Brisbane Lions Consider Asking for Priority Picks

[daisycutter 29,795]

I have no problems with them getting priority picks if they're purely to secure their Academy talent (after all, the new rules were designed to punish Sydney from getting another Heeney on the cheap). And frankly, it serves the competition best if they're taking local kids that live there and want to stay in Brisbane (where nobody gives a [censored] about AFL).

However, if they're just getting gifted priority picks to secure BOTH Academy AND general draft talent that other lowly clubs desperately need, it's not on.

Frankly, ignoring the elephant in the room will solve nothing. Rockliff is clearly disliked and the coach doesn't have the players.

well get rockliff then. only 25 and a gun accumulator

[SaberFang 7,151]

well get rockliff then. only 25 and a gun accumulator

Doesn't pass the "no [censored] policy" Roos is trying to enforce.

[Moonshadow 17,678]

The answer is simple.

If Brisbane and/or Carlton apply for special assistance on the basis of their current predicament, we apply on the basis of our history over the past 9 seasons.

Then we see what happens.

In any event, if the others apply and we don't then it would be commercially irresponsible not to do so in the circumstances.

Agree. If you don't ask you don't receive. If we ask it shows up the process as being either biased or balenced. Wonder which it will be?

[Biffen 12,947]

Let them have it.

We've seen first hand that it will not guarantee success.

More than ever,it's a team game.

Whatever kid we get help us to a flag .

[daisycutter 29,795]

Doesn't pass the "no [censored] policy" Roos is trying to enforce.

tell me more

[SaberFang 7,151]

tell me more

Calling Boomer a "[censored]" after winning against North. Punching Stevie J in the [censored] a few weeks back. Blaming losses on teammates he dislikes at match reviews. He's despised by a large circle of teammates and is a huge part of the retention problem up there.

Edited September 9, 2015 by Lamashtu

[Jaded No More 68,974]

Calling Boomer a "[censored]" after winning against North. Punching Stevie J in the [censored] a few weeks back. Blaming losses on teammates he dislikes at match reviews. He's despised by a large circle of teammates and is a huge part of the retention problem up there.

To be fair, who amongst us doesn't think Harvey is a [censored] and Johnson doesn't deserve a punch in the nuts?

[daisycutter 29,795]

Calling Boomer a "[censored]" after winning against North. Punching Stevie J in the [censored] a few weeks back. Blaming losses on teammates he dislikes at match reviews. He's despised by a large circle of teammates and is a huge part of the retention problem up there.

tks

[SaberFang 7,151]

To be fair, who amongst us doesn't think Harvey is a [censored] and Johnson doesn't deserve a punch in the nuts?

Not untrue, but would you be happy if Nathan Jones walked up to Joel Selwood and called him a f**got after we beat Geelong?

Rockliff might be a great player, but he needs to grow the [censored] up and show some actual leadership. You don't earn respect unless you give it.

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

Let them have it.We've seen first hand that it will not guarantee success.More than ever,it's a team game.Whatever kid we get help us to a flag .

Yeah but now that we're the team dropping a spot because of it I can not stand for it. Besides its principal, [censored] the Lions they had a hand in denying us a PP so why should we endorse theirs by saying nothing?

[SaberFang 7,151]

Yeah but now that we're the team dropping a spot because of it I can not stand for it. Besides its principal, [censored] the Lions they had a hand in denying us a PP so why should we endorse theirs by saying nothing?

Exactly. Distinctly remember that [censored] Swann coming out repeatedly saying we shouldn't be overcompensated for Frawley (this was clearly the backdoor deal that the AFL arranged and informed other clubs about in advance).

Different story when the shoe's on the other foot though! They need priority picks! More concessions! More funding! Overcompensation for free agents leaving! Extended contracts for players they draft!

Puh-lease.

[Moonshadow 17,678]

Not untrue, but would you be happy if Nathan Jones walked up to Joel Selwood and called him a f**got after we beat Geelong?

Rockliff might be a great player, but he needs to grow the [censored] up and show some actual leadership. You don't earn respect unless you give it.

Sometimes a change of scenery and personnel can help a player grow up/straighten up, eg, Garlett.

Don't know Rockliff as a player that well, but wouldn't be writing him off too quickly.

[grazman 7,499]

Lions sooking in the Age this morning, reckon it might take them another 15 years to win a premiership. I'm guessing their request for a PP (as opposed to generous FA compensation) didn't go that well.

[CBDees 3,167]

Lions sooking in the Age this morning, reckon it might take them another 15 years to win a premiership. I'm guessing their request for a PP (as opposed to generous FA compensation) didn't go that well.

Wow 15 years!!!!! We have only been waiting 52 years and still counting! My heart bleeds for them!

[jnrmac 20,205]

Exactly. Distinctly remember that [censored] Swann coming out repeatedly saying we shouldn't be overcompensated for Frawley (this was clearly the backdoor deal that the AFL arranged and informed other clubs about in advance).

Different story when the shoe's on the other foot though! They need priority picks! More concessions! More funding! Overcompensation for free agents leaving! Extended contracts for players they draft!

Puh-lease.

SWANN:

"We need to keep pick four because Melbourne have done a really good job of trying to sell the world that they'll get pick three for James Frawley and that pushes us back to five and that has a little bit of an effect on our ability to trade as well," Swann told AFL Trade Radio.

"I know 'Roosy' (Melbourne coach Paul Roos) said everyone he speaks to thinks that pick three is a fair pick (for Frawley) but we certainly don't and we would have thought an end-of-first-round (pick) would be the best for James. It has a big impact on us.

"We're talking pick three – it's a massive pick in a draft. I would have thought that would be reserved for top, top-echelon players.

"We'd just like to think that it wasn't just a standard fait accompli that James gets pick three because there's a whole lot of stuff that goes into it and obviously it has an effect on others around where Melbourne's pick is."

Swann said it wouldn't be appropriate if the AFL gave the Demons pick three as compensation for Frawley just because it knocked back their application for a priority pick last week.

Bwahahahahh

Bet he wishes he didn't say this stuff but they were so intent on getting Beams they didn't think therough the implications

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

Lions sooking in the Age this morning, reckon it might take them another 15 years to win a premiership. I'm guessing their request for a PP (as opposed to generous FA compensation) didn't go that well.

15 years, there's 18 teams.. Feelings of entitlement much?

[SaberFang 7,151]

Caro flat-out saying that nobody is getting any priority picks this year. She's got a direct line to Mark Evans and other members of the Commission, so I'd say that settles it.

Carlton's bluff worked.

[KingDingAling 3,758]

Caro flat-out saying that nobody is getting any priority picks this year. She's got a direct line to Mark Evans and other members of the Commission, so I'd say that settles it.

Carlton's bluff worked.

Also there has been articles lately suggesting that teams are going cold on Kreuzer. Hopefully our pick isn't compromised. It isn't looking likely. Pick 6 is a reasonable pick to have, I think it offers a bit of bargaining power. Just on PP's, It is hard to make a case for any team to get one. If MFC is the precedent then it would be hard to make an argument for a PP next year as well. The AFL could've handled this better. They are a bit of a mess atm.

[Moonshadow 17,678]

Kreuzer failed a number of club medicals. He's shot. Not going anywhere.

[Moonshadow 17,678]

SWANN:

"We need to keep pick four because Melbourne have done a really good job of trying to sell the world that they'll get pick three for James Frawley and that pushes us back to five and that has a little bit of an effect on our ability to trade as well," Swann told AFL Trade Radio.

"I know 'Roosy' (Melbourne coach Paul Roos) said everyone he speaks to thinks that pick three is a fair pick (for Frawley) but we certainly don't and we would have thought an end-of-first-round (pick) would be the best for James. It has a big impact on us.

"We're talking pick three it's a massive pick in a draft. I would have thought that would be reserved for top, top-echelon players.

"We'd just like to think that it wasn't just a standard fait accompli that James gets pick three because there's a whole lot of stuff that goes into it and obviously it has an effect on others around where Melbourne's pick is."

Swann said it wouldn't be appropriate if the AFL gave the Demons pick three as compensation for Frawley just because it knocked back their application for a priority pick last week.

Bwahahahahh

Bet he wishes he didn't say this stuff but they were so intent on getting Beams they didn't think therough the implications

Swann is talking bs. He knows full well we didn't get pick 3 as compo for Chip, we got band 1 compo which because of our ladder position turned into pick 3. Same compo rules apply to all clubs. Lower clubs who get FA compo should get a higher pick for that compo. For Leuie or Kruze to be touted as band 1 compo is laughable.