Latest on pick 4

[Joffa Burns]

Assuming we are taking Max King @ #4

#6 & #24 for #4 would be an interesting one with GC.
This would allow GC to take 3 X SA talent at 2, 3 & 4 with hope they play and are retained together.

Again if we want Max King @ #4 a trade with PA for #4 in exchange for #5 + another bonus pick knowing PA would take the remaining SA prospect.

Dropping down to Adelaide pick #8 doesn't guarantee you the player you want.

Will be interested in live trading draft night, I think this is a great initiative.

[samoht]

If we choose Max King at pick 4, it means we will be missing out yet again on an opportunity to draft a genuine midfielder with elite skills.
We have enough marking forwards, what we really lack and desperately need are midfielders who can deliver the ball accurately to them - more quality inside 50's.

Other teams also recruit and poach the Dangerfields, Treloars, etc.. - they don't just rely on the draft -- while we recruit what's cast aside, what's left over -- the Freemans, Hanneburys, Kents, odds and ends .. etc ..
These other teams leave no stone unturned in order to sustain their success.

No wonder we're where we're at.

We need to nail this draft - and go after what our team needs.

[Gershwin]

Apparently we spoke to Rozee on the weekend when he was in Melbourne. Got to be in the mix.

[wally]

What Samoht said
plus 1

[Cairnsman]

What Samhot said
plus 2

[ausfatcat]

My preference depending whose available is Welsh, Rankine, Smith...….

Smith sounds as obsessive as Harvey was

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/mil ... 50elp.html

[MC Gusto]

I hope we are able to do a trade that allows us to pick smith with our first and king with our second (first rounder)
Got a feeling max will slide

[skeptic]

My preference depending whose available is Welsh, Rankine, Smith...….

Smith sounds as obsessive as Harvey was

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/mil ... 50elp.html

Geeez what an article.

If this kid has the talent to be elite I reckon we should take him...
Can’t buy or teach that level of commitment

[Jacks Back]

Does anyone know how the live pick trading will work? If someone takes player X at pick 3 and Port for example, then want offer us 5 and 15, how much time do we have to say yay or nay? I guess our guys just have to plan for every contingency and decide in advance how to respond.

I think I saw somewhere that it was 5 minutes but, for the life of me, I can't find it anywhere.

[guitars4]

I hope we are able to do a trade that allows us to pick smith with our first and king with our second (first rounder)
Got a feeling max will slide

Wishful thinking IMO Max King will go in the top 4 picks. Smith might slip to 6 or 7 but there is no way we get King & Smith even if we deal with Port. If it happens I will be in 7th heaven but haven't put the Champagne on ice just yet

[saintsRrising]

I hope we are able to do a trade that allows us to pick smith with our first and king with our second (first rounder)

I would love that too, but I have a gut feeling that Pick 4 is just one pick too late to generate much action as I would tend to think that Lucky and Rankine will both go top 3, and that Rozee will not have either SA club paying overs for him, and in particular PA who will probably be happy to gamble that he will be their at 5.

That places the Blues and/or the Suns in box seats to extract value if they want to not go for maximum quality.

I cannot see the Crows having the picks to trade to us that would gain us Max and Smith.

Best case scenario may well be swapping with PA so we get Smith and a extra good pick, but a pick that would be way to late to land Max. Might gain his brother though.

[desertsaint]

whilst a very enjoyable drop of sunshine in a dismally wet and grey season, that comeback against the suns has come at quite a cost.

[Joffa Burns]

My preference depending whose available is Welsh, Rankine, Smith...….

Smith sounds as obsessive as Harvey was

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/mil ... 50elp.html

Geeez what an article.

If this kid has the talent to be elite I reckon we should take him...
Can’t buy or teach that level of commitment

Good on the boy, there are plenty of could have been who would have been great players with that attitude.

I wonder how recruiters view this?
They obviously see a safe bet who will be a solid AFL player, but do they see a big upside if he is already training and disciplined to such high standards?

Does it raise or lower his expected draft position?

Only seen his highlights and read about him, have never seen him live.

[bigred]

That kid is going to be elite.

Thing is, whatever list he ends up on, will he drag up it with him, or will they pull him back?

[Jimmy O'Dea]

My preference depending whose available is Welsh, Rankine, Smith...….

Smith sounds as obsessive as Harvey was

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/mil ... 50elp.html

Geeez what an article.

If this kid has the talent to be elite I reckon we should take him...
Can’t buy or teach that level of commitment

Good on the boy, there are plenty of could have been who would have been great players with that attitude.

I wonder how recruiters view this?
They obviously see a safe bet who will be a solid AFL player, but do they see a big upside if he is already training and disciplined to such high standards?

Does it raise or lower his expected draft position?

Only seen his highlights and read about him, have never seen him live.

You have hit the nail on the head. This can be a real trap. Elite trainer and preparer at under age level (huge advantage) levels out once in the AFL sytem. Give me a country kid who has played seniors at 15, has a few green cans with his mates on Saturuday night after the game and has killed them at TAC Cup / National Champs.