Voss might.
It’s always nice when you leave a workplace and it costs them more to replace you.
My suspicion is that West Coast may have been proposing a swap of their club’s first rounders as the basis of the trade (with maybe another sweetener) rather than their first rounder outright. Which still should have given the Cats plenty of pause for thought obviously. But they must have prioritised getting O’Sullivan in the door now.
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Voss might.
No list manager or coach would, though.
That’s a stretch there’s a high probability caddy replaces jones not Voss.
I would argue Voss was replaced by Hunter which cost less
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I wonder if, after Geel had traded their pick to us, whether WC offered us future first for it?
Good point. It would have been worth a try. If they were after Caddy, it doesn’t make sense that they wouldn’t at least tempt us.
We would have been mad not to take it, as it’s probably pick one next year
Herbie Matthews count?
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GWS and Geelong didn’t take it. Having a player this year is what they were after.
Did Scott have a sudden growth spurt??
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“You’ve just had your last beer, ■■■■. It’s time to train your ass off and embrace the AFL lifestyle or ■■■■ off”
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Iam aware of that mate I watched the draft, I was saying I would have taken that deal
I don’t think he replaces Jones.
I think it’s
2MP
Then one of
Jones/Weid/Hunter
Stringer/Caddy
So 2 talls one medium tall.
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What about our leading goal scorer for 2023: Langford?
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Voss was a rugby player trying to play AFL. Of course he had some terrific attributes, however putting aside his aggression and mongrel which we loved, he was an average overhead mark, dodgy kick, had from afar a questionable attitude and body language and lacked game smarts. So, this Messiah complex was in my opinion, lumped on Voss which created a stature that wasn’t consistent with his output and true ability over time.
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He’s automatic like 2MP. He’s not competing against anyone.
He’s got his own special category.
Jones will be a very good footballer, our athletic, high marking and hard working key half forward as long as his body holds up (1) and his attitude is ‘AFL lifestyle’ good (2). Everyone quickly forgets his strong talents shown in 2021 and possibly overstate his ‘poor attitude’.
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It’s going to be a interesting watch that’s for sure but iam not so certain he makes it, there is a very real possibility that Hunter goes past him by the end of the year
Braddy likes Caddy
AFL Draft 2023 Day 1: All the late mail, news and every pick from the first round
Charlie Curnow 2.0? The Bombers made a bold move to get their man on Monday night – and they weren’t the only club to shake things up. See every pick, all the shocks from the first round.
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November 20, 2023 10:48 pm
Essendon has found the powerhouse goal kicker designed to fill a missing link in attack after trading up in the draft order to secure Northern Knights’ jet Nate Caddy.
The Bombers gave up pick 31 to Geelong to move up the order from No. 11 to 10 and ■■■■■■ Caddy as part of a plan to bolster the scoring power in the front half with their top choice.
Caddy booted 25 goals from nine matches in the Coates League this year with his explosiveness, aerial strength and ability to have a physical impact in the midfield drawing comparisons to Carlton superstar Charlie Curnow and Bombers’ game breaker Jake Stringer.
And the pair could join forces in the red and black from Round 1 next season with Essendon set to field up to as many as five new faces for the first round clash against Hawthorn at the MCG.
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After two decades without a finals win, the Bombers have clearly signalled their desire to climb the ladder under Brad Scott after a super trade period landing stopper Ben McKay, livewire Jade Gresham, ruck Todd Goldstein and wingman Xavier Duursma.
Yarrambat’s Caddy, who is the nephew of Richmond premiership ballwinner Josh Caddy, said he thought he was headed to Geelong until the Bombers handed over pick 31 to leapfrog the Cats.
Caddy, who averaged 16 touches and six marks this season, and ran 3.02 seconds for 20m and 6 min 35 seconds for 2km at the Draft Combine, said he relied on multiple weapons to hit the scoreboard.
“I’m a bit of an undersized key forward, but I like to be a hard match-up,” Caddy said.
“If they are bigger than me than hopefully my speed (is an advantage) but if they are smaller than me I want to be stronger than them and out body them.”
List boss Adrian Dodoro said the club was “looking for another big forward” on night one of the draft and planned to take up to two more players on Tuesday night.
Dodoro said Caddy was “an extroverted guy” who could “attract the ball” and was worth the second-round pick they also gave to the Cats.
“We knew the Cats were going to think about him or (Connor) O’Sullivan and the ball was firmly in their court so we just gave them a sweetener,” Dodoro said.
“We got the player we wanted.
“Nate is a boy who won’t die wondering, he is a big solid young man who will be a big boy; he wants the moment, and just talking to him he has got the desire and enthusiasm to play straight away.”
Aside from Adelaide’s pick swap with GWS Giants to claim West Australian defender Daniel Curtin, the Bombers’ trade with Geelong was the only deal struck inside the top-10 of the national draft.
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