demoncat

HOOOOOOOOOORE

Yeah I spoke too soon 🤣

Great fight back from the girls But seriously - have the Crows had a single holding the ball paid against them?

Umpiring is god awful

Massive Dees fan

And you can’t blame him for it, but there’s a lot of what ifs with that pick now that he’s back at Freo Still, anything that gets you a flag is an undeniable win, and there’s no doubt Jackson was integral to that

As an aside how handy would Hayden Young be right about how 🤤 If he can get his body right he’ll be the best of Freo’s mids

Seemed to be the case If we can’t trade in an extra pick in the first round we might look to pick one with 37 (we seem to focus more on needs later in the draft/the mid season draft)

Prepare to be surprised brother

Agree 100% I know small forward is just about our most pressing positional need, but not if it means reaching for NQR prospects at 7 or 8 Take whoever the best mid/developing mid is with Nairn (who just seems like a lock at this point)

It’s looking more and more likely that Nairn is going to go in the early to mid first round now He’s got an invite to night one of the combine and Twomey said that clubs like Hawks and GWS would be interested in him if we don’t take him Think we’re going to have to take him at 8 unfortunately, but I think there’s a chance we can secure a later first round pick if Pickett is still on the board

That’s what I’m referring to when saying we’ll try and snag an early pick for Pickett (not trading back 7 or 8)

He’s 100% a Dee at 8 Guessing the play is whoever falls out of Cumming or Taylor goes at 7, then Farrow if neither fall Then try and snag an earlier pick to take Pickett

Lock it in Eddie

I don’t think that’s correct - I think it was that if Richmond don’t pick him he’s likely to slide past us and Essendon to around the Hawks pick or later

Why the [censored] are we playing Essendon in Gather Round AGAIN? At least we’ll likely get an MCG matchup against them in the return matchup later next year

That’s the pathway I think Cal also said on Gettable this morning that Essendon might not be as interested in him / might prioritise midfielders (someone may have to fact check that for me though) So if Richmond take Grij the pathway for Taylor to fall to us really opens up

Would love to see our draft boards compared to GWS over the years We both have great taste 😅

Cal said on Gettable this morning that apparently multiple clubs have Nairn in that 12-15 pick range, so it seems that clubs may be rating him higher than the phantom drafts are If so, we may have to bite the bullet at 8 if we want to snag him

We need to pray Richmond take Grij As much as I like him it’s clear we’re not interested and that Richmond is the only club somewhat likely to pick him In that scenario I think Taylor or Cummings slips to us (Robey wouldn’t get past Essendon, and hopefully Essendon rates Sharp above Cumming) Then we could take one of those two and then Farrow

Doesn’t tell us much more than we already knew From a very quick look we seem to be linked to Robey and Taylor (if they slide) and then Cumming, Farrow, Dovaston, Pickett and Nairn

Snap him up if he slips Think it relies on Richmond taking Grij and Essendon going for the SA midfield double of Sharp and Cumming

This We’ve always valued bringing in more talent sooner to allow for more development time The faster we bring in high quality talent - even if they don’t become stars - the faster we’ll begin to improve and attract FAs Besides, we have two firsts next year, so we’re well set from a trade and draft perspective anyway

This is why I’m so big on Grij None of the players who are likely to be available at our picks looks like a “sure thing” So with that in mind, I’d be picking for players who have traits we need and significant upside Grij isn’t the finished product but you can so clearly see the type of player he could become

I could maybe get around this when we move to 20 teams, but having more than half the teams in the comp play finals next year is ridiculous