Who are you thinking?
Anyone.
Like? I don’t think there are many tbh.
Their good young players are best 22.
Maybe not right not but a squeeze will come. The next crop they draft and develop would most likely be just as good
I don’t think so (a squeeze forcing out young players that is)
They will just shuffle some of the older ones out. Bailey might be the only one they lose that they really want to keep.
Can anyone get remotely near them next year? Cant see Pies or Cats improving next year
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If Crows have Rankine and Rachele back and add Petracca they will be good.
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I seriously doubt they get Petracca but they will be throwing everything at Bailey next year
I reckon you could get Kiddie Coleman cheap at the moment.
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I know he did the knee last year, but what caused him to miss a stack of footy this year?
He’s definitely worth a punt at the right price irrespective of injury risk, though.
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They also in 2016 got the trade back one spot with GWS (#3 for #2) that got the pick they used on Berry. A trade that reputedly (according to Blitz in-the-knows) we never got offered.
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That’s 2 years of 4 wins or under for you.
We won a whopping 6 in 2015, which ruled us out.
You don’t think the reason we finished last in 2016, such as a bunch of players being suspended, might not also have had something to do with us not getting a priority pick?
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I recall a decent amount of discussion at the time suggesting Essendon shouldn’t be getting draft picks at all, or end of round only or whatever. I’m still frankly kind of surprised we got to keep pick 1.
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I’m sure it did. Not sure if you misinterpreted my post, but I wasn’t complaining about not getting one.
From memory at the time, the general “consensus” was you’d need at least 2 very poor seasons to be considered (though not flat out stated in the rules).
Brisbane had that, we didn’t.
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