5 hours ago, Oxdee said:

We aren’t picking nairn for picks 7 and 8. He isn’t in any phantom draft top 20 let alone top 10

14 minutes ago, Dee Boys said:

He’s 100% a Dee at 8

Guessing the play is whoever falls out of Cumming or Taylor goes at 7, then Farrow if neither fall

Then try and snag an earlier pick to take Pickett

It appears we are going to continue to prioritise kicking again with this draft.

Unless Essendon don't draft as predicted its looking like we'll be drafting Farrow and Nairn who are both excellent, composed kicks. Last draft we picked two mids (Langford/Lindsay) with A grade disposal and if it goes as predicted this year we will have Farrow/Nairn who have the potential be damaging with their disposal at each end of the ground.

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52 minutes ago, demoncat said:

He’s 100% a Dee at 8

Guessing the play is whoever falls out of Cumming or Taylor goes at 7, then Farrow if neither fall

Then try and snag an earlier pick to take Pickett

We'd have to trade GCf1 FOR Pickett.

The range of draft picks that other clubs have that won't be used for matched bids etc falls outside anything we can do to trade back.

Just now, Mouseymoo said:

We'd have to trade GCf1 FOR Pickett.

The range of draft picks that other clubs have that won't be used for matched bids etc falls outside anything we can do to trade back.

That’s what I’m referring to when saying we’ll try and snag an early pick for Pickett (not trading back 7 or 8)

Just now, demoncat said:

That’s what I’m referring to when saying we’ll try and snag an early pick for Pickett (not trading back 7 or 8)

Yeah will be interesting, I reckon we just keep offering up live trades. Have to wait until night 2 to watch all this play out though ffs.

I reckon we will be looking to live trade from Richmond's picks on.

2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

My own view is that Viney should become a small forward and that we should pick midfielders at 7 & 8. I don't think Viney's disposal execution as a midfielder fits in with the needs of the modern game.

What traits does Vin have that would make him a viable option as a small fwd.

Why are people so convinced that we’ll trade a valuable future 1st round pick for a 3rd first round pick in a weak draft to select a mature age small forward with almost no exposure beyond SANFL reserves?

I’m not saying he’s not a good player but if he’s good enough to trade a F1 then he’s pricey valuable enough to take with pick 12 or so this year.

1 minute ago, Axis of Bob said:

I’m not saying he’s not a good player but if he’s good enough to trade a F1 then he’s pricey valuable enough to take with pick 12 or so this year.

Agree with that but maybe it's as simple as if we can take 3 guys we like then we'll do it?

1 minute ago, adonski said:

Agree with that but maybe it's as simple as if we can take 3 guys we like then we'll do it?

Then why not trade both our F1 picks plus our 2027 F1 for first round picks this year and then we can select 5 guys that we like now?

47 minutes ago, Mouseymoo said:

We'd have to trade GCf1 FOR Pickett.

The range of draft picks that other clubs have that won't be used for matched bids etc falls outside anything we can do to trade back.

know our luck we'd do the trade and he'd go the pick before ours

7 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

Then why not trade both our F1 picks plus our 2027 F1 for first round picks this year and then we can select 5 guys that we like now?

Because we might not have 5 guys we liked

6 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

Why are people so convinced that we’ll trade a valuable future 1st round pick for a 3rd first round pick in a weak draft to select a mature age small forward with almost no exposure beyond SANFL reserves?

I’m not saying he’s not a good player but if he’s good enough to trade a F1 then he’s pricey valuable enough to take with pick 12 or so this year.

Think a couple of posters both on this site and big footy who seem to get a bit of info that the club was open to trading for a third first round pick.

It’s been widely reported that we are interested in Pickett( he himself said he’s love to get to Melbourne).

We need a small forward on our list with Kossie spend more time in the middle and Spargo gone.

We have always been keen to buy now pay later and it doesn’t sound like King wants to play the long game with a rebuild.

We could also get something back in next year’s draft as part of the deal. Some combination of sliding back from 8-13 with WC and trading for pick 11.

It may not happen but I think there’s a strong chance.

22 minutes ago, BangBnagBang said:

What traits does Vin have that would make him a viable option as a small fwd.

The ability to apply pressure, willingness to go hard, and reasonable goal sense. His greatest weakness (whether it's as a small forward or onballer) is that he's a poor kick on his right (ie, wrong!) foot. To his credit, he has improved his wrong-foot kicking in the last couple of years.

Nairn and Farrow or Dovestan. If we think we may have a shot at Pickett via pick trades then Farrow for sure.

As they say - the time is now. If we want Pickett go for it.

3 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

The ability to apply pressure, willingness to go hard, and reasonable goal sense. His greatest weakness (whether it's as a small forward or onballer) is that he's a poor kick on his right (ie, wrong!) foot. To his credit, he has improved his wrong-foot kicking in the last couple of years.

he's slow, one sided, not very good on his preferred side and has shown nothing IMO he has good goal sense. yep lets play in as a small fwd cause hes small.

disagree

14 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

Then why not trade both our F1 picks plus our 2027 F1 for first round picks this year and then we can select 5 guys that we like now?

There’s no way we trade our own pick next year. 2027 who knows, it’s a Tassie year, but odds are we keep it.

Trading the Suns pick isn’t totally crazy. It’s safe to assume it won’t be earlier than pick 10, probably north of 14 after some academy guys next year, even if they take earlier picks to match. Swap it with Carlton for pick 9 (likely to be 13) or 11 (15+), that’s not crazy.

The odds that after drafting 2 guys we have a 3rd must have guy worth more than that future Suns picks does seem low tho. Not zero, but pretty low.

40 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

Then why not trade both our F1 picks plus our 2027 F1 for first round picks this year and then we can select 5 guys that we like now?

Pay out Laurie and Sparrow to create the list spots and I'll get on the phone 📱

55 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

Why are people so convinced that we’ll trade a valuable future 1st round pick for a 3rd first round pick in a weak draft to select a mature age small forward with almost no exposure beyond SANFL reserves?

I’m not saying he’s not a good player but if he’s good enough to trade a F1 then he’s pricey valuable enough to take with pick 12 or so this year.

Historically we're very happy to trade to get the player(s) that we're after, even if it looks like we're 'overpaying' in the broader community.

There's every chance Pickett could go later in the first round this year, or as an early second round selection.

The intention for us to trade in, in order to get Pickett is 100% there, it just remains to be seen if we're able to get it done.

Pity Port don't have a good draft hand this year. they've just had a NGA approved (who is a likely #1 pick in 2026). so will need the picks/pointsto match next year, can't trade for anything good this year as they've only got 49 & 85 to play with

Personally hoping for Cumming and Farrow for our two picks.

Seems like it depends on someone picking up Grlj before us though.

If Grlj is available, do we select him?

Just now, Benny Dee said:

If Grlj is available, do we select him?

I'm a massive fan of Grlj, he's one of the players I'm after. But based on everything I'm hearing, I'd say it's a zero percent chance we take him even if available.

I think it's going to be 2 of Cumming, Robey, Taylor, Doverton, Pickett, Nairn, Farrow, Schubert.

they seem to be the names we're heavily linked to at this stage

4 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

I think it's going to be 2 of Cumming, Robey, Taylor, Doverton, Pickett, Nairn, Farrow, Schubert.

they seem to be the names we're heavily linked to at this stage

From what’s been said you can rule out Schubert