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Mid season Draft

crackertiger said:
I refuse to even discuss who we might select because you can almost be guaranteed we will select someone nobody even knows about.. As we normally do...

However, I will say that we really need to have 3 selections. Perhaps it's time for a retiring player to finish at dream time in front of a big crowd and open up another spot like Grigg did.
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We have near 18 injuries bloke don’t think any need for a retirement
 
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We could probably put Fawcett on the LTI.
He'd be very unlikely to be ready for AFL this season.
Plus Clarke and Gibcus out with ACLs.

That makes 3 picks.
So probably pick 2, 12 and 14.
We could go 1 key forward, 1 key back and 1 small forward/outside mid.
Keep the same list balance.

We could go 3 mids who are starring. Increase the chance of finding a Lambert or a Kelly.

Or we could play the %s and go 3 smalls.
And probably end up with 2 AFL players, as forward/back pockets.
 
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Club has told mutaz he Is our choice and will nominate for 2 years to get it done

Will pass on 2nd pick
 
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Let's be realistic. Mid-season draft is slim pickings. Out of 14 last year, only 3 have played this year, 7 games, 2 games & 1 game. Of course, don't lose anything if contract is just to the end of the year, may just get the 1 diamond in the rough.
 
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In six months time we'll have say picks #1, 19, 20, 26, etc. What's the rush? I can see why we'd like Mutaz and it makes no difference to us if he's out atm. (Everybody else is anyway.)

But I don't see ant pressing need to invest list space in a draft choice with necessarily a very low ceiling. In short - we're in no hurry for more duds.
 
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tigerlove said:
Let's be realistic. Mid-season draft is slim pickings. Out of 14 last year, only 3 have played this year
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I think thats being very unrealistic

I highly doubt 21% of 2023 national draft players will have played by end of season?

I think talent aquisition is in flux and we'll see less and less 18yos and more and more 20yos proven against men, especially as demand for talent grows (tassie +1, plus concussion retirements)

I reckon theylle raise the draft age soon. Maybe a first round only of 18yos, then into 19 and 20yos
 
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