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Welcome to Demonland: Pick 9

adonski
in Melbourne Demons

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2 hours ago, old55 said:

We probably agreed not to bid on Kako with either 5 or 9 too, that's a big bonus for Essendon.

That I assume is the sweetener

13 for F1 and 25/28 was not a great deal but this one is okay.

Sounds like a squeeze... expect some complaints from other clubs

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    29 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    Or have them returning to their best and helping us win another flag.

    Preferred outcome 

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    35 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    That's called draft tampering and is accompanied by heavy sanctions if found guilty.

    Been living under a rock for the last 5 years? Side deals are par for the course now 

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    Brainwave!

    We're confident we're going to get Kalani White as a F/S next year and that we'd likely have to burn out first pick anyway for points.

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    1 hour ago, adonski said:

    Hope not. 5 and 9 is a nice spot, we need both quality and quantity

    The Salem+Tyson vs Josh Kelly conundrum rears it's ugly head

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    The move is effectively midfield insurance and gives us quality depth in the midfield at the same time (I'm in the 2 x Mids camp and given JT's track history in drafting mids, we're in safe hands)  

    As others have intimated, Rivers could go back, Petracca predominantly forward etc etc if it all worked out

    And many of the highly fancied Mids in the draft are plug-in-and-play types

    In an 18 team comp, to get picks 5 & 9 is a dream come true.  List-wise, we're not in bad shape to start off with (fully fit & switched on) 

    As for the 2025 draft, we could end up in a powerful trading position to get back into the 1st round anyway

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    49 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    That's called draft tampering and is accompanied by heavy sanctions if found guilty.

    It's our little secret then. If it gets out I'll know it was from you!

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    5 & 9 almost guarantees at least one will be ready to go for 2025, that’s an enormous confidence boost that we might see a changing of the guard.

    If both are ready for round 1, we could be a transformed side within a 6 month period - big caveat being Goody and his beloved gameplan

    Edited by BW511

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    56 minutes ago, Melonmonster said:

    Will this trade go through tomorrow or will they wait until draft night ? 
    Hopefully another club doesn’t come through and beat our offer!

     

     

    Tim Lamb will be waiting for Matt Rosa on Monday at 9.00am at AFL Headquarters to sign off the paperwork. I'm sure Tim would be getting there early on Monday morning to ensure another offer comes between now and Monday morning. 

    Anyway absolutely stoked taking picks 5 and 9 to the draft to get 2 midfielders. 

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    Please remember this is likely pick 6 and 10 after Levi Ashcroft gets to Brisbane, and possible other academies could push pick 10 out as well.

     

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    5 and 9 in this draft could completely flip the script 

    Two mids to supplement our guns, play HF, wing

    add excitement and enthusiasm 

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    If we really rate someone that we think Richmond won't take but who won't make it to 5 we could gun for 2 + F1 from North for 5 + 9. North don't really need more mids but could get two talls there.

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    1 minute ago, Red and Blue Flame said:

    Please remember this is likely pick 6 and 10 after Levi Ashcroft gets to Brisbane, and possible other academies could push pick 10 out as well.

     

    but if you ignore Levi like most are, its probably 5 and 9

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    1 minute ago, Red and Blue Flame said:

    Please remember this is likely pick 6 and 10 after Levi Ashcroft gets to Brisbane, and possible other academies could push pick 10 out as well.

     

    Big deal. They're not available to us anyway so the picks are 5 and 9 in the open draft.

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    Not a chance that someone doesn't bid on Ashcroft. He is the best player in the draft

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    9 minutes ago, Red and Blue Flame said:

    Not a chance that someone doesn't bid on Ashcroft. He is the best player in the draft

    Richmond will bid on him. 

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    9 minutes ago, Red and Blue Flame said:

    Not a chance that someone doesn't bid on Ashcroft. He is the best player in the draft

    So what. He's Brisbane's anyway. It doesn't affect our pick at 5. I'm not sure you really get what's happening here.

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    19 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    Sam McClure: Breaking News; Demons and Essendon caught up in draft tampering allegations.

    That old55 loony, has someone let him off the leash again? Always cooking up some bs conspiracy theory.  He even thought Goodwin could coach back in early 2021 - can you believe it? Always talking made-up rubbish.

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    Set to get it, let's hope so. 

    And i think it's a brilliant move to get two picks inside the top 10.

    Reid, Lalor, Langford, O'Sullivan and I'm starting to warm to Draper as well, any of those would be beautiful 

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    30 minutes ago, old55 said:

    So what. He's Brisbane's anyway. It doesn't affect our pick at 5. I'm not sure you really get what's happening here.

    I do. Because Brisbane don't have a top 5 pick. Thus our pick 5 becomes pick 6 if someone in first 5 bids on him (which they will). I'm not sure you really get whats happening...

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    3 minutes ago, Red and Blue Flame said:

    I do. Because Brisbane don't have a top 5 pick. Thus our pick 5 becomes pick 6 if someone in first 5 bids on him (which they will). I'm not sure you really get whats happening...

    I'll try to break it down for you. Pick 5 will get access to the next best player that Richmond, North, West Coast and Adelaide don't take.

    If one of them bids on Ashcroft and Brisbane match then our pick 6 will get access to the next best player that Richmond, North, West Coast and Adelaide don't take.

    You know, the same player in either case ...

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    4 hours ago, adonski said:

    For what it's worth, Cal Twomey is one of the few journalists whose info I would take as gospel, especially the draft related stuff

    I bet you thats not even his real name.

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