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I find this thread pretty pointless.

Same rubbish article the AFL does every year on us before the draft.

Go watch Nathan Fyfe under 18 champs video and see what an absolute dud he looked.
 

Stupid pointless article and you could do the same for any team

What a load of utter rubbish that article was. Forget our club, what about every other club that missed out on those players? Haven't people realised yet that the draft is largely a lottery. We're trying to put 80 x 17/18 year old's in a "proper" order when it's virtually impossible to do so. I'm forever amazed that otherwise intelligent people fall for this sort of stuff.

Drafting 17/18 year old's is a glorified lucky dip and that's all it will ever likely be (unless some dramatic changes are made like lifting the draft age to around about 22 - by the way, that won't be happening in a hurry so we're stuck with what we've got)

Re this upcoming draft ... out of Wright, Petracca, Brayshaw, Lever, Leverde and McCartin there is a high likelihood that 2 or 3 of those 6 players that won't make it past B grade level. 1 or 2 of them could be complete busts. Maybe 1 or 2 of them might be stars. At the moment, none of us know for sure how any of them will turn out. What is almost certainly true is those 6 players will not be the best 6 players that come out of the draft.

If people believe that the draft is largely flawed then in all honesty those people forfeit the right to make criticisms of those making the selections. And if people believe that the draft isn't flawed then .....


Lol, is this the exact same article from last year?

Of course our drafting and development has been shambolic, but I still await the same article on each of the other clubs overlooking Fyfe, Tippett etc.

Stupid, unoriginal, kick-a-team-while-they're-down article.

Michael Rogers, you are a hack.

God what a depressing article that is to read with a friday night Hangover.

No wonder the AFL stepped in, this place was run by idiots.

 

This garbage article is recycled every year!

The first problem is that it's revisionism at its worse as every year the article is written, the team is different as the journalist (in name only) has had another year consider the draft. (cue 'Michael Hurley is the next Wayne Carey' circa 2010)

The second problem is that this can be done for every team in the league. Imagine Hawthorn with Selwood, Fyfe and Pendlebury!

Stupid, unoriginal, kick-a-team-while-they're-down article.

Michael Rogers, you are a hack.

and to make matters worse hes an MFC supporter


All I took from that article is Robbie Gray looks so so incredibly good in a Dees jumper.... I mean really [censored] good.... :)

All I took from that article is Robbie Gray looks so so incredibly good in a Dees jumper.... I mean really [censored] good.... :)

I was gonna say the same thing...but about Fyfe..

You can still do that, don't be afraid :P


This most remarkable thing about this thread is that the contents of that article could be a revelation to someone.

It's definitely another club's turn to be the media's punching bag. We've done our shift. In face we've done a triple shift.

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