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It must be pace (which they are lacking in the midfield) but Collingwood also do not have a finisher with Buckley gone. Why didn't they approach MFC about TJ?

Wood will be good me thinks. Remember its much harder to get a talanted ruckman. Usally only one each year from the draft plays more than 150 games. Wood has some experience already and perhaps the pies think their premiership chance is in the next 3 years. If they drafted a ruckman, it would take at least 1.5 prob 2 seasons before he became good. THey made the right decision tho. Whether he is worth pick 14 is anyones guess. Noone knows and will only take time

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Wood has got some talent, and the one thing the Magpies have lacked over the last decade is a great ruck duo. Fraser has peaked, and will be on a slow decline, so picking up wood gives them a ruckman to build around. Pick 14 is a high price to pay in a deep draft, but in this years "shallow" draft is not as rsiky according to the "experts" Any draft is important, if you have the right person selecting talent!

I thought trapper was worth more than pick 14. I say this now knowing what i know, but the dees were pretty quick to pull the trigger, so they must have someone in mind in the top 20 to select with pick 14.

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I thought trapper was worth more than pick 14.

And what did Akermanis get traded for last year ?

Anyone thinking that an under achieving talent turning 28 in his 11th season was worth more than pick 14 in the way clubs currently go about drafts is dreaming.

That said, there's many of those around here.

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And what did Akermanis get traded for last year ?

Anyone thinking that an under achieving talent turning 28 in his 11th season was worth more than pick 14 in the way clubs currently go about drafts is dreaming.

Exactly!

I think it's great that supporters think highly of our players, but we need to be realistic at the same time.

Collingwood need a ruckman, more so than a midfielder, so the punt is worth it for them.

Pendlebury, Thomas, Lockyer, Heath Shaw, Clarke can all finish, so they are not short of talent in the midfield without Buckley.

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Exactly!

I think it's great that supporters think highly of our players, but we need to be realistic at the same time.

Collingwood need a ruckman, more so than a midfielder, so the punt is worth it for them.

Pendlebury, Thomas, Lockyer, Heath Shaw, Clarke can all finish, so they are not short of talent in the midfield without Buckley.

Collingwood has been crying out for a ruckman of quality since Monkhorst's declining years. It did the right thing going for Wood and made a pretty big sacrifice to get him considering they have now ruled themselves out of the race for the quality players in the draft with 31 as their first pick. They are losing a lot of quality players off their list through retirement and aging and will struggle to maintain their 2007 standards if their depth is challenged by injuries next year.

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The most obvious answer is they needed a ruckman and with Pendlebury and Thomas they believed they had two more committed versions of Travis anyway. Dare I say they were well aware of his various "issues".

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The most obvious answer is they needed a ruckman and with Pendlebury and Thomas they believed they had two more committed versions of Travis anyway. Dare I say they were well aware of his various "issues".

Fromt he outside that looks like a fair assessment of the situation. Perhaps the pies are a little bit wary of dealing with us and our classy midfielders?

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It must be pace (which they are lacking in the midfield) but Collingwood also do not have a finisher with Buckley gone. Why didn't they approach MFC about TJ?

I think collingwood wanted a ruckman & are obviously building their team from young stock as they have been for the last couple of years.

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