lol

True- but his first two games were exceptional, he gain two rising star nominations in his first two years... It looked like a master stroke!

He sucked me in- I thought we'd landed a star!

OMFG, how much more depressing can it get. This draft had to be one of the greatest blunders in the history of sport, worldwide.

Hoping at least Gawn and Fitzy come on so we can get back a tiny shred of dignity.

Get back to me in 2014

Good call Jaded

So much bad luck - hopefully at least Gawn can come good!

I've always wanted to say this.

Mods, please close down the thre ...

You have said it many times.

If you analyse lists and drafting it seems that only a few players each year can become regulars of their club. There simply is not enough room for more than 22 each week. Given that each club has a core of players who make up their side each week, the stronger clubs probably have less room for new players than the weaker clubs whose sides are clearly not as good and have more holes.

Therefore if a club like us drafts and trades in 8 new players in a year it would be reasonable to assume that only say half being 4 might become regulars at best. Therefore the other half or say 4 players could end up being judged as drafting or trading failures.

Logically therefore in every trading or drafting group there would have to be what many of us would describe as failures.

It might be more down to timing, injuries and other factors that also play a part in some players being seen as failures.

Good point, especially the one about injuries.

I know that we've bagged Prendergast mercilessly and some of his selections were hopeless but look at our early draft picks of 2008/9. Blease, Strauss and Trengove all had leg/foot fractures, Tapscott and Gysberts had problems getting right physically, Max had a second ACL and Fitzy was diagnosed a diabetic. On top of that, Scully had problems with a knee that hindered his second season before he was eventually stolen from under our noses by the AFL to serve as a (giggle, giggle) marketing tool for its new franchise in the Sydney wastelands.

Strangely enough, the AFL article really didn't go into this and I wonder how its dream team might have gone had it been afflicted by injuries and thrown into a losing culture where hard work wasn't a priority?

FMD!! Why did I sit here and read this thread?

FMD!! Why did I sit here and read this thread?

Because your life is totally meaningless.

Because your life is totally meaningless.

I'll have to workshop that comment with "The Lads" but .... you could be correct!

This bit is such cringworthy to read by BP..

"There was a bit of pressure with No.11 and expectation that we would go tall with that pick because it was seen as a pretty big need," he said. "Gysberts probably wasn't really rated that highly in the industry, and maybe a lot of people were surprised at the time.

"He didn't have a great under-18s carnival but when you looked at his skill set, I honestly believed that he has the potential to be the equal of Jack and Tom.

Then why the FK would you use pick 11 on him!? if he wasn't so highly rated then surely they could have waited till pick 18 or 2nd rounder aswell.!

That is just downright disgraceful and negligent in your duties and a cop out if you ask me. We were paying a guy and his only job was to be thorough in his search for talent! Can we sue him or what?

That is just downright disgraceful and negligent in your duties and a cop out if you ask me. We were paying a guy and his only job was to be thorough in his search for talent! Can we sue him or what?

I wish :S But it was our fault that we hired him in the first place :S

FMD!! Why did I sit here and read this thread?

Boredom! Should be opening a nice bottle and spending it with your better half, if you have one?

Boredom! Should be opening a nice bottle and spending it with your better half, if you have one?

She's the better whole Demoneyes.

That is just downright disgraceful and negligent in your duties and a cop out if you ask me. We were paying a guy and his only job was to be thorough in his search for talent! Ca we sue him or what?

i can appreciate why Denham and Pat Smith just got stuck right into the Demons when i read quotes like that.

BP should leave the country. Just go

Wasted all those picks. Followed up with Lucas Cook

Fcuk

http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/jordan-gysberts-key-to-melbournes-engine-room/story-e6frg1xu-1226081585751?nk=c7bbb8a8de36c7cc2f6bb36fc9507b46

lol..that entire article is one enormous cringefest. Some of the BP quotes are laugh out loud material.

This bit is such cringworthy to read by BP..

"There was a bit of pressure with No.11 and expectation that we would go tall with that pick because it was seen as a pretty big need," he said. "Gysberts probably wasn't really rated that highly in the industry, and maybe a lot of people were surprised at the time.

"He didn't have a great under-18s carnival but when you looked at his skill set, I honestly believed that he has the potential to be the equal of Jack and Tom.

Then why the FK would you use pick 11 on him!? if he wasn't so highly rated then surely they could have waited till pick 18 or 2nd rounder aswell.!

I think we're being a bit hard on BP. According to this quote, he said, "I honestly believed that he has the potential to be the equal of Jack and Tom". As it turns out, he wasn't as far wrong as we thought. Scully hasn't set the world on fire and there was discussion about trading Trengove for pick 12 which is almost "equal" to pick 11.

Get back to me in 2014

You called it....

Phantom drafts I've read didn't have Gysberts being drafted until the mid 20's. Unbelievable we took him at 11 when could've picked a half decent tall like Carlisle or Black. Sigh.....

Carlisle would have been a nightmare pick for our club.

If we got him it wouldve been terrible trying to post on threads such as "play him chf or chb.

Where will we play Dunn,tommy mac and garland .These conundrums would never cease if we got Carlisle.

Get back to me in 2014

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