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23 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

My dog is offended.

Woof woof woooooof wof.

You will recognise that,Chook, as the apology your dog deserves. It's probably a Labradoodle or a Spoodle I'll bet !!!!!

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2 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

Woof woof woooooof wof.

You will recognise that,Chook, as the apology your dog deserves. It's probably a Labradoodle or a Spoodle I'll bet !!!!!

Thanks my bitzer produces a better product than was delivered tonight.

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7 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Thanks my bitzer produces a better product than was delivered tonight.

... so doe's Bbo's maid,,, apparently.  I'll bet he being honed down right now, by that cantankerous grinder.

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Some old mate on Mac sports radio this morning said a player, he wouldn't name for privacy reasons, had sent a medical "certificate" of some sort to non-Vic clubs which said he couldn't move interstate.

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11 hours ago, buck_nekkid said:

How is that Syd/wce action not draft tampering?  Park a second rounder at wce, so bundle lower picks, then trade it straight back after the lower picks have been used.  How is this fair or in the spirit of the draft?  I know it cost them a later round downgrade next year, but this means they get Blakey and a second rounder for peanuts.

That no club bid on Blakely earlier to force them to use pick 24 allowed them to cash in.  We would have forced their hand earlier as we did with Mills and Heeney.

 

It just shows the distortions the points based trading system creates.  Last night 3 Academy picks were matched:

  • Tarryn Thomas to North who started with 42, 47, 48, 49, 55, 58, 86
  • Nick Blakey to Sydney who started with  26, 33, 38, 39, 40, 70, 88 then traded out 26 before the opp bid and traded back in 24 after matching
  • Isaac Quaynor to Collingwood who started with 41, 44, 57, 59, 60, 93

North and Collingwood have Academy players tipped to go in the top 10 picks tonight (as do GWS and WBD).  Colllingwood also have the highly touted F/S, Will Kelly.

It is shocking that all these top players can go for 'junk' picks.

Yesterday, I posted that trading of picks by clubs with 'Tied' players (either Academy or F/S) needs revamping, starting with the elimination of discounts for Academy players. 

I really dislike Sydney's clever trading last night but I have greater disdain for the underlying system that allows clubs to trade out high picks for junk picks during the trade period or during live-trade.  And it will worsen in coming years as more Academy (and F/S) players come into the system.  The draft points system is no longer working effectively and needs to change.

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18 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

Some old mate on Mac sports radio this morning said a player, he wouldn't name for privacy reasons, had sent a medical "certificate" of some sort to non-Vic clubs which said he couldn't move interstate.

Could be Bytel.  

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1 hour ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Yesterday, I posted that trading of picks by clubs with 'Tied' players (either Academy or F/S) needs revamping, starting with the elimination of discounts for Academy players. 

I really dislike Sydney's clever trading last night but I have greater disdain for the underlying system that allows clubs to trade out high picks for junk picks during the trade period or during live-trade.  And it will worsen in coming years as more Academy (and F/S) players come into the system.  The draft points system is no longer working effectively and needs to change.

We may have a few F/S prospects coming through over the next 3 to 5 years. So change it after that!!!

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 Weren’t things scheduled to restart again 1.5 hours ago? ?

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16 minutes ago, FireInTheBelly said:

Put your hand up if you tipped us to get Tom Sparrow. I don't remember seeing anyone tip that.

See our next pick James Jordan had a big first quarter in final but faded from there. Will fit right in with us.

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29 minutes ago, old dee said:

See our next pick James Jordan had a big first quarter in final but faded from there. Will fit right in with us.

LoL keep up the good work ODee

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DRAFT ORDER (Day 2 - AFL National Draft)

END OF ROUND ONE

23. Gold Coast Jez McLennan

ROUND TWO

24. Greater Western Sydney Ian Hill
25. Sydney James Rowbottom 
26. Western Bulldogs Rhylee West
27. Melbourne Tom Sparrow 
28. West Coast Xavier O’Neill 
29. Collingwood Will Kelly
30. Adelaide Will Hamill
31. West Coast Luke Foley
32. Fremantle Luke Valente
33. Melbourne James Jordan 
34. Greater Western Sydney Kieren Briggs
35. West Coast Bailey Williams
36. Brisbane Thomas Berry
37. Western Bulldogs Laitham Vandermeer
38. Essendon Irving Mosquito 
39. West Coast Jarrod Cameron 
40. Brisbane Tom Joyce
41. St Kilda Jack Bytel
42. Brisbane Connor McFadyen
43. Richmond Jack Ross

ROUND THREE

44. Sydney Justin McInerney
45. Western Bulldogs Ben Cavarra
46. North Melbourne Curtis Taylor
47. St Kilda Matthew Parker
48. Geelong Ben Jarvis
49. North Melbourne Bailey Scott
50. Geelong Jacob Kennerley
51. Sydney Zac Foot
52. Hawthorn Jacob Koschitzke
53. Melbourne Aaron Nietzchke
54. St Kilda Nick Hind
55.  Brisbane Noah Answorth

ROUND FOUR

56. Melbourne Marty Hore
57. Fremantle Lachlan Shultz
58 Richmond Fraser Turner
59. Fremantle Brett Bewley
60. Essendon Noah Gown
61. Greater Western Sydney Connor Idun
62. Richmond Luke English 
63. Hawthorn Mathew Walker
64. Adelaide Lachlan Sholl
65. Geelong Darcy Fort
66. Carlton Finbar O’Dwyer
67. St Kilda Robert Young
68. Geelong Jake Tarca
69. North Melbourne Joel Crocker

ROUND FIVE

70. Carlton Ben Silvagni
71. Gold Coast Caleb Graham
72. Essendon Brayden Ham
73. Port Adelaide Riley Grundy
74. Geelong Oscar Brownless
75. Melbourne Toby Bedford

ROUND SIX AND BEYOND 

76. Port Adelaide Boyd Woodcock 
77. Collingwood Atu Bosenavulagi
78. Western Bulldogs Will Hayes

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