binman

Bump.

We drafted in two tier one players. Happy days.

Bump.

Good kicking never goes out of style.

Langford and Lindsay both tick off the attributes I was hoping we'd target. Fantastic result. Langford looks big enough to play AFL footy next season. And I just love we picked up two quality left footers.

Good.

If you really want to feel bad how about jarman sitting out the a dra so he didn't have to go to us and instead landed at Hawthorn the following year. I've often thought we would have won the flag if jarman played with us in 1987. Still rankles.

You must be such fun at parties.

Honestly saty, what is the point of answering this question - you will just shoot down any response. My response? Member based organisations should produce content it's members want. And that's easy to find out - ask us, and track the data. And content that attract prospective members. Content that adds to the value proposition of forking out big dollars for a membership. And content that adds to the value proposition for current or prospective sponsors (who value 'reach" very highly) We have been woeful in this space since Ben Gibson left. Woeful. You either don't get that, or as is more likely, you do get it and are being argumentative for argument's sake.

Exhibit A why I don't like to meet my heroes.

One phantom draft with two updates is three phantom drafts by my reckoning. Tomato, Tomatoe. And I didn't say twomey wasn't accurate - well at least in terms of the top 10. But if he is correct the hundred other phantom drafts with different selections are, by definition, wrong.

This. The various phantom drafts seem to grow in perceived significance every season, particularly Twomey's. As fun as they ate, they are just that - fun. Click bait. Hell, Twomey seems to have more phantom draughts than Kit Walker's brewery.

That's not the role I see him playing. One, very much unlike nibbla, he doesn't appear to have the natural, elite athleticism the role demands. Two, thst role doesn't suit his skill set - inside ball winner, elite kick (at least I hope he is - was as a junior), knows where the goals are and a real x factor. I see him as a mini tracc. A 60 forward 40 inside mid with kpis that include goals, goal assists, score involvements, contested possessions - and energy and buzz.

Is he the key?

Agree. I generally only watch the dees AFLW games, but have watched a couple of the finals. The skill level is miles better than even a couple of years ago. I watched the port hawks game. Thrilling last quarter, but what stood out is how many players looked like pure, natural footballers. For example how players use their body in marking contests, or simple things like tracking the bouncing ball and waiting 'till it pops up so they don't have to break stride to collect the ball. Once the majority of AFLW players are natural footballers, which is close, I'll be fascinated to see how it evolves tactically and to what extent it becomes a different game to AFL in tge way say WNBA is to NBA By the by, the WNBA, after stagnating for a while, was hugely, massively popular this year. A lesson there for the AFL, who to their credit created the AFLW. But since doing do not seem to know what to do with it. All the money poured into NSW and qld to grow the game and they don't seem to realise women's footy is the key to the games future. The AFL dies if grass roots participation drops off, which it had been for years. The explosion in junior women's footy will positively influence the number of boys playing footy too. For years my son and daughter both played basketball. I coached both, and it would have made it super hard logisticaly if say my daughter instead played another sport in terms of supporting both kids. And my son, who is older, helped my daughter practise and helped me coach her team. That collective vibe meant basketball was the sport of choice in our house - despite me never having played. It's no wonder it's so popular in terms of participation. My daughter played basketball in large part because her older brother was playing and it made sense for us as a family. If my daughter was the oldest and she chose footy, my son probably plays footy. That dynamic supports male participation in footy.

This quote in the article from Langford is music to my ears (and I absolutely love that he is a left footer): “I really wanted to show my kicking ability – being able to find someone up forward, whether through score involvements or in the backline, and show my in to out handballs as well: being able to get the hardball, take a few steps, get away and get the (hands off),” Langford said. “I’ve worked on driving power through my kick and find someone whether 20, 30 or 40 metres away…and finding the right option.”

It has to help there are so many WA young players in the team, and some guns are that.

I forgot Petty from that list. Taken at 37 in the draft, petts is another big tick for JT in terms of his record with talls.

Burn, baby, burn. Disco inferno.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

Really? Given its notoriously difficult to assess talls given bigs who are 17-18 are still filling out and they don't hit their peak until mid twenties, i reckon JT's strike rate drafting tall is above industry average. I may have missed some talls, but by my recollection JT has drafted in the following genuine talls (in order): Omac, Weed, Jackson, Adams, Turner, JVR, Farris White, Jefferson, Verral and Ketfield. Of that group, only two were top ten picks, Jackson and Weed. Jackson helped us win a flag and may well help us win another with the draft picks we got from freo for him. JVR look a genius pick at 19. I have zero doubt will be in the top 3 or 4 key forwards over the next decade Jefferson was pick 15. Jury is still out on Jeffo, but they think enough of him to have extended his contract. And signs are positive that he is building an AFL ready physique. The rest are all speculative late picks. Turner looks another genius pick - a mid season rookie draft pick at 21 who is best 22 lock. Gold from a drafting perspective. We traded out Omac, but he is still playing AFL footy, and if he stays fit will play his hundredth AFL game this year - statistically very rare for a draft pick past 50. The jury Is out on Adams, Verell and Ketfield. But Adams was pick 38, and Verell and Ketfield were rookie draftees so the opportunity cost is minimal, and even if only one plays regular AFL footy JT has done super well. So by my reckoning, JT has drafted 10 talls - and only Weed and Farris White are definitive busts. Weed hurt given he was pick 9, but Farris White was a Category B Rookie, so a nothing ventured, nothing gained throw at the stumps. So at this stage, only one real bust out of ten selections. The jury Is out on four players, but really only jeffo would hurt from an opportunity cost perspective if he doesn't make it given the others were a late pick and rookies. Any recruiter in the AFL would take that strike rate for selecting talls in a heartbeat.

Very strong Logan Run vibes.

True, though none could get a game come finals in 2021, so no great loss.

You completely missed the point i was making.