According to 5AA, STK have offered #5 to the Crows for #9 and #28. #9 goes to us for Carlisle.Assuming that either #28 or STK 2nd pick goes for Freeman, it opens an interesting question. Surely we could throw in pick 23 instead of involving Crows. So two options:
Pick 4 and 5 (plus melksham pick)
Or
Pick 4, 9 and 23.( plus melksham pick)
It seems counterintuitive, but in an even and shallow draft it may not be the best thing to run with the two pick version. If you think you can get the player you want at #9, and you think an even crop will present several candidates in the early 20ās, then a club starved of draft picks might prefer the 3 pick pathway.
Considering one of Parish or Francis is guaranteed if we want them at #4. Look for a tall (supposedly there are good talls for the 1st round) or 2nd mid at our 2nd pick and then see what falls through to 23 and 25. If the talent dries up at 30, four prior to 25 is a good haul.
Sal you may be onto something there.
With tue turn over of players looking upwards of 7 or 8 we may actually need the picks to fill out the list.
I donāt think player turnover will be that high.At this stage we have:
Definate Outs (3)
Chapman
Winders
FletcherLikely Outs (3)
Melksham
Carlisle
EKavDefinate Ins (1)
SmackProbable Stay (3)
Stanton
Dempsey
PearsProbable Ins (1)
LuenbergerSo you have 6 likely Out, 2 likely in. That leaves us with 4 list spots available. If we can get 4+5+23+25/29 then that would be perfect. Then they will need to assess if Dempsey is worth a 3rd round pick and Pears the same. I would suggest that both those players would be worth more than a 3rd rounder in this draft.
Bringing in 4 young players in the the first 25 picks will absolutely set us up for a strong rebuild and why we need to keep hold of that Melksham pick.
With it looking likely we will need to use at least 4 picksā¦ then it just becomes whether you prefer:
4,5, 25,41
or
4,9,23,25Personally I like option B.
Youāve forgotten we have already delisted Dalgliesh and Aylett.
So at least 8.