Three more changes to our list (Thomas retired, Dea and Gordon delisted)

[Stalin]

i just said it you fool

martin is lazy
b ellis is soft

 

[Willy]

Dea unlucky not to get more opportunity I reckon. 

[Diocletian]

Dea lucky to be drafted in the first place....and even luckier to then stay on an AFL list for 6 years.....

[Penelope]

i just said it you fool

martin is lazy
b ellis is soft

 

sorry, i thought we playing the game where you dont read the other persons post properly.


So it seems that grigg isnt the softest player in the team, nor the root of all our problems?

(should i remove his name from my sig?)

Something else that does need mentioning, is that martin was second on the list of tackles per game. He has gone a long way towards rectifying that flaw in his game, and if you watch him, he actually tackles with intent now, rather than looking like someone going through the motions of something they feel the should be doing.

[Stalin]

i just said it you fool

martin is lazy
b ellis is soft

 

sorry, i thought we playing the game where you dont read the other persons post properly.


So it seems that grigg isnt the softest player in the team, nor the root of all our problems?

(should i remove his name from my sig?)

Something else that does need mentioning, is that martin was second on the list of tackles per game. He has gone a long way towards rectifying that flaw in his game, and if you watch him, he actually tackles with intent now, rather than looking like someone going through the motions of something they feel the should be doing.

so who is softer?

deledio?
martin
cotchin

surely being equally soft to brandon ellis is not an amazing feat?

ellis is a kid where are grigg has no upside as hes close to 30

[Penelope]

or by the same  token, who is harder, Delidio, Martin or Grigg?

[Andyy]

Dea lucky to be drafted in the first place....and even luckier to then stay on an AFL list for 6 years.....

This is the part that bothers me. A lot of our kids stay on our list for too long.

Surely you can tell they're not gonna make it within the first 2-3 years you'd think...

[Willy]

Dea lucky to be drafted in the first place....and even luckier to then stay on an AFL list for 6 years.....

Hmmm. I wouldn't say a guy who is capable of winning a VFL bnf is "lucky to be drafted in the first place." The majority of draftees don't reach that level.

But whatever you reckon, dark lord.

[Willy]

Dea lucky to be drafted in the first place....and even luckier to then stay on an AFL list for 6 years.....

This is the part that bothers me. A lot of our kids stay on our list for too long.

Surely you can tell they're not gonna make it within the first 2-3 years you'd think...

Maybe it's because Dea actually had something to offer.
Good size. Courage. Agility. Marked improvement every year.

Not saying he's a star but I think he deserved more of a go.

[Diocletian]

Dea lucky to be drafted in the first place....and even luckier to then stay on an AFL list for 6 years.....

Hmmm. I wouldn't say a guy who is capable of winning a VFL bnf is "lucky to be drafted in the first place." The majority of draftees don't reach that level.

But whatever you reckon, dark lord.

Sorry to inform you Willy White Wash but it's not exactly unheard of for blokes who win their club's best reserves player to be delisted.....half the time they just win by default because they're not injured, aren't good enough to get picked for the seniors and play every game....hell, Thomarse won best McGoo for the entire comp and Port still peeed him off.....

[Stalin]

or by the same  token, who is harder, Delidio, Martin or Grigg?

its an interesting discussion

after the top few perhaps its that we dont bat very deep ...

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Dea lucky to be drafted in the first place....and even luckier to then stay on an AFL list for 6 years.....

Hmmm. I wouldn't say a guy who is capable of winning a VFL bnf is "lucky to be drafted in the first place." The majority of draftees don't reach that level.

But whatever you reckon, dark lord.

Sorry to inform you Willy White Wash but it's not exactly unheard of for blokes who win their club's best reserves player to be delisted.....half the time they just win by default because they're not injured, aren't good enough to get picked for the seniors and play every game....hell, Thomarse won best McGoo for the entire comp and Port still peeed him off.....

Willy White Wash???

[Diocletian]

The Dark Lord hath spoken....

[the claw]

By my reckoning we have 4 live nd picks and two rookie picks.
So the question has to be How many nd picks will we use on kids.
Imo it will be just two 12 and 52. most likely we will take a delisted f/a and promote one rookie probably Lambert.
At 12 i think with Thomas retireing Clayton Oliver will be the guy we take if he is still there.
52 could be used on a tall,
88? on a delisted f/a
 120 on Lambert.
rookie picks may go on a mature ruckman  and a kid.

We've lost 7 players off the senior list and have brought in 2.
That leaves 5 picks available.
1 spot to a delisted F
1 spot to upgrade Lambert
Leaving 3 spots in the draft.
Let's not forget this is a rolling draft this year where live picks will change as the draft goes on.
Our pick 52 could well be pick 42 or lower by the time it gets to our turn and pick 88 could well be a pick in the 50's.
As the academy points are used the draft picks used to accumulate the points will dissolve and every body will slide up the the amount of picks used.

Yep my bad i forgot Knights, not a hard thing to do in fairness.
Gotta admit im struggling with this points system crap.
I hope your right and we get a pick around 40. I think we will take more than one retread, at least three especially if Lambert is promoted opening up a third rookie spot.

[Petey]

the dark lord