Adam The God

Great post mate. Is there a reason you've left the board's performance off the list of areas to review? Also, vis a vis the 2020 review and the choice of personnel replacements, I do think we were hamstrung by existing contracts and the soft cap, which itself was being squeezed at the time, with lots of uncertainty moving forward as to how that would rise or fall.

Haha, yep, not a good moment.

And I'd also like the Green Goblin or whatever his name was to start posting in this thread again. Just for a bit if fun.

Nah. Doubt it.

Nah. Doubt it.

What does this mean? We'll have huge TPP room if Clarry is traded.

I take it the two firsts have to be inside the top 10? What a waste of a year if we end up trading Clarry. I presume Adelaide might be able to find another top 10 pick to package with their pick 4...

So Port will get two first rounders. Their natural and the Battle compo pick after St Kilda's natural first. I wonder if Port will try and package their two picks to get ahead of Adelaide so they can get Draper?

Clearly been offered midfield time as St Kilda have a glut of half backs. Hill, Waganeen-Milerra and Sinclair are all guns back there.

Lol, of course you liked Sam Frost.

haha broom...

It might be avoided altogether if we get our broom out and sweep out the board room. At least those expected to feature.

This is the board's MO though. They tap people on the shoulder when board terms are expiring and install new faces just prior to elections and then the president comes out and tells the members who to vote for.

I agree that we shouldn't give up pick 5 for DH, but it's disingenuous to label him a "half back flanker". He played midfield prior to Butters and Rozee taking over at Port. He'd play midfield and half back with us. ie the Gus role. But unlike Gus, he's an elite kick.

I maintain it was Burgo's fitness program and Selwyn's injury management partnership that was so successful in 2021. If we can afford both and Selwyn is prepared to re focus on just injury management, that could be huge for us.

Sorry about that, Biff.

I knew someone would take the P. 😉

And rid elements that could cause the club and board to lose focus on being the best we can be in 2025. That's fine. Like the Trac stuff should have been, the results of the external review should be kept in house...

I'm not convinced by this. Some players maybe, but others would struggle. It's natural. It's a trust issue. I'm not sure how we go about being a team-first, 2021 style playing group after this. We just have to hope that Goody, the leadership group and hopefully a new head of footy and a new coach or two can scaffold the playing group the right way.

Problem is I don't think Hynes will be there at pick 25. Reckon he'll go top 20.

This might be a bit of a hail mary this thread given as it stands, we don't have another first round pick in 2024. However, I wanted to give this guy a thread of his own for discussion. I really like his x factor and physicality. He's a very JT type player IMV. 190cm mid/forward who plays alongside Harvey Langford and Riak Andrew at Dandy Stingrays. To me he's got a bit of Chad Warner's burst of power and physicality from stoppage and even Jack Steven (of St Kilda and Geelong fame), and if I was being really kind, around goal, he's a bit Stevie J-ish. Apparently, we've interviewed him, he's expected to go mid to late first round. Cal's latest phantom form guide has him at 18, so if we can trade up our future first into the first round in 2024, we should be able to nab him. Here are two glimpses of what he can deliver.

Definitely pick up Riak. We might be sitting quite well for talls in 14 months time. Andrew, Ah-Mu and White. And no, I don't want some nuffy to say "that's if White comes". White will be a Demon.

How do we keep our top 5 pick, get another in the first round and Houston? Am I being greedy?

Mate, who do you like for our pick, versus who do you think we'll pick if different? And I completely agree on the above. @Colm, I was thinking Hynes if we can trade our future 1st for a later first rounder. I reckon Langford or Lalor at our first pick, and then Hynes at that 15-20 mark.

The one I like is Connor Hynes and someone mentioned we'd interviewed him recently. Big bodied mid that can play forward. He's likely to be there around pick 15ish.