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Curious if anyone knows the relationship between Bennell and Martin? Not that I'm huge on getting Martin, but if we want him and they are mates it would be a clever maneuver.

It's admittedly going off Jackson's highlight package alone, but I put together a quick sketch for you DeeSpencer:

Cheers LH. I think quite different roles but there's been some blending over time if you look at the duties performed on LinkedIn. I don't want to talk out of school - but a quick comparison of resumes shows Roberts completed a Intermedia/Multimedia degree in 2004 (during his stint with Hawthorn), while Younger added an advanced diploma in mathematics & statistics last year to an earlier BComm in actuarial science. It seemed that Roberts ran technology and sat above our analysts. My take - we'd be switching this around. Have an analyst drive the tech function and farm out the grunt work (apologies to any AV guys among us). If so, a good move - but a little slow to evolve. Err, thanks Sorry Kids.

My line of thinking wasn't down-trading for two picks in the teens. More that we'd be dangling for a Carlton/Adelaide 2018 type deal to get us to the the top end of next year. Failing that we could slide for one pick in the teens and pick up something for next year similar to what we sold to get to 8 - scoring a free/cheap pick in the teens.

If we traded to 8 to take a shot at Kemp - and I believe we have (taking Jordan early last year provides a clue to our approach) - and Kemp is off the table: it will mean there's something solid still available. There's about ten decent players being bandied about who appear to be considered quite even after the top 4, and then there's a sharp drop-off - trading to 8 is really hitting that 'sweet spot' of the draft. If we're not interested we can start live trading down for freebies - possibly more than once - and maybe down to Weightman territory. These are the clubs below us. Let them fight it out for the last scraps. Carlton Freo Hawks Port Bulldogs Geelong Brisbane Richmond

Wasn't there some other data dude who just left? I didn't look into it much but got the impression he had been there a while - and maybe not entirely qualified for the role in a contemporary landscape.

Intriguing. I recall some of his analysis had been referred to on this site a couple years ago with respect to where we were taking our shots on goal - i.e. as close as possible with minimal angle; something I had been mildly critical of - as forgetting the pros and cons I felt it was curtailing footy instincts (and in my opinion led to the demise of Garlett, among other issues). I've always believed Simon is an out-an-out stats-nut - looking to uncover small advantages in an increasingly tight competition on the gains v losses ledger. The high press is a perfect case in point (and for the record, I don't think we genuinely fired a shot with respect to the game-plan in 2019). We leak like mad, it looks ugly, but then we hope to outscore through the attacking advantage. That's fine. Simple. But then questions emerged around feasibility. Is the game-style too exhausting to maintain for example? Along with other potentially unforeseen consequences. I think Simon is super-bright as to tactically analysing the long-game of football, but the recruitment of Rob may help sharpen up the insights and bring balance to what we implement. Edit: Here's maybe the article I was referring to. https://figuringfooty.com/2017/08/10/the-quality-and-quantity-of-shots-created-by-each-club/

Can you kindly point me to where he said it Axis? Was it on the radio? I just cant find anywhere in print where he's used those words - only journos interpreting the other line to mean an area we want to address . . . at the draft.

Can you rephrase this for me? I'm not sure I get your drift.

Where did all this Weightman business come from? Tom Brown reported a month ago that the Saints were into Cody at five, and also us at two, which seemed kinda crazy. Then we took a punt of Eliot, who as an affordable free agent of that caliber you would take regardless of needs. Then we moved on pick 8, which made sense considering it cost us 26 and a likely 15ish in a supposedly crap draft. Was the rest just two and two equals five for a small forward, led by Twomey and then widely followed in the media? These are the quotes that I can find attributed to Mahoney, interpreted by various agencies in completely opposite ways. "Part of our strategy during this Trade Period was to improve our draft position by using our future picks... Next year’s draft will have a high number of talented Academy players, and we value another top selection in this draft." Achieved, and widely acknowledged as a factor to consider. But with respect to missing out on Jamie Eliot;. "It's an area we want to look to address – that small, crumbing forward – and there might be some players on our list who can play that role... In 2018, we were the No.1 scoring team. It didn't work this year for a number of different reasons but we think there's still enough power there to kick winning scores." These words don't remotely add up to our supposed interest in searching for a small forward in the draft at all. Have I missed something from a SEN interview or somewhere - or is all the Weightman talk just random speculation?

Probably comes with some ugly baggage, but I can't believe with so much upside that a question of this potential has been overlooked until post #526. I'm sensing an absolute bargain here which could slot right in to address our current humour shortcomings (and at worst a solid citizen which can cover for Tremblay while he's on the sidelines with a #brokentrade issue), such as that your cat vaguely resembles Billy Stretch, in the way that in stretches a lot. ?

I think best to not to attempt to out goowindees Moonie. He's already pushing too close to the line because posters can't be bothered to determine credibility for themselves and demand to know every ingredient of the secret sauce.

The 17 back of jumper is a nice symmetry. I liked Frost plus flaws. Young though would be the antitheses. Leg-speed is fantastic for evasive needs. But precise kicking will always out-speed any run and open extra options as well.

Dude.

With this ninety-second highlight package effectively quindecupling my exposure to Young's kicking I'm willing to say that he probably possesses the greatest foot-skills of any known living individual on the planet. It's like geometric poetry (and I have a literary degree, so I should know). Seriously, this kid can kick. (Selected draft footage, obvious provisos, but designed to show capabilities); Young appears to present as a genuine triple-threat by foot: assessment, execution, and threat. Assessment: quick summation and selection of options: This takes extra-natural sporting ability and an instinctive awareness of surrounds (a la Clarry) combined with composure. Watts was considered one of our best kicks – but he was often quite slow to move it on. Hogan was similar. Young Young appears to weigh up and select the correct option at speed. Execution: skill and precision in hitting the target. Wow. A phenom. The ability of Young to alter the speed, trajectory and weighting of his kicks is next level. He can kick slow and fast and high and flat – or any combination thereof – and do so off a short-step or on the run. Combined with the above footy smarts, and confidence to back himself in, this is a huge huge weapon. Threat: penetration and play-making. Dude can kick 55-meters-plus, which is a decent start, especially with regard to the speed and weighting over that distance. He can also spot and execute the so-called ‘45 degree’ option. Melksham, our designated half-forward, can do this. May can kick flat and long, but mostly does so from deeper. Oliver is capable. Who else? Summary: All of the above, combined, is truly amazing – and fits exactly with what we want. I’m fairly convinced we let Frost go because we thought this bloke could slot in pretty soon. Oscar is a pretty safe kick but not remotely threatening, Petty doesn’t have the agility, and Frost (I love him) probably disrupted our game-plan. That’s all good – but what is Young like as an actual defender? I have no idea. But here are some of the words spoken about Young from well-known draft-watchers: ‘Has explosive speed’, ‘Young is a damaging half-back with great intercept marking.’ ‘Explosiveness from packs’, ‘Disciplined, checking his opponents tightly and providing them with few opportunities,’ And weaknesses? From Knightmare: ‘Sometimes too accountable.’ Not a bad knock at all.

These are the absolute blue-chip AFL superstars taken in the top-fifteen in recent draft years (my decision is final): Lachie Whitfield 1 Josh Kelly 2 Marcus Bontempelli 4 Patrick Cripps 13 Jordan De Goey 5 Clayton Oliver 4 Yes, we're all aware of the upper-end draft busts and low-pick steals. But outside of Cripps, of the highly touted: all top-five. Sure, others may enter the frame, but there's not many candidates from the 10 to 15 range in their respective drafts. Drafting is of course a crap-shoot, but having a top-five pick definitely helps in the potential of landing an outright star. So, unless we pull a serious surprise and package up to the Sun's number two, I'm of the mind we hold on to three. Hopefully to use on Young and Kemp - but that opinion is based entirely on footage of precisely one kick and briefly reading something something about Patrick Dangerfield and explosions . . . not including Kemp's recent anterior cruciate one.

They can go into deficit for next year.

I can't be bothered working out GWS' exact deficit limit but they have it covered AFL.com (2015): "The introduction of the ability to trade future draft picks has seen the AFL look more closely at its points-based bidding system for father-son and academy players and iron out some anomalies. It has led to the AFL setting a points deficit limit for clubs bidding on father-son and academy players. The limit will be set at 1723 points, which is the equivalent of the group of picks that will be assigned to the premiership team each year: selections No.18, 36, 54 and 72. If a team trades future draft picks in or out, their deficit limit will be altered according to how many selections they hold. For instance, if a team acquires an extra first-round pick for the following year they have a deficit limit of 2708 points (the standard 1723 plus 985 points, the value for pick No.18). Conversely if a club trades out its future second-round pick, it will have a deficit limit of 1221 points (1723 minus 502 points, the value for pick No.36)."

Clarry is the best at everything ever even kicking when he deigns he's the second messiah end thread.

Jon Ralph won't be on the field. Actually, I'm not sure if he's ever taken the football field?

Neither of these blokes scream pick 3. The best part was when then commentary got cut off in one clip half-way through 'Vic Country' to sound like 'the Vic [censored]' (I'm originally from South Australia so it's extra funny). I downloaded an article on the 'value of analytics' for work the other day but in the download tab it read 'The Value of [censored]' and my girlfriend kept asking me questions and wanted to know more. I can't believe we're back here scouring NAB footage for draft insights. I wanted Darcy Parish ahead of Clayton for the record so my opinion is as good as pointless, though I was all aboard the Petruccelle bus and still think that Harrison Petty basically single-handedly lost us that match against St Kilda last year and so probably also cost us the flag . Little known fact: Oliver and Parish have the exact same kicks-per-game average of 9.3 over their respective careers.

Sorry A.F.

I've always thought of Ben in the same terms as a Labrador. How would you get a Lab to leave your neighbour's house and come stay with you? That would have to be our recruiters' mindset if we have any chance of getting it done. Extra dog-biscuits won't help, nor offering a lot of money to the owner. We would have to manipulate a scenario where Benny feels abused or underappreciated. I would go with a fake Ziebell twitter-post mocking Ben's rather puli hair. 499 × 450