more Mediterranean types go for carlton?
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I know GWS have a huge advantage with the amount of draft concessions and academy players they have had over the years but Caldwell and Hately is a good example of the disadvantages they have had also.
They have two young kids that they rate extremely high but cant give them the game time and role that is required to develop them properly so they leave.
It would be difficult to build a winning culture when you have a revolving door of quality players coming in and out.
A champion team will always beat a team of champions.
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They have always drafted a lot of inside mids though. are they just going best available all the time and they happen to be these types or are they deliberately drafting this way and happy to keep losing them for trade currency?
It could be a mixture of both.
As that guy explained in the video they do like certain types of mids and in particular ones that can play multiple roles. Whether that be inside, outside forward or back. If your side is going to have ten midfielders in it then itâs integral that they are adaptable. Thatâs the huge advantage of getting access to the top end of the draft each year. The players seem to have far fewer flaws.
The AFL obsession with developing markets at the expense of a truly equalised competition is an absolute disgrace.
Itâs great to see GWS fail repeatedly and continue to lose top talent that should have gone to other clubs to begin with.
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Hey, stop picking on the Murdoch rags.
They did manage to helpfully inform us that Bendigo is close to Tullamarine.*
That wasnât in the Clubâs free to read article
- âcloseâ is a subjective term that may or may not be true.
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I actually think that they have had a huge amount of misses in their drafting, theyâve been horrible. Bad list of misses in first Rnd.
2011
Jon Patton 1
Dom Tyson 3
Hoskin Elliott 4
Sumner 10
2012
Jonathan ORourke 2
Plowman 3
Jaksch 12
2014
Jarred Pickett 4
Marchbank 6
Abern 7
2017
Bonar 11
$ and better chance of success
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I look at the thread title and just think Jye ne câest quoi.
Should be built into BB tbh
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je ne sais quoi
DâOH of course. I knew what I meant but my voice-to-French-text app is merde.
Thats a great point about Shiel.
It escaped me how good he is as a clearance beast.
Makes me wonder why donât we protect him and let him him to work in there?
Losing them, I believe, is more due to their extreme depth in midfielders, and genuine A graders in front of them who are still mid-20s. They really need to focus on KPPs and their ruck stocks, itâs ridiculous that Mumford is still on their list and likely to get games next year.
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Marketing machine in full swing 
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Lol, he still looks like a young kid.
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I laughed how over dramatic and over produced that is for an 11 gamer.
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surely we save 13 for one of our indigenous talent drafted.
2 would put him locker mates with McGrath and Parish. That would be ideal.
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