Rogue

Would you expect the normal number of rotations when we're a mid down for 95% of the match?

It's still random. We could receive the 8th (or 16th) rank in the draft in 2008 and 2009, despite being the worst side going around. Demonland, on the other hand...

I think Zomer's a rookie, and if we include them a few are also still yet to play (Healey and Hughes).

West Cost, wow.

I'll be happy if we get much over $1M. Then we can demolish the debt in 2010.

If there was no PP I certainly wouldn't have felt the same way I did in the last 10 minutes of the Richmond game.

I'd also like another KPF prospect and would take a KPF if presented with an equally-ranked mid and KPF at pick #2. We certainly do need pace, particularly in a small defender. Indeed - I wouldn't be looking to spend picks on a ruck for the sake of it. I can't imagine Bruce getting anything near what TJ got, so I doubt it'd be worth it. I agree with hotgood - in this circumstance you really give up a player to get x pick in the draft. IMO whether it's a good or bad trade should be based on what value you place on the player traded and x number pick in the draft, rather than how the draftee turns out down the track. Thus I'd argue that whether you get a Dunn or a Grimes with x draft pick doesn't determine whether the decision to trade away a player for x draft pick was right or wrong.

I can't wait until this season is over.

Yep.

Yep.

I recall Stynes making a comment earlier in the season regarding our injury list. The gist of it was that the injuries wouldn't impact us greatly because we were quite even. You might say this indicates we have good depth, in that we could have a few players out and not particularly miss them as the replacements were around the mark, but when you're bottom of the ladder is that anything to cheer about? I know that in the ND days people would cite our good depth when blokes like Ferguson, Ward, Brown or Holland were out of the side. Was the fact that the fringe players were as good as some that got games an indication we were a good side? Sure, it's nice to have people come into the side without your side becoming significantly weaker, but IMO the concept of 'depth' is one that's IMO over-rated.

That's the entire point of the show.

Really disappointing for Wona. Hopefully he can fully recover and then have a crack at establishing himself in the side. Hahaha, great post

Clearly an anti-tank measure Wheels needs to come back after two weeks to get his milestone!

Fwiw, Debt Demolition and the URL were advertised on the scoreboard during the Melb v Rich game.

Generally I think the less boards the better. The only reason to split, IMO, is when trade/draft discussion overwhelms all other footy discussion and other threads get pushed off the page too quickly due to the amount of trade/draft discussion. Is that the case at the moment? What would he cost us? Given he might be getting on when we're a contender I'm not so sure it'd be worth it.

It sounds like I was in a similar spot on the opposite side of the ground. I didn't hear the siren either.

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Hi. I agree with your POV on our second pick, providing we rank Butcher up there with the other prospects. I also think your comments re: the what the Club's looking for are correct - I'm sure BP's made a similar comment in the past.

It's a hypothetical to compare the value of the first pick versus two very early picks. In general I'd be inclined to take 2 & 4 over 1, but I'd be open to changing that depending on how propsects were rated in a particular year. I don't know enough about this year's draftees to make a definitive statement. What would you take?

ZING! I agree - it's not just about #1.

I think he would have been due for it against Freo (assuming he played this week too). It'll be versus Carlton if he only misses one week, St. Kilda if he misses two.

Sure, I get where you're coming from. I think the class of a few of their better players should ensure a win, but stranger things have and will happen in footy. When they were terrible they had a bad habit of knocking us off - twice in one season we were looking alright, IIRC - so hopefully that continues for one more game

If we have the best mid and were faced with a mid and KPF we ranked equally I'd take the KPF. However, it seems likely that come our second pick we'll rank a mid higher than a KPF. I don't know enough about the individuals you've listed to give much input on specific players, but Trengove has been getting some decent reviews.

How do you define 'danger game'? If that means probably, likely or 'even money chance' then sure, we disagree. However, if you want to suggest that virtually any game is a 'danger game' by cirtue of their being just two sides, then you're putting words in my mouth - I've already said that a win is possible. Upsets happen in AFL footy so clearly there's some chance. That said - as I already pointed out - we should be realistic about our chances. We've won just three games this year. We won just three games last year. We won five the season before. I think that's a reasonably fair reflection of where we're currently at. Furthremore, we also have a very long injury list. If we did win it would be an upset indeed. I've never seen fans of a struggling team with only a few wins under their belt - and half their team in rehab - so bullish about their prospects of knocking off finals-bound sides at the end of a season.