Demon Disciple

Agree. We need to abolish academies all together. Swans chose to move up to Sydney, AFL & GWS chose to have a team based their too, all the picks in the world don't seem to be helping GC & the Lions weren't complaining back in the early 2000's when they were dominating.

From what i have seen over the past few weeks, he definitely won't be in our best 10 players' and yet it seems we are going to be paying him a fortune. God i hope we are able to bring in Ben King to give us at least something decent out of this wretched year.

To be honest, such is my disdain from our effort throughout the entirety of 2019, i'm really going to enjoy the absence of AFL for these next 6 months.

Would have to have been one of the most boring GF's after quarter time. Sure they have a lot of talent, but GWS remain a cultureless franchise.

Yep, 3 from the draft (though they don't need to be open selections)

Agree that when pick1 & 2 go to GC, Kemp needs to be considered with the likes of Young and Ash for pick 3, unless we trade it for Ben King ? (this is not a draft to be splitting the pick when it's so shallow)

It might just be me, but i feel that Weids doubts his own ability. Someone at the club needs to sit him down a continually show him his games in the finals last year. He sure as [censored] has the ability, time for him to truly believe in himself, step out of his passive shadow and become the assertive forward we saw in September last year.

Gawn, daylight, Oliver, daylight, daylight, ?????

I agree that we are in need of another KPF until either Tom's toe gets better, Petty comes on, or Weid's is found after being MIA this whole season.

A premiership?

Minimum 3 from the draft, though all 3 could be rookie upgrades and taken with a teams last 3 picks in that draft.

This cannot be underestimated. No he is no world beater, but he is a vastly superior defender to Oscar. No point having depth if they scrape the bottom of the barrel (OMAC).

oh thank god.

Usain Bolt is taller than 193cm Beetle

They have form Blister, they gave up pick #2 for Lachie Weller too. FMD.

Love your attention to detail here Beetle. Rivals @Demonland's brilliance!

I think that will suit us, given how slow we generally move the ball, a bloke with real acceleration would be out of kicking distance by the time the ball holder decides what to do with it.

Suns chasing mediocrity? How does one reward such stupidity with a PP?

Yep, Shockers would need to chuck in their first rounder or Cerra for it to even come close to consideration.

I'm sick of the club and supporters playing the victim card. We were in a PF 12 months ago. We are screwing ourselves, not the AFL. Chances are (going on previous draft history) the best kid in the draft won't come from the top 2 picks, thus we have a chance of drafting him with the #3 pick (not that i think we will have much luck there either - but you never know). With so many places to fix on our list, the difference between pick 2 & 3 will be negligible if our aim is to improve our team as a whole.

It is what it is, if it helps them then fair enough, if not then we can attempt to trade for Rowell or Anderson in 2 years time. Have a shot at Ben King, if that doesn't come off i'd try and bring in a Young/Ash along with Langdon, Tomlinson and possibly Elliott. Unless the deal is too good to refuse, i wouldn't 'split' the pick. What upsets me the most is that we are in the position of being affected by not getting the #2 draft pick in the first place (we shouldn't be anywhere near the bottom of the ladder, and yet we are).

Yes Christmas came a week early for me @pitmaster ?

It's not as if it was to be unexpected. Let's go fishing with pick 3. Try and go after King?

Who knows. They'll probably keep it all hush hush up until the draft, Jason Taylor will be all set to announce the #2 draft pick, then Gil will butt in with "selection 2.........Gold Coast"

That's the problem though DS. Goodwin won't care if it fails, as he would've been given the [censored] by then. Goodwin is gambling with the medium/long-term health of the club trying to save his own skin. That's the part i don't like.