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    Considering there are so many highly rated talls available, and look to go early in the draft, coupled with few comparable quality mids, what would you choose then?

    I'm leaning towards Goddard personally.

    Versatile, professional, same mentality as his cousin.

    Wow. WOW.

    Having a few arguments with myself on this thread, if some are to be believed.

    There are some good early insights in there.

    And some bloody terrible misguided and offensive ones.

    I'd say you nailed it though, Jabber.

    If we get pick one, two or whatever it will still be a lottery. One of the pillars of the AFL's belief system is that the draft is an equalising force, while the salary cap keeps a lid on the powerful clubs. In theory the draft should be an equaliser but is it? Ignoring the expansion clubs excessive draft gouging of recent years if you look at drafts in the early to mid 2000's, the bottom clubs didn't always get the best talent. Selwood, Rioli, Darling , Dangerfield, Shuey, Fyfe, Rich, the list goes on.

    My point is the AFL lives on the concept the draft order provides more than enough equalisation in talent. I say no because it is still a lottery in the top 20 odd picks, it seems. I think the lower sides just need access to a greater number of first and second round picks. Forget priorities, just talk an extra pick say mid round 1 and an extra early 2nd rounder if you have failed to win 4 games for the last xxx years for Gods sake!!! Is this asking too much?

    I think it just shows, that there is often little separating players in the draft, especially at the early stages.

    The deigned "number 1" pick may only be 2% better than pick 3, if you have some magical "talent worth counter".

    Sometimes you might have 5% difference between picks 1 & 10, or picks 5 & 20.

    In the end it's a raffle, and all the kids drafted early should have what it takes.

    But you never really know until you get them in the system and see how they flourish.

    But, as rpfc pointed out, you're talking about priority picks still.

    And I'd be all for a priority pick at the end of the 1st round.

    It's odds-on to provide as much value as a top 5 pick, and it's about getting that 2nd bite at the cherry.

    Roos understood that, and it's why he traded pick 2 for Tyson & Salem.

    I believe Luke Shuey was an end-of-1st-round priority pick.

    Just gotta use it well.

    There is a unique inner drive about some kids who have done the hard yards.

    I'd rather us take a punt on one of these kids - than take a punt on another private school bottom feeder.

    "Bottom feeder" is the term I'd probably reserve for someone that makes posts like this.

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    Where's JKH from? I vaguely recall he played in a Victorian TAC side, but where is his home? In other words, is there a "go home" factor that needs to be nullified by a longer contract?

    Oakleigh?

    I wouldn't be worried.

    Jay Kennedy-Harris Is set to sign a 2 year extension.

    Will be made public in the not to distant future... Great work, lot of talent, good bloke.

    Incredibly obvious that he will be extended at some stage considering his performances, so this is a laughably transparent attempt to gain some credibility for your trolling purposes.

    See, I can do the same:

    Dom Tyson to have contract extended in near future, after impressing the club.

    Christian Salem likely to be given his first game soon after my inside sources tell me Roos was very impressed with Salem's VFL match.

    Ad nauseum...

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    Really will depend on who holds the picks.

    I think Goddard is a very good chance for top 3.

    Wright, McCartin, Durdin...

    Goddard, Lever, Brayshaw, Smith...

    Petracca, Pickett, Weller, Lamb...

    Father-son picks in Moore & Waterman.

    And Heeney stood out to me as a "who the hell is that kid?!" type.

    It's a shame he's zoned to the Swans.

    I've been told we will retain him, on good money, and the club will use it as a bit of a public fillip later in the season.

    Good source, but I'm not silly enough to believe it blindly.

    But I really do think retaining Frawley is a definite possibility, and is of vital importance.

    Hard to attract new talent through trade when we are this bad and a player like that is walking out the door.

    An extra early draft pick won't do as much to rebuild this club as retaining chip.

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    Gun. Seriously? What games are you watching?

    I still can't believe there are people like you around that are so blind to his ability.

    I mean, I don't really rate your football judgment anyhow, but when it's so painfully obvious, I thought you'd still get it.

    My mistake.

    Still maintain keep 1 pick in the Top 2 or 3 whatever we get and do another Tyson Salem type deal with the other picks

    GWS

    Trelaor, Shiel

    Port

    Wines - the one area they are not great is in defence do they want Durdin, but don't see them giving up Ollie

    Suns

    Prestia, Swallow

    Crows

    Sloane, Talia

    Swans

    Hanneberry, Parker

    Lions

    Rockliff, Redden

    Problem is, you're listing quite a few players, that if a team had a top 3 pick, just about the best they could hope for is that they'd turn out exactly the same quality.

    Why would you trade, when there's a high risk you'll get a worse player, but then you'll have to develop them for another 2-3 years to get to the same stage?

    Shiel maybe, because he's getting squeezed out of the side.

    Plowman, because he hasn't played much, but I think he'll play a lot in Davis' absence and secure his spot.

    In a draft loaded with quality talls, the expansion teams have a pretty good back-supply of them.