picks that can be used on any player. There is simply no possible argument that they do not devalue every pick that comes after them.

So I repeat, to say that our pick being pushed out doesn't affect its value is just plain wrong.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

“The kid has a great footy brain”

I think shifter would say I made up for my lack of skill, motivation, and athleticism with being a great team man