Little Goffy

This panel is tediously over-enthused. Real breakfast television infomercial stuff.

OR we do another pick trade as needed late in the draft, I presume.

Yikes. I'm feeling a bit flat about it but geezus some people crave misery.

I'm seeing if I can single-handedly make it a rumour just to troll Essendon. Though McGrath would certainly be a suitable addition for us.

I'd love him and think we got a bonus if we could get him at 11 but feel like we'd be missing out on something better if we took him at 6. I think the 'potentially special' players are deep enough to get to that first pick, while Windsor is more in the 'very good' group from all I can gather. Besides, not only have we already brought in Billings but we're getting Andrew McGrath as a free agent at the end of next season.

Being Normal with a dose of optimism; 6 - Curtin 11 - Wilson or Windsor Being abnormal based on North wanting talls and being sure they'll get a suitable one at 6 and maybe also at 11, and taking Duursma with pick 2 because they need firepower more than more midfielders and we'll only do the deal if McKercher is available at 3... 3 - McKercher 18 - Will Green

6, 11 and future first (18 obviously) still seems enormous for pick 1, but Taylor has made some pretty unequivocal statements there about how much impact he thinks Harley Reid can have. Unfortunately, if things do pan out that way, Petracca and Oliver can probably say goodbye to their Brownlow hopes! Hmm, or, I guess, there's always the Voss-Black-Akermanis scenario.

Moy-a. It's not often you get a shot at having a potential top-10 talent of the draft come through late in the second round. I think he also suits our needs as a point of difference capable of making our attacking movement a little bit unpredictable. If available at our late pick (nominally 42, probably 38ish) then I think he's worth the risk. Caveat - only if we're sure we can still get Kynan Brown because I'm a family club kind guy. Coincidentally, Brown is the perfect contrast in that we would be taking him quite sure of the attitude, commitment and workrate, but also knowing the limitations. For context, here he is in the APRIL power rankings. At 2. https://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/36059902/afl-draft-april-power-rankings-2023-jasper-chellappah-harley-reid-ashton-moir-zane-duursma-high

I suspect many googled it after it was used in Rick & Morty. Like how suddenly everyone had a deep appreciation of Mazzy Star.

This thread is getting ready to take over from NoT$NoB$ thread when it tips 30,000 and is put out to pasture.

If Nick Watson falls to us he'll be the next Brent Harvey. If Dan Curtain comes to us he'll be the next Paul Roos. If McKercher slides all the way to us he'll be a speedier James Hird. If it is Sanders, let's not overdo it and just welcome the new Lenny Hayes. Conor O'Sullivan will of course be the new Dustin Fletcher if we take him or the new Simon Prestagiacomo if we don't. Caddy won't be quite what we expected and end up just being the new Warren Tredrea. So, with all that in mind, I think pick 6 should be a winner.

Pickett is a top-3 small forward in the AFL at present, in the mix with Green, Cameron, Breust and Rankine. Rankine was taken at pick 3 and traded to the Crows for pick 5 despite him being a Gold Coast traditional wantaway and nominating only one club. There's maybe a 10% margin between Pickett and Rankine, and I say that with my Rankine Ranking being very high. Pickett definitely ahead of Weightman, while Young and Ash are very good but not yet outstanding in roles which are more suited to younger players to begin with. Being a 'true' small forward with serious pressure responsibilities, especially in a very disorganised forward line lacking tall structure, is a very hard gig. He'd be rated around 6 to 8 in any one of those re-run drafts and his stocks may yet rise.

Truly [censored] the bed today. Would take a freak occurance in the final quarter to make this respectable, let alone steal an undeserved win. Ugh.

We'd be laughing if we could get Moir at '42' and he matured to be as good as his previous year suggested.

And presumably this time get a church lawyer. $6m/case... Ridsdale alone would be more than a quarter of a billion dollars. And at this stage there's no evidence that the Dog's hierarchy knew.

They are under 22? McNamara and Bannan feel like they've been around forever, and Gillard I guess just seems older because she's so tall and fit.

Essendon, J Hird, Zero votes. It was an absolute disgrace by the umpires, but on the other hand Essendon are still sooking it up about umpiring every single game 20 years later. These things affect the psyche of a whole fan base. Anyway, fun times laughing at Essendon aside; The key issue is that the AFL is not governed properly. There is no clarity of process or transparency of decision-making, which is only made worse by pretensions of transparency and good governance. It is entirely clear to everyone that dozens of small and large decisions which have material effects on clubs' fortunes are made by executive order and heavily influenced by shady dealings and personal connections. It is a bit like the ubiquitous conspiracy-theory culture in Malaysia. It worse than, say, Egypt because in Egypt every level of authority just walks around being openly corrupt and impulsively oppressive, so everyone just knows to keep their head down or get beaten. In Malaysia there are all these layers of pretense about being a modern democracy with a functioning parliament, so everyone gets told 'here are the rules', which they then try to follow but get shivved in a bureaucratic back alley and suddenly discover that their farm has been owned by a palm oil company for the last 20 years and they have to hand it over and owe back-rent. Hence, every superstition, conspiracy theory and paranoia you can plant will grow beautifully. To put it in formal language; The Australian Football League is a superficially quasi-Democratic institution which in substance operates on a hierarchical patronage system kept in check by the non-dynamic loyalty framework of it's ritual clans. (The AFL pretends to be well governed, but is actually an old boys network, and the only thing keeping it together is that fans rarely switch clubs, so it is not feasible to bleed smaller clubs to death)

So, something that confuses me if what happens if a F/S nominee is selected by another club right at the end of the main draft? Say, pick 88 of an 88 pick draft? There must be a policy in place for this because otherwise it would be inevitable that a situation like that would happen. I guess I'm wondering, if we have K Brown nominated, and only one spot left after 6 and 11, are we kind of obliged to take him with our one remaining pick in the 40s? Only other solution I can think of is that the nominated club must use their next live pick in 'any' draft, which would obviously refer to the rookie draft. With that in mind... possible pick trade shenanigans still to come with our 40-something pick? Bump it right back to 70 in exchange for a future 3rd or something?

I bet you were on the way home during the comeback against Fremantle, too. Wait... no, It's WCW I'm talking to. You were probably so close to the action Woneaemirri's sweat splashed on you when he did his celebration jump.

I really like him, particularly if we miss out on Curtin. A succession plan in defence is a priority. However, I feel like he would be a steal if he slipped to 11 but overpriced at 6. Could be one to watch for with pick trading shenanigans.

Two friends?

It's okay, I'm not running. For authentic, vintage rubbish you need TubiTV, but I'm pretty sure it'll install a virus that makes your washing smell funny and pokes holes in your flyscreen. I ended up there after seeing 'Bad Movie Bible' on youtube, which appears to be hosted by the unacknowledged offspring of Margaret & Dave from the movie show. Ironically, 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000' is on Netflix.

Oh, now that is an excellent death ride. And actual 'off a cliff' death ride. If our future first is 18, and their future second is from the bottom 4, the laughs would never end. As for pick 6; if it is Curtin we're talking about, I'd hold him and think we got lucky with the draft flow. Would be a key figure in our 2028 premiership.

Between the idiotic carrying on and the injuring opponents with front-on high collisions and being ugly as f', she reminds me distinctly of a certain criminal from Collingwood.

I want to know who that little girl constantly giggling next to the crowd microphone is. Having the best night ever.