WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - BILLY STRETCH

[What 18,810]

welcome to the MFC , Billy

I hope you have a good shrink

[Older demon 2,779]

I doubt there will be a bidding war as there are 10 FS players floating in this draft and Darcy Moore is far and away the cream of the crop. Expect Woods to part with a first rounder to get him.

Note earlier in the year that the 2 work experience (for want of a better word) underage players at pre season were Billy Stretch and Angus Brayshaw, maybe this is a hint of the direction the recruiters are taking.

Late pick gems made me look up Daniel Hanneberry today to see where he was taken. Pick 30 in 2008 and stayed in Melbourne for 09 to attend school at Xavier and got his rising star nomination in round 2 of 2010. Pick 30 and 2 years how good was the vision of that recruiter?

Then there is Luke Parker who went at 40 in the 2010 draft and played 13 games in 2011 but wait there is more Harry Cunningham recruited by the club with pick 93 overall in the 2012 Rookie Draft, before being promoted to the senior list in 2012. He didn't debut till round 1 2014.

Shows there are gems in the 2nd and 3rd round and I hope Kennedy-Harris at pick 40 this year develops as well

[jabberwocky 2,301]

You can say what you like about the swans but they have absolutely nailed those picks. Common theme...strong bodied and hard working.

[Slartibartfast 17,632]

If you want to take a player via the FS rule you need to nominate them. The only time this could obligate you to actually take that player is if no other club puts in a bid, in which case you can use any pick you like on them. If another club does bid, we then have the option of using our next pick not including FA compo, priority picks and trades, or passing in which case the club that bid have to take him with the pick they nominated. We won't have to use anything earlier than our second round pick on him regardless (unless you think the Saints will bid pick 1), and that only if someone throws a top 20 pick at him. He would be rated as somewhere between 15-30 in this draft judging by the commentary so far, so it's a bit of a 50-50 whether we get him with our second or third round selection.

It's also worth reiterating that FS selections and bidding occur before the trade and FA periods, so we can't trade off our second round pick and use the third round pick on him instead. Once we have taken him that pick is out of play entirely.

Thanks.

[Return to Glory 8,448]

I hope this makes sense, but I would like to know the following: if he is not picked up in the first round then not picked up by St Kilda, can we then pick him up in the third round?

[chookrat 4,268]

I doubt there will be a bidding war as there are 10 FS players floating in this draft and Darcy Moore is far and away the cream of the crop. Expect Woods to part with a first rounder to get him.

Note earlier in the year that the 2 work experience (for want of a better word) underage players at pre season were Billy Stretch and Angus Brayshaw, maybe this is a hint of the direction the recruiters are taking.

Late pick gems made me look up Daniel Hanneberry today to see where he was taken. Pick 30 in 2008 and stayed in Melbourne for 09 to attend school at Xavier and got his rising star nomination in round 2 of 2010. Pick 30 and 2 years how good was the vision of that recruiter?

Then there is Luke Parker who went at 40 in the 2010 draft and played 13 games in 2011 but wait there is more Harry Cunningham recruited by the club with pick 93 overall in the 2012 Rookie Draft, before being promoted to the senior list in 2012. He didn't debut till round 1 2014.

Shows there are gems in the 2nd and 3rd round and I hope Kennedy-Harris at pick 40 this year develops as well

The other common denominator is that Paul Roos oversaw the development of the above mentioned late picks.

[Redleg 41,467]

I hope this makes sense, but I would like to know the following: if he is not picked up in the first round then not picked up by St Kilda, can we then pick him up in the third round?

If you mean no one in the first round nominates him and then Saints don't with first pick in second round, then yes, he is at worst able to be taken in third round by us.

[Gipsy Danger 1,067]

19 touches for the Stingrays win over the Falcons. He looks well built for a bottom age midfielder, wins his own ball and follows up the contest well. Was generally neat with his preferred left foot. It seemed like he didn’t get as much game time as some of the draft age kids, which might also be because he hasn’t played as much TAC Cup this year with his school commitments.

He’ll have another crack at it against Calder on Saturday morning. Should be a good one, but won’t be able to get to the game unforts.

Hopefully he just takes it easy next year. Don't want him playing too well and have other clubs bid for him.... Could be on to something there. Identify father sons, promise them a spot and just have them play country footy for a year off the radar then pick him up as a bargin 4th rounder with no one else interested.

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

I hope this makes sense, but I would like to know the following: if he is not picked up in the first round then not picked up by St Kilda, can we then pick him up in the third round?

We have to use our pick immediately following the pick that another club nominates him at, so 99% sure we can use our third rounder.

What if we do some trades and end up with a pick middle second round and someone goes just before that though.. Aware traded picks included in calculations?

[Deez 298]

Just watched Stretch's highlights. Looks like he knows how to kick to the advantage of his big forwards. Pretty handy in traffic swell, little unorthodox the way he goes about evading would-be tacklers but he gets it done.

He needs to put on some kg judging from what I saw.

In time there could be a good 1 2, Stretch delivering to Hogan.

[Return to Glory 8,448]

If you mean no one in the first round nominates him and then Saints don't with first pick in second round, then yes, he is at worst able to be taken in third round by us.

Thanks Redlegs. That's what I thought and I couldn't understand why the phantom drafts had him as our second rounder. Forgetting the other compo stuff, I then wonder who our second rounder will be?

[Freddy Fuschia 747]

I can see Port Adelaide making a play with their first round pick.

[Machsy 2,858]

I'm not sure what this means. Melbourne to nominate Billy Stretch as father/son draftee

Are we committed? Why would we declare our intentions? Full preseason?

If we are committed we must be confident of where he will be picked.

Clearly this is part of the Father-Son process.

If we don't nominate him, his name is never brought up in the bidding and we can't pre-select him.

Now his name will be put forward, other clubs will submit their bids, and we get the chance to match if we so choose.

We are NOT tied to taking him, like the fears with being tied to selecting Viney.

[adsy 145]

Father son bidding is done BEFORE trade week. Therefore any trading post the bidding is irrelevant.

We have to use our pick immediately following the pick that another club nominates him at, so 99% sure we can use our third rounder.

What if we do some trades and end up with a pick middle second round and someone goes just before that though.. Aware traded picks included in calculations?

[Ted Lasso 19,549]

Port won't risk a guy like durdin slipping

[Redleg 41,467]

Port won't risk a guy like durdin slipping

There is no risk if they know we will take him with our second round pick.

[Uncle Fester 2,848]

There is no risk if they know we will take him with our second round pick.

There is if we say : we fold, too high for us

You don't bid on a FS unless you are prepared to take him at the bid price.

[Redleg 41,467]

There is if we say : we fold, too high for us

You don't bid on a FS unless you are prepared to take him at the bid price.

I agree but if they know we will take him with our second pick, the risk is gone.

Port and even the Crows would probably cop him with their first pick and not be upset at paying a bit too much.

[pantaloons 2,019]

Wasn't Port the team the placed a bid on Viney with their first pick? Not saying they're party poopers who will automatically do this again, just an observation that they were willing to give up what turned out to be Ollie Wines for Viney.

[rpfc 28,779]

There is if we say : we fold, too high for us

You don't bid on a FS unless you are prepared to take him at the bid price.

OR you know the other team will take him with their subsequent pick...

[Redleg 41,467]

OR you know the other team will take him with their subsequent pick...

As I said.

[daisycutter 29,743]

I agree but if they know we will take him with our second pick, the risk is gone.

Port and even the Crows would probably cop him with their first pick and not be upset at paying a bit too much.

not so sure red about that

of course i couldn't rule out someone nominating him first round out of spite

[Fat Tony 5,272]

I don't think any club will take the risk on their first pick unless he is really worth it. It takes away the ability to trade that pick and we should make it clear that we are willing to let him go.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,909]

Forgot about this kid...

This is how Geelong began their full resurgence; through the acquisition (luck) of some good father/sons, good drafting/recrutiing (which i feel we finally are doing) and a culture overhaul (which i feel we are starting to do). Just saying.

Heard this Lovett kid aint too bad aswell.

While I agree Geelong's resurgence had a lot to do with gaining Scarlett, Ablett (x2), Mark Blake, Tom Hawkins (and others?) via father son selections, most if not all were recruited when the system didn't put a market price on them. Instead they got them for fixed positions in the draft - I seem to recall it was a third round draft pick. Imagine getting Gary Ablett Jr with a third round pick. That's value!

[whatwhat say what 22,948]

yes, but at the time gaz was considered about that value. it was the development that he experienced that made him the player he has become.

the real bargain was hawkins - he was valued #1 in his draft by a long margin and they paid relatively sweet fa for him.