Something that is bugging me and is hardly related to the MFC but really gets me is why the hell SOS is rated so highly as a recruiter! he's screwed up so many more picks than he's gotten right.

2012 he grabbed...1: Whitfield ( looks good but obvious choice )

2:O'rourke ( gone to hawks after showing little )

3: Plowman ( gone to blues after showing little )

12: Jacksh ( gone to blues after showing little )

14: Corr ( looks okay, but not standing out )

2013 1. Boyd ( gone to dogs after showing little )

2. Kelly ( looks a player but obvious pick 2 )

14: McCarthey ( good but wants out already )

2014 4. Picket ( eh, did he even play? )

6. Marchbank ( looks okay )

7. Ahern ( meh )

11 selections inside the top 14 in 3 years and imo 2 players that look like long term giants is a Melbourne-like result.

hope his strike rate is better at the blues, for their sake.

Not wishing to be mean spirited but I hope it's not.

The thing I like about GWS drafting this year is that both if both Jacob Hopper and Mathew Kennedy have good pre-seasons then they will have a bloke running around the NEAFL next year being paid $50,000 a game

Here is an early AFL list of 2016 draftees http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-11-26/the-next-batch-whos-the-pick-of-the-2016-draft-crop?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=RSS+feed%3A+AFL+Latest+News

Not necessarily top 10 but 10 that will probably be in the 1st round.

Notice no tall forwards in that 10.

That I think is the key to the trade of next years 1st rnd pick for an extra top 10 pick this year.

With all the Academy players (again) and a mid ladder finish our 2016 1st pick would be around # 13-15 and any decent tall forwards will be long gone by then.

We had to get our tall forward this year!!!!

I now wonder if Weideman was the reason for trading up to pick 3.

Then when Oliver stormed home, we knew he wouldn't get to #7.

We took a punt...it paid off and we got both!

Next year the draft is touted as running deep for mid-fielders.

We should be able to pick up another with some speed next year.

That is about all we need to finish off a balanced 'best 22' plus some decent depth.

The foresight and forward planning by the Club this off-season has been exceptional.

Edited November 26, 20159 yr by Lucifer's Hero

Something that is bugging me and is hardly related to the MFC but really gets me is why the hell SOS is rated so highly as a recruiter! he's screwed up so many more picks than he's gotten right.

2012 he grabbed...1: Whitfield ( looks good but obvious choice )

2:O'rourke ( gone to hawks after showing little )

3: Plowman ( gone to blues after showing little )

12: Jacksh ( gone to blues after showing little )

14: Corr ( looks okay, but not standing out )

2013 1. Boyd ( gone to dogs after showing little )

2. Kelly ( looks a player but obvious pick 2 )

14: McCarthey ( good but wants out already )

2014 4. Picket ( eh, did he even play? )

6. Marchbank ( looks okay )

7. Ahern ( meh )

11 selections inside the top 14 in 3 years and imo 2 players that look like long term giants is a Melbourne-like result.

hope his strike rate is better at the blues, for their sake.

Yeah I agree. I wrote about this a month or so ago. They have drafted appallingly. They were always going to have some busts and go-home factor but they have made some real recruiting blunders.

I do believe a large part of their strategy though was to recruit talent that they could trade in future rather than go for a large contingent of established talent/experience.