KingDingAling

A lot of it comes down to the psychology of the individual. It has been a massive flaw in our recruitment strategy over the years. Toumpas is never going to be Wines, not before we drafted him - not ever. The fact that our recruiters could not see the different between the two astounds me. If we thrown out our recruiting agent 5 years back and got a run of the mill psychologist to assess our top 20 picks. We would not be in the sorry state that we are in now. Morton, Gysberts, Cook, Toumpas.. They are not only physically weak, but they are mentally weak, hence why they won't make it. Physically and mentally, Ollie Wines was a stand out pick. Why do we continue to overlook the obvious?

We aren't the only ones. Ollie Wines stood out in the nationals, as Sheedy said, hindsight is a beautiful thing - GWS are obviously kicking themselves as well. Wines was a clear number 1 pick for mine.. But everyone wants X factor.

Wouldn't think many recruiters would be salivating over NT football. Looks quite weak to IMO.

Loved a goal as a junior.

Evans will make it, Blease could, bit inconsistent though. Strauss no chance. Bail and Jetta slight chance. Not sure about Nicho, he is a shocking kick. Bit of an insult to Evans to lump him in with those spuds.

We picked up two injury prone big blokes, it is no surprise they are in the stands.

I wonder if Roos will think about swinging Watts forward. If we had Garland, we could've swung him forward, we can't even do that. St Kilda will firm in this week, I don't see where our goals will come from.

Be good to at least have Dawes in for round 1.

I understand Frawley waiting it out till seasons end. This will be a peak period for Frawley. If we can sign PJ, Roos would probably sign that extra year.

We will smash St Kilda, it will be a big win.

Salem will be better than Kelly.

If Watts is 5/10 athletically, I'd hate to see where you'd rate the rest of our list - considering Watts is one of our better athletes.

Roos on 360, hopefully Vince on the footy show. Winning games. Hopefully the next generation jump aboard, we need members.

Demetriou got too involved - and in all sagas. He got out at the right time. Another saga would've sunk him anyway.

Watts looked impressive the other night. Hopefully the penny drops, he is capable of anything.

Maybe he should take some tips off Dank, he can swim without even getting wet.

He is certainly heading that way. Quick hands, exceptional kick, can find the footy. This was a smart trade. Tyson alone will turn out better than the pick 2 we given up.

St Kilda are going to be VERY poor this year. We'll see more double standards by the AFL when they allocate St Kilda priority picks the next 2 years running. What we seen today wasn't GWS being superior - it was more due to St Kilda being terrible, that is because they are terrible. Even if we have a mediocre side in round one, we'll still win by 7 goals plus.

Good courage by Toumpas.

Cross going alright with 56 touches!!

Jamar, Clark, Garland, Dawes, Frawley and Viney will make a big difference to our side.

Jordie, that was inspirational, what a joke, deadset, just disgraceful umpiring.

Tom McDonald tries to do far too much. Tom, know your limits.

Sly act by Smets.

Varcoe must think it's christmas atm.