List Mgmt. Mid-Season Draft - Who do we take?
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That could quite well be the case. Part of it might be that there is a player we like and are putting out crap info to get other teams off the trail. We are a fair way back in the pick order for this draft which means the best of the younger crop that might be worth a shot will likely be gone by our pick.
Johnny Rutten
Anarchy for the AFC, it's coming sometime...
Maybe we just rort the system and pick up a top-notch SANFL midfielder like Jordan Foote, Sam Colquhoun, Abe Davis or Aidan Tropiano for a tilt at the SANFL flag?
Just kidding, folks.
Just kidding, folks.
- Mar 20, 2004
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Do you honestly think a mature age recruit would help us solve this problem without any AFL pre-season with the team?
Serious?!
Shit Adam Richardson dominated SANFL as the best KPF at the time, we got him, he had a full pre-season with the team and still couldn't hack it. I highly doubt there is a KPF out there that would made immediate impact for us. Let's be real!
Deaneus!
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Agree - fitness would be a problem.
Although i'd happily pick up a star KPF if they could take a contested mark like nobody's business, and i'd tell them don't bother running, we'll bomb it to you in the square
Deaneus!
We Await Silent Tristero's Empire
Do we even have a pick?
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
Yes, Doedee is an LTI.
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Rolling the dice blind against all odds is not exactly the smart thing to do. I would have thought getting games into young key forwards already on the list would be a smarter move. Hell moving Keath or Talia (both of whom have played some junior footy at CHF) would also be a better option than drafting someone who happens to be tall and can take a contested grab.
Should we bring back Ken McGregor?
I can understand wanting Fog to get more games but do you really want Hartigan the bull butcher lining up for set shots? You want Alex Keath who has just cemeted his spot as one of the comps best intercept defenders to move forward?
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Pick 12.
It's weird that afl.com.au are classing Dunn as the reason - he was replaced on the list by Magden (and today that's swapped for Wells, with Dunn back on the Primary List). Can't promote a Cat B AND have a MSR pick.
(I reckon it's actually for Sam Murray - if they are allowed to do that for druggies)
NAB AFL MID-SEASON ROOKIE DRAFT ORDER
FIRST ROUND
1. Carlton (Tomas Bugg)
2. Gold Coast (Harrison Wigg)
3. Melbourne (Aaron Nietschke)
4. Sydney (Kurt Tippett)
5. North Melbourne (Ed Vickers-Willis)
6. Western Bulldogs (Liam Picken)
7. Essendon (Devon Smith)
8. St Kilda (Paddy McCartin)
9. Port Adelaide (Jake Patmore)
10. Hawthorn (Tim Mohr)
11. Fremantle (Matt Taberner)
12. Adelaide (Tom Doedee)
13. Richmond (Shaun Grigg)
14. Collingwood (Lynden Dunn)
SECOND ROUND
15. Gold Coast (Rory Thompson)
16. Sydney (Heath Grundy)
17. Western Bulldogs (Tom Boyd)
18. Essendon (Joe Daniher or Sam Draper)
Every one of the players you mentioned would be a better option than someone form a state league who would be coming in from a lesser competition without any knowledge of the game plan, structures, leading patterns etc to come in and provide us with a marking forward.
C'mon man think about it. It would be hard enough to incorporate an AFL player from another club mid-season let alone essentially an amateur footballer into a professional environment.
- Jan 6, 2018
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The draft in isolation seems pointless from the intended outcomes atm. In conjunction with mid-season trading it's easier to see an immediate benefit for some clubs in theory.
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Finishing midtable this year is fine, other years I'd agree.
I haven't seen anyone at SANFL level who could dramatically help us.
Of course it's pointless. You watch, most clubs will be looking to exploit it and load up on longer term players (i.e. players that were overlooked last year due to injury form and who have improved this year - e.g. Jordon Butts of last year or players who have come out of nowhere to perform well this season and would be picked up in the draft later on in the year - e.g. Shane McAdam from last year).
It would be a LOT more beneficial to introduce the mid year trade and/or loan period where teams can trade for a player of need from another team's list or simply loan them from other teams until the end of the year. It would work for players and both teams. One team gets the player of need, the other team gets the other club to develop that player and get AFL games into them and get them back (if they want them) at the end of the year.
It makes a lot more sense than a mid-season draft where the player will not be getting games at the AFL club and state league teams receive significant blows along the way.
Surely Hamish would love a speculative pop at someone ? What's the downside? What is the cost?
Doedee?
- Jan 6, 2018
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It's a list of players that are being replaced on the respective clubs lists, and the current order
- Feb 3, 2014
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Especially considering he's the best at identifying obscure talent with late and rookie selections.
I am sure he has a list. If there is a player left on that list when its our turn, he will make the move, otherwise it will be a pass.
From memory wasn't there some talk that a rookie costs the clubs some $200k-$300k a season both in terms of salary, development and all the other associated costs. So essentially, if you are picking someone up, it should be for for a season and a half which equates to some $300k-$450k. Even if you cut them at the end of the year you are looking at $100k-$150k investment for a long shot.
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