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I give up !!! 😁🤷‍♀️

The first question is: Do we need someone to play that role? Methinks not! After all our game plan is changing, new players, new coaches etc.

Ethan, you can't give away the answer (or at least half of it) in the thread! PM @Witches Hat first!

@Demonstone ???

The AFL already has with the new draft points system! The only 2025 pick with points we currently hold is our own 2nd round pick. (The Lions 3rd round pick will be pushed beyond the points value. Fourth round picks no longer carry points). Not concerned as there may well be player trades (or future pick swaps) to get the points but if Kalani goes early we won't have much, if any draft currency left. Worst case scenario is if GCS really want him and bid on him early to force us to pay top price or they get him ... ...it wouldn't be in the spirit of F/S but I've never considered Hardwick to be a fair player.

I can't find definitive nor current info on that. To the best of my knowledge it includes: International Players, NGA players that aren't drafted (but NGA eligibility keeps changing) Players from other sports Players that haven't played AFL at any level for three years. Some AFL publications purport to answer your question but are woefully out of date so I've not linked them.

Not quite. As AMW appears to be an A rookie we have one B rookie spot.

As AMW appears to be an A Rookie the answer no, as we don't have a list spot.

They are Deeeeeeelightfully Deeeeeeeeeelusional! 😁

The AFL often do not date their releases so should be used with caution. That link is very old; definitely pre covid. The 2023 CBA is the current 'bible'. It runs until 2027 with adjustments as and when announced.

To clarify the rookie tenure rules. Somewhere on DL it was assumed the new 5 year/10 AFL game rule does not apply to B rookies. I've found nothing from the AFL/AFLPA nor any club to support that assumption. The assumption was that, because a media report listed AMW as an A rookie, the new rule doesn't/can't apply to B rookies. That 'logic' doesn't compute as there may be other reasons AMW is no longer a B rookie eg because the club needed two B rookie spots to draft Andrew and Mentha. The status change for AMW would be a timing coincidence not because the new rule doesn't apply to B rookies.

Allowed 2 B-Rookies. 2023 CBA

Great way for team mates to say "welcome back"!

btw the 🤮is for their smug entitled club not in any way for your good self, Tim.

the-age-quiz Feeling quite chuffed - answered 2,4, 6, 8 and 10 without looking at possible answers 🙃

Snap!!

Haven't folks noticed the average age of our tall fwds is about 21! Even with Petty and Turner it isn't much older. They get pushed around a bit. Having Johnson will support the team in so many ways. Get behind folks; he is now a Demon!

Often with borderline F/S or NGA a club says if not selected in the draft we will take you as a rookie but unlikely to match a bid and wish you well. Gives the player reassurance of being on a list. For a player reckon they would rather be selected outright. Reckon Riak would be chuffed at being selected at #55 in such an even draft. I noticed Sydney looked quite bemused that we didn't match! ps hope you feel better about it having slept on it.

Big picture: North offered future 1st to every club bidding after #9 so clearly wanted a key fwd and probably rated Whitlock much higher than #27. After all there were a few 'bolters' last night. Given their list they could afford to go for 'needs'. They received Rich future 2nd back- probably 19 or 20 both will be premium picks as they will be first up at the start of night 2. North have given up pick 4-6 for 19-20 and a key player; one who probably would usually be taken higher except there were many exceptional midfielders at the pointy end. Looks fine to me; not fantastic but an important deal for them.

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Tonight is for the first round which will end in the high 20's.

If we are 50/50 with Allan, we can swap 5 for their 6 and plus one of 18, 23 or 24 all likely to attract nice offers as the draft unfolds. 24 is a very nice pick at the start of round 2 and usually in high demand and attracts a premium. Probably an extra premium this year with the likelihood of a few sliders.

Please stop! That is embarrassing!!

Haha! Yes, a bit of a contradiction, eh? I've never used Twitter, Tik Tok, Snapchat etc. Last Dec I turned off notifications for Insta, fb and withdrew from my Whatsapp Groups and from Demonland! However, Demonland eventually drew me back albeit far less frequently. Whatsapp I use when overseas. Back home I prefer to ring and catch up with people.

All well and good to communicate to an existing supporter base. Even then not much good to supporters who don't use those mediums. I now rarely even go to the mfc website, it is as boring as .... And those mediums are useless in appealing to new fans especially those in the 18-25 age group. Like it or not that is where the growth in the fan base is as GWS and Hawks have shown..