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2024 Draft Thread
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You were the first person I thought when the trade happened.How many times did Mick Ablett say "surely not" with that F1 of Norfs.
Ah. Magnificent.
Nice of you to get something right I suppose.
On their own the picks you say make sense Fox Catcher.
But when you add them together, along with our now woeful midfield/run, together with how many talls you actually need on the ground.
Reckon we've overshot an area that if short you can fill by trades or smart later drafting. Just about every recent premiership shows that. Daniher, Mihocek, Brown, Andrews, Stewart, Cameron, May etc. You don't need to go (especially repeatedly) early.
It's a philosophical thing for me. Ground ball game wins pressure finals matches. Rarely is it decided overhead.
If we swap say Faull for - insert any of Berry, Allan, Hynes, Oliver, Hannaford (who were all gone by 5th pick) the balance looks better. Little doubt we miscalculated that.
1000%. That was the pick that was a head scratcher. When 2 top 14 picks aren't even in the room (which is surveyed with clubs by the AFL) you know you've reached a bit. If that pick is Allan/Berry/Oliver and we still get Armstrong and/or Shanahan/Whitlock/Dodson with our next pick the draft looks very different. Hindsight is wonderful.
Who will give us what for Jack Whitlock?
Blair dangled pick #11 but did not get the right offer. So he took Faull. He was dangling all night. We call Fages Teabags coz he'd have a few in his pocket but FMD Blair was teabagging all night.
Finally he dangled #24 and Norfs bit hard.
Who's the next victim? It's Rosa, isn't it? (Unless his new friend Blofeld is helping him again.)
Matt Rosa. Come on down.
Blair dangled pick #11 but did not get the right offer. So he took Faull. He was dangling all night. We call Fages Teabags coz he'd have a few in his pocket but FMD Blair was teabagging all night.
Finally he dangled #24 and Norfs bit hard.
Who's the next victim? It's Rosa, isn't it? (Unless his new friend Blofeld is helping him again.)
Matt Rosa. Come on down.
Alright to be sarcastic/cynical about things but we got an exclusive cross to Geish at the club function post draft and when asked what the biggest surprise at who was available at our pick it was Armstrong who we rated in the 5-7 category also getting Norths future 1st was a bonus for future planning.shifter couldnt believe he was still there at 23
Also said Lalor CLEARLY # 1 ranked and Smillie at 6 and an easy button to push, have followed his progress for years.
Sorry, but if Armstrong was rated in the 5-7 category there is no way we take Faull first (at 14). Posturing at it's finest.
Reckon we did pretty well. However would have liked to have seen another mid; not sure we needed to draft both Faull and Armstrong. Our midfield is putrid. Love the look of Lalor and Smillie and they are a great start but we need more and would’ve like another tonight.
Will need to use the two first rounders on gun mids next year.
Will need to use the two first rounders on gun mids next year.
Faull was on somebody else's radar. We nabbed him. Armstrong? Got through to us.
Faull is macho. We're not the only club who noticed.
Fans may have copped Armstrong then Faull. But Faull is the only rugged tall forward in this draft. Crucially with Faull, despite an injury damaged season he got right - and then levelled up. He closed the season very strongly proving that he was better than his earlier injury damaged numbers showed.
Somebody else was on Faull. Twomey says Sydney. I think another as well.
Faull is macho. We're not the only club who noticed.
Fans may have copped Armstrong then Faull. But Faull is the only rugged tall forward in this draft. Crucially with Faull, despite an injury damaged season he got right - and then levelled up. He closed the season very strongly proving that he was better than his earlier injury damaged numbers showed.
Somebody else was on Faull. Twomey says Sydney. I think another as well.
