What The Saints Should Go For In The 09' Draft
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What The Saints Should Go For In The 09' Draft
What do you reckon the Saints should go for in next years draft, this draft will be the last 'untainted' one (by gold coast & western sydney) for the next few years, therefore our last reasonably high draft pick in a few years.
I think we should go for a speedy burst player for the midfield who can also kick goals, e.g Cooney, Foley and S Burgoyne. any thoughts?
I think we should go for a speedy burst player for the midfield who can also kick goals, e.g Cooney, Foley and S Burgoyne. any thoughts?
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best available for first round.
Provided it is not another big forward.
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At least 3 hard as f*** motherf***ers to install some level of team pride. The current list is soft beyond recognition.
1 midfielder who kicks goals and has great burst speed, the rest of our midfield will feed it to this player.
A fast, skillful backman like Aussie Jones.
2 new forwards.
New coach who has one micro-ounce of passion. Ross Lyon is robotic to the nth degree, if his demeanor inspires anyone to action then my name is Arnold Schwarzenneger.
1 midfielder who kicks goals and has great burst speed, the rest of our midfield will feed it to this player.
A fast, skillful backman like Aussie Jones.
2 new forwards.
New coach who has one micro-ounce of passion. Ross Lyon is robotic to the nth degree, if his demeanor inspires anyone to action then my name is Arnold Schwarzenneger.
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markinUSA wrote:Fastest player we can find. Someone with real pace to burn.
pace is no good without skill FFS, howard would be the fastest on our list but has little skill therefore pretty much useless.
It annoys the hell out of me that people go speed speed, it's not so much having it but the gameplan a the nous of where and when to use it.
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speedy players are only a half year fad much like flooding, this interchange jargon and clarkson's box 16 zone formation thing
to succeed with even a few speedy players in a line up is to get them the footy on the counter or to make sure they are capable of playing as good outsiders in the contests
speedy players are only a half year fad much like flooding, this interchange jargon and clarkson's box 16 zone formation thing
to succeed with even a few speedy players in a line up is to get them the footy on the counter or to make sure they are capable of playing as good outsiders in the contests
"It's a work in progress," Lyon said.
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Most of that would go on dental expenses if he keeps trying that "kissing the ring" stunt.The Saintsational Man wrote:DWIGHT HOWARD
Yes that's a 10ft ring he's kissing after exercising his 100cm+ vertical leap.
And also he'd have to take a paycut from his current contract that will see him pocket a cool $100,000,000+
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It's a little bit early to be thinking about the 08 draft and way too early to be thinking about the 09 draft. I know teams are reported to be formulating five-year draft strategies to cope with the new teams coming in, but I think that's largely a waste of time. All you can do is scout players the way you usually would; draft and trade as you normally would. If there's less talent there, so be it. Everyone else will be dealing with the same circumstances too.
I'd like an 100-goal forward, a shutdown FB and a couple of slick-skilled ball-magnets from the draft. Given we'll probably be picking mid-first round (unless we improve or collapse), the FB won't be there. The best forwards and mids will probably all be gone too. The best hope we've got is to take the guy we have rated the highest, regardless of position.
I'd like an 100-goal forward, a shutdown FB and a couple of slick-skilled ball-magnets from the draft. Given we'll probably be picking mid-first round (unless we improve or collapse), the FB won't be there. The best forwards and mids will probably all be gone too. The best hope we've got is to take the guy we have rated the highest, regardless of position.
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Indeed.....first of all you need to assess the players on the current list...and who will be retained and who not... We still have two thirds of a season to go and so it is way too early to make a call....vacuous space wrote:It's a little bit early to be thinking about the 08 draft and way too early to be thinking about the 09 draft.
I expect that for example that Ferg may be given a go as a medium forward soon. If he succeeds he will be kept...and if not this will be his last year.
The big Mac is looking good....and so fa so good with King and Gradiner. If the two old fellas can playa goodly number of games a ruckmen in this years deraft would bea low priorty.
If King and Gardiner both fall over...then watch the priotities change.
From what we currently know you would expect the shopping list would wanta key defender (or guys that can play either end)or two..and some skilled fast mids as priortites..
First pick will most likely be best available...and the next several will midful of what we need, but also quality of what is left.
No point takinga mid with your second pick if you rate what there is there quite lowly.
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* A player who is not contracted on or before October 31 will now be eligible to nominate for that year's National Draft. This applies immediately from the upcoming 2008 NAB AFL Draft.JeffDunne wrote:The AFL & AFLPA recently announced that new draft rules would allow players without contracts past Oct 31 to nominate for the national draft.
Does anyone know if that rule applies this year or next?
http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/Default ... wsid=58792
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At least 5 players, a potential KP back amongst them, but otherwise the best available. Our drafting from 03-07 has left us with just 4 definite best 22 players for the future (S. Fisher, Gilbert, Armo and hopefully McEvoy), we could use a good crop of youngsters (like Geelong and Bulldogs 1999 draft crop).
Thanks sRr . . . see you are useful for something. (j/ksaintsRrising wrote:* A player who is not contracted on or before October 31 will now be eligible to nominate for that year's National Draft. This applies immediately from the upcoming 2008 NAB AFL Draft.JeffDunne wrote:The AFL & AFLPA recently announced that new draft rules would allow players without contracts past Oct 31 to nominate for the national draft.
Does anyone know if that rule applies this year or next?
http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/Default ... wsid=58792
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I reckon this change will have a major impact on how clubs trade and has somewhat flown under the radar.
It would have changed the whole dynamic last year with the Judd trade.
Will be interesting to see if it helps open up the player trade market like I think it will.