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The wrong dictionary for an Italian word. Even in writing 'Capeesh' grates! Forget 'capiche' altogether! LD-vC's alter ego, Dante (the now deceased, real life one not the DL one) 'created' the Italian language as it is know today. I reckon LD-vC knows his stuff.

His dad managed to get a Premiership scarf... I reckon young Jacob had it for the Finals. His family was very pumped for him to get to us. The man at the back in the video was like an expectant father when he knew the next bid was the Dees.

We can use our next available pick which currently is about pick 80 something. I doubt it will come to that unless we trade out two of our three remain picks. Even then I think we would ensure we had a pick left in a 'respectable' range to take Taj. Not exactly sure about the rules but by nominating him as a F/S we should take him in the main draft rather than a subsequent draft.

Maybe as his second team and he had the 'Away' jumper already or someone delivered that jumper late last night. Why would we have arranged an 'Away' jumper for him, I wonder. His dad has the right colours!

I read somewhere that Carlton could be interested in moving their pick 27 and they don't have another pick until 56 but iirc they were looking for a future pick in return. We could do it by including a swap of future pics that roughly balances the points and that keeps us within the future pick trading rules (I think...). Some handy players will still be available at 27 and it gets us in ahead of Richmond's pick 28, 29 and 30 and the double picks that WCE and North have in the 30's. Edit: Not sure if Carlton's view of trading #27 has changed since losing Jones.

Snap! Just made the same comment in the 'pick 38' thread.

With Geelong in desperate need of a ruckman and Conway being a local I would be very surprised if he gets past their picks 24, 25, and 35. We would need to pick swap into the mid-high 20's to get him, using our picks 38 and 42 if we wanted him.

Quite true. My post was to update DL on the impact in the AFL. Only an infected person has to isolate. Close contacts isolate only until they receive a negative result. Hence why Voss and McPherson weren't at the draft last night. In due course all clubs will have someone test positive. Clubs will have to take extra precautions at training to ensure a player who subsequently tests positive doesn't spread it to other players. At the moment it is off season so minimal close contacts/risk of spreading in the playing group.

Has anyone found an updated draft order listing? Still can't see one on the AFL website... My guess is we now have picks 38, 42 and 50 which will become 49 after Saints match an NGA bid for Owens. Some good value there.

Geelong also in a good spot as they have: 24, 25, 32, 34 and 36 so they could plug their age gap quite quickly especially with this being a very even draft in that 20 to 40 range. Richmond has 28, 29 and 30. Hawthorn also in a good spot with 23 and 26 but their list is a bit of a mess so unlikely to make much impact for a few years.

The AFL cases keep happening. At the Giants, an AFLW and an AFL player test positive. As does Brian Cook, CEO at Carlton. All fully vaccinated.

Can't believe Blake Howes is still on the board, along with other top 20 faves: Butler, Sonsie, Johnson, Goater. Very boring night regarding live-pick trades.

The first draftee will be called soon and other than a news article about draft order there isn't anything useful on the AFL website to track pick swaps or draftees as they are called. One would think all that would be in the 'Draft Hub'. But, no... Edit. Fox have created something rather rudimentary but it is better than nothing afl-draft-live-picks-every-pick-by-every-club-updates-full-draft-order-trades-draft-value-index Would rather check in there every now and then than sit thru endless waffle.

ditch one of the male directors...🤔

Even with the addition of Sally Freeman to our board (giving us two female members) we still don't meet the 40% quota requirement to ensure funding. With an 8 person board we need at least 3.

That is what I said in point 3) of the post you quoted but curiously deleted it from the quoted post 🤔 The deleted part of my post is below. There are many permutations of pick swaps for us and other clubs and yeah giving up pick 17 for two in the low 20's is one.

Lots more on possible pick trades here: latest-news-updates-whispers-live-trades This I found interesting: "Clubs that could trade up into this part of the draft include Brisbane (Picks 16 and 20) and Melbourne (Pick 19), who are considering getting ahead of Essendon (Pick 13) and Port Adelaide (Pick 14) in the order. That’s because all four clubs have been linked to Northern Knights defender Darcy Wilmot, who now looms as hot property in the middle of the draft and could be central to how the rest of the round pans out". Both Lions and Demons have been linked to the same players for a while so it is no surprise to see some jockeying by the two to climb up the order. Not sure we have the currency to out gun Brisbane who still have their 2022 first round pick to play with.

Not directly related to the Dees, but highly likely events (from what I have read): 1) a variety of live-pick trades in the first round and that affect the first round. eg GWS trade out their second pick for future picks. Lions bundle up their first 2 to move up the order, Hawthorn swap 21 and 24 to get another first round pick. Will Geelong bundle up 22 and 23 to get another first round pick. So a few surprises on the cards as to draft order (after the first 4/5) and who slides out of and who bolts in the first round. 2) Freo will be up all night fielding offers for pick 19 (pre F/S); the first pick tomorrow. Players who were in top 20 calculations that have already slid out of the top 20 by at least one of the more notable phantom drafters: Goater, Van Rooyen, Chesser, Draper, Butler. Others might join them. Plenty of clubs will want that pick 19. 3) Low-mid 20 picks will also be valuable for clubs who want a slider. Current holders of those picks are: 20 North Melbourne 21 Hawthorn 22 Geelong 23 Western Bulldogs (highly likely to trade it to Geelong for two 30-something picks) 24 Hawthorn Would be surprised if there isn't a bit wheeling and dealing with that lot!!

Chandler is not on the club's list of rookies to be upgraded submitted to the AFL. If AMW isn't bid on by another team in the main draft we can automatically take him as a B rookie.

I guess that says a lot about his assessment of talent: Knightmare doesn't rate him in the top 50 ranking, yet recruiters have him in the top 20. Hmmm...

I noticed that, yet he now has Chesser as a first rounder going to us at #17. Major change of heart by 'Knightmare'.

Thanks, I missed that. While unlikely that Mac Andrew slides, its good to see we also nominated him. The Saints have 4 NGA nominations. It is unlikely they will take them all.

Twomey doesn't throw names around which makes his mention of Anthony Caminiti linked to us quite interesting, albeit as a rookie. A profile for him is anthony-caminiti Height: 196cm, Weight: 83kg STRENGTHS: + Mobility + Leading Patterns + Overhead Marking + Clean Hands + Scoreboard Impact IMPROVEMENTS: - Strength - Exposure SUMMARY: In a draft crop dominated by midfielders, clubs may be more willing to take chances on developing talls a little higher up the order. In Caminiti's case, he'd be an ideal late-round or rookie option given his upside and rate of development, with exciting traits which can be enhanced at the next level. He is mobile and comfortable in possession, adding a bit of dynamism to go with his goalkicking and marking ability. It sounds like that with a bit of development he could be a very good forward.

Chesser is interesting. Twomey has him at 24 but could go as high as 12. I've browsed 'Knightmare's' draft thread on bf and he doesn't have Chesser in his top 50 rankings. Doesn't rate him It will be interesting to see where he is picked.

In his Phantom Draft, Cal Twomey says we have nominated Andy. He thinks he will join us as a rookie. In his case it will be as a 'B' rookie.