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AFLW 2024 - Round 6 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
And we are still rebuilding when Tassie come in. Will be hilarious.It's going to be so funny when no one leaves at the end of the season unless delisted or retire.
He said dusty won't travelI actually just read the article and it's even dumber. A team aspiring to play finals is going to bring in Dusty as a part time player playing home games only
And so will every other team, it happens every single year. All 18 clubs delist trade draft and go again.And we are still rebuilding when Tassie come in. Will be hilarious.
Except ours according to youAnd so will every other team, it happens every single year. All 18 clubs delist trade draft and go again.
But why gut the list for the sake of a speculative draft pick who may end up being a dud who never kicks on.Except ours according to you
100% it’s all about balanceBut why gut the list for the sake of a speculative draft pick who may end up being a dud who never kicks on.
I think many on this board have become obsessed with draft picks and are letting that obsession rule their heads.
Gutting the list to fill the list with kids who may or may not kick on is the definition of bat shit crazy. You need to have experience around them.
And Lefau and MoJu. And Prestia and Grimes, admittedly they're on their last legs. And Dusty couldn't walk. And Hopper was first-up. And Taranto's had no continuity. And Blight was on debut. And Clarke and Bauer would arguably be best 22 by now if not for injury.The side we put out vs CFC was Ross, Gibcus Lynch short of our best 22. 61pt loss.
We have no choice with these. Bakes should net us a top-15 pick, JGTI hopefully adds to our points to trade into another first-rounder.I think Baker & Graham will leave.
Our midfield consists of Taranto, Hopper and daylight.And Lefau and MoJu. And Prestia and Grimes, admittedly they're on their last legs. And Dusty couldn't walk. And Hopper was first-up. And Taranto's had no continuity. And Blight was on debut. And Clarke and Bauer would arguably be best 22 by now if not for injury.
We're depleted.
Yeah. We need more midfielders.Our midfield consists of Taranto, Hopper and daylight.
If we want to win flags those two should be our third and fourth best mids.
So much sense spoken here mate. Well done haha. I’m not the greatest advocate for Chol and he was coping it from everywhere early days this season but Sam Mitchell clearly knew what he was getting and knew he could make it work. Same with some other players on their list. Once you get the buy in from the whole list and you start winning a few and gain confidence the wheel can turn pretty quick. This is the approach I have to take with the signing of Samson Ryan for another 3 years because I just don’t see what the club sees. Just got to trust that Yze knows how to make it work for him. The one thing I like about Samson is that he’s a good finisher in front of goal which is a really underrated stat. It’s not spoken about enough but it’s quite literally the difference between a player being a 40 goal per season operator to a goal a game player.Hawks team looked like hot garbage when 0-5 at start of 2024, didn’t it?
They’ve won 7 of 8 without much help from pointy end draft picks, so they are not the be all and end all.
They are now thriving in the back of great coaching and 2-years of playing Mitchell’s system.
Just look at their team from the weekend … a big load of traded players, late draft picks and very few top end picks…. At the start of the year they looked like their future was in real trouble relying on the likes of : Chol, D’Ambrosio, Gunston, Meek, Frost, Impey, Amon, Nash etc….
And who are their elite midfielders taken with top-10 draft picks? Ward? (He’s playing VFL). Worpel, Newcombe, Day, Nash… not a top-10 pick to be seen. Worpel, Newcombe and Nash were acquired for a bag of crisps.
We will get 2-3 elite players and probably another 2-3 very good players in the next couple of drafts via ‘natural selection’ and players exiting of their own free will. We don’t need to ‘go nuclear’ to rebuild.
North have been rebuilding since 2017 (they got LDU pick 4 that draft). And in 2024 they remain terrible. I agree they finally look to be improving, but who knows how much in the next 5-years? You cannot possibly not improve when you acquire about 10 x top-5 draft picks over 8-years plus get AFL charity galore.
North went nuclear end of 2016 and look at how long they’ve taken to get to a point where even just being competitive is being celebrated … they are 1-14 FFS 8-years into their rebuild and we are using them as a ‘poster boy’ for what we should do… FMD.
No thanks.
Let’s take all our picks to the draft across 2024-25. Get a few more picks for players who leave of their own accord (Baker, Graham, Dusty?). Retire off some ageing champs even if they want to go on : at least three of Pickett, Prestia, Grimes, Macca. Get our salary cap into a position to launch at a free agent or two around 2026-27.
That’s what we will be doing. And it’s what we should be doing. We will not be proactively trading out any quality, contracted players.
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It's not gutting the list though. If we do zero trades we likely have 7 older heads (after retirements) and think it was 11 guys 25-28. We then have 15 in the 22-26 bracket who haven't played much footy but are ready to go.But why gut the list for the sake of a speculative draft pick who may end up being a dud who never kicks on.
I think many on this board have become obsessed with draft picks and are letting that obsession rule their heads.
Gutting the list to fill the list with kids who may or may not kick on is the definition of bat shit crazy. You need to have experience around them.
If GC want Rioli they will pay the 2 x 1st rounders (2 in the 1st round not #20)We've rolled over too long. Gold Coast traded pick 2 for Weller years ago. Give us everything and more that we're asking else rioli stays a tiger. Rioli is twice the player Weller is. Simple as that.
But what happens if the AFL change the academy/FS rules, will the picks still mean nothing to GC.If GC want Rioli they will pay the 2 x 1st rounders (2 in the 1st round not #20)
Picks mean nothing to GC this year and next year their time is 2025 - 2030) and Dimma wants to load up
he said 80% of his team are already in the room then added 4 academy kids and will add Lombard this year and another 2-3 next year.
Picks this year are not valuable to GC but Rioli is exactly what they need
I love dan Rioli almost as much as Dusty but offer like this you just cannot pass up with where our list is at
No chance they change it this yearBut what happens if the AFL change the academy/FS rules, will the picks still mean nothing to GC.
Comedy gold indeed - especially with the chorus of "we shoulda traded them and let them leave and got more picks when we had the chance" from many of the same campaigners that will no doubt accompany it..........And we are still rebuilding when Tassie come in. Will be hilarious.
Really?We will get 2-3 elite players and
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Elite spudsReally?
Few days ago we were getting spuds.
I doubt that very much , in any case I’d be quite concerned if we didn’t completely overhaul the listIt's going to be so funny when no one leaves at the end of the season unless delisted or retire.
Assuming Toce knows what he's doingI doubt that very much , in any case I’d be quite concerned if we didn’t completely overhaul the list
This is the bleakest we’ve been since 1987 thankfully it’s a little easier to secure talent than it was back then
We will get pick #1 again with his kicking as long as he doesn't get Louie'd too much.Twomey mentioned on Gettable that he thinks JGTI may stay at Richmond.
I'm not against holding onto him if we let some of the other more valuable senior players go, given he probably doesn't net us much in terms of a compo pick.
I'd be comfortable keeping him for another three, but only if we lose other senior players.We will get pick #1 again with his kicking as long as he doesn't get Louie'd too much.
Agreed as long as its a 1 year deal. Bet he gets a 4 year.
Will be quite handy in the VFL side but if he keeps getting picked in the seniors and taking games away from kids....We will get pick #1 again with his kicking as long as he doesn't get Louie'd too much.
Agreed as long as its a 1 year deal. Bet he gets a 4 year.