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3 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Yeah nah, to think otherwise is laughable, the wider football community and Richmond supporters would laugh at this. I

Castagna is by far a much dynamic and complete footballer then ANB. 

Just remember also that during the year ANB  was dropped by the 2nd worst AFL club in the competition. Even at VFL level he was quite ordinary and didn't exactly bang the door down for selection.

The sooner Pickett and Bedford come on the better, as that would mean ANB is back playing 2s football where he belongs.

Castagna is the worst kick in the AFL

Four of the ten (including expected number 1 pick) are tied to clubs. Makes the pick swap look very smart if we can finish at least 12th.

38 minutes ago, Nelo said:

So everything I seem to read is that he’s undersized for a ruckman but as a forward isn’t a great mark or kick. Not sure we should use pick 3. 

He’s hardly undersized for a ruckman. Seems close to average (assuming he grows another couple of cm which you would expect at his age). He should do well as a ruck. The question mark is over his ability to play as a tall forward for the reasons you stated. But no one (on here) has seen how he did up forward at colts level after the champs

41 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

Firming to be picked at 3, allegedly

? 

12 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

I've been trying to figure out who GWS are after - given the effort and manoeuvring. Whoever it is, I hope we get him! Their recent draft selections speak for themselves.

I think it might be Hayden Young. To replace Heath Shaw at half back

If we want Weightman we need to split 6 or 8 with Geelong for 14 and 17 and get an extra player out of it. Doubt any other team would pick a small forward (that is not Cyril Rioli) before 15. It would be crazy to take him at 8.

Our 2019 3rd round pick and future 2nd pick for Langdon and Freo’s future 3rd round pick might work (though seems indeed for Freo). 

4 hours ago, Mach5 said:

If we rate him as a mid-to-late 2nd rounder, no point trading pick 22 to Freo when pick 29 might come into our hands through trade. No rush on this from our end, although Freo will be pushing.

Hopefully we can get the Hawks 2nd round pick for Frost and pass that along. Pick 22 has a lot of value

We must get one of Elliott, Butler or Gray

9 hours ago, Chelly said:

My guess is that Collingwood will come to the party and give Elliott the three year contract that he wants. We should be after someone like Sam Gray who might be more gettable.

Yes. Gray or Butler would definitely appeal

8 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

I think we need to heed the warnings of Port Adelaide.

Spent a lot of salary cap space on Watts, Rockliff and Motlop who were all available for a reason. Yet to get great return on any of them. And probably cost them the salary cap space they needed to re-sign Polec and Wingard. They might've got out of that pretty well by nailing 3 picks in a superdraft but if they messed up those picks they'd be in a world of trouble.

Every dollar overspent on free agents or trading in depth can come back to bite us. Tomlinson and Elliott already make me nervous, I wouldn't be rushing out to add more from a limited pool. I reckon a good look at the state leagues, delistings or free to a good home trade types can find guys who can be depth just as easily as bidding for those guys who are popular but have a low floor. And now there's the ability to hold list spots over until after summer I'd certainly look at that method.

Good point. However there were much bigger question marks on Watts and Motlop than Tomlinson who has an excellent attitude and is durable, if a bit vanilla overall. Rockliff has been good for them when on the park - that would be the concern with Elliott.

22 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

When you sign blokes like Braydon Pruess to a 4 year deal worth 500k a year then yes it begs the question.

As if he’s on $500k. Where did you pull that one from? 

7 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Is it just my poor judgement or was Grundy completely ineffectual? Huge amount of hitouts but that was a consequence of GWS’ game-plan. 

Some in the media have been giving him votes ahead of Haynes. Baffling

Played his role really well today. Outstanding workrate. Kicking was hit and miss. He'll be a good pickup, without being outstanding.

I know it has already been mentioned but spare a thought for $cully....sucka! I think Amon Buchanan's celebrations were directed right at him

Geelong’s kicking around the ground and ability to create a contest inside F50 has been the difference. Tigers tend to come home strongly though.

1 hour ago, goodwindees said:

Rubbish. Kangas shot for the stars and they missed going for the absolute best in the industry. My point was, despite massively outperforming MFC for the last 10 years, they had the Salary Cap to have a real crack at Kelly, De Goey & Martin.  MFC couldn’t.

FCS, don’t crow about recruiting a 3rd tall defender that had knee reconstruction history on enormous money and over paid with draft picks. Plus a fat, unfit May who we once again were the ONLY club in the picture because we had the very low Pick 6 and we were willing to pay him Hogan’s money which was far more than anyone else was willing to do. 

Bottom line Kangas have recruited Higgins, Polec, Pittard over recent years, all players with pace and dash that walk into the Dees. 

Higgins has been at north for 5 seasons already. Hardly recent. 

Pittard is a turnover merchant, would have us all pulling our hair out. He’s barely afl standard.

Polec is a good player. That’s it.

4 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

That’s the thing Wise, we wouldn’t know if Richmond are willing to let him go. They have fierce competition for the small forward position and it’s working for them at the moment. Sounds like he definitely put his hand up today to get back in and feature in finals. 

A few Richmond fans at work rate him highly and don’t want to lose him. In terms of his value, I wouldn’t have a clue to be honest, others are much better judges than me on here.

Kicked 4 goals today in the VFL including 3 in a huge last quarter. We should go hard after him. Their salary cap is very tight and we wouldn’t have to offer a lot to easily exceed what Richmond could offer (plus that he would be almost guaranteed best 22 for us).

1 hour ago, drdrake said:

Also getting 32 back, the guy would walk into our starting 18 and be in our best 6-10 players in 2020

Lol. No.

1 hour ago, grazman said:

Sam Flanders.

 

Not sure why people are keen on Dan Butler, he's no better than what we already have.  

Butler has speed, that’s why

11 hours ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Sounds like a question about his kicking.  Pass.  The last thing we need is to bring in another Grimes on HB. 

His kicking is reliable, just not Young level elite. His speed is a weapon.

Narkle please

Anderson (class, goal kicking mid), Ash (speed) and Young (elite kick) all fit our needs. 

Big NO. He is a turnover merchant, faux tough guy. Anyone who is saying yes needs to actually watch him play, not some highlights package. 

48 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

The Murray Bushrangers and Dandenong Stingrays went head to head today with the stingrays winning by 21 points.

While i love Noah Anderson as my number tip, two of my favourite players in the draft in Lachie Ash and Hayden Young along went head to head against each today.

Lachie Ash had 29 disposals 5 marks and 5 tackles playing as a pure on baller. Ash is boasting his draft stocks the past few weeks as he was more renowned as a dashing half back at the start of year and has now since played as a midfielder since the champs.

Hayden Young had 21, 3 marks and 6 tackles playing as a half back wingman. Another who has also been given midfield minutes and showing great signs that he can push onto a midfield outside role in years to come. His ball efficiency is one of the best in the draft. 

I’m a big fan of Lachie Ash. It’s not the end of the world if we miss out on Anderson. Young also looks good but Ash suits us better IMO