2 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Billings or Freijah is the question. We went with a player who couldn’t get a game in a lowly club and didn’t give ourselves the chance for a pick 45 gold !!

when your in the window the chance of pick 45 coming into the team and contributing if injury hits is next to zero compared to taking a chance on some fringe experience from another club. As much as Hunter and Billings didnt work out Id much prefer either of them to play a final compared to a kid taken deep in the draft

8 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Melbourne wins a flag and proceeds to lose one required player after another.

Brisbane wins back to back flags and then tops up with ready to play recruits.

Mind-boggling.

Post-2021 we lost Jackson as a go-home, but every one of our required players re-signed.

As for Brisbane ... go and talk to Richmond and Hawthorn about topping up after their flag runs. Both fell in a hole.

1 hour ago, BangBnagBang said:

when your in the window the chance of pick 45 coming into the team and contributing if injury hits is next to zero compared to taking a chance on some fringe experience from another club. As much as Hunter and Billings didnt work out Id much prefer either of them to play a final compared to a kid taken deep in the draft

hunter and billings were recruited to directly replace harmes and jordon as role players with better foot skills, problem was our game style and culture didnt move with the recruiting and we fell in a hole, but u could see the vision and at the time whilst reluctant we were to lose one of our own in Harmes and a 22yo in jordon (who we delisted ahead of others to make space when covid list cuts occurred) we weren't taking those players in place of draftees replacing other outgoings/list turnover at the bottom of the list, the recruitments of laurie when we wanted and thought we had our hands on Holmes and howes as busts hurt our depth when we then lost further players Brayshaw, Nibbler, Bedford, Jackson etc

35 minutes ago, Turner said:

hunter and billings were recruited to directly replace harmes and jordon as role players with better foot skills, problem was our game style and culture didnt move with the recruiting and we fell in a hole, but u could see the vision and at the time whilst reluctant we were to lose one of our own in Harmes and a 22yo in jordon (who we delisted ahead of others to make space when covid list cuts occurred) we weren't taking those players in place of draftees replacing other outgoings/list turnover at the bottom of the list, the recruitments of laurie when we wanted and thought we had our hands on Holmes and howes as busts hurt our depth when we then lost further players Brayshaw, Nibbler, Bedford, Jackson etc

The vision