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Very interesting post re: u18 all Australian team. Cause for excitement along with the highlight vids. Will be interesting to keep track of this year's crop but previous years have been loaded.

Anyone else notice this little snippet in the Father-Son bidding summary? http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-10-06/live-trade-period-begins-plus-free-agency-latest Very interesting given that Roos would have coached him while he was with the Sydney Academy. He either rates him that highly or he was calling Sydney's bluff and forcing them to use pick 17.

We got pick 23 as compo for Sylvia and traded it on for Bernie. Hard to complain about that. You could argue pick 23 was steep for Vince (I don't think so) but by the same token pick 23 was generous for Sylvia (even before he bombed in Freo). I'm stoked it worked out, Bernie has been very useful. For the record the Crows then took Matt Crouch at 23. Doesn't look like there's an obvious miss in the draft that beats Vince. In terms of what we could have traded 23 for instead, other roughly similar trades in 2013 (i.e. pick for player): Bulldogs got Crameri with 26. West Coast got Elliot Yeo with 28. Richmond got Shaun Hampson with 32. Carlton got Sam Docherty with 33. GWS got Mummy with 35.

This place is going to erupt if we don't get pick 3. There was buzz around the Howe-Frawley switch early in the season but aside from taking plenty of marks Frawley didn't make much scoreboard impact (finished 15.16). His marking was great though and is probably the biggest thing we'll miss about him. He finished the season tied equal second in marks per game at 7.4 per contest. On the other hand, his disposal efficiency left a lot to be desired: Among players with 150+ disposals he ranked 225th at just 71.9%. A fair way behind Jetta (87.9%, tied for 1st in the league), Howe (80.6%, 45th), Dunn (79.6%) and Garland (78.8%). I promise it will make you feel better about losing him if you watch him concede Goal of the Year to Bontempelli in the final minutes of a winnable match. He's got no motor - that's always been the most frustrating thing about watching him. Far too much trotting and plodding. We better get pick 3.

Loved watching Jetta develop this year. A consistent bright spot and always seemed to be doing positive things around the footy. Exciting to see whether he can back it up and improve next season. Interesting little stat: Among players with 150+ disposals, Jetta was equal 1st with Ben Rutten with a Disposal Efficiency of 87.5%.