NATIONAL DRAFT PICKS 3 & 7

[rjay 24,917]

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.

[FarNorthernD 5,861]

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

[Lucifers Hero 39,737]

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, 2015 by Lucifer's Hero

[jnrmac 20,058]

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.