Who'll be the next club to fall off their cliff?

[Muddiemoose]

They simply have to make some hard calls this year.

Wait 12 months and they’ll be trying to reshape their list when the drafts are compromised.

Of all their 30+ players they need to ship off at least 3-4 of them, and when they do that they’re going to be pretty ordinary if they get any injuries, because they have one of the worst groups of under 24’s in the comp.

Probably couldn’t pick a worse time to be on the drop.

Yeah they are essentially Richmond but two years ago

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Problem is they’ve got more players to replace than ever before, and they’re not holding a top 10 pick to add to Daicos.

Correction, by draft night they will not be holding a top 30 pick.

 

[Aphrodite]

Correction, by draft night they will not be holding a top 30 pick.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Pies fans won't exactly want to be reviewing the Ginnivan deal with Hawthorn either. The centrepiece of that deal was a 2024 second round pick swap. Collingwood would have expected that swap to be something like giving up a pick around 40 for a pick around 25. If the two teams finish in their current positions hold then it will end up being a 2 pick downgrade in rd 2 for the Pies. Your heart just bleeds for the poor old Pies.

Actually it is worth going into detail with this one.

1. Hawks gave Collingwood their pick 33(ended up at 37 at the draft) at the 2023 draft but got pick 39(ended up at 42 in the actual draft) back from Collingwood. So Pies got a 5 pick upgrade in the second round at the 2023 draft, from pick 42 to 37.

2. Hawks give up their 2024 3rd round pick which probably now ends up in the high 40's but in return get the Pies 2024 4th rounder, probably ends up around the 60 mark this year.

So those 2 pick exchanges were very of very marginal value to the hapless Pies.

3. the jewell in the crown, the aforementioned 2024 rd 2 pick swap, with Pies projecting themselves for a top 4 finish and Hawks bottom 4. It doesn't seem to be working out like that. This is now looking like being something like Pies give up something like pick 35 and Hawks take that and give back pick 37.

Dudded.

 

[kaiserchief13]

A top 10 pick for Lachie Schulz.....

 

[voorhees]

A top 10 pick for Lachie Schulz.....

Freo have scored a huge touch down
at Collingwood's expense

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I thought we got Collingwood’s second Round pick for Ginni and our Second?

 

[Aphrodite]

I thought we got Collingwood’s second Round pick for Ginni and our Second?

Check post #655 above.

 

[seasonedsainter]

And the winner is... Richmond!

Not only did they finish last, but players are out the door like --

 

[Hamingja]

And the winner is... Richmond!

Not only did they finish last, but players are out the door like --

And before anyone asks, Richmond has already fallen off their cliff this year imo and that's why they don't have a poll choice of their own.

Richmond were already over the cliff when the OP was started. The scary thing for them is that they haven't splattered against the ground just yet.

 

[justlookingaround]

But they've got the strongest hand in a draft since GWS and Gold Coast joined the comp, is what is apparently the strongest draft class for a generation... they've got the sort of hand in which they could throw darts at a wall and probably come back with a decent spine.

 

[Cleansweep17]

Can’t be us we’ve already hit the floor

Dees currently in free fall. So idk if they count.

 

[PhatBoy]

But they've got the strongest hand in a draft since GWS and Gold Coast joined the comp, is what is apparently the strongest draft class for a generation... they've got the sort of hand in which they could throw darts at a wall and probably come back with a decent spine.

Yeah it worked beautifully for the suns

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Surely it’s Oldiewood.

The oldest list since;

 

[Fadge]

Surely it’s Oldiewood.

The oldest list since;

We all know it couldn't be Carlton, because you've got to get to the cliff first before you can fall off it...

 

[Worm4]

We all know it couldn't be Carlton, because you've got to get to the cliff first before you can fall off it...

Do you just come up with dumb statements for the hell of it ?

 

[Worm4]

Can’t be us we’ve already hit the floor

Dees currently in free fall. So idk if they count.

Melbourne are close to getting there. Potential candidates within next 3 years are Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong and Port Adelaide.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Without a doubt it's Geelong.

 

[Tall poppy Syndrome]

I fear for Dover Heights, the expat Aussie Rules team in Kent, UK.

Their cliff is white, steep, and adjacent.

 

[Do_Beta_Rapport]

Surely it’s Oldiewood.

The oldest list since;

“if we keep this 30yr rebuild rolling you can’t be accused of going off a cliff”

 

[CCurnow3votes]

We all know it couldn't be Carlton, because you've got to get to the cliff first before you can fall off it...

I’m not sure you know what “the cliff” is Fadge - scary given your about to take on another 28yo!

 

[Fadge]

I’m not sure you know what “the cliff” is Fadge - scary given your about to take on another 28yo!

No, Pies don't do cliff falling.

That's how they manage to play in more than one third of all Grand Finals contested.

 

[CCurnow3votes]

No, Pies don't do cliff falling.

That's how they manage to play in more than one third of all Grand Finals contested.

You need to look forward to see this cliff Fadge - don’t look up!

 

[STPer18]

Geelong, just like it has been the last 15 years.

 

[Fadge]

Geelong, just like it has been the last 15 years.

Surely people have now realised that Geelong, Sydney and Collingwood just don't do cliff falling, as much as they want it to be true.

I got sucked into a Geelong cliff fall at the end of 2023.... never again.