Colm

Adelaide hold picks 10, 14 and 20 and are tipped to do a trade with GWS for pick 7

From his Rookie me central profile-“Another facet of Windsor's game he has shown improvement in is his kicking. He often gets good length and is capable of slotting impressive goals on the run, but does a lot of work at speed and that can impact his efficiency in the short-range. When more measured, he is capable of sharp passes which do damage.” If JT thinks he’s the man at 6 I’m happy with that but we may need to lower our expectations of his current abilities. I’m sure he will continue to improve his kicking including when moving at pace.

Think the highlighted bit would be on offer to us if we wanted to do the deal.

On the BigFooty rumour thread that WC are putting their pick 23 on the table along with future first to try and Curtin before Crows make a move. We would surely have to consider it?! Use our own future first and their second rounder to get Swans pick?! Although all the mail seems to suggest we will take Windsor and Tholstrup at our current picks.

I will get on board with whatever JT decides but I’ll be pretty gutted if Geelong mange to snare Curtin

Bit late to the party McKercher and Tholstrup if we trade with Hawks. Curtin and Tholstrup if we don’t. given the quality available at our picks I’m going to be happy with whoever JT picks.

Pretty sure WC future first is on the table for Curtin without any other add ons. We would only put our future first on the table for their pick 23

Eagles could easily split 11 and end up with 2 of Tholstrup, Hardeman or Collard along with Curtin and a future first. IF (and it’s a huge if) they think Curtin gets to our pick they would be mad not to do it. I don’t think we are playing games though, it’s not our style. Our interest in Tholstrup must be genuine.

12 days off for our bye round 14. Better than 10 we had this year but 14/15 would have been nice. Overall I think it’s a good draw for us.

We are starting to be linked with a few players that are rated a bit lower down than our pick 11 so I wonder if your right and we are covering our bases should we end up doing a trade with north for picks 3&15.

That’s ok. We can then grab Leake

I’ll join in. I’m hoping we get a tall defender and a classy outside mid but also like the look of Leake. My preference for pick 6 are as follows. Curtin O'Sullivan Leake Sanders Watson For pick 11 Any of the above that slide and Windsor Wilson Caddy I haven’t seen enough of Edwards or Tholstrup but given their right ups if JT was to pick either here I wouldn’t be disappointed.

Twomey said both the bombers and crows would try and move up if Curtin was still on the board at our pick.

Surprised to see he has us taking Edwards with our second pick. He already has been tipped as a bolter this year but pick 11( 13 after academy) is much higher than I’ve seen him anywhere else. I haven’t seen him at all but his rookie me central profile suggest he has a skill set we would be interested in. Strengths- clean hands, kicking, running capacity and upside.

Just listened to Gettable , Cal doesn’t seem to think North will pick Curtin at 2 or 3. Hawks are the biggest chance to take him before our pick. They are deciding between him and Watson

I think the Suns might yet have a massive part to play with pick 1 although in a more indirect way. They are still short on points required for their academy players and have picks 24 (second pick in the second round), 26&27. Should they part with the first two of those 3 picks in a trade involving WC and North and perhaps ourselves for a mix of later and future picks then you might think it’s unlikely that any of the clubs involved would bid on their academy players( be very close to draft tampering). IF Walters slipped past 2&3 that would saving the Suns 400 points alone. It would add two decent picks to the mix to be part of an overall deal and might help get it over the line.

@Pennant St Dee Do you know what the WA prospects for 2024 are looking like? Just trying to gauge what WC could do over a two year period rather than just this draft. If they don’t trade pick one they don’t have a great hand after it in this years draft. Trading out future Picks will be their only way to move up the order this year.

Does anybody know if there’s a list spots/number of draft selections restriction on Gold Coast this year? I’ve heard it mentioned but I’m not sure if it comes into play this year. Im just wondering if they can still split the picks they have. If they can they might make the above trade between ourselves, WC and North easier to get across the line. It would bring their pick 24(which is the second pick of the second round) into play. Say our pick 42 and picks 57 & 58 goes to the Suns for Pick 24. Might help get it over the line. So added to the above deal Dees get 23 and give 42 North give 57 and get 24 WC gives 23 and 58(perhaps with a later Suns pick coming back) FWIW I’m hoping we hold onto 6 & 11, just throwing something out there as I thought the first proposed deal wasn’t great for us.

I’d be in favour of doing it if we can also improve our remaining draft hand this year. Pick 23 and maybe 37 would have to be involved. I can see WC finishing in the bottom two again next year even if they get Reid and Curtin.

Agree. I only saw his two games for Vic country but I was impressed by him in those games which I believe were his first two games in defence. Good interceptor, quick for a big man and looked good one on one. I hope with get a key defender this draft and if not Curtin or O'Sullivan then I’m hoping Dawson or Zakostelsky are available at our later pick. Realistically the only way I see this happening is if we move up for pick 1,2 or 3 and improve 42 slightly.

@monoccular see above post from Chaser in another thread. It gave me a bit more confidence if we do pick a Tasmanian prospect.

Ok I’ll rephrase it. I will be very surprised if Caddy is off the board by our pick. I’ll also be very happy as( on the limited games I watched him in the champs) I don’t rate him as the 7 normally rated above him. Given the pick before us if the dogs who are stacked for talls and have another f/s tall coming in this draft. I very greatly doubt they will pick him so he’d have to go top 5. So the Hawks would have to pick him in front of the likes of Duursma,Curtain, Watson and Sanders.

Caddy will def be available at our first pick. As will one of Sanders, Curtain or Watson. More likely to be Curtain or Sanders.

Could we tempt GWS with pick 11, F1,and 42 for pick 7 ? That way if the rumours are true and we are not going to take Curtain at 6 we still get player we are after and swap future first with WC. We may need to throw in a future second to get it done. Cats pick at 8 could still see us get the player we are after if it’s not Curtain or Sanders. I think WC will be in the bottom two again next year.

Giving we are being linked heavily with Leake and Windsor now when there will be key defenders available at both of our picks Im assuming we must rate Adam’s very highly.