gringo wrote:I think the best we could get is a couple of jumps in position so deliberately losing is pretty pointless. The top 2 picks look very good then there are about 5 including the academy players who are pretty even then there is another big group of similarly good players behind them. After about 25 there is mostly average players it looks like. Guys like Parish are a possibility to be around at 5 and if not someone like Balic who is risky at a top 5 pick but worth around 7 to 10 yet could be better than than most. I hear we are way into Mathieson who again is too expensive at a top 5 but could be acceptable at 7 to 10. The Dogs popped on Stringer and Bontempelli because they were placed at a point where they could pick a little more creatively without the pressure of a top 4 pick.
I just hope we get Lovell with our second pick. He is a little ripper, he plays footy the way you love it played.
Agree with what you say.
If we have a pick 1-5 and Parish is about, we go for Parish, after that it is a choice between Mathesian, Balic, Curnow, Dunkley, maybe even Tucker any of those will be very good mids.
My preference is Parish as he has a bit more pace and I think we need a bit more.
As I have been saying all along, our first rounder will take care of itself, its what we do with our second, third, trading etc that will either continue the momentum of the last two years or stop us in our tracks.
My choice
Round 1 Parish
Round 2 - Tucker (or Collins) if we can get another Goddard type slider I would be wrapt.
Round 3 - Rice (F/S)
Round 4 - upgrade Sinclair.
Trade in an underplayed OOC Suns player or two and we are flying once again.
Oh BTW didn't Goddard and McCartin show some promise on the weekend
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