The Lobster Effect

Any chance that Hore comes in for Salon rather than the more obvious choice of Howes? I think Hore has played ok since his return from injury.

The drivers re getting more indigenous and multicultural people playing AFL is all good, but there are some problems: 1) The zones are not equal (e.g the Northern State academies have access to better players. Melbourne used to have Darwin in our zone but that got given to Gold Coast with no compensation for us. Plus amongst the VIC clubs there is disparity. I know things might even out a bit after a while but it's not like all zones can be exactly equivalent). 2) NGA players don't get bid on at what they're worth because some clubs don't bother because they know they won't get the player or don't want to harm relationships with other clubs. Same applies for father son picks (e.g Daicos going at pick 4). 3) Clubs using a combo of junk picks to pay for a player (this might be fixed or improved by the AFL apparently)

Dimma just can't win at Marvel since he bagged it

Only actually 34, I guess he got delisted in his mid 20s

Yeah, Oliver Walker-Peel. Definitely not used to an accent like that commentating footy. His Dad played for Burnley and Preston etc in the 90s

Then do we recruit Tom Green from GWS and Toby Pink from North? Honoury mention Mason Redman. Unfortunately Simon Black and Robbie Grey have retired.

He won't need a rest after a 13 day break. It's either injured or dropped.

Surprised they didn't save the press release for Christmas Day.

Herald-Sun article (AFL set to modify rules to protect player heads in wake of Brayshaw Maynard incident)

Did our pick 42 become the pick 33 for the Saints shown here? https://www.afl.com.au/draft/draft-tracker If so it's a shame that we couldn't use it because of our list spots squeeze as you can normally get a decent player around that mark.

Maybe a farm out Casey way for him...

And they missed out on the local boy Lance Collard by one pick

Normally I'd agree with you but Reid is supposed to be a generational player that'll do wonders for their rebuild.

Who would we prefer out of Curtin or Sanders?

Yeah Brodie comes across quite likeable and thoughtful in that interview. Glad he says he doesn't have a bad word to say about the Dees, but that it just didn't work out and that it's the nature of the industry these days (but surely behind closed doors he'd be disappointed).

Or Riak Andrew if he's any good.

If we get to draft night and the picks order hasn't changed and West Coast gets Reid at Pick 1, and then it comes to Pick 6 and Curtins still on the board, if West Coast offered their 2024 first round pick for it would you take it? I.e we'd have a higher pick next year (pick 1 or 2) but would miss getting a year of development in for a player this year...

I think Tim Lamb would have played the bad cop

Surely we'd keep him as Cat B then to give us an extra list spot

It's happened a few times - Gary Ablett Jnr, Trent Croad, Dayne Beams, Peter Bell etc...

Everyone's talking about a hypothetical Haynes and pick 7 salary dump trade but I haven't heard us linked to him? Plus I haven't heard that GWS have salary cap issues like GC last year.

Isn't one of the factors re less players taken at the national draft being clubs now taking players at other times like the mid season draft and during pre-season?

Oct 31 (for father son and also academy selections)

Basketball background!!

Yeah we bid on him at pick 41. Afl.com article - always funny looking back at drafts and who got bid on. Himmelberg and Keays were good value for where they were bid, Matt Kennedy less so.