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The French? I am flattered you want to know so much about me. Alas, no I am not an 'only' child, but I don't know what traits you are referring to... If it is pedantry, that would be rich coming from the bloke who jumped down a poster's throat for implying the draft is a lottery when you are only comfortable with 'somewhat of a lottery'... I think it best of you don't make this a list of each other's personality faults because yours are longer than mine, and if you don't think so - that's a lack of self-reflection... You can add that to the list...

That's specious reasoning. As CB says - we picked duds. And if you are wondering why people have a tough time warming to you it may be because your personality gets you to inject things like the two words you have started this post with.

Oh, this will be fun. Can we get to the point where you proclaim your distaste for the posters on here and leave for the 8th time? But, the one thing I want to know before you go is - why do you have space between the end of your question and the question mark?

Some have got the meme game down. They know what they're doing. Others...don't...

It also would include the kick that set up an easy handpass to someone running into goal. The point you are bashing people over the head with clumsily is that Watts has helped us score. That would be self evident in the score involvements stat. You're welcome.

Score and goal assists are stolen from basketball where the spaces are so small that the 'assist' holds far more importance and significance than it does in AFL. Getting 'involved' in scoring play is far more important IMO and the numbers for those are:

Didn't know he was delisted.

It's about what roles people can play. We do not have a plethora of lead up HFFs to choose from - if we want that role - Watts is a huge chance to play. Putting mids on flanks is great and a boon in the new 90 rotations world we live in, but if it ain't working, it is going to be revisited. Some mids cannot play certain roles forward.

He is a flanker - they are never that important... He can make us better than a replacement flanker can - especially considering he is competing against Ben Kennedy and god knows who. But he is not important to the team.

The rest of the team will end up papering over some of his issues, but he still has to perform. Is there a spot for him in the best 22 in 2016? Absolutely. Will he be able to coast to that spot? No. I think everyone is aware that he can play, needs to play a season like he played 9 weeks last year, and if he does we are a better team.

Paywall, but is there a bunch of Academy selections in there? That might explain it; Mills, Hipwood, Hopper and Kennedy might push our pick to 11.

Would we be 'equal' then? We did have ND6 and still have ND7 but effectively swapped next years pick for this year's ND3. So unless we end up giving GC the first or second pick - you could argue we have simply brought forward next years pick.

How does that work, exactly? Did we give them bad habits? Not work on their bodies enough? This whole 'we destroyed them as footballers' holds no water with me. More than happy to agree that we don't get the most out of players, and haven't for a long time, but I reject the notion that our lack of proper development ruined them. A good player at 18 that is destined to be a good player at 25 cannot be 'ruined' by anything other than injury. We did not draft 'talented 18 years that were destined to be good players at 25'. By and large, we drafted talented 18 year olds that, I am afraid to say, were destined to not be good enough. Destiny ruined them.

It was Goodwin seen in the rooms and we had the GC deal for Howe ready to go for ND3, we weren't expecting ND6 to get the player we wanted. Whoever we pick - we picked him a long way out.

Viney, Tyson and Brayshaw are your locks. Salem and Petracca is unproven in the midfield at AFL level - they should prove themselves nest season hopefully. Vanders and ANB are in the process of proving themselves. I am more than comfortable adding two more prospects to this list. We simply have to come out of this malaise with a strong midfield.

I know there is some love for Zones to come back, even on here, but this will only bring in pre-teenage pushing of families and kids and, if that wasn't a driver in-and-of-itself, it will hurt the game and the equalisation of the game.

Well, he plays AFL games... I honestly don't know why they are just leaving a top 40 pick to be 'passed' on. I expect another deletion prior to the draft or right after it.

Well, he certainly has what looks to be 'a mans body' - which makes the transition to AFL somewhat easier. I know that a number of people would be disappointed that we didn't get a tall to help Hogan long term but if the recruiting staff think this bloke will be the best player available - I would be very comfortable having two more talented mids brought into the team (assuming the rumours of our interest in Parish are true).

So he won the 'Brownlow' in TAC Cup after missing the Pre-Season with OP. There is a lot to pull from that sentence... Yes, he struggles with OP. Yes, he played a great season on little build up before it.

Well, that is indicative - where'd you hear that?

Commercially we would prefer it be against a tenant of Etihad. Just sayin...

I read it once. That's enough.

So he needs a haircut? Honestly, that is what your problem boils down to.

One man's list clogger...

Yeah, he looks like he could be Cousins or, at worst, Shane Edwards... But still - Cousins!