RalphiusMaximus

I'm not a big fan of drafting all these tiny players.

Collingwood have a long and proud history of putting up with all sorts of crap from their players as long as they can play, so he wasn't dropped for being a [censored]. Must mean that either his injury issues are too much or he has fatal flaws in his game.

You're not?

I still say that's more a coaching issue than a problem with the players.

I'd be mightily peeved if we lost Frosty. He's just gotten his game sorted out. He's fast, powerful and more durable than our other key defenders. We can't let him walk, especially not to the bloody Hawks.

This is a good situation. If we get him, that's great. If we don't get him, I don't think anybody will be horribly upset. We can't lose.

I wouldn't base my drafting on what the Saints are doing. They have some pretty poor form when it comes to top ten picks.

Damnit Man! You've ruined everything! Our entire trade period has just fallen in a heap because you couldn't keep your mouth shut. This is a Deesaster! ?

https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-27/star-giant-rejects-bigmoney-offers-to-sign-massive-sevenyear-deal That's going to create some chaos for the next few weeks.

Does anyone think we won when we traded pick 2 for Tyson and Salem? I am not a fan of this plan.

I'd take him if he's going for bugger all. He's capable of big bags, which puts him ahead of most of our forwards at this stage. His goal-kicking is suspect too, so he'll fit in well.

So he has the two things we know we need to bring into the side. I'd prefer Anderson, but if we can't have him, this guy looks like a good pick up.

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

I was thinking about this on the weekend. The Cats have some very talented players being kept out of the senior side this year. The first one I thought of was Buzza, who isn't necessarily that great, but there are plenty more. Nakia Cockatoo isn' t getting senior games. Narkle is being kept out by Ablett and Dahlhaus. Jamaine Jones as well. Any other likely looking players we might be able to poach?

I've always rated this kid and would love him at the club. Play him as a HFF/Wing. He's very good over his head, a good kick and can win his own ball when he needs to. He'd be a great get for us. Sadly, I'm still backing the Hawks to get his signature.

Not every draft is the same, and this one most of the reviews have the top two as substantially better than anyone else up for grabs. I do agree with you that they won't be the best in the league, but only because they are being sent to a joke of a club that will cripple their development.

Interesting to see the difference between looking to hit targets and blind bombs. So nice of the team to demonstrate both styles in the same game for comparison.

North seem to have reinterpreted "the shinboner spirit" to mean they drop like their shinbones have been removed the moment someone looks at them.

Who the hell was that who jumped out of the way instead of shepherding for Harmes? They just cost us that goal. Inexcusable.

There's far more room for improvement than there is for getting worse.

We could turn him into a forward.

The Hot Air Balloons on Footy Classified were all in agreement that this deal is all but done. They said he isn't playing at any level right now so as to avoid injury before his move to Hawthorn.

I don't think it would come as a surprise to anyone that the first change I would make is Goodwin. I understand that it would cost a fortune given he's just been given four more years, but his gameplan is shot and he can't seem to grasp the concept that key indicators are only worth pursuing if you do them RIGHT. Ideally I would like to replace Goodwin with someone with experience. Brisbane have shown us how much that counts. I'd love to see Brett Ratten given another shot. He had Carlton performing way above their level when he coached them and never should have been sacked. If not someone with senior experience then my preference would be Rawlings. He's never put a foot wrong and his department always seems to perform better then their teammates. We've already seen some movement in the assistants. The two things we need most in that area is a really good skills coach and someone who can teach our forwards how to function as a unit instead of getting in each other's way at every contest. As for players: Retire: Lewis Garlett Delist/Trade: Stretch JKH OMac J. Wagner C. Wagner T. Smith Maynard (already gone) Walker Keilty Willing to listen to offers for: Hunt ANB Spargo Hannan AVB I know that's conservative for some, but it makes room for six senior additions and five rookies. It may free up more room on our senior list for all I know. They've made the rules far too complicated. I'm also torn on Nev Jetta. I love the guy, but he's struggled this year. It may be time for him to bow out. Jones we keep as the old stager/experience. He can hang out in the forward pocket and improve our team set shot stats. Gawn gets the captaincy. With the space on our senior list, we need to go hard for a serious A-grade mid. My preference remains Coniglio. He's not Dangerfield, but he ticks all the boxes for us. It would be worth our while to throw the bank at him. Other than that I agree that we need outside run and skill. Hill, Langdon and Martin are all viable targets. Go for all of them and see which ones bite. We need at least one of them. We fight like hell to prevent GC getting pick two as a bonus. Anderson is a gun. Pick two is not on the table. Draft Anderson. Later picks, I agree with whoever it was earlier who mentioned guys like Stack, Kelly and that dude at WC. We need to take the risk on one of the insanely talented freaks with worrying attitude. It's not like the safe players we keep picking are blowing anyone away.

Do we expect anything more from the AFL? They're the most unprofessional sporting body in the world.