That's it in a nutshell.
Not that Laurie would be delisted, but he's definitely worth more to us over the next two years than what we'd get in a trade or from a late draft pick replacement
Not to be a draft revisionist, but there few after his selection that have done significantly more. Gulden, obviously, but he was Sydney Academy, always going to them. McCreery at Collingwood as well.
No one here is claiming to be better at picking players than JT or TL. But bloody oath we can have an opinion, otherwise this place would be unreadable vanilla.
I think Laurie will improve gradually. We are used to seeing players like Oliver, Bowey and Kossie look good from game 1 (or nearabouts). Not with Bill. There's certainly something about him to work with, two years should be enough to find out.
Thought this was quite an interesting read from (believe it or not) Damien Barrett:
BARRETT: No self-pity as under-fire Melbourne confronts its demons -
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1095159
Hawthorn half time atmosphere is worse than ours. Crappy entertainment, f'ing loud music, surrounded by hawks supporters (admittedly because I snuck into Haw reserved sest area). Good lord they are a bunch of spent supporters.
Funny that...
For years, especially during last year's finals, Collingwood have been kotd by the AFL and umpires.
They've had their flag, time to get royally screwed like the rest of us. Welcome back to the pack, Fly!