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2024 Draft Thread
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Oh. Thought you were talking about Hoodoo Gurus at the Forum.
If North do that, then what?
They have 2 and 15.
They gotta pick Taurantino at 2.
Say its a trade with us. They have 2 and 11.
Again their second pick is too late and Tauru will be gone. So they pick him at 2.
Breaking it apart it simply trading a future pick into this year. Everyone wants to do that. And it doesnt help them with Tauru. Or more specifically it doesnt help them get the Viking at the better price.
Melbourne are keen on Tauru so North can only trade with Adelaide or Carlton, it's hardly worth the trouble.
It's interesting. I posted this video of Smillie from this site a couple of weeks ago, some saw it, I can't find my post now, was it deleted? They've since removed the video, edited it and reposted it again. You can see a few cutaways now after he kicks. The previous he hit his targets with kicking maybe 30%, it was woeful. There must have been complaints, and fair enough, all the others highlight reels from other players look much more picky. I've based my opinions on Smillie's foot disposal on that reel and also game highlights focused on Smillie. He's very hit and miss. Again others who can afford the time to watch games live may have a better feel.
Edit: actually I just checked my history, it's another video. Still can't find my post. However,. my own conspiracy theory debunked by me.
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Yep. And if they just trade F1 into 2024 and do nothing else, then they're not just reaming themselves once, but twice.
Main reason no one has won the premiership with players the same age is because no one has been in that position before
Rarely does a draft come along where players are rated until a depth in the 30s n unless AFL manufactured there's never been a club with 8 picks in the first 24.
Pick well n we've easily built two years of core in one go.
As we're going to be seriously short of the mandated cap for a year or two, we'll have the capacity to bank and then pay to meet the AFL requirements. There's always a gap in the development growth of youngsters so there's absolutely no need for best young players to all be coming out of contract at the same time.
Obviously another top five to ten pick would be very tasty for next years draft to go alongside whatever early pick we have, but it always depends on how much we have to spend this year to achieve that early pick next year. What's to stop us offering up a 2026 first rounder for an extra 2025 first rounder, depending on where we think clubs might end up in those years?
Apart from the giants and Suns, both of which (particularly the Suns) had their stars leave as free agents
Seeing as neither club has won a premiership, the ages of their players at any time is fairly irrelevant.
Yep, getting a lot of players at the same age is great, but you need to be able to retain them as well. That's the hard part if they're to become premiership players for us.
Hopefully we're in a better position to do it than the 2 plastic clubs
I place his kicking in the good bracket but not good enough to be a designated kicker like Mundy or Yeo. His easiest path to an AFL career would be clearance specialist, he seems competitive enough, his tackles can be punishing at times.
This question may have been answered elsewhere so apologise if that's the case: Many are reporting that we won't select Ashcroft with our no.1 pick and force Brisbane to grab him with their points under father son rules. Why would we assist Brisbane by not picking Ashcroft? FFS they are the reigning premier, why help them?
