No guarantee they work, either
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But was if weāre like North. Supporters wonāt stick around. Blitz will disappear.
Didnāt think of it that way.
Because Iāve witnessed 20 years of mismanaged draft and recruitingā¦. pretty safe to make an educated guess considering there were a few clubs linked to start with and none of them were Essendon.
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Thought the most interesting bit mentioned there was that " heās a contracted player " about Jake - so it sounds like we can actually enforce the option, not just Jake. And then āthereās discussion around his ( Jakes) tenureā. So Iād say itās certain that if he can get a two year offer, and if weāre happy with the return , weāll trade him.
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Ivan must expect a bid before 9 on Kako.
I would split it out to a different trade on draft night, wait and see if Kako goes past us.
Hereās a question for you - if Kako is bid on at #8, we would use #9 to match. This gives us a surplus of +228.2 points.
Do we lose those excess points, or are they added to our next pick and we move up the draft? So currently we have draft pick 31 (606 points), 606+228.2 = 834.2 points or just shy of pick 22
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Whoās better positioned to win a premiership?
- North Melbourne
- Essendon
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Clakko is burnt out. they will still struggle to attract talent.
North might win another final before us though.
Yep fair. I donāt have strong feelings either way
I could see gws trying to get something like this done though.
I think thereās every charge kako bid doesnāt come until the 20s and in that event weād get 2 picks before him.
On balance I probably favour your approach.
More than anything I wish our first pick was top 5 and had been the last 4 years
Shame GWS donāt want to feel the LAV - would be a pretty easy swap with stone and maybe some shrapnel coming back our way
Weād lose them, thatās why youād use lots of lower picks to make up the amount, as close as you can get it.
You cant just add the 228 to the next pick as it would automatically rise up in the draft order and some other clubs will have an issue with that. Itāll be a complete mess, even worse than it is now. (so letās do itā¦lol)
Logic was actually the opposite. I donāt think a bis comes until the twenties so I was thinking to try and get 2 picks before kako.
Huge gamble obviously and on balance Iād be pretty reluctant to do that trade myself but suspect gws will try it on
How would anyone know? Impossible to measure
Watch them do a hawthorn
Essendon hasnāt provided any draft night guarantees to Kako, though, who commenced running in the past fortnight and is training at the Hangar three days a week.
āAFL football, itās a dream in itself,ā he said. āMany kids would do anything to have this opportunity so who am I to pick and choose where I want to play football?ā
Kako has suitors as high as the Demons with pick five after kicking 20 goals in 12 games for the Cannons, splitting his time forward and on-ball.
(Demons next pick is 40)
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From what Rosa said today we very much like Kako
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Dan hannebury complaining about sam power (WB list manager) being dry, Iām guessing he doesnāt listen to the sound of his own voice? XD
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While Iām absolutely not averse to the idea of a rebuild, if Ninoās oft-quoted 8-10 years for a rebuild is indeed correct, would anyone think it beyond Essington to take 45 years and try-and-fail miserably twice in the process?
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Just caught the end of it wow he gave a massive clip to sam power couldnt belive what he was saying 