bondiblue wrote:
FarmerBlue wrote:
My wish list.
Goldstein - FA
Amon - FA
Go to draft with 4 picks which we can hopefully improve
A rookie pick
Pre season pick - Hope someone like Connor Ballenden that can step in and play any KP needed
I don’t think we need much more.
Fitness of McDonald Marchbank McGovern may influence our decisions
I love the idea of improving our first round pick, like we did in 2015, but to improve our first pick we will need to target a bottom 8 team's first round pick. Its not going to be easy.
With Lions bidding for FS Will Ashcroft, and I'm sure there's other FS picks on the horizon, like Alwyn for Druggies, but he's not going on the first round, let alone Academy picks. Nevertheless, there will be points needed by some teams. This is where we can improve our picks, but our first pick will be a late one as will the Lions and all top 8 teams first pick, Sydney included.
Our 1st round pick will be 18-10. Worth pursuing.
Our 2nd round pick will be 38-30 can get us a good player
Our 3rd round pick may be a promotion from rookie list....LOB unless he's happy to sign a contract extension but remain on the rookie list for another year.
A Ballenden type will go a late pick or PSD.
Because we’re not
really in the market for a gun midfielder, I can’t see us trying to nickel and dime our way to a better first pick.
Sydney (holding Melbourne’s first) and Richmond (Norf’s second) are the two clubs poised to bang-bang between 12 and 20. That’s the ideal position, imo. Gold Coast have three second round picks, but I wouldn’t think they’re in the market for an inside mid with low mileage on the clock - and I’ll be [REDACTED] if I’m going to see our 2023 pick head north.
If anything, Dodo’s second pick is the most movable, but that cauliflower would want JSOS’s first born to give it up.
Two picks in the teens is the winning hand for us. Changes to the bidding rules mean those clubs with strong NGA crops will be the ones panhandling this year. Hopefully we’ll get an opening once the pieces start moving around.