Correct but a pick in late 30s is not worth wanting to lose matches for, no way
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Donāt really like comparisons to Stringer as he was an absolutely elite junior. He was taken pick 5 despite breaking a leg and was generally considered one of the top prospects. I donāt think caddy has his class. Iām still pretty keen on this pick up though.
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Caddy replaces Weideman, who should be playing as a defender for the ressies watching Caddy, Hunter and Jones battle it out up forward
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Jake had all the tools to be Dustin Martin, for a while there at the Dogs he looked like he was tracking that way unfortunately for him and us he never found a coach that could drag it out of him the way dimma and his team was able to drag it out of Dustin
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Is it just me or does Nate feel like the first genuine alfa dog Dodoro has ever drafted?
Talk about having some swagger.
Fantastic.
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Voss.
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Neither do I, the Curnow comparison stacks up though and I will take that every day of the week.
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Good thing weāre comparing him to the stringer that canāt be ā ā ā ā ā ā showing up to preseason fit unless itās a contract year
If West Coast really were offering their 2024 first for Caddy, we should have traded for Geelongās pick, then on-traded Geelongās pick for the Eaglesā F1.
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Yep, doesnāt even matter if heās any good, heās likely to have a long career in the AFL simply based on being top 10 pick.
Would you have swapped next years first with West Coastās first and lose our first this year? I think that was the deal.
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Yep ballsy call.
What was the mooted trade? I struggle to believe WCE would offer anything as one sided as just 10 for F1 ?
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If they rated Caddy higher up and also had the list need then yes
Letās say they thought he was pick 5 like some draft ratings had him and they are backing themselves to rise next year with a better injury run
GWS post draft even noted that you see instances of teams bounce off bottom ladder strongly (Pies) and it would have been a risk. West coast are better than their placing this year and clubs were wary of that
It also helps west coast to get talent in the door now, speeding up a rebuild and they probably saw Caddy as slotting into Jack Darling role who is almost done
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Heās obviously got good pedigree which canāt hurt.
I remember back when I had a lot more to do with local footy (03-08ish), there were plenty of people around the traps who would tell you that Saul Caddy (his Dad) was the best player going around in suburban/metro footy.
I did see him play once during a brief stint that he had at Greenvale but I think he was getting towards the end at that stage. What I do know is that he was an aggressive farker so hopefully that has been passed on.
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Itās a bit of a weird point because there was no 100% guarantee from Geelong that we wouldnāt just take OāSullivan. And then the same arguments would be given about how they never really wanted OāSullivan and always wanted Caddy.
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Dodoro said he was pleased, he noted he was a āmanās manāā¦ Are we allowed to say manās man these days?! Suits me 
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Because they wanted/needed OāSullivan
They bluffed us, Iām near certain, but whatevs
Huh? Oh you mean he aint a ā ā ā ā ā ?
Yeah. Seems like a hard nut. I love it.
Loved his highlights package so I hope he finds the consistency in his game.
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It all depends on who else was bidding
If WC was the only team trying to trade up then Geelong fleeced us but I donāt think that was the case
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