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AFLW 2024 - Round 6 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
We basically can't win another premiership unless we draft well. Qld and nsw teams have zones taking the best talent from there. How else do we build a premiership team unless we draft and develop? From the list we now have how do we build it? We don't have father zones and we don't have a zone, so in the afl landscape we are bottom in terms of recruiting with just our draft picks to use. To what degree we trade out depends on the balance we want to keep, but you are hoping if you get 2 picks for a baker or bolton 1 works out, if both work out then we start getting better. If.none work out we go from 17th to 18th..with our track record of picks in the teens? no thank you
I think I emphasised that performance was at that level , the alarming thing is we only had one good player in 87 , flea , last count I had 8 that would slot into any side , I’m miffed why performance is at that historically bad level ,, right now we’re 3 or so players from our best lineupBecause of injury to our best players though. List is hardly 1987 standard
I think his drafting hasn't been bad but their recruitment of players from other clubs has been appallingwas a genuine question,
wow okay so he was at the saints previously for 10 years.... and their list is in terrible shape. This guys is in charge of our rebuild....
but who who cares right?
It’s never just about drafting, especially now free agency plays a massive role along with every other very-ableWe basically can't win another premiership unless we draft well. Qld and nsw teams have zones taking the best talent from there. How else do we build a premiership team unless we draft and develop? From the list we now have how do we build it? We don't have father zones and we don't have a zone, so in the afl landscape we are bottom in terms of recruiting with just our draft picks to use. To what degree we trade out depends on the balance we want to keep, but you are hoping if you get 2 picks for a baker or bolton 1 works out, if both work out then we start getting better. If.none work out we go from 17th to 18th..
You have to get the free agency thing right though....cheap role players when you're not losing fa's the other way so they don't cost us compo picks or if the compo picks are crap and it doesn't really matter...or good players that would be better than whoever we'd draft with the compo picks...pick best draft talent + fill needs with free agency = Premiership success
no other way!
Campbell took Deledio off our hands who was a selfish ahole and gave us a couple of nice picks in return. One which got as Caddy. He may be a prick but the evidence to date suggests he'll do a fair deal.We'd be very naive to think that Dimma and Rioli aren't talking. Wayne Campbell is a prick of a bloke and would screw us over at any chance he gets.
Richmond 11 premiership players + Hopper and TTRichmond have 17 players unavailable this week
Hawthorn have 2
Media
Richmond Bad
Hawthorn Good
Doesnt take long to turn things around, This season could absolutely do us wonders exposing kids to games and allowing us to hit the draft hard
100%. you have to nail most of your picks and free agency acquisitions or else we end up like Stkilda!You have to get the free agency thing right though....cheap role players when you're not losing fa's the other way so they don't cost us compo picks or if the compo picks are crap and it doesn't really matter...or good players that would be better than whoever we'd draft with the compo picks...
Irrelevant as it’s the ability of the players missing, combined with those in the side that have just returned from long term injury. We’ve had no continuity this season. I think we have 3? players that have played every game. Pretty hard to be consistently decent when that’s what you’re facingRichmond 11 premiership players + Hopper and TT
Hawks = 0
Bolton , such an important player. 110 contested possesions and leading score involvement player, so hard to find the inside/outside + scorebaord impactIf people are concerned about our ability to score now it’s only going to get a lot worse wait until you look at the actual numbers behind the players that people don’t want at the club next year for some draft picks
If we lose even two of this group it’s going to get very ****ing grim
& he’s having a “shit” yearBolton , such an important player. 110 contested possesions and leading score involvement player, so hard to find the inside/outside + scorebaord impact
I dont think many people seem to understand the impact this has on every aspect of our game.Irrelevant as it’s the ability of the players missing, combined with those in the side that have just returned from long term injury. We’ve had no continuity this season. I think we have 3? players that have played every game. Pretty hard to be consistently decent when that’s what you’re facing
Yeah this year, doesn't mean he will have one next year. it's mental how people think that something happening this year means it gonna happen next year too.& he’s having a “shit” year
We could only dream of drafting a player as good as Bolton with the picks we get for him
Either way we are bottom 6 side and need to rebuild. Keeping them is prolonging the bottoming out and exposing us to compromised Tassie picks.If people are concerned about our ability to score now it’s only going to get a lot worse wait until you look at the actual numbers behind the players that people don’t want at the club next year for some draft picks
If we lose even two of this group it’s going to get very ****ing grim
Well we probably wouldn't but we'd hopefully get two very good ones....& he’s having a “shit” year
We could only dream of drafting a player as good as Bolton with the picks we get for him
Think his body language and mannerisms at times lead people to overlook his impact and instead just remember the bad moments more vividly. Hard to fathom Bolton is the one copping the most flack for the performances given his contributions though& he’s having a “shit” year
We could only dream of drafting a player as good as Bolton with the picks we get for him
So for arguments sake you would trade Dusty this year if he was only 25 this year?Either way we are bottom 6 side and need to rebuild. Keeping them is prolonging the bottoming out and exposing us to compromised Tassie picks.
What us fans think and what the club thinks are 2 very different things so I wouldn't be too concerned with what is said on here.Think his body language and mannerisms at times lead people to overlook his impact and instead just remember the bad moments more vividly. Hard to fathom Bolton is the one copping the most flack for the performances given his contributions though
We already have at least one very good pick and will probably add to it with the loss of Baker and be able to package up the other picks we have stockpiledWell we probably wouldn't but we'd hopefully get two very good ones....
We wouldn't be looking at a wooden spoon with peak Dusty let's be honestSo for arguments sake you would trade Dusty this year if he was only 25 this year?
Why wouldn’t we?We wouldn't be looking at a wooden spoon with peak Dusty let's be honest