Pre-season & Rookie Drafts

[tony_montana]

I hope they know what theyre doing bc on face value 1 kid from 7 picks seems pretty extreme

[Willy]

How old is Miles? 20?
Bloody journeyman aye.

[RedanTiger]

Yep 20, already delisted after 13 games in two seasons with the bottom side.

[Diocletian]

Defending premiers or wooden spooners, you should always be bringing in kids. If we're not careful, at this rate, Hardwick could leave this list in virtually the same state Lyon left St.Kilda's - minus the Grand Final experience.

Claw's right about the lack of talls...key position talls more to the point....needed at least another ruck....worrying we don't have at least one developing young specialist ruckman ....or are we just going to keep recycling 25 year-olds from other AFL clubs from now on?

And we're still completely stuffed if Chaplin goes down.

[Phil Mrakov]

How old is Miles? 20?
Bloody journeyman aye.

That's the most disturbing avatar I've ever seen 

[Willy]

Lloyd and Gordon are early 20's not exactly stegosauruses.

[tigs2011]

Lloyd and Gordon are early 20's not exactly stegosauruses.

Well and truly on the downhill slope of life. 

[the claw]

How old is Miles? 20?
Bloody journeyman aye.

22 in feb or before the season starts.

[the claw]

Lloyd and Gordon are early 20's not exactly stegosauruses.

both turn 24 before the start of the season not exactly juniors either. in fact for their type they should have well and truly clicked by now.

as i have repeatedly said i dont have a problem with us taking gordon and lloyd its where we took em and the abysmal lack of kids taken.
idont think we have addressed any of the serious list needs in a significant way.

ican tell ya all now. even if we won a premiership id still be dead set against taking just one kid in an entire trade nd period.

im still shaking my head. if we are locked and loaded as it seems we must be why did we not go after chapman instead of many similar types who have not proven a thing.

im not even sure we have addressed the mid field short comings yet alone added depth to the ruck and kpp problems we have.

[tony_montana]

How old is Miles? 20?
Bloody journeyman aye.

2 from 7 then..

[Judge Roughneck]

1/7

[Penelope]

I think the club may have read too many of claws posts about mature state league types and become infatuated with them.

It is painfully obvious to see that they overlooked kids that they actually rate higher, just to satisfy their overwhelming urge to top up with players who are past their prime.

After all, if you think about about it, the idea that they just picked the players they rated as the best prospects, and that this year it happened that these old codgers rated higher than the kids available, is just so outlandish it is incomprehensible.

[gerkin greg]

Took more kids than any other club last year

Calm the farm

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Lloyd and Gordon are early 20's not exactly stegosauruses.

both turn 24 before the start of the season not exactly juniors either. in fact for their type they should have well and truly clicked by now.

as i have repeatedly said i dont have a problem with us taking gordon and lloyd its where we took em and the abysmal lack of kids taken.
idont think we have addressed any of the serious list needs in a significant way.

ican tell ya all now. even if we won a premiership id still be dead set against taking just one kid in an entire trade nd period.

im still shaking my head. if we are locked and loaded as it seems we must be why did we not go after chapman instead of many similar types who have not proven a thing.

im not even sure we have addressed the mid field short comings yet alone added depth to the ruck and kpp problems we have.

You may well be right claw, but I'd give the new recruits a chance before you start shaking your head.  It's amazing how some people pull their thumb out when given a second chance. They might just surprise you!