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I wonder if we can apply for an exemption or amendment to the rules. He's been part of our NGA anyway so it's not like we haven't invested in him.

Tried to look up the rules. From what I can gather you have to be either... Indigenous or Torres straight island decent Of African or Asian decent Both parents from culturally or linguistically diverse background

O'Sullivan playing today for oakleigh. Had an injury interrupted year but the wraps on him are very high and was impressive as a bottom ager in the champs last year. Might be in consideration for our pick

Yep

Slowly hobbled off without assistance but escorted by a trainer nearby. Didn't see the incident itself unfortunately so not sure on what mechanism caused it. Near the end of the first quarter from memory if it's available on replay. From the way he was walking I would be surprised if it's serious but stranger innocuous things have happened.

Mentha copped a knee injury in the first quarter and pretty sure didn't return to the game after that unless I'm mistaken.

He should go high next year.

@ChaserJ is there a website or resource that shows who is part of our NGA? I haven't been able to find anything doing a search online.

Ollie hannaford putting on an absolute clinic. Kids got something special I reckon.

We have St Kildas pick 45 and Bulldogs tumbling out of finals early gives us a juicy pick 49 or 50. All prior to compensation, academy and father/son additions.

Port never fail to disappoint. Come home Butters, your talent is wasted there.

I reckon its crows. Pick 4 plus crows future 1st would be very tempting. I'd hate to see him go, one of the best players I've seen in red and blue.

Port don't have their natural first round pick. Belongs to freo after they traded it for two 2nd round picks last year.

Turn pick 3 into Baker and Allan perhaps, not a bad deal for them.

Steven King? Lucky not to break his leg. - some geelong crack-head

He's a gun and I would be very happy to land him. Instantly fills the Brayshaw void on-field and adds much needed dynamic kicking skills to our team. I get not wanting to trade pick 5 for him, and I don't either. But unlike most I would be reasonably comfortable in splitting the pick to land him. Turning 5 into say 9 and 10 from the tigers (post freo trade) might be a possibility. Trade 10 and 2nd round pick might get it done (I know they want two but that's their starting public negotiating point). Turning say 5 pick and ANB comp (25) or future 2nd into Houston and pick 9. That's a great outcome. Whether actually achievable or not I'm not sure. With such an open and even draft and no clear stand-outs, there's even a good chance we land our top 5 target at pick 9 anyway.

That's all good and well if both clubs are interested. Fair chance he's management had reached out to both clubs and Port said thanks but no thanks. No real point in playing charades if everyone already knows there's only one club with interest. Certainly other states would love their leaving players to nominate a return to Victoria rather than 1 specific club out of 9.

This kids a gun. Athletic and aggressive and can play any position on the ground. Think he goes first round.

Perhaps we can split pick 5 for two picks in the top 15 if there are any takers. Depends how JT and co rate the draft but given its supposed evenness we might end up with two players we really like if the top 5 are lacking star power as has been alluded to

I'm sort of torn on how to approach this draft period. I think we take pick 5 and will most likely take a midfielder which will give us 3 first round mids in two years. Given its an even draft with a good smattering of talls as well, there's a good chance we'll pick up a kid with pick 25 (ANB) that we'll really like. I'm wondering if it's worth while to retain our first pick for next year, not just for the possibility of finishing in the bottom half, but to attract and be able to purchase a mid that's in the 22 - 25 age bracket to compliment our older and younger players. Think Butters or Callaghan. A consequence of always trading out our future picks is not being able to get those sort of deals done. I'm also wary of picking up too many 18yr old mids in one year from an age profile perspective and not being able to give them opportunity. I hope we have an eye on a couple of talls this year as well considering we are losing a lot of depth there.