Nascent

I wonder if Gus moving to the midfield for the last few rounds worked against him here.

Article on Harry Sheezel who shapes to be a top 5 pick in this year's draft. Rare air: The top-10 draft hopeful with MASSIVE numbers - https://www.afl.com.au/news/830059

Think we will need a top 5 pick for him.

Indeed. Brisbane will likely trade down their 1st rounder for 2nd and 3rd round picks and Gold Coast are in the box seat there. Pick 5 and 7 plus potentially pick 12 if the Lions get knocked out by Richmond. Should Jackson go, Suns may unlock the key to getting us adequate compensation.

Also somewhat annoying if you've already purchased tickets in a less desirable area only to have better seats become available later on.

Well after the stress of ticketek this morning I'm now pumped for the game. Now to tell work I won't be coming in...

He hasn't nominated a club yet has he? Hawthorn are the front runners allegedly but we are said to be in the conversation as well. As we're still playing finals, the longer he takes to nominate could be an indication that he's leaning towards the dees.

Isak Rankine officially requests a trade to Adelaide. Suns will most likely acquire pick 5 out of the trade leaving them with picks 5 and 7 for the draft. Might give us an opportunity to work our way up the draft.

Just got my tickets, originally had 5 @ N14 but could only get tickets in P13 once it let me back in but then it auto reallocated me P1 behind the goals. First world problems and should still be good seats but I'm annoyed.

This is a joke, I log in early to look at the seat map. Get told I'm in the queue to which I then successfully get in around 09:52, except it then gives me a 10minutes window to purchase tickets that aren't available for another 8 minutes. Just got kicked and have to queue again most likely losing the seat I had highlighted before I got booted. So frustrating.

Isak Rankine to Adelaide seems to be a persistent rumour. Gold Coast likely to get Adelaide's first round pick leaving them with pick 5 and 7.

First 10 picks are locked in prior to the trade period. 1. North Melbourne 2. West Coast 3. GWS 4. Essendon 5. Adelaide 6. Hawthorn 7. Gold Coast 8. Port Adelaide 9. St Kilda 10. Carlton

Apart from those you've mentioned, I would take Harrison Jones, Ben Hobbs and Sam Draper from their list. Zach Reid should be a decent key defender but not really a need for us. Can kind of see why Clarkson would choose North's list over the bombers in the long run. They are under no illusion to where they're at and have hit the draft pretty hard and continue to do so. Larkey, McKay, LDU, Simpkin, Zurhaar, Thomas, JHF, Phillips (been unlucky with illness, will come good), Powell, Taylor are a solid foundation to build a team around. Throw in Cadman at the draft and they've got their key forward pillars for the next decade.

Late to the pile on essendon party. Has anyone posted this yet?

That's the dream. Think they'll have the pies measure though.

I'm working, would much rather a holiday. At this stage I will only be able to make a semi-final or grandfinal, not that I'll be able to get seat for the granny anyway.

Week 1 Q1. Geelong vs Collingwood Q2. Melbourne vs Sydney E1. Freemantle vs Western Bulldogs E2. Brisbane vs Richmond Semi Finals S1. Collingwood vs Freemantle S2. Sydney vs Richmond Preliminary Finals P1. Geelong vs Richmond P2. Melbourne vs Collingwood Grand Final Melbourne vs Richmond Norm Smith: Oliver

They had the premiership sewn up by round 3. We're all just playing for second place.

Papley out with concussion

King! Can he be the hero after being the villain last week?

Flood gates opening already. SCG final most likely.

Bump.

Higgins looking to cost us top 2.

How did Higgins miss that?

Fair, steak knives is probably not the correct term. Regardless we are getting minimum 2 first rounders.