dazzledavey36

5 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

 

There's already another thread on this?

2 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

He reminds me of Caddy when he's forward and Sparrow when he's in the midfield. It's that power type player that has the ability to win or halve big contests in the middle or in the forward half. He's a very 'Melbourne' pick. At least, a JT type.

I'm intrigued what the wraps on him were at the end of last year to make him worthy of a top 5 selection, @Gator. Any insight there? Obviously, he's fallen down the order a bit due to injury, but to be worthy of top 5 talk, you'd have to have some elite attributes outside of mere power.

He was a genuine power forward at colts level as an under-age playe last year kicking over 30 goals in a season. My understanding was that he was dominating that level and there was expectation of organic growth in his game.

Decided to he wanted to do a pre season with the seniors and got rewarded with senior footy all year playing as a high half forward and sometimes even defensive forward.

Battled some groin injuries which impacted him mid year.

3 minutes ago, fr_ap said:

Our media dept are very ordinary 

Gone to [censored] since Gibbo left.

5 minutes ago, Gator said:

And Caddy at 6.

But but he says he doesn't make stuff up!?

Haha so we went from going cold on him to heating up the oven again it seems??

Welcome to the Dees you absolute bull 👌

10 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Honestly I haven't watched a draft for awhile. Only tuning in tonight to see our picks 7 & 11

The whole draft set up coverage is the worse.

8 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

My god why did it take so long for west coast to tell us they're picking Harley?

Also what happened to the clubs reading out the players they are drafting 

Where have you been?

They haven't done this for a number of years.

2 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Anyone have access to the sun? They have a live late-mail article and headline suggests a deal for Curtin could involve 3-clubs...

Edit: could be junk q&a style blog with suggestions from fans

1 hour ago, Garbo said:

I trust our recruiters as they have a very good strike rate, but my gut says you shouldn’t take small fwds or outside mids inside the first 10 and should be looking at an outside mid only with our with our 2nd pick. We should be looking for a Steven May replacement given Petty is also likely out in a year or 2 as well. Curtin seems like the ready made replacement and seems highly regarded or Caddy if we want more fwd options.

So you wouldn't take Nick Daicos or Josh Kelly inside the top 10?

Strange....

35 minutes ago, Dwight Schrute said:

I wonder if the Cats would consider 11 plus our future first to move up to 8? 

if so a combination of Windsor and Leake/Caddy/O'Sullivan/Curtin looks pretty good. 

Giving up way too much just to move 3 spots?

I can guarantee one of those guys will still be available at our pick as a slider 

By the looks of it, the club is set on Tholstrup. 

35 minutes ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

Absolutely get where you are coming from. Last year it was “ Demon Spirit” merchandise for finals. This year it was “ Possessed” merchandise. To the Melbourne Football Club, please no more slogans just let your football do the talking. Win finals, especially finals in Melbourne. That will put dollars in the bank account and give us more credibility.

Demon spirit is one of the more cringiest slogans going around.

Seriously wish we'd just ditch it all together and have no more slogans.

1 minute ago, DEE32 said:

There is a sameness to how they performed in the finals, and the game plan looked very familiar with a heavy reliance on a tall at the edge of the square who didn’t take marks and their finals downfall was poor kicking which led to poor forward connection.

It’s hard not to compare.

but gee the girls brand of footy was great to watch up to round 8.  
Actually so were the men…..

 

It was very 2022 like.

Men win 10 games in a row, Women's played amazing first half of the year but both absolutely choked in finals.

2 minutes ago, Nascent said:

MELBOURNE

 

Picks: 6, 11, 42

 

Latest intel: The Demons were hoping to turn big moves into an even bigger move, landing two top-11 picks via trade period swaps, and offering their selections to West Coast in a move for Pick 1. They’re at the back of the queue for that trade though and it appears unlikely to occur. If there is a trade involving the Dees, it could be the other way, if the Eagles want to move for a sliding Daniel Curtin. If the Demons stick where they are, they should still nab two very good players, with Caleb Windsor surging up the board and into their thinking at No.6 along with Nate Caddy. With their second pick they’ve been closely linked to Koltyn Tholstrup, after visiting the forward at his Esperance home, while Curtin, Caddy, Darcy Wilson and Ollie Murphy would be considered if they fall this far. Father-son Kynan Brown could be a late selection.

 

Best-case scenarios: One of Zane Duursma, Nick Watson or Ryley Sanders slides to their first pick, or they find a way to move up from Pick 11 and get two top-10 selections. Or if they hold Pick 11, one of Connor O’Sullivan, Nate Caddy, James Leake or, dare we say it, Daniel Curtin slips through.

 

Worst-case scenario: Hard to see anything here for the Dees, considering they’ll likely take just two or three players and would be very happy to take Koltyn Tholstrup with their second pick should they hold their current selections

So we can use pick 42?

Disappointing performance.  But please, can we please not link the mens performance into this.

Far too many excuses last week with illness, so what is this week? When you let an opposition get out to a big lead then you find yourself majority of the game playing catch up and it can be mentally draining.

Some big decisions looms for a few players in the off season. 

What an incredibly disappointing finish to the year.

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

 

Cringe post 

This is embarrassing 

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

should be an easy win once we get our competitiveness back

Harris needs to show something or i’d drop her. 

The rate we're going, we won't need too.

26 minutes ago, Redleg said:

And another from left field.

If we are keen on Reid and Windsor, could we give all our picks and future 1 to WC, who give their F1 for 7 and GWS F1 and we get 1 and 7 and get Reid and Windsor and then we delist say Woey and Laurie if they are agreeable, who go to WC in Pre Season Draft and/or Supplemental draft. Woey goes home and is probably a certainty for a rebuilding WC and Laurie gets games. Jed Adams or even Spargo could come into the conversation.

That would mean for example we get 1 and 7.

WC get 6, 11, 42, 78 and MFC F1 and GWS F1 and say Woey and Laurie, who would both be starting 23 for WC immediately. 6 appears certain to get Curtin, a future Captain by all accounts.

GWS give 7 and F1 and get WC F1 which could be absolute gold.

We get Reid and Windsor, or whoever is left.

Am I missing something?

Maybe the clubs integrity 😳

35 minutes ago, Gator said:

Correct.  And then [censored] like Chris Doerre, AKA Knightmare, to do their post draft club grades, such as this one for Collingwood in 2019:

Collingwood

Improved their draft hand slightly in the latter half of the draft to increase their involvement without losing a lot. Jay Rantall represents strong value as a basketball convert with elite endurance who does his best work inside winning the contested ball, distributing by hand and moving through traffic. Oakleigh premiership captain Trent Bianco is a second selection who represents strong value as one of the best kicks in the draft and the most advanced outside player in the pool. Trey Ruscoe at 192cm with his versatility to play defence, midfield or forward, is a third solid selection with his skills, mobility, ball winning capabilities and the way he reads the ball in flight and takes marks. Though the question of whether Collingwood should have retained pick 51 to draft key forward Jake Riccardi rather than trade it to GWS who used the pick to draft the VFL's Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal is a question that will be asked given Collingwood's lacking key position stocks.

Grade: A

None of those 3 players are today on an AFL list.

In the same draft he gave Melbourne a C for drafting Jackson, Pickett and Rivers, which was his equal worst ranking.

Outside of the Suns, who had picks one and two, Melbourne clearly were the best performed club in that 2019 draft.

Or this club ranking from Fox Sports for the same draft.

CARLTON

Picks (at start of draft): 9, 43, 57, 70, 85

Selections: Brodie Kemp (17), Sam Philp (20), Sam Ramsay (47)

Stephen Silvagni was making plenty of moves on the opening night of the draft, with a bidding frenzy causing Fremantle and GWS to move on Liam Henry and Tom Green respectively. Brodie Kemp was the big steal for the Blues, landing the potential top-five prospect with Pick 17. They added more midfield speed with the selection of snubbed Vic Metro prospect Sam Philp. Calder Cannons midfield Sam Ramsey rounded out their selections, with the inside midfielder averaging 25.2 disposals this year.

Grade: A

 

Only the 23 gamer Kemp remains in the system notwithstanding the A they were given.

 

This is supposedly a ''shallow'' draft, but to me, albeit a novice, it looks as good as just about any year and the top end talent better than most.

 

Excited for tomorrow night.

 

EDIT: I called Doerre an i.d.i.o.t.  To think that word is censored in this day and age.  I deplore the society we've become.

Knightmare definitely not showing his ridiculous bias there..