Was it the Ruck's stood out more because of the lack of quality among the kp player's .
I thought there where 4 decent Rucks this year,the other's just ok.
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I thought there where 4 decent Rucks this year,the other's just ok.
They are under this system but what I am saying is that the price is too low. They haven’t paid enough. Ditch the 20% discount.
If they had to go into serious 2024 deficit then maybe they would have to make a choice to not take one or two of the academy players
I think it was just a good year for rucks, 4 AFL standard players in the main draft virtually unheard of, Max Gawn & Sam Jacobs in 2009 was a good year but these were latish picks and were fairly speculative. Last year the rucks were lean, Barnett gets 5th place if he was in the 2023 pool, I think that speaks volumes for the depth of talent available.
It will be interesting to see if the number of Melbourne based draftees increases over the next few years as the effect of the lack of games during the Covid years starts to wear off. The Melbourne kids had a lot less opportunities to play games or even attend group training sessions than other kids outside of the ring of steele in 2020 and 2021.
Yes agreeing with you. Just pointing out the Suns most likely will have another advantage next year. So would have to make a decision on which one to take
Maybe in line with your thinking all clubs get the one 20%, that keeps if fair to everyone. Then no more discounts for any 2nd 3rd 4th etc matching bids
Just on the Academy's and pick swaps.
Father Sons are just as big a rort. Any changes to the value of picks for academy's should be the same for father sons.
As s starting point, ditch the 20% for all then work from there.
Father Sons are just as big a rort. Any changes to the value of picks for academy's should be the same for father sons.
As s starting point, ditch the 20% for all then work from there.
Yeah have to agree,Quality of Rucks where a stand out this year .
At least the quality depth of player's improves a lot next year as a whole ,and a couple of decent Rucks .
You don't get Father/sons every year,but you can get Academy picks .
Yes. The main benefit is last right of refusal on a player. That is numero uno. In a normal open market situation, parties will pay a premium for that right, not get a discount on top of it.
Collingwood (Daicos x 2 and Moore) and the Dogs (Darcy, Libba, Hunter, Croft etc) seem to.
agree there was a shift in strategy.
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