As we finished on 5 wins, we have now been robbed of picking 1 and 2 in this years draft.

how tragic is this? Well if you have seen Nicholas Natanui and Daniel Rich play, then you will see how much we could have gained with just two draft selections.

Why oh why, or more importantly, how in Gods name did we thrash the Dogs so late in the season when we were in such poor form? And forget the Carlton game in round 22, we were never gonna lose that

We will definitely get pick 1, and that excites me. But the thought of not having the pick straight after is hard to take.

We will definitely get pick 1, and that excites me. But the thought of not having the pick straight after is hard to take.

You de realise that if Carlton or Richmond win less than 5 games, they'll get pick 1.

I don't trust either team to win at least 5 games, even though they both had fantastic wins.

That's why this week is a must lose game!!

As we finished on 5 wins, we have now been robbed of picking 1 and 2 in this years draft.

how tragic is this? Well if you have seen Nicholas Natanui and Daniel Rich play, then you will see how much we could have gained with just two draft selections.

Why oh why, or more importantly, how in Gods name did we thrash the Dogs so late in the season when we were in such poor form? And forget the Carlton game in round 22, we were never gonna lose that

Agree with you this time Yze Magic.

As we finished on 5 wins, we have now been robbed of picking 1 and 2 in this years draft.

how tragic is this? Well if you have seen Nicholas Natanui and Daniel Rich play, then you will see how much we could have gained with just two draft selections.

Why oh why, or more importantly, how in Gods name did we thrash the Dogs so late in the season when we were in such poor form? And forget the Carlton game in round 22, we were never gonna lose that

We will definitely get pick 1, and that excites me. But the thought of not having the pick straight after is hard to take.

We will certainly not definitely get pick one.

As was said above, we need to pray both Carlton and Richmond get more than 4 wins each, or we could get knocked back to third.

The fact we won 5 games last year is going to hurt us immeasurably.

You de realise that if Carlton or Richmond win less than 5 games, they'll get pick 1.

I don't trust either team to win at least 5 games, even though they both had fantastic wins.

The Tigers are in big trouble, they can only lose one non-MFC related game.

Cartel Football Club are the big worry, they are the tank strategy experts...make Rommel & Patton look like beginners.

Spot on. We should of tanked the rest of that season.

Carlton = smart

Us = deadshits.

Richmond and the Blues will both win more then 5 games

As much as I hate Carlton, I think they will get their act together. There is no way they can have so many number 1 poicks, add Chris Judd and then blatantly tank again. I think their members are at breaking point, and now want to see some wins on the board.

Blues will win between 7-10 games

Tigers, well they were damn impressive on the weekend and are already 2-2. I have them winning 7-10 games also.

Neither teams will play Finals, but they will win enough to ensure we get the number 1 pick.

I think our biggest threat are the Bombers. They arent much chop.

As we finished on 5 wins, we have now been robbed of picking 1 and 2 in this years draft.

how tragic is this? Well if you have seen Nicholas Natanui and Daniel Rich play, then you will see how much we could have gained with just two draft selections.

Why oh why, or more importantly, how in Gods name did we thrash the Dogs so late in the season when we were in such poor form? And forget the Carlton game in round 22, we were never gonna lose that

We will definitely get pick 1, and that excites me. But the thought of not having the pick straight after is hard to take.

we also lost a priority pick at 17 last year, in effect travis johnstone (pick 16) for winning one extra game.

we also lost a priority pick at 17 last year, in effect travis johnstone (pick 16) for winning one extra game.

I suspect we would have traded him anyway...FYI, who would we have we got, well the draft picks from 17 to 22 were as follows:

# 17 Harry Taylor: Geelong, tall defender, 21 years old, so a mature pick but has already has played 3 games for the reigning premiers

# 18 Alex Rance: Richmond, 192 cm, yet to debut

# 19 Callan Ward: Bulldogs, 184 cm, yet to debut

# 20 Tony Notte: West Coast, 194 KP Forward, yet to debut

# 21 Addam Maric : Melbourne, legend in the making, but can't draft him twice

# 22 Scott Selwood : West Coast, 185, 2 games already...he's a Selwood FCS

So any one of Taylor, Rance, Ward, Notte & Selwood is probably what that game against the Bulldogs cost us.

Water under the bridge now.

I suspect we would have traded him anyway...

for sure, but the extra pick would have been nice.

i'm trying to get over it though......i really am.

We need to snag as many good picks as we can over the next few years because the inclusion of the two new teams will dilute the draft pool even further.

Does anyone think the AFL will do us any favours when it come time to start drafting players for West Sydney and the Gold Coast? Our needs are a good chance to get shunted behind theirs.

It could be our rebuilding takes significantly longer than Carlton, Richmond, Hawthorn and the Bullies.

[Update! Just read the thread down below.]

It has been said many a time before... but that is what is wrong with the current priority pick/draft system. I agree with all that has been said above, but it is a sad state of affairs when supporters are barracking for a loss as Carltank supporters were, and it is also a sad state of affairs when supporters are regretting a win or two they may have had the season prior as we are here.

The current system is a joke... I can not think of another sport in the world that employs such a system. All other major sports worldwide have lottery drafts or relegation zones, which takes the tanking issue out of the equation.

Richmond and the Blues will both win more then 5 games

I bloody hope so well Richmond get us twice so they only have to win 1 more. Carlton have it a bit tougher but after they belt us hopefully they will get enough confidence to win a few more.

Richmond drop a high profile player who constantly let's them down and suddenly they play like stars. Why have we taken so long to make an experienced player pay for our woeful performances?

As we finished on 5 wins, we have now been robbed of picking 1 and 2 in this years draft.

how tragic is this? Well if you have seen Nicholas Natanui and Daniel Rich play, then you will see how much we could have gained with just two draft selections.

Why oh why, or more importantly, how in Gods name did we thrash the Dogs so late in the season when we were in such poor form? And forget the Carlton game in round 22, we were never gonna lose that

We will definitely get pick 1, and that excites me. But the thought of not having the pick straight after is hard to take.

'Yz M', It was the Carltank game mid season that we should have lost. Carltank were allready on 16 points at that time, & even a draw would have stopped their priority pick.

Richmond would have got Kreuzer, & we would have taken (based on a mid being taken, we would have Cotchin) & an extra pick last year @ pick 18.

2007, We would have had, picks - 2 / priority18 / 20 / 36 / 52,,,,,,,,,,,,,& traded for more picks.

2008, We would have poss' - Priority 1 or 2/ 2-3or4 / around 19 / etc...

Round 4 and you've already given up.

One word: pathetic

Round 4 and you've already given up.

One word: pathetic

We've not givin' up, were rebuilding from the daniher ruins.

Which is basically saying "well we're [censored] so we might as well be extremely [censored] in the hope that it benefits us in the future, all the while developing a losing culture at the club"

Which is basically saying "well we're [censored] so we might as well be extremely [censored] in the hope that it benefits us in the future, all the while developing a losing culture at the club"

Yeah, if you want to be picky then our 25yrs to 30 yr olds are crap & now our former matchwinners are past it, obviously Yze, Robbo, Neitz.

Were building for the future, just like Hawthorn were a few years ago. Nothing to be ashamed of, no losing culture. Play the kids, give them some experience, and pick up some guns... climb the ladder when we are ready and have our first fair dinkum crack at a flag since 1964

# 17 Harry Taylor: Geelong, tall defender, 21 years old, so a mature pick but has already has played 3 games for the reigning premiers

It makes a lot more sense now that we picked up Grimes who they knew had a bad back ahead of him with our great depth of KP Backman. I would prefer that Grimes had a knee reco at least he will be back next year who knows when he could be back. Prymke, Lyon, Jakovich, Rigoni and Turley all quality players all cut down with bad backs. I can't think of a player who has played well after a bad back injury I think it is the worst injury you could get. I just want to go and see Richmond in the hope that I can find CAC so I can do a Barry Hall to him. He has killed the club.

As we finished on 5 wins, we have now been robbed of picking 1 and 2 in this years draft.

how tragic is this? Well if you have seen Nicholas Natanui and Daniel Rich play, then you will see how much we could have gained with just two draft selections.

Why oh why, or more importantly, how in Gods name did we thrash the Dogs so late in the season when we were in such poor form? And forget the Carlton game in round 22, we were never gonna lose that

We will definitely get pick 1, and that excites me. But the thought of not having the pick straight after is hard to take.

I love it. I kept saying on here to tank and got blastered for it. Now look at you. Trater

I love it. I kept saying on here to tank and got blastered for it. Now look at you. Trater

We were never gonna lose Round 22, we both know that

QUOTE(DeeReaming @ Apr 14 2008, 07:49 PM)

# 17 Harry Taylor: Geelong, tall defender, 21 years old, so a mature pick but has already has played 3 games for the reigning premiers

It makes a lot more sense now that we picked up Grimes who they knew had a bad back ahead of him with our great depth of KP Backman. I would prefer that Grimes had a knee reco at least he will be back next year who knows when he could be back. Prymke, Lyon, Jakovich, Rigoni and Turley all quality players all cut down with bad backs. I can't think of a player who has played well after a bad back injury I think it is the worst injury you could get. I just want to go and see Richmond in the hope that I can find CAC so I can do a Barry Hall to him. He has killed the club.

Rightly or wrongly, I highly doubt that Harry Taylor was even on our radar, especially at pick 14.

Geelong sense that they are currently in the position to win not only one, but multiple premierships. Similar to Sydney who traded away multiple first round picks in order to pick up experienced and mature players from rival clubs when in their 'premiership window', Geelong sought a player that could come straight in and play AFL footy, without requiring 2-3 years in the gym before being physically ready. At 21, Taylor is far more physically developed than nearly all 17-18 year old draftees (take a look at Cale Morton), and would be of more value to Geelong at pick 17 than he would be for most other clubs at that pick. When you consider Geelong lost one of their key defenders in Ben Egan for the finals series last year, it would make sense that they would consider using a first round pick on a mature age player like Harry Taylor, when a club like Melbourne may not.

My money is on the tiges and blues winning 5 or more games. Tiges will romp it in. On current form we will get pick 1 unless Port tanks against us. I also think we will get a priority.

So that means 3 top 20 picks again.

Lets hope we use them wisely.

An earlier post alluded to the new teams soaking up the good picks so that makes it all the more important to pick well. No trading out picks - just using them on kids.