drdrake

Love to see Bowey move onto a wing, he has a good footy brain and is very good by foot. No idea on his tank.

O'Sullivan if he is there at 6, just gives that key, really Tomlinson, Schache, B Brown, Tmac 2024 will be there last at Melbourne. May and then Petty uncertainly the year after. You get a key, give them 12 months development at Casey to push for selection the following year.

Agree with this, personally wouldn't be drafting any Tassie kids in first round. The lure to play for the Tasmanian team will be to much so no point developing players to get around the same pick for them in 3 years

O'Sullivan or Caddy with pick 6, Wilson or Windsor with pick 11

No idea what has been going on with Oliver and we still need to have real concern for Brayshaw. Billings adds that little more depth.

The kicking into to f50 is the issue so really ticking both or do you mean the Goal kicking. We have banged on about this for years, the game plan is based on the skill level of our players. We need to be a contested team kicking to a contest as we don't have the skill by foot in our midfield. Kicking long, repeat entry, score from pressure, that is us until we get some really good ball users in the midfield

Solving forward line Woes is a midfield, game plan issue not a forward line one. Fix the garbage delivery going in and your 80% the the way there.

It creates clicks and that is all that matters in journalism these days. They won there finals games by basically under a goal in each, doesn't take much for those results to go the other way.

So we have everything we need to prepare our players spread over 2 facilities. I get it not ideal to share and travel but really we have what is needed to prepare our players.

What are we missing? What equipment, infrastructure do others have that we don't have?

Amazing facilities, must have poor conditioning staff as they wouldn't have had many games over the past 3 years that their best 22 played. New facilities, massive injury issues.

Of all the players moving who do you want or who do we need? We have 2 players, a forward/ruck and a mid size forward that want to come to us. Not sure who we would want

It wasn't just Grundy for 11 it was Grundy and our pick 25, even swap pick 33 for pick 44.

With Sydney seeming to be going after a few players, do we go after pick 11 for Grundy with our dockers second round pick

Yep, our two late second round picks get the Fullarton and McAdam deals done. Leaves us with 2 first rounds and after Grundy deal we should have 2 picks inside 30. I reckon we will bundle up picks to improve our draft order taking 3 top 20ish picks and Brown. I think if Harmes goes it will be more about draft position than a later pick.

These top line kids have been tested do many times that not many fall under the radar now. These combines are more about picks 10 to 40 than top 10.

If JVR, Petty and Smith can hold down the AFL forward spots, our VFL will be stacked with talls

Pick 35 to 50 is about his currency, or we use him with to advance a pick

Straight to Adelaide for McAdam or to Brisbane

Three reason why this talk of Oliver trade may have any substance but I do believe it is garbage 1) Club has stuffed up Salary Cap 2) Oliver is upset in his rehab this year 3) Club realises that our mids collectively can't hit targets and we want to keep Petracca, therefor Oliver has the highest trade return

Football wise, much more enjoyable season to watch. The competition is close and will get closer next season as WCE and North improve. The lack of investment in the technology to get goal reviews right is a concern. The 4 umpires also was a complete failure. Inconsistency with tribunal and MRO continues to be frustrating. On field the players and coaches made it a good season, off field the AFL new leader has a bit to fix

It doesn't matter, we back our mids to go head to head and there is no room for Harmes in our midfield rotation.

Plus what every Tassie concessions. Brisbane and Sydney have double win FS and NGA priority access.

He won't be there as I reckon North will take him with the McKay compensation pick 3. The hard part with all this pick swap we need to know what clubs will get next year in relation to Father Sons and NGA picks. Such a massive advantage bulldogs have been massive winners in recent years, now Brisbane not only get NGA priority but also father Son which gives them another Ashcroft next season. Sydney and Brisbane should have limits on NGA as they have access to FS where as GCS and GWS don't as yet

What if the reason Footscray want pick 4 is to trade this to WCE for pick 1 and 19 for pick 4 and Naughton. That will give WCE Curtin and Naughton Bulldogs Reid and Croft. If the bulldogs think Naughton will leave as free agent next year, get something this year. WCE then remove Freo from FA next year and they have cleared a bit of salary cap space to make this happen. Scary the dogs can really set themselves up for next 10 years with NGA pick before rule was changed, and father son picks, add in Reid as well.