A hypothetical - Scully or Trengove

1. If the Dees could only have picked one of them, which do you think it should have/ would have been? Scully or Trengove?
- Scully
  
  48
- Trengove
  
  26

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February 11, 201015 yr

I don't know even if the club really knows which way they would have gone with this one.

They didn't. Well, according to Bailey he said as much on stage after Trengove and Scully were drafted (on Fox). Pretty much said the same as my last post. That if it were up to the Mfc they would have called them out together as they couldn't separate them. But it was a requirement they called them out one after the other.

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February 11, 201015 yr

Doesn't mean much in relation to the Hypothetical, but here are the sportsbet odds for Melbourne players to win the NAB rising star.

(Martin fav at $5.50)

Scully $8

Trengove $12

Watts $29

Gysberts $51

Tapscott $67

Blease $81

Spencer $81

Strauss $101

McKenzie $101

McNamara $101

Gawn $151

Fitzpatrick $251

Strauss is value at $101 I would have thought. In terms of value outside the Melbourne players, I would take Swift $26, or even Gary ROhan at $51.

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February 12, 201015 yr

Doesn't mean much in relation to the Hypothetical, but here are the sportsbet odds for Melbourne players to win the NAB rising star.

(Martin fav at $5.50)

Scully $8

Trengove $12

Watts $29

Gysberts $51

Tapscott $67

Blease $81

Spencer $81

Strauss $101

McKenzie $101

McNamara $101

Gawn $151

Fitzpatrick $251

Strauss is value at $101 I would have thought. In terms of value outside the Melbourne players, I would take Swift $26, or even Gary ROhan at $51.

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Thanks for that just had a look i like tapscott & strauss e/w if these 2 get enough game time could be great value but for mind trengove @ $12 i might just have a crack.....

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February 13, 201015 yr

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In researching my DT and SC teams I stumbled across this page on the dreamteamtalk website re the top 10 draft picks. It is only useful re the latter part of my initial post re preferences for people's Dream Teams. You probably will need to vote to see the results (1,614 had voted at the time I posted this):

http://dreamteamtalk.com/2009/11/27/which-afl-draftees-do-we-want-in-our-2010-dream-teams/

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February 15, 201015 yr

This hypothetical is stupid, it's the same as comparing Riewoldt and Koschitzke before they even played an AFL game. Give it time, you'll get the answers your after.

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February 15, 201015 yr

Based on what I've read, Trengove. I also like the fact that, along with Tapscott, he's committed to the club for three years.

But Scully's clearly an elite junior and he was obviously picked at number one for a reason.

As an aside, it's interesting to observe the universal excitement about now having both of these players - the consequence of a strategy that wasn't universally endorsed by all on this site only 6 months ago.

Would we have been better off to have beaten Richmond or some other battler club at the end of last season? The answer surely has to be 'no way'.

Hence, thank you Dean. No one can dispute that he's turned the quality of our list altogether. And that's exciting.

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February 15, 201015 yr

As an aside, it's interesting to observe the universal excitement about now having both of these players - the consequence of a strategy that wasn't universally endorsed by all on this site only 6 months ago.

I'm happy to have them but the way we got them still leaves a dirty taste in my mouth. Demon supporters cheering and sing the Richmond theme song was the lowest point of our proud clubs history.

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February 15, 201015 yr

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This hypothetical is stupid, it's the same as comparing Riewoldt and Koschitzke before they even played an AFL game. Give it time, you'll get the answers your after.

While I can appreciate the sentiments and acknowledged them in my initial post, I reckon you have to establish the general mood/ thoughts/ consensus at the time. Otherwise you'd have nothing to compare to when you look back in 5 years as you suggest. I was by no means looking for 'answers', just opinions and discussions.

Loved the bluntness of your first few words too mate, awesome, got a laugh out of it. I must be easily amused.

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