Speculation Kysaiah Pickett [RFA 2027]

[gungho]

Unless Darcy has a ripper year and can prove he can stay on the park no club is paying a top 10 pick for an over priced ruck who seems to be in rehab for half a season every year.

It's all going to come down to his performance this year. Play 22 games and finish in the top 5 in the Doig and he is worth a first rounder. Play 15 games and he's worth a second rounder. Play no games and he's worth a packet of Samboy chips.

 

[King Huskii]

I'm not the one saying FlagDees...

Neither am I. You are very fixated on freo though.

 

[Obeanie1]

It's all going to come down to his performance this year. Play 22 games and finish in the top 5 in the Doig and he is worth a first rounder. Play 15 games and he's worth a second rounder. Play no games and he's worth a packet of Samboy chips.

15 games isn't s bad result as long as he is playing finals.

 

[MadMundy]

I don't blame Pickett for wanting to come and play for us honestly.

 

[Mich0]

If we ended up giving three firsts to bring Kozzy over I could live with it. I would expect nothing less than a GF appearance for 26 and 27 so those would essentially be 17+.

I just personally don’t think that’s what the deal will end up being though but I guess we’ll see

Gone are the days where first rounders are actually guarantee top 18 picks.

The big question is if Melbourne perform in 2025 or if you slide further and the wheels fall off. I assume you will have a new coach if it is the later and it will probably be a good opportunity to cash in on any players who don’t want to be there.

Bolton deal is close in value but Freo can only trade what they have and 2 first rounders is fair for a small forward, even though he is a top shelf one. Maybe a fringe player in a position of need for the Dee’s as steak knives depending also how Freo go and how our team looks.

We’re not forcing anybody out who wants to stay though.

To be fair if our wheels fall off, I wouldn’t be against us doing a Richmond fire sale of Trac/Pickett/Oliver and Petty and hit the draft with 8-10 first rounders.

 

[eaglevision]

Gone are the days where first rounders are actually guarantee top 18 picks.


To be fair if our wheels fall off, I wouldn’t be against us doing a Richmond fire sale of Trac/Pickett/Oliver and Petty and hit the draft with 8-10 first rounders.

Would say if that was in the thinking then last year would have been the year it was done. The brass clearly think you have a flag list, and to be fair you probably do until you get to the F50.

 

[AstonSouffle]

I don't understand all of this Flagmantle talk. I heard it last year after you poached Luke Jackson and you guys came 10th.

Because it's fun and has a good ring to it, obviously most Freo fans are jilted lovers who constantly suspect Fremantle will break their hearts all over again... but nevertheless we endure, and we support.

If it does end up happening that would be amazing, I'd probably get a Freo tattoo lol

 

[Purple Suit]

Is he really though?
Consider these points:

• No other team in the competition ties up big money for 2 x ruckman.
• No team in the comp (sans Melbourne) have won a premiership in the last 10 years with a dominating and highly paid ruck.
• Good and competitive rucks (Jordan Sweet, Lloyd Meek) can be bought relatively cheaply - in both draft capital and salary.

Considering all of the above, is it wise for Freo to tie up a huge chunk of salary in 2 ruckman, and, is Darcy actually more important than Pickett? (He's definitely not more important than Warner. That's not even a discussion).

Our game plan works a lot better when we have Darcy dominating. It’s why we missed finals last year. He looks fit as for once and could dominate again. He’s completely worth the money if he’s giving silver service to the mids.

So it’s is a discussion that Darcy does more for Freo than Warner in our current team.