Talk of mid season drafts is doing the rounds at the moment but I think this will steal the thunder now developing of the National Draft that has improved so much in recent years.

My thought is to have, not a mid draft, But rather a mid season trade of mature players.

Say players of 6 years plus service, 24 + Yr olds or so, who by club agreement could transfer for a suitable player trade or for National Draft picks.

Someone may be interested in Daniel Bell, PJohnson or JRivers, etc & might be offering exchange player plus picks to get their club out of a jam for the coming finals campaign.

I don't like it.

The players will have FA soon. That's as much change as we can handle at the minute.

Talk of mid season drafts is doing the rounds at the moment but I think this will steal the thunder now developing of the National Draft that has improved so much in recent years.

My thought is to have, not a mid draft, But rather a mid season trade of mature players.

Say players of 6 years plus service, 24 + Yr olds or so, who by club agreement could transfer for a suitable player trade or for National Draft picks.

Someone may be interested in Daniel Bell, PJohnson or JRivers, etc & might be offering exchange player plus picks to get their club out of a jam for the coming finals campaign.

i totally agree, a trade of max 1 or 2 per club should be looked at or even "on loan" for the balance of the season.

For example.....

A club might requrie a hard in and under player, with brock, jones, beamer etc all fit there is no room for valenti. It would be invaluable if we were to find him a place to play snr footy for the rest of the year. We would be better for it at the end of the year. Matty Wheelan would give room for a kid for the rest of the year and might give MW one last chance to play finals eg hawks.

If all our rucks were fit and assume meesen was still showing his early form then either PJ or MJ could have been loaned to the bombers thus allowing another younger player to be developed.

I Doubt it will ever happen but if it was allowed and the right loans could be organised the benifit would be great this year for us, as well as financially - still counts to our salary cap but the other sides pay the contracts for the time they have the player on their list. Moving on to 2010 we have more games in our younger group whilst still utalising our more "snr" players, win win from where I sit barring injury.

If i was a player getting "loaned" whats to say i will play hard for that team?

I don't like it.

I'm so over them always wanting to change the game, change the rules, change the drafting system, FFS leave the bloody thing alone!

If i was a player getting "loaned" whats to say i will play hard for that team?

I don't like it.

Some one like Valenti is the perfect example. If you were fighting for a spot on an or any afl list I'm tipping you would go as hard as you could. I do agree though with established players but if they are getting loaned no doubt they can read the writing on the wall and will do everything to either keep their spot or impress the club they are playing for. Couldn't see that being an issue

loans might work in soccer, where you are loaned from german first league to british second league. but its not the same here where the loaned player will be playing in the same league, against teammates possibly.

what i do like is a mid season draft for vfl players, but unfortunately its very unlikely any vfl player will come in and dominate straight away, making this option almost worthless to the clubs.

Terrible idea. We will then have a system like the NRL where players can be poached mid season, whilst playing for their current side.

What a disheartening thing to watch perhaps your favorite player kicking a goal and celebrating with his mates, knowing that come the end of the year, they are off to another club.

Thats just another thing wrong with the NRL, and it shouldn't be considered at AFL. The FA is going to be bad enough thanks.

Not a good idea IMO. The way NRL is, where players sign contracts for the next year whilst playing out the current year with another club is not good.

Leave it the way it is I say.

Not a good idea IMO. The way NRL is, where players sign contracts for the next year whilst playing out the current year with another club is not good.

Much like that Tolmane kid (19yo) for the Storm, who just recently signed for the Titans next year. Yet plays with the Storm for the rest of this year.

Much like that Tolmane kid (19yo) for the Storm, who just recently signed for the Titans next year. Yet plays with the Storm for the rest of this year.

or now the 2's (i hope!)

hangon ... why dont we have a weekly draft.

... we could do this in a democratic way and get "valuable-constructive" supporter input.

We could create a poll on Demonland every week ... after every game ... if a player plays a bad game/s we can all scream for his blood -

"trade-him" "get rid of xxxx" "xxx is useless he only got 10 kicks" - no mercy, take "no prisoners."

The decisions - vote made by Demonland would naturally be binding on the club, because less face it, we know more than they do.

Now if the club refused ... Easy, we scream for the coaches blood.

C'mon surely if he doesn't agree with us he has got no idea. Nothing to do with him playing football at the highest level and many of us struggling to get past little league ... or even worse ... dare I say it ... even going to the games.

Now 1 very important point!

The higher the draft pick your taken at ... the less chances your given.

Bingo!! All our problems solved. ;)