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Heard of take the first option?

I wouldn't necessarily assume anything - it could be a courtesy to a player who has given good service to enable him to training at AFL level to maximise his opportunities. Same with Tom McNamara. That said I do think we need to rookie a mature ruckman as back-up for Jamar and Spencer - if both of them got injured our whole season could be de-railed.

All but Cassidy are in the list above (bolded in my post quote) and all are mids/small forwards (excluding PJ and TMac)

Hansen getting better advice than Chris "scapegoat" Johnson .

http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/staff/tabid/15221/default.aspx Neale Daniher: General Manager - Football Operations Steve Woodhouse: Contracts & Lists Manager wonder exactly what Peter Staples: Integrity Services Manager does?

from HFF07 at BF http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=777293&page=4

Happy players on the day after draft night: Jones, Bartram, Maric, Macdonald, Jetta, Bennell, Bail, Blease, Strauss Nervous players on the day after draft night: Warnock, Bate, Dunn, Newton, Martin

could he have one two Brownlows?

I reckon it's wrong to delist a contracted player at this stage of the process. The only clubs with live primary list picks appear to be Essendon and Gold Coast. Maybe one of them has an interest. Otherwise it's straight to the rookie draft.

Majak is on not-Tasmania's rookie list and progressing OK apparently

why open draftee video threads then?

Thanks - doesn't seem like they publish the whole list. How many of our 4 went to the camp or state screening anyway?

you're lying

Well it's like Sylvinator said pre-draft - we had a leaning towards talls and if we rated 2 players similarly then we'd take the tall at 12 and that's what both Bailey and Prendergast said we did. You're not seriously suggesting we took Cook while we rated some mid higher are you? Please explain how Howe and Davis are needs based when we've got Jurrah and Warnock? And how McDonald is needs based when we just picked 2 marking forwards?

Is there somewhere I can see their test results? Stibbard says Cook is a bit slow but the knock on Lynch was he had the worst 20m time - what's Cooks's?

We rated Cook higher than Smith, Smedts, Atley, Jacobs, Tape etc and I very pleased we did - happily he coincided with a type we need. There can be all sorts of reasons for this - Atley said in in his Age profile he needs to work on his kicking ... It's hard to see Howe is a "needs" pick when we've got Jurrah and similarly with Davis when Warnock can't get a game. We just picked the best player. It's interesting that we have 19 of 39 players 192+ - how many do we need?

No you have missed the point - more highly rated by whom? Some phantom drafts?

I'm puzzled how drafting the 3rd and 4th tall is drafting for needs? If we drafted 4 mids no-one would be saying that. Surely the "need" is filled at some stage. I'd say the fact that we drafted 4 talls indicates quite the opposite.

More highly rated by who? Barry Prendergast and our recruiting team apparently do not agree.

MDT : )

Well you had Jacobs at 21 in your own phantom and Guthrie at 16. Next time you did a phantom you've got Jacobs at 12 and Guthrie at 24 even though neither of them have kicked a ball in between. And you're a self-professed advocate of best-available. Now you've got Jacobs possibly at 33 even though you've had him going north at a rate of knots. Excuse me if your reasoning seems all over the place like a mad-woman's vomit.

maybe one day in Georgia's Paddock?

Someone can tell you for sure.

Jacobs can only be "best available" in your dream draft he's the next best player after Heppell given that you've agreed they're the same type. If it's a dream draft then surely a player that meets a need and warrants selection at 33 is much more dreamy? Yes like Guthrie for example.