Won’t that make additional second round picks more valuable to have, as third round picks now have little value and fourth rounders none at all ?
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2024 Draft Thread
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Moving away from your "must have" foot skills mantra Bifoclesford. Interesting.
Blair will do his thing. I'll just stick to my lane by knowing more than AFL coaches & footballers.
We spoke again to Derry.
Not for the first time again. Now that is interesting.
Are we interested?
Or does this signal that the Port 13 is in play. Its a long mooted trade inasmuch as its became a PRE special in November.
But Derry huh? He doesnt get past Freo. And if he does then he doesn't get past the Giants. And if he does then he doesn't get past the Dogs. No way José Derry.
So its a Prince of Penzance chance he's available to us at 18.
But we could get him early. 10/11.
Sure he's defo available at 10/11.
But are WC keen? They'll take anyone with a pulse.
Theyve got Trav, Allan, maybe some talls. They could take anyone depending where the roulette ball falls.
But Blair can work that out.
So we can say its not Derry.
Port take 10. And get la machino corsa.
At at 13 we get to learn more about José Derry.
The key to thinking you're right & everyone else isn't is to post as much as you can in this thread. Posting with conviction is important.
FWIW I think I'm right that nobody here has a clue who we're taking at pick one yet let alone beyond that.
Know your winding up and not necessarily having a dig.
But there are some amazing students on this thread who watch many matches live and know a hell of a lot about junior football. Don't really look at other sites, but would be amazed if there is any better on the web.
Look at old Bungal who was telling us all very early Lalor would go at 1.
Not one person in the media had him going top 5, most top 10 at the time. You all read it here first.
And you can bank on him going at 1 and Smillie at 6 (unless someone very unexpected gets through).
If we go Lalor and Smillie.
Don't think there's a way we should also take Reid. As a combo it leaves us too short in the way of leg speed, agility and transition running.
Reckon it puts Lindsay and Berry up our boards.
The thing is that Blair has spoken about how the draft should work. He has also spoken about the integrity of the process and that he wouldn’t give an undertaking not to take a particular player, as part of an agreement to trade picks.
If Blair believes Ashcroft is the best player he will bid on him there. Which brings me back to the Viking and Sam Marshall.
Where is the Smillie noise coming from? Bengal doesn't particularly like him, Blair does apparently, but is it confirmed we will take at pick 6 or later?
Agree with the thinking and suspect the small "slides" in our picks might well be the way we go.
It's a good call out with great examples Posh. This draft will only add to that.
Only thing to add - The move from pick 6 to 2.
It's becoming more obvious we rate Smillie very highly. Us moving from 6 to 2 is the antithesis to North moving back from 2 to get Tauru.
Reckon we likely have Big Willie in our top 2-4 rankings wise. Given he'll get to 6, it gives us no benefit to trade up. Thus we haven't done so.
So any trade with North you pretty much have to exclude that as a benefit to us.
Even FoS greatest fan @spook has written it off as a chance.
You know I'm taking the *smile* but there's a fair bit of ironic self grandiosity that goes on here too.
As for banking on it? Nah I don't buy that but as you know I'm not a punter mate.
As always it should be a balance.
Any mantra which is dogmatic loses sight of the overall objective and places too much weight on one attribute.
Cory Ellis and Ben Lennon are examples from a bygone era.
Foot skills speed competitiveness hunger aptitude to learn.
FWIW there are young footballers with terrific footskills we should target.
Langford and Lindsay we'll prob miss unfortunately.
But Harry Oliver, Angus Clarke & Lachie Jacques have a bit of toe and a nice shoe.
This is where we can get value in sliding back our late picks
You pick chocolates worse than you do Queensland ruckman.
It seems the noise is based on them being at the same junior club.
I think neither Saints or Dees take him. So we should risk it and let him slide to 10
