Stiff Arm

Dogs have a lot of young talls already, and Croft in this draft

Sure, wasn't denying that, however I reckon they would have worked the picks out together before recording

Cal Twomey, Shifter Sheehan and Riley Beveridge see us taking O'Sullivan at 6, after bidding for Ethan Reid, according to their phantom draft on today's AFL site. They have Curtin going to North at pick 3, which make sense, as they need key defenders

You do realize pick 6 will end up being 7 or 8 by the time academy bids are matched? Put away your ouija board

Taylor Goad looks good as a 206cm ruck. Says he bases his game on Max Gawn Why this unique 206cm ruckman is dazzling recruiters: https://www.afl.com.au/news/1059916

Any evidence that WCE are hell bent on getting Curtin just because he's from WA? Yet, they'll take a Victorian with 1? 🤷 I read a Curtin interview where he said he kinda liked the idea of living interstate. Not every WA lad wants to be near their mummy

Agreed. Taking a good player at 6 this year means that we get a year of development into him whilst we are still in the window for 2024. And we all know windows don't stay open forever Keep 6. If anything, I'd offer our F1st + 11 for 7 or 8 this year. Curtain and O'Sullivan would be a great haul

Not only rigged, but definitely a nepotic boys club with zero transparency or accountability

A good number of Tassie prospects this year. Liking the look of Schoenmaker, has an amazing left foot kick, nice size about him too 194cm

Ha! That's gold!

Gonna be pretty hard for Tassie to meet their milestones before fielding team. A not-yet-funded stadium, possible change in state govt at the next election (current opposition against the stadium), not a shovel of soil turned yet, some local protests and resentment, sponsorships to be found..... I believe Whispering Jack made reference to this a couple of weeks ago after a recent conversation he had with an former Tassie premier A lot to happen before a team gets going down there. I wonder if Gil made it just a touch too difficult for this to get off the ground

...or not pay up and keep 2 and 3 For all our speculation, the top 10 draft order may not change beyond bid matching

The two situations are not the same. You are getting worked up over Cornes' rumours, and tarring Petty with the same brush as Jackson. If Petty's not injured and is fit enough, he should play. Dare i say, he's more important to our structure that Jackson was

I understand there would be more to it than that. Need to be a F1st or F2nd involved, Geelong can't just give up 8 and get 6 for free That's a big commitment from Taylor/Lamb: our whole 2023 remaining draft picks (except 42) for pick two. Hope Duursma is worth it!

I think most people think Duursma > McKercher, but I also think North have a raft of potential A Grade mids, and Duursma offers them something of exceptional quality but different. If they nab Reid and/or Duursma this draft, plus possibly another pick inside 10 they can consider themselves well and truly KOTD Just my opinion, though

Pick 3 will end up at 4. That won't get us Duursma, but it will be enough for McKercher

And wouldn't Norf supporters be frustrated they won that last game and moved 'up' to 17th. They would've had picks 1 and 2 in this draft!

Indeed, how dare he show what a good man he is. Probably more brave than most of us.

That young swimmer was simply following Goody's instructions to long bomb it into the water

Weid-esque!

Equally, JVR will be better when playing 3rd tall, rather than 1st tall forward

42 might be Brown, or might be a project player (ruck?) and Brown is rookied

Hawks and dogs picks used for matching F/S will be after 42. They each have one early pick and then only late picks to be used for points. Only GCS picks will be before 42, six picks before then to go towards 3 players. 3 GCS+Croft+McCabe=5 GCS use 6 picks before our 42 So our pick should move up to 41 Is that correct?

Most, if not all, of the money would be public money from govts, so if we were to eventually leave, the facility would have to stay in public ownership Unless we fund the majority, who are we to claim rights?