Holy Rioli
Premiership Player
Sorry when I said Roos, I meant Paul Roos/Melbourne.That's not true.
It simply means they wanted Himmelberg at 15. Or that North WANTED Heeney at 2 You risk actually getting the player you bid for if the other team don't match. There's no bluff, or calling and seeing. You bid, if they don't match, he's yours.
If they bid, it means they want the player at that pick. No club would waste a valuable pick on a player they don't want.
Prior to Himmelberg, all the draft talk was that Richmond were going to take Rioli, and no one had Himmelberg going that early. Obviously Richmond ended up with Rioli.
By keeping our intentions with Irving to ourselves, if a club reaches for him, it will be because they genuinely want him.
Below is an exert from the Essendon Herald about Essendon keeping clubs honest with father son and academy selections:
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...k/news-story/110aafd3a0775d6a527ee4aad9d5586b
When the AFL changed the bidding system last year it was expected no club would bid the first selection on an academy or father-son prospect.
A matched bid would result in the bottom club selecting again at No.2 and relinquishing the marketability and prestige of boasting the standout player.
But sources confirmed the Bombers were open to the idea to help boost equity in the draft.
Last year the Bombers forced Carlton to take father-son prospect Jack Silvagni at No.53 and rivals welcomed the No.1 possibility.
They do not want a repeat of last year, when Greater Western Sydney secured star midfielders Jacob Hopper and Matthew Kennedy below market price.
Hopper slipped to No.7 despite Carlton finding it hard to split him and No.1 pick Jacob Weitering, while Kennedy was seen as a top-five talent but fell to No.13.
The Bombers chose not to bid on either player.
“We have to make these academy teams pay for the inadequacies of the draft,” one scout said.
“They’ve got a massive advantage and the AFL needs to see that the bottom team didn’t get the best player.
“You might finish on the bottom but get the fourth-best player.”