Pick 34 - Who Do We Take?

Fozdog · November 22, 2018, 7:59am

Final Essendon Draft Hopes/Predictions -
Pick 34 - Ely Smith/Jack Bytel

Finding_Nino · November 22, 2018, 8:18am

You just know Dodoro will pick some skinny tall kid.

Finding_Nino · November 22, 2018, 8:20am

Dodoro pick footballers please don’t care if they come from a great family.

Speedy_Gonzales · November 22, 2018, 8:43am

If our expert and experienced recruiting team picks a tall skinny kid from a great family as it’s seen as a need and higher chance of becoming a reliable player I’ll back them in

HirdMentality · November 22, 2018, 9:27am

How about a Jabba?

Captain_Jack · November 22, 2018, 9:28am

As in Jabba the Hutt back line?

Reboot · November 22, 2018, 9:29am

Isn’t she busy with hancock minerals?

Finding_Nino · November 22, 2018, 9:41am

Adam Tipungwuti

Essendon one of the clubs intrested according to the West Australian 2 days ago

Heptides · November 22, 2018, 9:42am

What just happened? Did Carlton just give up what could be next years pick 1?

jobiwan · November 22, 2018, 9:53am

Well it won’t be frickin Ely Smith .

Finding_Nino · November 22, 2018, 9:54am

Hoping for Bytel

theDJR · November 22, 2018, 9:54am

Clark_Griswold:

I was listening to the Lystics podcast…and they were claiming that there are some tactics around academy bids, that are now in play due to live trading:

Eg. If you are about to bid on another club’s academy player, give them a phone call before you do it, to see if they want to trade up for your pick. That allows them to get in one more quality player, before they see their picks knocked out with matching bids.

Eg. Even when the bid is announced for an academy player, the club that is supposed to match that bid will still given time to talk to other clubs, to explore trading their picks down to later in the draft in return for more points, before making the match.

I don’t know if this information is correct, and these tactics are in fact allowable…maybe these scenarios will be uncommon…but if they are correct, it suggests to me that live trading will help to maximise the advantages of academy/father son discounts…and further compromise the draft.

DING DING DING.

Sydney are soooooooo getting fined for shamelessly exploiting the huge loopholes.

jobiwan · November 22, 2018, 9:55am

If his back is good , great get .

8485backtoback · November 22, 2018, 9:55am

how good is he?

Finding_Nino · November 22, 2018, 10:03am

Not for me abilty to play would be number 1 on what i would look for if i were to draft a player coming from a great family etc is secondary.

jobiwan · November 22, 2018, 10:04am

How convoluted is this two day bullshit . Who the hell gets to watch at lunch time , Friday . Love having a beer and enjoying the draft even when we have pick 34/36 etc . If you are going to go convoluted , maybe after round one next year the AFL should turn it into a four week Hunger games type scenario . Teams recruiters can hunt recruits in the bush . Stalking and picking them of one by one . Actually I am really liking this idea . One month of daily headlines for the AFL . Dodoro would kill it .

jobiwan · November 22, 2018, 10:19am

So do the number of bids improve our draft picks ?

jobiwan · November 22, 2018, 10:25am

I will answer my own question . Our 34 /36 is 36 . But our 65 is now 60 . 81 now 77 . Yippee .

Jacobb · November 22, 2018, 10:31am

Brings a tear to my eyes hearing the King brothers want to model their game around Joe Daniher

Rana · November 22, 2018, 10:56am

How many Tippa we should get??