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Salem replacement. Bloody hell though, that is impressive.

Reading all the negatives on Draper, you have to wonder whether Adelaide will in fact take him or not. Surely they'd give serious thought to going for Langford, which upends the apple cart somewhat.

?? Am I missing something? He says it’s a toss-up between Lindsay and Allan at 9. ”which could see the Demons having to choose between Allan and Lindsay. Rival clubs believe that decision is extremely line-ball and could go either way”

Hard to see us getting Tauru unless we go for him at 5 - which from all reports seems unlikely. Doubt he'd still be there at 9. Only unknown for me is if we do a last minute trade to split 9 for a couple of picks in the teens. Unlikely from what we're hearing, but given the evenness of the draft, lots of cards being played close to chests. Hard to see Richmond bothering given that they have 2 picks straight after ours, but GWS with 15+16 might be tempted if there's a player available at 9 that they really want who won't last. Then there's WCE 12 + 26 (??) or even (yikes!) Port with 13 29 36 if we wanted to get into the second round. But ... unlikely it would seem.

Jed Adams was pick 38. How's that working out? Over the past 10 years, the only players lower than pick 50 that even half-looked like establishing an AFL career were Jadyn Hunt (57) and Toby Bedford (75), but he was an Academy pick. And the only player we picked in the 80's in that period was Mitch Clisby (zero games). In any case, the point wasn't just about Tomlinson plus Tom Mac, it was about losing/about to lose 3 KPD's. On top of having lost BBB and Schache, not to mention Farris-White, and with Fullarton's MFC debut nowhere in site and only a year on his contract. Which is one of the reasons we tried for Derkson and have taken a long shot on Kentfield. But we cannot be looking at losing/end of career for half a dozen+ talls without giving serious consideration to available talls in the draft. Though in JT we trust.

Not to mention a Tomlinson + McDonald replacement. in theory we have them already in Petty and Turner, but shifting them back only moves the same problem to the forward line. I’d be surprised if we don’t take at least one tall.

Can’t remember a draft with so many uncertainties this late in the day. Clearly a LOT of pick swaps hanging, where we won’t know outcomes till we’re into the thick of it on draft night.

If someone's incompetent or stinking the place up you don't keep them on for 2 months in the same role, nor employ them beyond that period as a consultant. Pretty clear that Pert hasn't been sacked. Equally true that a change at the top and some fresh blood isn't unwelcome. Provided we get the right person.

Confirmation bias.

"Green said the review did not recommend Pert go." (The Age article)

A lot of what we do at 5 will depend on what the Saint do with their later picks. Hope we have good intel!

Sydney weren't missing Heeney until they were: in the grand final. Heeney had a stress fracture and look how that turned out for the team.

Wasn't helped this year by injury, wherever he plays he needs consistency to even be in the mix. Hope he has a more settled season next year.

Nek minnit ...

AFL: "Melbourne has a suite of selections that includes picks No.5, 28, 40, 49, 54 and 65, but it's unlikely the club will have any luck in attempting to change the minds of GWS officials by Wednesday's deadline."

Well done Tim Lamb. (if it comes off)

By the time we trade to get Derksen - who's a tall in any case - plus Sharp, not sure we'll have many lower picks left.

If he could knock a few seconds off that he'd get close to the women's world record. Or the Australian men's record. Both around 5:20. If that 5:28 is correct it's remarkable.

10. Much easier draw.

I think you'll find the club disagrees with you. JVR, Petty, Turner, then add Fritsch, Kozzie and a couple of smalls plus Jefferson coming through ... workable, and they're all still young, or young enough. Mids would be the priority I would imagine, if not KP defenders for the longer term (May, McDonald, Thomlinson will need replacing over the next year or two).

Given that the buck stops with the CEO ...

Just cherry-pcking = confirmation bias. Why not compare to say St Kilda or North. Look at who Freo have lost over the last few years. etc. etc. Not only are your posts tirelessly repetitive, they're superficial.

Not sure if this has been mentioned. MFC are interested in Lion's first rounder, pick 20. They need the points for Ashcroft. Apart from 28, for lower picks we have 40, 48, 53, 64. Then maybe add a 3rd round pick for Tomlinson if anything goes through under FA. Not sure how much we'd have to give up for pick 20, but we obviously aren't going to take all those lower picks to the draft. "The Lions will have multiple takers for the pick, with the Giants, Melbourne and Western Bulldogs among the clubs expected to hold extra middle-range and later draft picks by deeper in the Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period to have a swing at pushing up the draft board."

Impossible to see how that happens. 2 in the top 15 might work. In any case, this year's draft has now been compromised somewhat by those high compensation picks pushing everything back.

Not for mine. Pick 5 plus trade to get another first rounder and take that to the draft. Much better for the club long-term than another player in his late 20's (or getting there). We're going to be losing a LOT of our key players over the next 4-5 years, starting with Melksham and McDonald next year, May the following year, Gawn and Viney the year after that.