Ted Lasso

geez Stephens is a smooth mover.

Comes across like he's playing for a better deal from the Pies and it's backfiring because they aren't coming to the party so he's being forced to consider his options

I'd say he's an upgrade on what we have in terms of depth, even though he might not be a great bloke.

would you be inclined to split the pick or think we're better off banking on someone like Young at 3?

I'm sure we would have enquired about some support for Tom up forward, though it doesn't seem like there is a huge amount on the market this year.

thanks very much for your detailed thoughts. it sounds like we couldn't go wrong with Young at pick 3. if we decide to keep that pick. as you've mentioned a few times Flanders is a really interesting one because he just seems to be rising up calculations all the time, seems a really appealing package as a player. if we were to draft young it'd be handy having him and Salem setting up plays off half back with their kicking.

I don't doubt his leadership, i think he's the most tradable of our inside midfield group, and there is a decent argument to be made to trade one of them out for some quality on the outside

Hey Dazzle, curious on your opinion of which of Young or Ash is more likely to develop into a successful winger or are they more likely to be half back flankers? i believe both have had stints in the middle this year?

you'll never meet a better or more genuine football person either. we were so lucky to have him. such an impressive interview.

Tremendous upside, costs nothing, i'm still on board with rolling the dice here. one year, under one of the best fitness guys going around, lets get him fit and firing.

That's exactly it, mountains of natural ability, but cant consistently execute basic fundamentals of the game, or stick to the game plan and as a result his special moments are overshadowed by his shocking ones.

As a few others have said it's hard to see where we could really go wrong with the top end of this draft. some very good prospects and most fill a need for us. I'm still leaning towards Lachie Ash because he offers so much of what we currently lack, a beautiful, long, accurate kick, genuine leg speed and a will to take the game on. but i would not be unhappy with many of the others mentioned. if the Dockers do indeed get picks 6/7 i think it would at least be worth a phone call offering pick 3 and 22 or potentially even our future first to try and prize those two picks. if we could get 2 of Young, Ash, Flanders, Kemp, Weightman, Serong i think we will have greatly improved our list

Don't mind it at all. what about 3 & 22 for 7, Langdon and 26

For the sake of team balance though, do you invest a top end pick in a guy that is very similar to what you've already got? i wouldn't be doing it unless we were considering trading out one of Angus or Viney. I'd rather just take pick 3 to the draft and pick up Lachie Ash.

Agreed, and i suspect they'd be at least likely to let us know that in exchange for a good deal with Billy to help our Langdon negotiations. usually i think you're better off being good to deal with at the trade table and teams normally pay you back for that, but with the dockers are last off season i don't mind milking them a little bit more.

I don't think you can in any official way, but i think it's a regular thing unoffically, in terms of not bidding on players etc. more of a handshake type situation

As others have suggested i don't mind the idea of basically giving the Suns Billy Stretch in exchange for not taking Langdon PSD and just bending the Dockers over with this one, third round or nothing.

The Weagles are going to have to do something because Geelong would love to get their hands on the two top 10 picks the Dockers are going to have.

we saw little bursts of how good he can be for us, we just need him to turn up to pre season in great shape, have a complete pre season and hit the season hard, injury free, i'm confident he will, and if he does i'm confident he will have an All Australian standard season

I thinK Richo is the person to ask for sure, if he'd be a good get i'm sure RIcho would have gone in to bat for him.

Personally all for the idea of trading our future first round pick if that can get us a second selection in the first round this year. if we could somehow wrangle a pick between 7-9 for our future first and something else perhaps we could get Lachie Ash and Hayden Young/Sam Flanders/Brodie Kemp

I"m thinking the club thinks Harry Petty is ready to step up and is a bit more reliable. this does however leave me with serious concerns for the speed of our backline. Frost seemed to be important in that way, keeping some of the small defenders honest on ground level.

I think Petracca cops a lot of unfair critisism. this season he was ranked in the top 5 general forwards all year, and right up the pointy end for forward half ground ball gets and scoring assists. fair effort in a team that finished 17th. he's doing fine. as his tank builds he'll spend more time in the middle but i think often what he does goes unnoticed which is unfortunate

we've in a better position over the Giants because they want to prevent bids on Green. we could probably get a better outcome overall from them, however i personally am leaning towards the idea of hanging onto pick 3 and drafting Lachie Ash.

Ash to me is exactly what we need, Half back with speed, composure, and a beautiful long kick, he loves to take the game on. if you've got him and Salem on the flanks our kicking out of the back half suddenly looks a hell of a lot better. and Hibbo either has a hard time holding his spot or potentially could make the move further up the ground to a wing.