Blue Sombrero wrote:
trublu wrote:
This is what I'm hope happens....... (dreaming)
We finish second last and get pick 2 in the draft
Kruezer to have his best year..... some club pays him ridiculous money and we get a first round compensation pick (pick 3)
The club approaches the AFL for a priority pick and we are granted a pick at the end of round 1
Gibbs has another stellar year and the Crows offer us two first round picks that we trade away for an early pick
Casboult kicks 50 goals and we trade him to Geelong for a first round pick (pick 14)
Hopefully we end up with picks 2,3,8, 14 and 20
Which we use on 5 mids
Dale Thomas retires
Simon White delisted
Buckley delisted
Then you woke up.
Yeah, I hate to be a doomsayer, and you can certainly hope for anything at all, but I think if Kruezer had his best year, Gibbs had a stellar year, and Casboult kicked 50, we'd definately be better than 2nd last on the ladder.
The AFL knocked back Kruezer being a first round compensation last time around, so I've got the feeling that even if he won All Australian this year, he would still be a 2nd round pick. That's the same group who gave no compensation for Waite, when he was our leading goal kicker. Not even a 4th rounder......still steaming over that.
For the club to get a priority pick, we'd have to somehow organise for all supporters to completely boycott the final game of the season. I mean, no-one go at all. Or if people went, they would be waving, "Carlton are shit" banners, on national tv, at the game. At the end of a winless season and a 200 point loss in round 22, they may give us a priority pick. Or dissolve the club for bringing the AFL into disrepute. After all, they gave Brisbane the priority pick in a year when they beat us. Still steaming over that too......
As for Gibbs, I think Adelaide would give a mid first round like pick 9+ but not under. They will probably dig their heels in even deeper out of spite, and shame of the botched attempt last time around, just to prove to their supporters that we would eventually cave in. Albeit a year later.
I can't imagine a scenario this year where Casboult would be worth any first rounder to anyone under any circumstances. He is a role player and I love his endeavour, and commitment. But there is no way his image will change now. And that would affect his currency. So much so, IMO that he wouldn't be worth trading, but would be worth keeping in the hope he can maintain 50 goal years in the future, and we will finally get some return on the time put into him.
I do think you'll get your delistings though, with some miracle year required from Buckley to stay on the list. Although, I could see an outcome where Daisy signs a new 1 year contract, because of his leadership around the club with all the kids on the list, but it would be a real low offer with some pathway into some post footy pathway. Either way, we end up with loads of salary cap space.
You know my posts are normally a little more uplifting, but its still early and I've only had 1 coffee......
I still don't think we'll finish bottom four out of my stubbornness to accept that what we dished up in the JLT is our standard for the year.
GO BLUES
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