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It doesn’t matter how much involved an ex player is in their old Club if their offspring has no talent. Look, I don’t mind the romanticism of Father Son, in fact, it is probably the only inequity that I could live with. Are you saying to me that it doesn’t pizz you off that Collingwood, Essendon, etc never have to play Geelong in Geelong? That nearly every year the NSW & Qld Clubs have access to an Academy player for a Draft Pick much higher than that players true worth? That Collingwood make a Grand Final last year off a very soft Draw because we have such a compromised Fixture?

So it sounds like you agree. All I’m saying is that it is the best game in the world but with heavily compromised fixtures, home ground playing advantages, and inequitable drafting, it has lost a lot of older supporters. Particularly from the non super power Clubs. Thank goodness the Swans shot themselves in the foot and the AFL abolished the COLA. Wasn’t that a leg up for the NSW States. No wonder the Swans haven’t bottomed out for 20 years! With COLA and Academies it would be nearly impossible to bottom out.

Absolutely. If it meant a 100% pure, unadulterated Draft, yes. Who the bloody hell have we got from Father Son apart from Jack Viney who is just a good ordinary player. Father Sons have won Geelong numerous Premierships.

I have been incredibly annoyed by the inequitable fixture for years but this anger has been overtaken by the unfair advantages given to certain clubs with these bloody Academies. Another player this year who is tipped to be in the Top few is a GWS Academy player. It is so far from a level playing field that my interest is now almost zero.

How many times will “learnings” get a run?

I don’t enjoy it or dislike it. It means absolutely nothing, it has no importance in the big picture of what is happening with my footy Club.

Mate, there are several Posts slagging off how Tonight’s commentators are waxing lyrical over the Tigers. Just not important.

It’s the same flogs every week that blame umpires & commentators. FCS forget about them and direct all your anger at our Football Dept, Recruiting & List Management. You get the results you deserve!!!!

You need to look closer at the game. Tom MAC was poor. Hore, Frost & Salem were very good.

Greatly undervalued Stretch & Hore and greatly overrated Tom MacDonald.

FCS ignore umpires, ignore commentators. We have so many issues with our list and personnel. Our list is putrid, it is not a list capable of outside run and retaining the ball by foot. Recruiting has been putrid. So many VFL standard players.

Worpel would have been a much better selection than either Spargo or Petty.

I probably shouldn’t reveal that but signs aren’t good for Josh Wagner, Corey Maynard & Billy Stretch.

Guys, I can let you know that Tom Sparrow will debut tomorrow as Jorda Lewis won’t play. Good luck Tom

Josh Kelly will only consider signing a long term deal at one of three Clubs. His management has been told to only engage with GWS, Kangaroos & Carlton. Whilst my info was pre Christmas, it came from another player looked after by his management team and I believe it’s on the money.

I agree that the lack of 2 or 3 players with genuine line breaking, burst speed is a weakness. It’s the main reason why it would be so beneficial if Hunt was able to improve some other areas of his game and force his way in. The promising news is that a couple of senior players have told me that Toby Bedford is the new recruit that has made the biggest impression amongst the playing group up until Christmas and they believe he will play some 1’s in 2019.

He’ll get plenty of chances before they drop him.

Yeah, they’re just the most successful club of the modern era and have won about 10 Flags since us. That said, you are missing the only point which was just what a Smokey this selection was.

Makes me wonder why we re contracted Josh Wagner if we’ve been tracking this guy closely for 3 years. Blind Freddie can see this blokes a better player than Josh Wagner.

True that Clarry was a bolter, however, within 2 weeks of Draft night everyone knew he was first round and improving. Everyone is still trying to find out who James is 24 hours after the Draft. Encouraging thing for me is the bottom age aspect. Let’s hope!

I spoke with Jayden Hunt’s dad last week and he told me that Jayden was buoyed by the fact that Goodwin told him in his Exit interview that he was a required player and they would not entertain any trade discussions about him. His Dad mentioned that Jayden is really targeting the Wing position as his best chance of breaking in.

This is an interesting selection. I can tell you that Hawthorn classified him as Not Draft Quality. This is the label they attach to all players they believe are not worthy of Draft consideration. I also looked at a lot of Phantom Drafters and I don’t recall seeing anyone nominate him in a Top 50. Let’s hope Jason Taylor proves them all wrong.

A mate of mine that Is on the recruiting team for an AFL club mentioned that he likes one called Will Golds or similar at Oakleigh Chargers I think. Thought he represents value for a late Pick. Any thoughts?

No negotiation in any of those you mentioned. Hibberd & Melksham were so obviously a 2nd round picks at where we were. Never 1st or 3rd rounders. Lewis & Garlett we’re pushed out by their Clubs and nobody else wanted them, once again, no negotiation skill required. Vince, read Hibberd & Melksham. Plenty would argue we paid a little too much for Frost, put it this way, he wasn’t a steal. We are one of those Clubs that seem to be very easy for other Clubs to deal with and for just once I want to do an Essendon type deal where we clearly can say we got Overs.

Please tell me one single trade deal we won at the negotiation stage since we got what appeared to be overs for Darren Jolly. Got done over in both the Tyson & Lever deals so I await evidence of winning negotiations.