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Cripps literally went the next pick. As elite as it getsHighest pick there was Lennon(13)
The rest late 1st too 2nd.Goodluck finding Elite talent around that mark.
I think you meanThey're suggesting it because he's a slug.
Everyone knows Essendon win trade week and North Melbourne always get the best young talent.We’ve won nothing all year so would be nice to win trade week!
Absolutely wrong,Clarke did OK without any magic,Francis Jackson was the guy who built half our list from rookie to very late picks, all done in a period where our earlier picks were taken away or horded by new clubs gws gcs.also i think everyone needs to realise, we have Chris Toce as our recruiter now. He has been St Kilda's recruiter the last 10 years.. and we all know how good their list has been ...
Mathew Clarke who was our recruiter making good picks like shai bolton at 29 was poached by west coast at the start of the year. WERE COOKED
Moving Hopper on!!! For Gods sake, be realistic people. He signed for 7 years, he’s going nowhereBolton and Rioli will go on our terms and there is nothing stopping us moving hopper on. Lynch being injured for 2 years really stuffed plans. I have not loved selection of role playing spuds but balance with plenty of kids getting getting games is a bonus
Exactly right!!'Some' trading we will do. We don't have to give away guns for peanuts to do it.
Yeah Mate, I’m sure you could have. It’s not just Clarke, they have a recruiting team that looks at all the talent available.Wtf? You can’t find an afl level player at pick 13? Piss off.
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Yep and how many clubs overlooked him before we did?????? But only we are hopeless at talent identification apparentlyCripps literally went the next pick. As elite as it gets![]()
WTF are you on about?At the time ge wasn't otherwise he'd be top 5
I didn't say that did I? Someone said you can't get elite talent when literally the next pick is a Brownlow winner. FJ had the runs on the board so not going to pot him for missing one when he hit some huge home runs.Yep and how many clubs overlooked him before we did?????? But only we are hopeless at talent identification apparently
Well we did later on with Higgins.Wtf? You can’t find an afl level player at pick 13? Piss off.
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That was me.i pursume your talking about Fyfe?I didn't say that did I? Someone said you can't get elite talent when literally the next pick is a Brownlow winner.
Cripps literally went the next pick. As elite as it gets![]()
This ****up doesn’t get talked about enough. We literally needed a big inside midfielder and we went out and drafted a mid-sized half forward flanker, a position that basically doesn’t exist in the AFL (especially if the player doesn’t have pace).
We move Hopper on? Good luck on getting any other free-agents in the future. We just have to make it work !Moving Hopper on!!! For Gods sake, be realistic people. He signed for 7 years, he’s going nowhere
Why talk about it now? It was 11 years ago and Cripps is almost 30 now, literally no point dwelling on it.
This ****up doesn’t get talked about enough. We literally needed a big inside midfielder and we went out and drafted a mid-sized half forward flanker, a position that basically doesn’t exist in the AFL (especially if the player doesn’t have pace).
Jack also went at around 13 didnt he?Cripps literally went the next pick. As elite as it gets![]()
Yep. Rance 18. Shedda 26. FJ picked a fewJack also went at around 13 didnt he?
Taranto was not a horrible decision. He was BNF last year and has been okay this year. It’s Hopper that has been tied in with Taranto deal that has made both deals look bad. He been out for many games and crap when he has played. Separate the two.That's we're the problem is no first round last 2 years and our first pick in the forties. Club sold the bank on Taranto and Hopper that was the horrible decision.
Well we did later on with Higgins.
But anyway go through the draft history of all sides and they'd be misses everywhere.
Don't understand why you think we'd be immune too it.
We’ve missed 5 time for every hit. We currently hold the spoon. Our recruitment inside 30 is horrendous and that’s now a fact.
Saying our first round picks weren’t high ones is just a cop out. We should still expect a basic level afl player at these picks, instead they’ve managed the almost statistically impossible. Higgins and average small forward is the best they managed.
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Whatever way you want to sugarcoat it, these are not examples of success.History of our rd 1 picks under Clarke:
2017 we took Higgins and Coleman-Jones
2018 we took Collier-Dawkins at pick 20
2019 we took Dow at pick 21