DistrACTION Jackson

I love the way he goes about it. I imagine he would be pretty demanding of high standards in all the youngsters which is a great thing to have.

Yeah that doesn't really make sense. Why would you go from Francis/Curnow to Parish/Weideman? Surely it would go Parish/Curnow or something like that.

Very happy with his first season. I think he is the kind of player that we don't need to be A grade but just do everything that's asked of him. I think of Max Rooke, he was never super talented but was used as an enforcer which I think vanDenberg is perfect for that role. He will be a key cog in the machine for the next 4-5 years.

If you have Instagram follow Rob Jackson fitness. He is the fitness guy at Melbourne and I have seen a number of photos of the guys already into training. Yesterday it was Dunn, Dawes, Viney and Petracca doing some kind of circuit work.

Someone made a comparison to Ben Cousins of Darcy Parish. Watching that video on the Swans webpage I can definitely see why. Lets just hope he doesn't turn out exactly like Ben Cousins......

This comment sums it up completely. So many clubs have stuffed up draft picks (of course we have more so than others). The goods sides just move on and know that a draft pick is just a number and has nothing to do with how the player turns out. I think that is the way our club is run now, took us long enough though!

I think the Tigers actually do (Tambling and Oakley-Nicholls).

There is zero chance Schache slips past Brisbane. They are crying out for a tall forward and he actually wants to play for them. If they did pass on him it would be the worst drafting blunder.

I think there is a good chance as he seems fairly limited from what I have read (granted I haven't watched him play). The reason I had Mathieson at pick 5 is that I think the Bombers will likely take one of Francis/Curnow pick 4 and will want another young mid at pick 5 with Watson and Stanton getting on.

Great news if that's the case. I hate basing judgement off a highlights package as it can be made to look as good or as poor as the person creating it likes. I trust the recruiters have watched enough to know who is the best pick at number 3. I think the most interesting thing will be who we take at number 7. The write ups of Weideman aren't that promising and I definitely wouldn't want to 'reach' for a player just because we think we might need another tall forward. With the way trading gets done these days it's best to just pick best available and then trade in to fill holes.

I think looking at that highlights video of Parish he seems underwhelming. Though I think his overall season and U18 championships was very good. I also think that his test results don't do him justice and he is one of those players that doesn't do anything exceptional but does everything very well. I'm not sold on him personally but I think he ticks our biggest need, speed and skill with competitiveness.

My tip is as follows (not including the academy picks): 1) Weitering 2) Schache 3) Parish 4) Francis 5) Mathieson 6) Milera 7) Curnow

I'd say from the reports that we are 99% certain to take Parish at number 3. I hope with pick 7 we take a natural goal kicker, whether that be a tall forward or medium sized forward. I'd imagine it will be out of whoever is available between Weideman, Francis, Curnow and Milera. I also wouldn't be surprised to see someone like Burton from Adelaide who seems like a natural forward. We need genuine goal kickers as mush as we need mids.

They've already agreed to upgrade VDB and on the website he is on our primary list. Not sure what they will do with Harmes, I imagine they are weighing it up.

I wonder what his skills will be like. Generally basketballer's are fairly skilled so hopefully he is a good set shot and possibly play in the forward line with Hoges.

His height is irrelevant when he is jumping over everybody....

Really like this trade. I can see Bugg as a bit of a Mr fix-it type player. One week he may be asked to play as a shutdown defender, the next through the midfield and other weeks forward.

It would be good if we could bundle up picks 46 & 50 for a lower pick

Can't see it happening as we can't trade anymore future picks (once you've traded pick 1 you can't trade anymore from that draft).

I'm really torn on pick 3. On the one hand Parish seems to be a quick skillful mid, which is a definite need for us. On the other, Curnow is a big strong forward with a large tank which is also a need! Tough decisions ahead for the FD.

I think this is the biggest reason we did the GC trade in the first place. Initially it seemed there is a fair amount of risk if we finish in a low position that we've given up a strong pick next season. However, by trading down to 7 the risk is lessened and it is very likely our first pick next season is 7 or higher. I really hope we make finals and our first pick ends up being 10-12 or something like that. Then we will have done very well in the trade, plus we would've played finals which is the main thing!

Fantastic outcome and really great trading and list management. Haven't got the A grader in but really impressed with the work that has been put in.

Brilliant trade!

I've got a feeling that is what we are going for. Otherwise we would have already swapped Bugg for pick 43 or whatever.

Really hope we can bundle up all our picks in the 40's for Bugg and 27.