Jump to content

Featured Replies

3 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

p&d vs h&c

As long as it isn't holy grail.

The Slab?

It'd make a great footy song.

 
18 minutes ago, binman said:

As long as it isn't holy grail.

The Slab?

It'd make a great footy song.

Just as an aside, do you know your avatar’s nick name?

10 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Just as an aside, do you know your avatar’s nick name?

Down here in Hobart he's known as Bull. 

 

The fun of this thread aside, does history show that a, say, number 4 pick is really better than a number 6? I would have thought that there’s so much luck and talent development involved that it wouldn’t make much difference. 

  • Author
10 minutes ago, Hampton 22 said:

The fun of this thread aside, does history show that a, say, number 4 pick is really better than a number 6? I would have thought that there’s so much luck and talent development involved that it wouldn’t make much difference. 

Pick 6 appears to be cursed

image.png.0549b4a76b632ca93b94cad194ee89e8.png


8 minutes ago, adonski said:

Pick 6 appears to be cursed

image.png.0549b4a76b632ca93b94cad194ee89e8.png

Yeah but 6,66 is good for us 😈

 
1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Just as an aside, do you know your avatar’s nick name?

The Slab?


26 minutes ago, Hampton 22 said:

The fun of this thread aside, does history show that a, say, number 4 pick is really better than a number 6? I would have thought that there’s so much luck and talent development involved that it wouldn’t make much difference. 

If we get get pick 6, I hope we also get pick 66.

Then it will picks 6 66. 

The number of the beast.

With a stutter.

 

18 hours ago, JimmyGadson said:

If we were to nab pick 7 from Gold Coast, we'd go to the draft with pick 4 and 7.

That’d really spruce the list up nicely heh Big Fella, big fella, big fella, big fella!!

56 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Death Riders Returning from a Successful Weekend of Death Riding 
Power Horse GIF by TRT

Meanwhile, freo trying to get their season going...

robinhood-horse.gif.c39ed2cc7e0ee396e96d08e18b8f65ab.gif

1 hour ago, Hampton 22 said:

The fun of this thread aside, does history show that a, say, number 4 pick is really better than a number 6? I would have thought that there’s so much luck and talent development involved that it wouldn’t make much difference. 

2015  4 Clayton Oliver 

          6 Aaron Francis 


3 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

Down here in Hobart he's known as Bull. 

At Dees he was known as Mushy.

2 hours ago, Hampton 22 said:

The fun of this thread aside, does history show that a, say, number 4 pick is really better than a number 6? I would have thought that there’s so much luck and talent development involved that it wouldn’t make much difference. 

 

2 hours ago, adonski said:

Pick 6 appears to be cursed

image.png.0549b4a76b632ca93b94cad194ee89e8.png

Curse aside, it's a really interesting question.

As drafting and recruitment gets better over time, there should be less speculation further down the draft board.

But obviously luc, environment and development would play a big part in any drafting.

I think what it really comes down to is how much of a lock the selected player is.

At pick 1, there is often a standout, or maybe 2-3 in the convo.

At pick 50 there might be 20 players in the conversation.

So the likelihood of getting a good player may depend on when it starts opening up in any given year.

In some years there are a clear top 3, then the next 4 might be not as clear cut. In the case 4 v 6 is going to be much more influenced by drafting nouse and development.

If there is a clear top 4 though, then 4 v 6 is going is much more likely to be about skill/quality of the draftee.

 

So, if we get Jason Talylor on the Demonland podcast again this year, it would be interesting to know how he's enjoying the death ride!!

In all seriousness though, I do wounder how it's actually influenced our recruitment planning.  I'm guessing that knowing well have at worst a pick somewhere in the Range 4 - 8 will give the team some great options to seriously think about going forward.


5 hours ago, Hampton 22 said:

The fun of this thread aside, does history show that a, say, number 4 pick is really better than a number 6? I would have thought that there’s so much luck and talent development involved that it wouldn’t make much difference. 

Last 10 years...

image.png.e931c07e5ea5de318b185a12282fb2f6.png

 

 

 
20 minutes ago, JTR said:

Last 10 years...

image.png.e931c07e5ea5de318b185a12282fb2f6.png

 

 

One of the main things this table shows me JTR is Jackson asides, how long it's been since the MFC has had a top 10 pick.  For the sustained sucess of the team, it's so important we get more in and thus what a gift from God this season Freo are having is for us in the circumstances.

So if we assume that we're getting pick 4, 5 or 6, are there half a dozen young prospects in and around that area of the draft that the draft watchers could put forward here?

I'm in that group that doesn't follow the fortunes of the prospects

We could of course use the pick as part of a bundle or work our way up to pick 2 or 3 or even using the pick for an established player

But young prospects? 


Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

Featured Content

  • NON-MFC: Round 15

    As the Demons head into their Bye Round, it's time to turn our attention to the other matches being played. Which teams are you tipping this week? And which results would be most favourable for the Demons if we can manage to turn our season around? Follow all the non-Melbourne games here and join the conversation as the ladder continues to take shape.

      • Like
    • 3 replies
  • REPORT: Port Adelaide

    Of course, it’s not the backline, you might argue and you would probably be right. It’s the boot studder (do they still have them?), the midfield, the recruiting staff, the forward line, the kicking coach, the Board, the interchange bench, the supporters, the folk at Casey, the head coach and the club psychologist  It’s all of them and all of us for having expectations that were sufficiently high to have believed three weeks ago that a restoration of the Melbourne team to a position where we might still be in contention for a finals berth when the time for the midseason bye arrived. Now let’s look at what happened over the period of time since Melbourne overwhelmed the Sydney Swans at the MCG in late May when it kicked 8.2 to 5.3 in the final quarter (and that was after scoring 3.8 to two straight goals in the second term). 

      • Clap
      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 2 replies
  • CASEY: Essendon

    Casey’s unbeaten run was extended for at least another fortnight after the Demons overran a persistent Essendon line up by 29 points at ETU Stadium in Port Melbourne last night. After conceding the first goal of the evening, Casey went on a scoring spree from about ten minutes in, with five unanswered majors with its fleet of midsized runners headed by the much improved Paddy Cross who kicked two in quick succession and livewire Ricky Mentha who also kicked an early goal. Leading the charge was recruit of the year, Riley Bonner while Bailey Laurie continued his impressive vein of form. With Tom Campbell missing from the lineup, Will Verrall stepped up to the plate demonstrating his improvement under the veteran ruckman’s tutelage. The Demons were looking comfortable for much of the second quarter and held a 25-point lead until the Bombers struck back with two goals in the shadows of half time. On the other side of the main break their revival continued with first three goals of the half. Harry Sharp, who had been quiet scrambled in the Demons’ first score of the third term to bring the margin back to a single point at the 17 minute mark and the game became an arm-wrestle for the remainder of the quarter and into the final moments of the last.

      • Clap
    • 0 replies
  • PREGAME: Gold Coast

    The Demons have the Bye next week but then are on the road once again when they come up against the Gold Coast Suns on the Gold Coast in what could be a last ditch effort to salvage their season. Who comes in and who comes out?

      • Thanks
    • 109 replies
  • PODCAST: Port Adelaide

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 16th June @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect the Dees disappointing loss to the Power.
    Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show.
    Listen LIVE: https://demonland.com/

      • Thanks
    • 32 replies
  • POSTGAME: Port Adelaide

    The Demons simply did not take their opportunities when they presented themselves and ultimately when down by 25 points effectively ending their finals chances. Goal kicking practice during the Bye?

      • Haha
      • Thanks
    • 252 replies