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44 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Not sure how I feel about this.

 

I suspected this might be the case. Tauru to me seems like a JT pick. If it’s just a message we are putting out & not reality, it could cause North to take him at 2, and we get another mid to pick from at 5.

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    14 minutes ago, adonski said:

    MFC playing funny buggers just like the Kako bid

    Agree if they want Tauru our best position is them not being confident he gets passed our pick 5  forcing them to take him at 2. This increases the midfielder options available to us at pick 5.  

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    1 hour ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

    Agree if they want Tauru our best position is them not being confident he gets passed our pick 5  forcing them to take him at 2. This increases the midfielder options available to us at pick 5.  

    Agreed. It’s moves and countermoves!!! Cat Dog GIF

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    13 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Not sure how I feel about this.

     

    My guess is our draft board (minus academy etc) looks something like:

    Band 1- Lalor, (?FOS),
    Band 2 - Langford, Tauru

    Band 3 - in some order  (?Smillie, Draper, Smith) Allan, Lindsay, Reid, Armstrong

    If Langford is gone we take Tauru knowing one of the mids will be there at 9.

    But Langford is plan A and Tauru going at 2 helps with that. Then it’s a matter of what we do at 9.

    If Langford and Tauru are both gone that’s when we perhaps get creative on how we get the best combination of our third band of players.

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    3 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    My guess is our draft board (minus academy etc) looks something like:

    Band 1- Lalor, (?FOS),
    Band 2 - Langford, Tauru

    Band 3 - in some order  (?Smillie, Draper, Smith) Allan, Lindsay, Reid, Armstrong

    If Langford is gone we take Tauru knowing one of the mids will be there at 9.

    But Langford is plan A and Tauru going at 2 helps with that. Then it’s a matter of what we do at 9.

    If Langford and Tauru are both gone that’s when we perhaps get creative on how we get the best combination of our third band of players.

    The big plus with Tauru is hes a November birth and his rate of improvement late was huge. He basically playing against everyone older then himself, and if you take Jagga Smith who is a Jan birth, at times 10 months difference which at this stage of a players development can considerable make a big difference.

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