DubDee

Last year Sydney got the best midfielder in the draft for Pick 18, we had to pay Pick 2 and Pick 3 for similar talents.

This year Sydney will do it again, but this time they will pay with 33, 36, 37, and 44 and while one might say that that is not making them pay enough - it has forced them out of the draft till Pick 54.

The best midfielder in the draft again and they don't even have to use a pick in the top 30

Sounds completely fair!

A team that 'bids' on a Northern State Academy player, or a Father/Son player, will make the team that wants to keep that player pay a certain price through draft picks rather than just be allowed to use their next available pick.

All the picks in the draft up to 72 have points attached to them to determine how many picks they must 'give up' to take that player.

For example, if Sydney had a player that was worth Pick 1 - Carlton would bid on him with Pick 1. Sydney would then have to surrender all the picks they have to meet the equivalent amount of points as Pick 1.

How's that?

Not bad. Think I'm getting there.

Thanks

Still sounds needlessly complicated but it is the Afl

the 3 of them are in our best 32, given they have experience. I wouldnt call any of them locks for our first team if we somehow had no injuries.

I hope they can prove me wrong but I dont rate any of them too highly. they are still young though.

to say they are better than players we just delisted does not prove anything. I guess it proves they would have played a few games last year. hopefully we get a better run at it injury wise and play out best team

Which A grader could we have got? Do you think we didn't try? Reality is the A graders didn't want to come to us so we couldn't get one.

And who says we've finished moving out the dead wood as you've so politely described them? There are more list lodgement dates. Or are you suggesting we should have traded out the dead wood? If it's dead wood it don't trade.

A B graded would have been nice at least. we ended up with just C graders with hopefully some potential to be B grade

a lot of good players were traded and its pretty disappointing we didnt land any.

Im staggered a lot of people are rating our trade period as 'couldn't have been better'. Trading picks and getting 2 top 10 was the only real positive I can see. but I guess it is the off season, time to be positive

I really have no idea what any of you are on about.

can there a new tread that explains this for idiots?

The trading of the picks was very good. but I rated it average overall.

we still have a massive gap in our midfield as far as B+ and A talent goes. we also need a quality tall forward and outside class on the wing.

we brought in 3 young midfield types who have underwhelmed so far in their careers but hopefully one of two of them will turn into good players but hardly anything to get excited about.

this is not a rating of the recruitment staff or the club just of what was brought in. not much you can do when all the quality players dont want to come to us!

I guess we roll the draft dice again and hope for good luck

Gees we are screwed if Gawn gets injured. could be a massive year for him.

heres hoping one or two of our new recruits become good players.

Good luck to Fitzy. Hope he make a show of it.

thats mental! why would GWS do that deal? 43 for bugg and basically 10 and 63 for pick 7.

we wouldnt have used 63 anyway! haha

thats mental! why would GWS do that deal? 43 for bugg and basically 10 and 63 for pick 7.

we wouldnt have used 63 anyway! haha

I'm relieved Toumpas is gone so I can stop hoping he will become an afl player when I know he never will.

Toump gone for pick 50. Reasonable price given his output and lack of potential

Kennedy and pick 29 for Howe is okay. Hopefully Kennedy can show it to be a win.

We certainly won't miss either player next year. Howe was absolute trash in at least 15 games this year.

The reason is: first he played the "oh, I'm just waiting for the end of season to resume negotiating with Melbourne" game. For every player who does that and goes on to re-sign with their club, there are 20 who have already checked out mentally. Howe is one of the 20.

Second, he could have said before trade week that he wants to go to Collingwood instead of being coy and implying that he's prepared to go to GC. He's stuffed our trade week strategy.

In short, it is the apparent dishonesty that gets people going.

He either wanted to go or we didn't want him. So he said I'll wait til the end of year. What else can you say?

He probably assumed he'd be going to GC and then the pies come in late with an offer he likes.

because he is not allowed to select his club of choice under current rules. only free agents are.

They all do it. Trelore, Carlisle, etc. it's the reality that players who want to be traded out will say which club they'd prefer to be traded to

Nah he had years to show something. Very unlikely he will make afl grade but big blokes will always get looked at

Some bizarre comments in here. Could somebody state what Howe has gone wrong to warrant such hatred? Even assuming he is the one pushing to leave and we are not pushing him I don't get it.

He is allowed to select his club of choice. Are people pizzed that we would get more from GC? That's nothing to do with him

I agree. If we can finish this week with our second and third rounder for Melksham, Kennedy, and Bugg we are on track for a big off season.

A big off season? They are 3 average players. They may improve our depth but we won't be seeing finals.

If we actually go for the pick 6 > 3 upgrade, we obviously rate Parish a lot higher than most think. Could the difference in talent between 3 picks really be that significant in the one draft?

The alternative is Howe could probably get us pick 19 from the Suns (if we hold our ground) which could probably get us Rioli or Gresham. Interesting times!

Maybe we reckon it could be a year like last year?

- brayshaw at 3 and caleb marchbank at 6

Good work dees get in early. We should to get him locked away for the next 7-8 years soon.

He is the game changer. Pay him whatever.

I'm over being angry at this coz I don't have the energy.

Welcome milkshake. May you prove goody a genius.

Would make no sense for them to trade Parker. Young future captain.

Only reason would be if they have their eye on someone. Like a key back. Coz they can only trade in if they trade out

id be happy enough to see him go. lovely lad but not up to AFL from what ive seen of him

if we can get anything for him, take it

what gun Fyfe is. played the second half of the season on one leg and missed 4 games and still won. he would have cracked 40 votes if he stayed fit

on another topic, I think they should officially exclude defenders from the brownlow. its [censored] ridiculous. obviously the umpires have no appreaciation for the skill involved in being a good defender. they just vote for whoever gets the ball the most

T Mac gettin no votes and Scarlet hardly polling over the years when he was one of the best players of the past 30 years sums it up.

David Swallow

The MilkShake has officially put in a trade request.

Essendon are "extremely dissapointed" with his decision

i.e. they want a good draft pick for him