I'm getting WA go home ptsd.

I know its not JT's drafting philosophy as he has always usually targeted the best available talent but id love to take two victorians and eliminate any go home factor.

Come back @picket fence , you rare exotic ingredient you.

Will we use 37 or trade it for a F2 or something else?

Woewodin just delisted, so we might like someone at pick #37 possibly Pickett? or use as a back up if someone bids on Kalani.

23 hours ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Does white pick come from these draft picks or somewhere else?

23 hours ago, beelzebub said:

else

Supplementary question - where?

23 hours ago, 640MD said:

So this would mean no bid on Dean until pick 10. Yes ? Is it easier for Carlton if this occurs .

We would not want to be charged with collusion

I hope we can get one great kid and the other a workhorse if it is a poor draft.

2 champs like last year very doubtful

Wouldn’t want to be charged with helping Carlton in the slightest, either.

For all the doom and gloom regarding a weak draft, the GWS recruiter believes this year is good to about 12 or 13, excluding the academy and F/S kids. In his opinion, it falls away quickly after 15, and they probably won't use any of their later picks. I think Taylor has something in mind for 7 & 8, and I never expected we would have such a dramatic cleanout.

In Taylor we trust

18 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Supplementary question - where?

He’s not showing up in any top 40’s, neither is Sinnema (if we want him).

Makes me think rookie list for both.

Not entirely sure how matching for late picks works with the new discount and points index but 66 and 71 should do the job if they’re picked in the main draft post 40.

We've gone from barely participating due to late picks and pre-commitments (White, Sinnema) to right up the interesting end and in a position to live trade like wild creatures.

I wonder... if Harry Dean hasn't gone by pick 6, would Carlton want to trade up their 9 and 11, in exchange for 6 plus some 'cash-in' selections?

Everyone gains, with the caveat that Carlton is included in everyone.

19 minutes ago, Older demon said:

I think Taylor has something in mind for 7 & 8

Either:

• Taylor definitely has something in mind, or we wouldn't have accepted it. Or ...

• We're not really interested in 7 & 8 and we'll be doing pick swaps to get a higher pick or something more in 2026

4 hours ago, roy11 said:

I'd rather use the 2 picks this year and next year.
Even if we swing at 50% it'll work out ok.

If you are happy with a 50% strike rate then why don’t we trade up and get 100% from the top 3 or 4?

I hope they explore getting into the top picks as a rule

Is Tairon Ahmu still going around ? Would love to know how his year went ..

2 hours ago, rpfc said:

If you are happy with a 50% strike rate then why don’t we trade up and get 100% from the top 3 or 4?

I hope they explore getting into the top picks as a rule

No such thing as 100% for top 4 picks. Too many disappointments there as well. We should know from past experience. Playing the numbers game is still high risk.

11 hours ago, Random Task said:

I think lamb just misspoke or was referring to it being past 7:30 so no further trades were being done today.

think this

6 hours ago, Young Blood said:

We might have an outside chance at getting one of Grjl, Sharp or Taylor.

But its more likely we're going to be choosing from the next batch: Lindsay, Cumming, Marsh, Phillipou, Schubert, Farrow.

As I say would love if one of Robey, Grjl, Sharp or Taylor drop to us but I think its unlikely at this stage.

6 hours ago, KozzyCan said:

Reckon people are sleeping on Greeves.

sharp and greeves scare me theyre 2012-2022 coded midfleiders, they win teh ball yes but they cant kick, langford is our guy for that going forward and rivers offers enough too, we need class and composure, players who can use the ball inside and out. greeves certainly doesnt impact scoreboard like robey does, sharp has done it a few times but wouldnt rely on it

thats why grjl is sp

3 hours ago, Where Demons Dare said:

Woewodin just delisted, so we might like someone at pick #37 possibly Pickett? or use as a back up if someone bids on Kalani.

maybe @spirit of norm smith man rory wright or is that a reach there? would be a nice HB/mid option but also could be a lockdown small in time too, dont think there is any concern about "matching" the kalani bid, will fall to us as woey did at the end of proceedings with our last live selection

or talor byrne if we go NHH, didnt realise he trained with us in PS that also makes him a likely JT selection, especially if we think dovaston is a reach at 8

Edited 22 hours ago22 hr by Turner

Can some kind soul clarify ( apologies if already done )

Are we still able to trade/swap/upgrade our picks before the draft ?

Can you still do live trading on the nights ?

Has the AFL buggered this up to ??

Cheers

2 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Can some kind soul clarify ( apologies if already done )

Are we still able to trade/swap/upgrade our picks before the draft ?

Can you still do live trading on the nights ?

Has the AFL buggered this up to ??

Cheers

Yes to all of the above

I've put in zero effort this year looking at tapes of this current crop of draftees. I thought I'd start last night, but it was just a cursory glance.

I've heard that Sullivan Robey has shot up the draft boards in a similar fashion to Oliver in 2015, so I started with him. Admittedly, it's a tiny sample size, but my goodness he looked ordinary. He's supposedly top 10 quality ? Maybe I just started with his worst video. Bad kicks, dropped marks, errant handballs, and the slowest decision maker you'd ever see. I'll look at more videos, but the round 19 talent league game I saw I couldn't have been less impressed. If he's a top 10 draft selection no wonder they're complaing about this year's draft.

Have we committed to taking Sinnema?

Does he get mentioned at all in any of the phantom drafts?

I think any combination of Grilj, Lindsay & Dovaston if we keep picks 7 & 8 would be a fantastic result.

Grilj - Speed & Endurance, Line-breaker & full of xfactor

Lindsay - Looks to be the best kick in it, composed, good decision maker & leadership qualities having captained most of the teams he’s played for.

Dovaston - we’ve really lacked any kind of small fwd with high end talent & ability to hit the scoreboard since Kozzie, looks to be a bit in the Nick Watson type mold.

Lindsay sounds like a clone of his namesake?

Do we take a Sharp or Greeves type if they fall to us?

I know we’ve all been crying out for more outside midfielders, but we probably don’t have that young developing inside bull other than Langford (of course that depends how much you see Windsor, Kolt and Lindsay developing in that mould)

1 minute ago, demoncat said:

Do we take a Sharp or Greeves type if they fall to us?

I know we’ve all been crying out for more outside midfielders, but we probably don’t have that young developing inside bull other than Langford (of course that depends how much you see Windsor, Kolt and Lindsay developing in that mould)

Hope not

6 minutes ago, AB10 said:

I think any combination of Grilj, Lindsay & Dovaston if we keep picks 7 & 8 would be a fantastic result.

Grilj - Speed & Endurance, Line-breaker & full of xfactor

Lindsay - Looks to be the best kick in it, composed, good decision maker & leadership qualities having captained most of the teams he’s played for.

Dovaston - we’ve really lacked any kind of small fwd with high end talent & ability to hit the scoreboard since Kozzie, looks to be a bit in the Nick Watson type mold.

Im pretty aligned with this as well.

I think with where the game is going, all 3 prospects fit the sort of game style Kingy is talking about.

I know some question Grjl ball use at times but i really do love his break away speed and X factor.

Doveston is exactly the kind of small forward this club has lacked over the journey. The annoying and cocky type similar to a Nick Watson type.

16 minutes ago, adonski said:

Hope not

Same, but just concerned our picks are going to fall just outside the real top end of this draft and we might be left with a couple of those players

I agree with AB10 though, we hopefully should be able to grab two of Lindsay, Grij and Dovaston which would be a great result

13 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

He’s not showing up in any top 40’s, neither is Sinnema (if we want him).

Makes me think rookie list for both.

Not entirely sure how matching for late picks works with the new discount and points index but 66 and 71 should do the job if they’re picked in the main draft post 40.

Unfortunately every pick over 60 is worth zero points. They can go into deficit in next years draft, might put the GCS pick back a couple of picks

20 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

I’m not an expert but purely by the way the regular draft guys like Twomey talk about players before they were drafted if you were breaking the draft in to tiers and excluding academy/father son I’d say:

S tier (Daicos, JHF, Harley Reid): 0 players

A+ grade tier (Sheezel, McCluggage, Anderson, Jackson, Langford): At most 2 players - Duursma, CDT, it might be a reach to even put them in this batch.

A tier: (Serong, Flanders, Sanders, Ginbey, Caldwell, Lindsay) at most 3 players - Robey, X Taylor, Sharp

B+ tier: maybe 8-10 different players but very light on for talls or sure thing mids. It’s mostly flankers who can progress to midfield or star in their role.

Adrian Caruso (GWS recruiter) said on SEN yesterday that they really rate the first 12 or so, though I can’t remember the exact words he used, then drops off after that. Top end not as elite as usual, as you have said. But it seems that our range (7/8 moving to 11/12ish) may actually be at a normal quality for that range.