Is there any chance we can just draft a kid with an early pick this year and stop chasing the dragon. If jackets can pick good kids with late picks, imagine what he could do with early picks.
Not much, we donât have an early pick.
I agree itâs time to hit the draft.
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Dodorro probably rocks a mean smoking jacket, but thatâs a weird phrase to describe drafting.
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If Scorch thinks someoneâs no good, Iâm all in.
We have a couple of second round picks to work with though. We could trade up. And thereâs a chance one of our decent young players might request a trade if theyâre not breaking into our senior side. Might get another second rounder come our way.
Pick 28 (our 2nd rounder, if we finish 8th) + pick 46 (our 3rd) for pick ~20?
I honestly donât think thatâd be worth it.
We could possibly clear out our first 3 picks (our 2nd + GWS 2nd + our 3rd) which would net us maybe pick 9 or 10, but then youâre banking everything on one kid.
Itâs possible we trade a Laverde or someone. Again, more of a 2nd rounder type trade.
Expect a young player to leave for opportunity. It will probably happen, itâs the reality of having a strong list with pressure on spots.
Packaging a pick and a player for a late first rounder is a strong possibility.
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Theyâre worth that much in fairy dust, but i still doubt a club would do the trade. I was thinking more our second and GWS second, around 28 & 36 give or take. Iâd like them to get into the last first round and pick up a kid in the draft. Who knows though.
I totally want us to go to the draft.
Just not convinced pick 15 is necessarily a better option than 2 picks in the 20s - 30s.
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Which of our kids would get us a first rounder?
Exactly.
The only two guys who have really shown talent but havenât made it stick are Lav & Lang.
Both are under contract, and not sure either would command enough to make it worth our while.
Stewartâs worth half a pack of chips.
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Iâm not either. The only reason it might be a good idea is because you have to take a first rounder in the draft occasionally to satisfy the trading rules. Otherwise one day we might want to trade a first round pick for an established player and not be able to.
Even then I doubt Lav or Lang would get us one.
Iâd be filthy if Dodorro gave our first rounder for a 4th year player that canât crack it at another club even if a pick came back.
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Laverde will have been on our list for 5 years for 15-20 games. He wouldnât get a second on his own.
I think we need a young ruck to developâŚand frankly, they donât often get taken in the first round.
So a second round pick would probably get us the best or second-best ruck prospect in the draft. Perfect!
Heâs played 30?
On their own, none that weâd likely trade. Pick 28 + Laverde for pick 18 is the type of trade I could see happening.
I donât think that 10 games changes the crux of my argument.
I said in the Francis thread that I wouldnât be surprised if he left at the end of the season.
His contract expires at the end of this season. He seems to have had some mental health issues and also expressed an interest in returning back to Adelaide during last yearâs trade period.
Essendon said they were open to facilitating a move, if they could secure an appropriate deal. They probably wouldnât mind a very high first round pick, considering how many we have given away lately.
It seems almost impossible, but I wouldnât be gobsmacked if it happened. I thought the same thing about Adelaide and Jake Lever.
Brodie might be a good, relatively cheap target for us. Big inside mid at 189cm
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