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What would everyone honestly prefer? Finishing the year with 6 wins and ~14th on the ladder, or finishing second last with only 4 wins and picks 2 & 3? The only thing appealing about the latter is what Roosy could do with those picks, as it gives us incredible leverage to get almost any player he wants to the MFC.

On the flip side, we're all sick to death of waiting for the next "great white hope" from early draft picks.

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I'm sick of seeing us losing... so for sure the former. Winning would also be beneficial to the internal culture and the players confidence entering preseason. You can't underestimate the value of this. There was a time where I would of been satisfied with the former scenario...but not anymore. No more excuse now. If we're a club on the rise we have to get at least 6 wins or more. We have to...and I we know will and its going to start from this afternoon hopefully when we smash Brisbane :D

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What would everyone honestly prefer? Finishing the year with 6 wins and ~14th on the ladder, or finishing second last with only 4 wins and picks 2 & 3? The only thing appealing about the latter is what Roosy could do with those picks, as it gives us incredible leverage to get almost any player he wants to the MFC.

On the flip side, we're all sick to death of waiting for the next "great white hope" from early draft picks.

Ill take the extra wins thanks

Boggles my mind that anyone would rather lose than win especially coming from where this club has come from

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From reports they are highly keen on Petracca. Obviously unhappy about any situation where we finish beneath them on the ladder, as our two picks before them will probably ensure Petracca is long gone before their first pick.

Solution? Tank! Also gives us very little bargaining power to trade picks and nab Cameron/Shiel, so it's quite logical for them to stay beneath us.

get the early pick, look to trade with the Suns, maybe Swallow & P-10ish ?

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We need to win. The biggest issue is the lack of confidence in winning bloody games of footy, we need that far more than a few spots higher up the draft chain.

As PR has already shown with pederson, with believe and confidence our existing players can make the gains we need to play finals.

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Can't believe this is not mentioned here, but on the radio they were talking about how Tom Boyd is really unhappy at GWS and wants out

grab him, & shiel.

i'd much prefer we win every game for the remainder of the year and we start to see consistency and skills from the likes of watts, blease, tapscott et al than finish lower on the ladder.

in fact, if we could somehow end up with lucky pick #7 i'd be ecstatic.

we all would prefer it. & if we all worked at the club, we would be doing our darnedest to achieve just that...

but as supporters, we can other ideas in mind, but still prefer to win head over heart or heart over head

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I ask this in all seriousness. Is there a major difference between pick 1 and pick 5 this year? Is there a standout player or players? I haven't had a look at the TAC lads this year. At a guess to trade with GWS would have to involve players and picks as I can't see GWS wanting to lose Shiel or Cameron and only move up one spot in the draft.

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