6 minutes ago, adonski said:

A bigfooty Hawthorn in-the-know poster (yeah yeah I know) suggests a pick slide or future pick trade-in for us to grab Josh Lindsay is a possibility

8 and 37 for 10 and 22?

I could see that happening.

7: Nairn

10: Lindsay

22: Pickett?

Who would Hawthorn want at 8 that they couldn't get at 10?

Just now, Mouseymoo said:

Who would Hawthorn want at 8 that they couldn't get at 10?

Maybe Farrow or Sharp prior to Essendon's pick 9?

Just now, Mouseymoo said:

Who would Hawthorn want at 8 that they couldn't get at 10?

Farrow or Sharp?

Edit: just realised that the slide may not even be related to Hawthorn. Could be any club in the middle of the first round.

Edit 2: West Coast could be very keen to get up from 13 to 8 to take Farrow if available. 8 for 13 and future 2nd?

Edited yesterday at 07:081 day by Random Task

5 minutes ago, Random Task said:

Farrow or Sharp?

Edit: just realised that the slide may not even be related to Hawthorn. Could be any club in the middle of the first round.

Yeah to clarify it is not saying we will trade with Hawks, could be anyone

36 minutes ago, BLWNBA said:

I’d be ecstatic at that. Personal preference this season was for us to get Grlj and Lindsay in, given it looks like Taylor and Robey will be gone.

Lindsay would go a long way to addressing our ball movement issues.

As you said, I’d be somewhat sceptical at this though.

He actually looks a bit Sheezel like in his footage

39 minutes ago, Random Task said:

Farrow or Sharp?

Edit: just realised that the slide may not even be related to Hawthorn. Could be any club in the middle of the first round.

Edit 2: West Coast could be very keen to get up from 13 to 8 to take Farrow if available. 8 for 13 and future 2nd?

Yeah I'd do the WC trade.

Oscar Taylor @ 13, WC F2 will be handy and we already traded our F2 to GC as part of the Tracc deal.

I think we are definitely into Nairn. But not at 7 or 8. I guess we are just covering all bases and may well split a pick or start offering GC future 1st after our first picks and take Nairn with one. With the picks coming in 37 will come up likely he's been told we will take him if still available.

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Just now, kurtneverdied said:

I think we are definitely into Nairn. But not at 7 or 8. I guess we are just covering all bases and may well split a pick or start offering GC future 1st after our first picks and take Nairn with one. With the picks coming in 37 will come up likely he's been told we will take him if still available.

So why is he one of 12 players to be invited to night one then?

Am I insane or is Narin at 7 or 8 crazy based on draft projections? Surely if we’re that into him, we’re looking at splitting a pick

I’d still love to get Lindsay in if we could snag a later pick

Not every player needs to develop into a midfielder and I feel he has the skills needed to become an elite half back

Could be a Murphy Reid type player who slides on the night because of concerns about size/contested game but just ends up being really good at the role they’re asked to play

Edited yesterday at 08:221 day by demoncat

8 minutes ago, Greg Schneider said:

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So why is he one of 12 players to be invited to night one then?

Clubs can say/nominate whoever they like. It doesn't make a difference whatsoever in who they take, it's not a commitment.

11 minutes ago, kurtneverdied said:

I think we are definitely into Nairn. But not at 7 or 8. I guess we are just covering all bases and may well split a pick or start offering GC future 1st after our first picks and take Nairn with one. With the picks coming in 37 will come up likely he's been told we will take him if still available.

I think it’s also important for fans to not get overhyped about drafts and wanting to draft all the players in one draft - there’s every chance next draft we’re extremely thankful of having that GC pick because there’s someone else that we all love around that mark

8 minutes ago, heath55 said:

I think it’s also important for fans to not get overhyped about drafts and wanting to draft all the players in one draft - there’s every chance next draft we’re extremely thankful of having that GC pick because there’s someone else that we all love around that mark

Yes very true. Perhaps it can be strategically used though if Nairn or any one slips. We have tried to trade up just about every draft for a while now. Though this may be the one that ends that.

Edited yesterday at 08:441 day by kurtneverdied

16 minutes ago, heath55 said:

Am I insane or is Narin at 7 or 8 crazy based on draft projections? Surely if we’re that into him, we’re looking at splitting a pick

I don't see him as the best available at our pick no matter what they take before us. Yes I'm not a recruiter and yes I can only go off videos. Nairn benifited from good constant delivery from a good SA team and despite kicking straight the game he got 7, he's ball drop looks horrible. Basically the only good thing he does is he gets in the right positions. I think Sharp is miles ahead of him on that SA team.

2 hours ago, adonski said:

A bigfooty Hawthorn in-the-know poster (yeah yeah I know) suggests a pick slide or future pick trade-in for us to grab Josh Lindsay is a possibility

Probably from this:

Zero Hanger Final Mock

3 minutes ago, kurtneverdied said:

Probably from this:

Zero Hanger Final Mock

The bigfooty comment was from yesterday so he's got in before Zerohanger

Very coincidental though

26 minutes ago, kurtneverdied said:

I don't see him as the best available at our pick no matter what they take before us. Yes I'm not a recruiter and yes I can only go off videos. Nairn benifited from good constant delivery from a good SA team and despite kicking straight the game he got 7, he's ball drop looks horrible. Basically the only good thing he does is he gets in the right positions. I think Sharp is miles ahead of him on that SA team.

Admittedly I've only seen a couple of highlights of Nairn and I don't like his kicking, it doesn't look smooth.

@heath55 & @kurtneverdied i urge you to read @goodwindees post earlier in the thread.

There is a lot more to recruiting than how good a player has been over their junior career

Edited yesterday at 09:121 day by BW511

4 hours ago, old55 said:

We could trump Carlton's 9 by offering 8 to Essendon for 21, 27 and 30.

Then we could offer 27, 30 and 37 to Gold Coast for 15 which is a very nice points bonus for them.

That would leave us with 7, 15 and 21 before bids which might be a better spread than currently.

I don’t understand why you would give up pick 8, I would much rather 7,8 and 37

Cumming looc

7 minutes ago, samcantstandya said:

Admittedly I've only seen a couple of highlights of Nairn and I don't like his kicking, it doesn't look smooth.

Same with farrow, they say his kicking is a weapon yet none of his kicks are with penetration or fast and low. Just long to contests and he missed a few targets when under pressure. ( Yes All from YouTube clips so im an expert )

Also with Nairn , I'm sure the insight from club level is way deeper than anything the media or YouTube nuffys know, I've herd there is interest for him in the early teens so if JT rates him then luckily we have the opportunity to select ahead of them .

On 09/11/2025 at 13:08, jnrmac said:

This gets missed a lot. Your looking at 17yo and projecting what they may be like at 21-24 essentially

Always interesting to go through previous drafts and see how many top picks never make it.

Seems pretty even around our choices, so just hope the NDP applies.

Where is Ethan when we need him? he has already hinted MFC has a surprise up its sleeve for the draft. Now he has gone silent. Not even a follow up hiunt.

38 minutes ago, adonski said:

The bigfooty comment was from yesterday so he's got in before Zerohanger

Very coincidental though

The biggest revelation in this mock is Carlton trading pick 11 for our GCS 1st round in 2026. Giving us pick 7,8 & 11. And declares we take Taylor , Nairn and Lindsay

19 minutes ago, Melonmonster said:

Cumming looc

Same with farrow, they say his kicking is a weapon yet none of his kicks are with penetration or fast and low. Just long to contests and he missed a few targets when under pressure. ( Yes All from YouTube clips so im an expert )

Also with Nairn , I'm sure the insight from club level is way deeper than anything the media or YouTube nuffys know, I've herd there is interest for him in the early teens so if JT rates him then luckily we have the opportunity to select ahead of them .

If you watch Jeff White's Dees MELBOURNE'S NO.1 focus on his X you can see why we are after Nairn. He coverts goals, marks inside 50, get ball inside 50.