Mt. Dee-Maaan

ok. all aboard. i'm keen. but please don't waste 3 on jackson! anyone else, its just DUMB. happy to take picket at 10, but prefer it if we could possible get another pick under 20 as well.. hopefully there's secret deals going on behind the scenes and the recruitment staff are smarter than they have been the past few years. don't waste assets/picks.

definitely powerful but also maybe ‘stodgy’?

he sorta runs like my dad. not exactly a smooth mover..:-/ rather speed or dare (see stephens, etc)

On 11/15/2019 at 11:10 AM, Deemania since 56 said:

With his speed, acceleration and through increasing his awareness of forward line space, he could be the very best of link-men that we could muster. Forward line for me, with appropriate coaching/development.

Stafford is clearly gonna sort him out..Lol

good. [censored].

back. hard at it and adds a bit of x factor which we need there now frost is gone.. also, i admire how he flies for his marks and doesn't care who's behind him. its definitely a make or break year for him either way.

strange player.. not too much said about him really. considering he's been thought to go top ten all year, not many talk him up.

32 minutes ago, Accepting Mediocrity said:

I guess that's my point - from all reports, there are safer bets available at pick 8. No doubt that kid would be great right now - but there's a real danger in following the latest trend IMO - football changes quickly, and most kids take a long time to develop - this goes without saying. History shows that plenty of clubs have been burned badly by prioritizing perceived needs over talent. At this point, the Jack Higgins type is just as likely to be the next Addam Maric. 

 

Not so much treating playing positions differently as draft picks. Take the surest thing at 3 and 8. If 2 kids are equally rated but only one fills a need, flip a coin - and then take the more highly rated one. By all means get creative and cover immediate needs from the state leagues later in the draft.

 

I agree that AA selection is generally a poor criterion, and many good players (especially non-midfielders) miss out - but it's useful to highlight that there are potentially a few 18 YO future gun small forwards running around that are currently unknown by us youtube experts.

and who might the next 'brodie grundy' be? look, i don't think there is a small forward worth taking really.. at least in the first round. so, we would be better off going young at 3 and dylan stephens at 8 (if avail.). not jackson.

if there was a jack higgins type, i'd take him for pick 8.. a kid with passion, speed and dare would be awesome

manic. love it. we might still end up with him just cos we need a small forward in his mould so desperately (whether thats with 8, or 8 split into a few other picks)

1 hour ago, Lord Travis said:

Gould is only quick in a straight line. His agility is average. At 106kgs, he’s able to run through tackles from kids 30kg lighter than him. At afl level, he’ll no longer have a size advantage and will get brought down instead. He’d need to lose 10-15kgs so he’s able to cover the required ground too. He’s not a bad footballer, but he doesn’t possess enough elite attributes to be pick 3 or 8. Draft best available, and he’s not it.

Still hoping for Young at 3 and Stephens or Kemp at 8.

a bit like that man-child, kieran collins, that the dogs drafted in 2014/5? i think they delisted him this year.. he looked like an adult against kids in his highlights packages.. but just couldn't cut it in the afl. 

2 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Ben Keays might be worth discussing.  Had a great 2018 but behind Charlie Cameron.  Now available after Lions delisting.  

they delisted him!? wow

i like young at 3, and kemp, stephens or weightman at 8. although young seems a bit vanilla, he’s class. hard to ignore. kemp and stephens highlights look salivating. for some reason i feel like weightman would be a good fit.. driven, aggressive and quick between the ears.

needs more bastard in him. just not a scrapper. like, for instance, jetta is.....and dare i say it, frost.

i'd just like to remind everyone that although we have traded away our picks for next year... we will also be most probably trading out players that no longer fit into our structure moving forward (whether that be a petracca, brayshaw, hunt, salem, etc..). we will find picks next year, don't worry. 

2 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

 

We don't have to use a first round pick this year. We just have to use at least one in the next 2 years as it's a rolling 4 year period.

 

ugh! i thought this was all confirmed prior to the trade period. so freaking confusing. ok whatever. what a messed up system. just keep it simple afl! way to alienate the fans.. surely the rule is to reduce the examples of clubs not having an up and coming players (like us currently), by insisting that clubs must utilise first round picks.. 2015 was a lifetime ago!

for anyone saying pick 3 for king... we need to use a first rounder this year. gahhhh

about time for a poll isn't it mods? to split, or not to split....that is the question.

9 and mckay. 

so if the structure is set, does that mean that we already have our 'assistant' to goodwin? or, that they have decided on the structure and that there still might be new staff? confusing language..

this is the jamie elliott thread yeah?

3 minutes ago, CHF said:

I believe that we have a few lines out in discussions with potential forwards. Not only for this trade period but for next as well.

come on down two metre, uhhh, whats his name again?

6 hours ago, Engorged Onion said:

Oh, I figured as he is a Lorne boy that there is a media  'go home factor' (tm)  which is Geelong, you know because, it's their backyard and etc etc yadda yadda yadda....

euroa mate

only if he incorporates the power stance into every round and a spiced up version for finals (if we ever make them again)

also, FYI elliott's junior club was the Euroa MAGPIES.. get it? MAG-PIES. the proof is in the mag-pie.