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2024 Draft Thread
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No young ruckmen. List cloggers.
Recruit only those who can take an overhead mark and are between 23-25 years of age.
It's looking like Miller's only chance with us.
Recruit only those who can take an overhead mark and are between 23-25 years of age.
It's looking like Miller's only chance with us.
Ouch. I guess if Lindsay had been available we may not have taken Hotton, but he was playing great footy before his injury and we have put our money there.
Yeah, would prefer the Bombers pick, but i doubt a team that will probably finish bottom 6 or so will give up their F1, plus37 for 28- a team aiming top 4 might.
Our AFL talls are ageing, we have 2, Nank & Lynch, including those guys in the forward projections is short sighted in the extreme. The second point is quality over quantity, we have to be honest here, we have loads of VFL quality talls but few who have established themselves on the big stage. The third point is injury concerns, you can't just assume these players will develop durability, they probably won't if we're being realistic. The final point and perhaps the most important one is talls take 4 years to develop, now is the time to get them in. Small forwards can make an impact from year one so logically it would be better to get the slow developers in first. We'll get our smalls next year, I have few doubts there will be some likely types available in 2025.
Agree. Smillie when Tauru was available caused particular concern. Hope I am wrong.
Looking on, ESS is the obvious bidder for our last pick as we look to relieve them of their future 1st + something else,-one of their several picks in the 30’s.
We could throw in our future 4th and if they want Shanahan bad enough they will agree.
Wouldn’t mind either Boxshell or Davidson with that last pick.
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I get what you are saying, but these aren't projections. We have 15 on the list next year, thats 34% of the list in KP players (including rucks). Thats a lot already.
That leaves us with 29 players (28 if we take another tall), of which we need probably 17 of those playing AFL footy next year, doesn't leave a lot for injuries to the rest of the list, especially bearing in mind there are injury clouds over several of them, Prestia, Clarke, Hotton, Lefau all have various injury concerns and will miss part of the season already.
My concern isn't that we don't need more quality talls, but 1 - How we will be able to play them all, and 2 - How that impacts the rest of the list. In all likelihood, we won't want the young kids playing every game, but with only 29 players (and less if we take another tall) then we are kind of pushing a lot of players into playing more of the season than we would probably want them to.
Well, the conventional wisdom is the big types take longer to develop, so Ive come around to loading up on big now - with the idea that we can add smaller / zippy mids in the next couple of drafts - and they will all come good to deliver the next premiership together in 2027...
It's like cooking a nice ragu .... you wanna caramelise the onions and carrots before adding the garlic and tomatoes.
Being distracted by Stonehenge Romeos, I missed the evening unfolding. Hope there weren't too many melts
It's like cooking a nice ragu .... you wanna caramelise the onions and carrots before adding the garlic and tomatoes.
Being distracted by Stonehenge Romeos, I missed the evening unfolding. Hope there weren't too many melts
I were hoping for Matt Whitlock at the Trainor pick not that I didn't like Trainor but i thought the industry had gone gun shy on him.
Anyway we needed an intercepting defender as I am getting a bit nervous about Josh Gibcus who has just got back from Doha and he did not seem upbeat at all to me on what should be a positive night, (maybe it was him just having to front up to the 300 Richmond yobs in the Rioli room
),It is also a reason why I hope Blight comes on next year after a big pre-season.
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Next year we are bottom 4, grabbing a Berry probably doesn't change that outcome. The issues you have identified should have been addressed by trading up, that to me was always the best play instead of grabbing two players with huge injury question marks. I also suggested Tauru at 6 because you effectively get a swingman with significant forward upside, that's an excellent way to mitigate risk and avoid a tall forward bust. Gut says Faull would have been available down the order, but even if he gets taken we have other options to grab a tall forward.
This is how I would have played it to address your concerns as well -
1. Lalor
2. Smith
6. Tauru
10 & 11 traded to move into pole position, Saints had their pick on the table, we could have stooged North no problem.
The remaining picks could have been a combination of Faull, Armstrong, Whitlock, Sims & Dobson. If Faull goes early we switch the focus to another tall.
Doubt we'll pick another tall/ruck, F1 and a junk pick for this year please.
As for a ruck i've been told we are having a fair crack at the cassette tape as a RFA next year
As for a ruck i've been told we are having a fair crack at the cassette tape as a RFA next year
To be fair we dont know which other clubs were interested and when they were likely to go.
But Blair and Rhys would've had a fairly clear idea. Much more than what was in the media.
Also it needs another club with a nearby pick willing to make the deal. Maybe there was no agreement?
So could we have traded back?
We dont know but the club had better info to make a decision.
Agree and that jumper looks too loose. Love the kid, but I think Jagga will be in the same boat with body size.
Agree 100 %
The injury question marks are risk we didn’t necessarily have to take.
Haven’t