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Jack Henry. 107 games. Rookie Pick 16 2016 We took: Dion Johnstone, Pick 64 Lachlan Filipovic, Rookie Pick 8 In hindsight he could have potentially taken games from: Melksham - 2019 onwards (52 games) Tomlinson - 2020 onwards (28 games) OMac - 2019 onwards (19 games) Summary: Happy that you are correct with this one. We should have drafted him instead of Dion Johnstone. Filipovic was a developing ruck need but could have been taken with a later pick instead of Tim Smith. Bradley Close. 55 Games. Rookie Pick 14 2019. We took: passed on rookie pick #2 and took Harley Bennell as a preseason pick. Could have taken games from : ANB - 2022 (23 games): No way this actually happens. ANB had a great 2021 and coaches loved him this year but will give it to you. Hannan 2020 (9 games) Harley Bennell (5 games) Combo of others as Close suits our needs (maybe Sparrow plays a few less here) Summary: Close suits our needs. Confident we would have found room for him. Harley Bennell was the only player we took instead. Tom Atkins. 83 Games. Rookie Pick 11 2018. We took : Aaron Nitschke, pick 53 Marty Hore, pick 56 Toby Bedford, pick 75 Could have taken games from: Sparrow (possibly) Jordon (possibly) Hames (doubtful) Jones (doubtful/arguably) VDB (arguably) Summary: We would have found room but this is a tough one. He wouldn't be in front of Oliver, Petracca or Viney in the inside mids. He is better than Sparrow and Jordan. I doubt he would have taken games off Vanders in 2020. Vanders only played a handful of games in 21. He might have taken a few games of Jones but it wouldn't have been many. Jones was still a club champion. So really, he replaces Sparrow who we wanted to get games into over this period. The cats took 5 players who didn't make it after round 2 before they selected Atkins. Zac Guthrie. 54 Games. Rookie Pick 33 2016. We took: Dion Johnstone, pick 64 Lachlan Filipovic, Rookie pick 8 Tim Smith, Rookie, pick 25 Summary: I'm not even going to bother with this one. We have already substituted Dion Johnstone for Jack Henry. We took a punt on Tim Smith who played 13 games in a totally different role and we needed to take a punt on a rookie ruck in Filipovic for list needs. I highly doubt we would have had the patience the Cats did to develop Zach into the player he eventually became 6 season later with our team structure. Tyson Stengle. 25 Games (2022 only). Delisted Free Agent 2021 We took: Taj Woewodin, Pick 65 Judd McVee, Rookie pick 18 Luke Dunstan, DFA Summary: Would have been great in hindsight but due to circumstances I don't think this was ever going to happen and its a stretch to say it ever was. I'm not giving you this one.

Ok then. Let's play this out as you have made this point in multiple threads now. Which club has the best success with third round or later picks in your opinion? Pick that club and see which players were drafted AFTER our third round pick. Then pick which player/s out of our best 22 who you would take 50 games experience away from to accommodate these players.

If Bedford was pick 75 and is now being offered a three year deal at another club then I would classify it as a successful pick by Taylor. I guess you will argue that pick 75 wasn't a third round pick.

What are we likely to get in trade? I feel like anywhere between a late second round pick to early third would be a straight swap. Say... Between 32 and 42. Is that realistic?

Guys. There are a number of shockingly negative, dumb posters on this board. The worst thing about their posts is when multiple posters reply to them telling them that they are wrong or dumb. It makes reading the threads more annoying for the rest of us. Let them say what they want and move on.

I didn't think this kid was going to make it when he was drafted. Now I'm upset to see him go.

I'm not sure why pick 20 never gets mentioned in this trade. We gave 2, 20 and 72. We got Tyson, 9 and 53. Pick 20 was ontraded to Brisbane who picked Darcy Gardiner. I remember a poster on here advised that we invited Lewis Taylor to the first round draft night incase we missed Salem. So it's likely we would have drafted him with pick 20 if we still had it.

Well done. I was wrong you certainly deserved that 3 year contract. Also.... I'm drunk. So [censored] you.

I hate it. I hate it that this team deserves this. I hate you Isaac Smith. I hate you Joel Selwood. I hate you Patrick Dangerfield. I hate you Tom Hawkins. But more than anything, I hate it that you deserve this.

I was thinking that the doggies third rounder was basically nothing to be honest. So agree with you on the value front. Maybe it's a fourth rounder as a token gesture? I dont want Bruce. Tomlinson recovered way better than Bruce did. Bruce looked totally cooked this year.

Great fit for the Doggies. Fingers crossed this happens for all involved. 1. Demons get salary cap space and no doubt an extra third round pick. 2. Bulldogs get a KPD that they desperately need. 3. Tomlinson gets a chance to be best 22 in a team who will challenge.

Yes. You would. Bowes is a decent pickup. Pick 7 sounds too good to be true. I would think we would need to throw in a future 2nd rounder or something like that. A team finishing where we did and getting pick 7 for a bit of salary cap space would be a fantastic result.

No way Bowey has Hunts pace.

Came in as a late replacement for JK in our game this year. Looked alright when he had his moments. Just think the moments were a bit too few. He has pinch hit in the ruck too. He might be a decent rookie pick.

Hard to comprehend that GC need salary cap relief that badly. I just can't see a world where Gold Coast need to offload players due to salary cap pressure and we would be in a position to take advantage of it. Tim Lamb will deserve a huge bonus if he has managed our list that well.

He had a shoulder injury in January this year that required surgery which kept him out for four months. He played 5 games towards the back half of the year. He played 19 games in 2021 and was a mainstay in the team in the years preceding with around 15 games a year.

I'm not disagreeing with you. But there are only 23 spots on the list per game. You have to take into account that we had a good core group of players ready to go by 2015. We have then; 1.Traded in multiple best 23 players 2. Drafted very well in our first and second rounds. 3. Played pretty much the same best 23 players for three years straight. You can argue that the third point is because no late picks have been good enough to push for selection. Or you could argue that it's because we nailed the first two points I listed and there isnt room for a late pick player to make it to 50 games. If you had to choose, you would choose to get the first 2 things right than worry about the later picks.

He's a free agent. I would guess we would get a 2nd round compo pick which would be around 45ish. Doubt he leaves.

That was also 40 years ago when defenders were only 188cm too.

Nice. Genuinely happy that North have attracted some talent. (Some talent that I didn't want)

Has anyone seen Nudge and GNF in the same room together at the same time?

Nope. Can see him making an impact next year at the pointy end if we manage him a bit better than we did this year. This might mean we give him a bit more time off at the start of the year

Its not just a choice of Melksham or pick 90 though. There are other options out there. Sometimes it's worth taking a punt on a delisted free agent. It doesnt look like anything has been officially announced so maybe there is still a bit to work through.

I think it's only 4 games.

Highly doubtful that West Coast would give up next year's first rounder. They should bounce back next year a little bit but it would be a high pick. I would hate being a west coast supporter if they started the year poorly knowing they gave up a top 5 pick.