Redleg

Not really, we have been spoken about all year and DL has never been busier.

The guys on the AFL site, including Lloyd and Callum Twomey, said if we get him he, will at that point be the best kick in the side. This to me is starting to resemble the Kelly/Salem-Tyson situation. Do you let go of the star, for an extra player/pick? Given that experience, if we want Young, then bloody take him.

Or just not blabbing. We have 6 spots to fill and are clearly not drafting 6, so we are likely talking to someone.

That is why if you wanted Kemp you would talk to Freo and tell them if they took Kemp and you knew who they wanted, say Jackson, you would take him. Then without swapping picks you could nearly get your player. The danger for Kemp does appear to be the Swans, though they would be passing a couple of ready to go, good players, if they took him.

TBH, again only from limited highlights and comments, I could live with Young and Jackson, if Kemp is gone, as Young just looks super impressive and Jackson appears to have enough skill to play a key forward role, while he learns the trade from Max. That would give us the 3rd key forward and adding Joel Smith to the mid size forwards we cover that area. Also, if Bradtke kicks on, he could become another key forward option in time. That means rookies and last pick or two, look for a small forward or two. I wonder if that is where you could use a Bennell, with great hands, obvious talent and afl experience, playing forward, he would have less running to do and could be a viable cheap option as a small forward.

The thing that might help us is clubs might be reluctant to use their first pick on a boy who can't play for a year. Club fans may be more impatient and want to see their boys playing at some level right away. For us, he would be our 2nd pick after 3, which allows a bit more understanding from the fans. Then again, a strong club wouldn't worry about what the fans think and the Swans are a strong club. Interesting times. If there are no pick swaps in the top 8 it could go something like 3 Young 4 Serong 5 Flanders 6 Green 7 Jackson 8 Kemp On the above Ash is still there to help Kemp get to our pick. As I said Interesting times.

Yes one of them.

Isn't he linked to the Cats?

Does anyone else think the bloke in the Ladbrokes ad is Stinga ( Stephen Tingay )?

The point I was making is that these blokes are good footballers who play mainly off a hbf and contribute to their team's success. To say you wouldn't use pick 3 to pick up a top hbf, who can set up play for you, seems misguided. It doesn't have to be used on a FF or midfielder. Pick 3 should be used to get a player who hopefully can play 200 games of good footy with us and this bloke looks a good chance of that. In other words you pick the best player available at our pick.

No worries, there should be plenty of them everywhere.

Not saying you are wrong, but I am not sure we have decided 100% yet, nor told anyone. To be widely known among other clubs seems very strange, unless, they all agree Young is the next best player in the draft and they are assuming because they would take him, we will too. Whatever, thanks for posting your info and I hope you are right. Now we need to nail pick 8.

Houli, Tom Stewart, Tom Langdon, Callum Mills, Jarryn Geary, Sicily, Hurn, Andrew McGrath, Zac Williams etc all say hello.

I think this bird has flown and we need to look elsewhere.

The more I hear about this kid, the more I want to keep 3, take him and hopefully have a good player for the next 10 years. Splitting picks is great except the chances of getting a really good player decrease. If we nail it with 3 and 8, that is 2 players who should be added, very soon to our best 22. With Langdon and Tomlinson that is 4. 4 best 22 in one year is a fantastic haul and well over the odds. We need to get it right with these 2 picks. With 2nd year players in Sparrow, Jordon and Nieta also chances to make it, we are in a good position. We can then cherry pick another draftee and maybe a DFA or 2 plus some rookies.

That’s if he is there at 8 and if he is the one we want.

Hello!

He was our club Doctor for a few years and is one of the highest credentialled and most experienced Sports Docs around. A great get.

And a far bigger NO from me.

Only based on video highlights and reading what others, including the so called young talent experts have said, that would be the ideal result for me.

The delisting of these 2 boys seems to suggest we will take 1-2 DFA's and 4-5 in the drafts.

But it would probably mean missing the 2 boys many of us want in Young and Kemp. Memories of the Kelly deal start flooding back.

I heard a whisper that SOS is leaving the Blue scum. Anyone else heard anything on that topic?

Hope the boys get a chance elsewhere. Thanks for your contribution and good luck in the future.

Good questions. Do we still have rights over the players we have developed? Next, what compensation do we get for losing the zone? Wonder if we could tell Jack Martin that we want to bring in several indigenous boys and that he and Nev would be great mentors for them.