drdrake

Looks like the AFL is trying to encourage clubs to pick up more players that had been disadvantaged by not playing in 2020. The Rookie change yesterday, plus now the proposed change to mid Season draft will give the chance for players to train with clubs and hopefully get picked up.

Getting the players to buy in on the team first mindset is the single biggest challenge this coaching group has. I've posted a few times that individually of midfielders are good players but as a midfield group they are extremely poor. Same as our forward group they just don't seem to work well together, I always found it frustrating for a lot of games our forward entries were long to about 25m out from goals but we never had any crumbers at the contest, if we know the ball is most likely going there this shouldn't happen, it does because everyone wants the ball. This is what I want to see team football, if we get this right the results will take care of themselves, if we don't our coaching group has failed

The Jets program is one of the greatest failures of the U18 comp, dare to say they would have the least number of players drafted by a long. Cam Rayner, wasn't he No1 pick, if this guy is as good as Raynor how does he get to our first pick?

Dont you think our club has been looking at this home base for long enough that we should have a shovel ready project. That is my concern we dont have a concrete plan just a wish list of sites.

You will know the answer to question 1 once State budget is handed down today, if we are one of the few AFL clubs that don't receive any funding, the answer is nothing and our business case didn't stand up as nearly every other club is receiving money to upgrade facilities

I think the club will be watching the State league comps closely and get a player in Mid season draft when we remove KK off the list. Not a bad idea I'm sure there will be a number of players that will not be drafted due to the fact that no one saw them in 2020.

So we have Petracca to the Pies, Oliver to the Blues, Brayshaw to Freo, Jackson to WCE. Of course clubs will try to poach Petracca from us when his contract is up, he will be considered a top 1-3 player in the competition by then. It is up to the club and players to have success so good players don't leave

This is why to me the only real option is staying at the oval we train at now, increase the size a little which is why we are talking a Docklands size oval not MCG and put the clubrooms/indoor Facities/offices over the outdoor carpark at AMMI park. The only other option is leave the precinct which I don't think the club will do.

I reckon the State government is investing in all this AFL infrastructure as you will see a massive drop in new commercial real estate builds in the next few years. Occupancy rates will fall not only from business closures, the online shopping boom and working from home will become the new norm for a number of Victorians. The window is now and will be interested to see our plans, we either don't have any firm plans or we have them and just awaiting the right time to announce. To me I think we will be at the current ground with the building over the car park at AAMI park.

Has to be something to do with The Reach foundation and youth. So that is every Victorian club except us and I Hawthorn but there will be funding for Dingley. You hope with the role change of the Footy Manager that something is in the pipeline.

I think Oscar will get another opportunity at AFL level, someone will pick him up as a Delisted Free agent

What you will see in all the press releases about these upgrades you need to do it in conjunction with something Female, Multi-cultural, Indigenous, other organisations(Pies I think are VIS, Essendon Para-Olympic). The issue we face in the precinct we are in Collingwood and Richmond have a lot of the community aspect covered. Be interesting if the locals kick up about the Richmond re-development as much as they did about our proposed site at the Yarra Park, I'm sure they will be looking for additional land to expand the oval and grand stands

So far we have big tax payer money for Geelong, Footscray, North, Richmond, Carlton and Essendon. I really don't understand how the general community benefit of spending huge amounts of money on AFL teams. I get the financial impact AFL has on the Victorian Economy but State and Federal governments just throwing money at clubs isn't money well spent. St Kilda and Collingwood have had recent cash to upgrade their facilities I'm sure Hawthorn has received a good whack for Dingley, seems we are the only club that has missed out I hope we do have a good business case for a location as it seems all means of Government are pumping cash into AFL facilities.

KK spot will be the one we hold for Mid season draft, I think someone mentioned that he can be removed off our list for this, similar to what Richmond did with Grigg to get Marlon Pickett I think Nietschke will be held onto as a rookie OMAC Delist Chandler Delist, cant see them keeping both Bedford and Chandler

Zavier Maher sounds like the type of player we need, explosive and lowers his eyes and hits targets inside 50m.

Why, that is a risk you take when drafting top end talent from other states. You need to hope your program can keep them. There would be no question the WCE would be chasing him as a replacement for Nic Nat.

I don't think anyone was against picking Brown up, the main point off difference was his value and based on the points getting him for the approx pick 36 is right. We now hope he can deliver

Outside mids and small mid size forwards

This is a forum that people will have differing opinions on players, on trades, on the club if we all had the same opinion this site wouldn't exist as we would know what everyone is thinking. You also don't know what people's Football knowledge is, what level they have played or coached at, the connections they may have at the club or with in AFL circles. Just because someone has a different opinion to you doesn't make them less a supporter or you better than them. You think offering 2 picks for Brown is a good idea, others don't, we will wait and see what the deal is and then be judged by our opinion once we see what Brown puts on the park, not on what he has done but what he will actually do. I'm happy to be proven totally wrong and you are welcome to bump this thread late next year and I will cop my whack and will happy to do so because if I am we are playing finals with a dominant forward

Only time will tell, will the rose coloured glass wearers have the "I told you so" rights in 12 months or will it be the nah-sayers which I am one on this trade. May I was all for, bloody good player and more importantly is the general not afraid of telling his team mates how it is

He had 2 years on his contracted and North only signed him last year. Doesn't matter his age he was contracted, our bloke isn't and they don't want him. I will though do a better deal 26 and 43 for Brown and 30

So a contracted, required player is let free for pick 30, we are after a uncontracted player that was shown the door pick 43

IMO he is better deeper and gets lost high up the ground. You can see the way they played him this year he was our deepest forward, our other tall played in front of him, that is why Preuss and him up forward didn't work in 2020. Yep, I will dare to say that would be jumping over someone rather than body on body contested. Let's re-visit this in 12 months, I think he will be a flop, I'm hopeful that I'm wrong but the way he is leaving North has me extremely concerned.

The other side of this argument is the uncertainty that Brown will be able to get back to his best and our midfield can deliver the football to him. He isn't a contested big body Forward, he is a tall hit up forward that his performance will hinge on how we kick the ball to him. If we continue kicking the ball like we do having Brown will be a massive fail. Also I'm on the side of if he has the potential to return to anywhere near his best form why are North kicking him out of the club to bring in an 18 yo that most likely hasn't played in 2020 at pick 30 ish. I also don't think he and Weiderman can work in the same forward line, both need to play as our deepest forward neither are a CHF.

No he isn't and I will reckon that if we pulled out of the deal Brown would still be there for us in National draft at pick 31.