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Thanks, hadn't seen this one. Find it hard to decipher if they have mail or just making educated guesses. It can read either way with some of these write ups.

I wouldn't say our pick would be greater than 73 at that point with great certainty. It could, but it could very well have come in further than that. Gold Coast will have all 10 of their selections wiped and Bulldogs will have at least 4 to match a bid for Croft. Hawks likely to have 3 selections wiped for McCabe. That's 17 selections for 6 players bring 93 into 82 straight away. That's before other NGAs and f/s's are considered and teams possibly passing before pick 50 with some clubs only taking one pick in. I'd further add that GC may very well have to trade out their early 2nd rounders/other picks for multiple later selections still with talk of Read being a top 5 candidate and Graham entering round 1 calculations. They wouldn't have the points to match on current holdings. A chance for us to rejig our hand here. This could all be moot anyway if we decide to take Brown at 42 and leave a spot open for a rookie or SSP player. I wouldn't be surprised to see us swap 42 with the Suns for pick 66, using this for Brown, and also gaining a future pick. Equally, it wouldn't surprise me to see Brown go without a bid and for us take him for free in the Rookie draft.

One factor to consider is how far pick 93 will come in once academy picks are absorbed and clubs pass later in the draft. Given its expected that roughly 50-60 picks will be taken this year we will likely have some points value added to that pick when it comes time to using it. 61 = 135 points. Not that it will make much of a material difference.

Hawks interviewed O'Sullivan this week as well. Sounds like due diligence but not sure it's a solid indication of their plans. Yet.

Speaking of preseason, anyone knows when it starts for us?

Interesting that they specifically stated we would strongly consider Caddy at 11, not 6. I doubt he gets that far.

Post in thread 'PMBangers 2023 Draft Thread' https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/pmbangers-2023-draft-thread.1348092/post-81752173 Pmbangers has his phantom draft up.

Cal twomey 12 hours before the draft most likely.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/draft/fox-footy-afl-draft-2023-rankings-top-50-afl-draft-news-2023-prospects-predictions-final-power-rankings/news-story/175d8013a2acd03ac01aaf1ce7d296f1

Disappointingly meek.

Hanks is an absolute star, would be lost without her today

Few players caught ball watching that quarter, more promising signs in the last 5 minutes but still a bit of kick and hope without much system at the moment. Roos should have converted more and if we kick an early couple it could really smash their confidence. Get it done girls.

Fox sports have done rankings (not a phantom) for picks 26 - 50 and will release 1 - 25 tomorrow night. https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/draft/afl-draft-2023-power-rankings-2650-afl-draft-prospects-2023-news-fox-footy-rankings-50-to-26-shaun-mannagh/news-story/9ee29cf2709722c2ae31bb448586cd53

No link with Wilson or O'Sullivan either. Not sure I fully believe it. Beyond the usual names for our first pick he has us as showing interest in Windsor, Tholstrup and Charlie Edwards.

For the McKercher fans

Class of 2023: Top prospect Duursma on standout draft year, sibling rivalry, love of Freo gun https://www.afl.com.au/video/1062294

Nice try Mr. C.I.A did Dill put you up to this?

Extended highlights. Massive props to the person that's been putting all these draft videos together. This one is slightly different in that the video is broken down by skillset eg. Marking, contested work etc..

I've somewhat come around to the idea of trading 6 for West Coast's future 1st. We would need to have their 23 come our way as well and we can give them Sydney's f2, though they would likely push for our f1. Perhaps then 11 and 23 can net us pick 8 and we secure who we want anyway and have a top 2 pick for next year. Still think I'd prefer 6 and 11 now though.

Most likely smoke and mirrors. If true, I don't think our recruiting team would be too pleased with a player manager signalling our draft intentions two weeks out.

Not sure this would be a significant block unless we are fighting for the same player. Footy fan speculation I've read suggest the Eagles are keen on McKercher. While I haven't heard anything concrete on us apart from our offer for Reid, we could very well be keen on Duursma. Therefore it wont matter who holds 2 or 3 if the end result is the same. Club targets will probably be well established and known between clubs which may help facilitate or hinder the deal.

I think Pennant was talking about Collard.

Blind Freddy apparently does

Probably not hugely significant, but if be angling for their first pick of the 2nd round, currently 23. This often has good currency with teams often willing to part with future firsts for it as well if a player slides through that they like. We could flip 6 into WC F1 and perhaps another F1, or take 11 and 23 to the draft. Still, my preference is to take the best player available at 6. Only way I'd be angling to stock pile picks into next year is for trade purposes if we have a near certain fish on the hook.