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7 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Get the players in now when you know it’s a strong, deep draft

Tasmania aren't in  the draft next year or the following year.

These draft years are premium for the future of the club.

We have a questionable forward line along with queries over our midfield. An injury to Gawn of over four weeks costs us 3-4 ladder places.

Saying we will finish 5th or above in 2025 is a big punt

From what I've read this is an even draft which does not make it deep from a future quality viewpoint

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North are very open to sliding back so my proposition would be 

2 and 22 for our 5 and future first. 

Assuming we make the 8 next year we could guess that would make it something like 5 and 13 for 2 and 22 which feels reasonably fair in general. 

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6 hours ago, mo64 said:

It really worked out well for us last year, lol.

We traded picks 14, 27 and 35 to get pick 11. Don't get me wrong, I like Tholstrup, but we could have got Darcy Wilson, Logan Morris, Shaun Mannagh, Lawson Humphries or Sam Clohessy with later picks. Instead we topped up our list with recycled hacks after re-signing Schache.

I have no faith in our list management.

 

You have picked out ONE case and ONE season does not determine a flop win or loss. 

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15 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Tasmania aren't in  the draft next year or the following year.

These draft years are premium for the future of the club.

We have a questionable forward line along with queries over our midfield. An injury to Gawn of over four weeks costs us 3-4 ladder places.

Saying we will finish 5th or above in 2025 is a big punt

From what I've read this is an even draft which does not make it deep from a future quality viewpoint

Wrong this draft is consider DEEP that means plenty of depth with quality choices for first second and into third round. Mids and later on key position players of quality are prevalent this year. 

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1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

I'd say a betting person would say our future first will be between 6 and 14 so trading for pick 13 is not a great trade

Agree. It’s super risky. It’s banking on the rebound.  It’s backing yourself.  Maybe they think getting a player “this year” allows extra development and the strength of this years top 15 is very good.  Of course it depends on whether the pick availability and whether we can outbid others.  

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1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

I'd say a betting person would say our future first will be between 6 and 14 so trading for pick 13 is not a great trade


It clearly is if we think this year’s crop is much better than next year’s.

If you’re purely looking at the numbers, then yeah, you’re right.

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18 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Agree. It’s super risky. It’s banking on the rebound.  It’s backing yourself.  Maybe they think getting a player “this year” allows extra development and the strength of this years top 15 is very good.  Of course it depends on whether the pick availability and whether we can outbid others.  

What ai would say is that I don’t want 5 already we have and say the 13 on offer to get say No2 and only one player from that trade.

With the draft depth a 5 and 13 is very good prospects for two high quality mids or a mid plus a high quality key position player like Armstrong or Faull depending upon other trade choices of other Clubs. 

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1 hour ago, Mach5 said:


It clearly is if we think this year’s crop is much better than next year’s.

If you’re purely looking at the numbers, then yeah, you’re right.

We also need to consider the benefit of bringing in a player a year earlier and having them in our system developing for 12 months.

If we believe our window is open now then sooner would be better than later. Especially if we are considering a tall like Tauru or Armstrong.

What's more value, pick 13 this year with 12 months development, or pick 6 next year?

I would be very hesitant to trade next year's first as it could very well be a top 5 pick.

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