Why not Simmo?

I'd trade out Henderson and Gibbs for first rounders and Jammo for a early second

That gives us pick 1, ?, ?, 19 and 25 - 5 picks inside 25

Pick one on Weiterman
Pick ? For a gun mid
Pick ? For a gun mid
Pick 19 on a tall
Pick 25 creative half forward

Convince James Aish to walk out to the PSD

Fingers crossed Cameron Giles foot can come good
Tom Fields continue on with development
Clem Smith, Buckley, Rainbow, Sheehan and Byrne develop into attacking half backs and that allows Touhy, Yarran and Docherty to move into the middle with Murph, judd (who is ask to stay on one more year) Cripps and Aish

Midfield depth
Murph
Judd
Cripps
Aish
Docherty
Touhy
Yarran
Whiley
Graham
Bell
Curnow
Pick ?
Pick ?

I hope the comments by Caroline Wilson and in the HS are correct. If so, we are actually planning and looking at a long term rebuild which IMO is great.

I'm hoping that we can achieve something like the following:

Picks 1, 19, 37, 55 & 73

Maybe we can get an Aish with PSD

then trade

Henderson - 1st round pick
Gibbs and/or Yarran - 1st round pick & 3rd round pick

Get a good young player (i.e Docherty) with a 2nd or 3rd round pick.


We could then have approx. picks 1, 10, 15, 19, 37, 40, 55 & 73 plus Aish with PSD.

We then need to bring in a minimum 4 rookies.

Probably dreaming but if we could get somewhere near that I would be very happy and it would be exciting to see.

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

the problem with gibbs and yarran are they are still young enough to really help provided we get the coaching and gameplan right. the risk of drafting as good or better players then them – both with what they offer now and will continue as they reach their prime – is pretty high.

we can't trade away players for picks just for the sake of it. there has to be a method to the madness.

ie if we have a player to draft firmly in our sights and have done all the right things (re scouting) then sure, trade a player to move up in the draft to get them. but if we're not doing due diligence in scouting and building a list we have a vision and strategy for, all we're doing is shuffling the deck chairs.

My List for 2016 would be:

Walker
Menzel
Murphy
Gibbs or Yarran
Buckley
Kruezer
Cripps
Boekhurst
Docherty
DVR
Rowe
Jaksch
Giles
Holman
Tutt
Whiley
Smith
Foster
Bell
Graham
Everitt
Curnow
Casboult
Touhy
White
Aish
Young player

Picks 1, 10, 15, 19, 37, 40, 55 & 73

Upgrade Sheehan, Byrne & Walsh.

Rookies

Gowers, Wood, Fields plus another 5 new kids.

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

They would never go for it but would Pick 1 and Gibbs/Yarran be too much for Shiel and Treloar?? Would GWS need to throw in their first rounder or not? I'm terrible with trade scenarios.

I would rather keep our pick 1 if we come last but... i dont have much faith in our club at the moment.

I like what you have there though Psych. Plus I'm a big Walker fan so anyone who still has him in their team gets a big from me!

I think Walker can still have 2-3 years as a mid size forward. He is athletic and hasn't lost any speed. He has been playing with a bad knee. Once he gets over that he will be fine.

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

Can you shed further light on this? The HS article is subscriber only.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

The pre-season draft is a dying recruitment tool. I don't see us getting a big name recruit thru the PSD. Getting Aish or Shiel or any other above average talent thru the PSD is extremely wishful thinking IMO. In the last 2 years we've seen two players picked via the PSD; Jed Lamb and Jason Tutt.

It's not a good strategy to be relying on it as a recruitment tool. If we land anyone of value it's a bonus, it shouldn't be an expectation.

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@cecil_anderson

It's not dying so long as uncontracted players can be held ransom if they don't meet the eligibility criteria for free agency, which still does happen. It's also a great way for bottom-placed teams to scoop a bit of talent from the rookie draft if they weren't quite sure on a few names in the national draft and wanted to see some of them in a professional environment.

That said it'll only take one club using the bare minimum 3-4 picks at the draft, leaving 3 or 4 list spots open and inviting the likely first 2 rounds of the rookie draft down to train before the AFL changes things around.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Why would we play someone in a position they are suited to? That doesn't teach them a lesson OR show them who's boss....

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“Every single element of the Club has to be the best in the league, meticulously and methodically, and only by doing this will we be elite and challenge for number 17.”
Greg Lee

Yep we underrated the players right under our own nose yet decided to give up pick #11 for McLean, an early 2nd rounder for Warnock (Beams, Hannebery and a few others were available at that pick) and sign up Daisy on a 4 year $2.8mill deal.

Early days I know but the Jaksch/Whiley trade isn't looking good - neither is Boekhorst for that matter.

When you consider that both Henderson and Docherty fell into our laps it is clear how bad our recruiting has been.

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There is no footy god

Have been told that the preference of SOS is to let Kruezer walk in FA. Apparently Coll are into him massively.

If he gets a contract of plus $400 k at his new club, the club could get a second round pick for him as compensation.

Sold

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

Imagine if he got us first round pick compo? That'd be more a steal than pick 3 for Frawley.

400k could get us end of first round? I guess if we come last end of first round = second round anyways.

Do you reckon we will get anyone better than Big K in the 2nd round? Let him get on the park, he has the grunt we need. The only guy from the ND 2004-2010 picked after #6 that's still on our list is Armfield. Picks don't guarantee players. We have shown how good we are at drafting players who won't make it. Big K has little market value but a potentially good upside. Other clubs suspect we are going to have a fire sale. I predict we will alienate what talent we have by putting them on the block and not getting good offers, unload senior players for middling draft picks which we will use on the new Josh Bootsma, pay way over the odds for an injury riddled free agent and then get a player as good as Liam Jones and give him a three year contract

By?

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I hope Essendon* folds.

Why would Collingwood be interested in Kreuzer given they have B Grundy?

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"You are being watched. The government has a secret system. A machine that spies on you every hour of every day. I know because I built it." - Finch

Just as a hypothetical - say they get a pick after our second for Kruezer. That is if we finish last.

Our second pick would be 19. Thus compensation for Kruezer would be Pick 20.

A number of options.

With the new academy bidding rules, Sydney will be closed out of the early rounds with giving up picks for Mills. Sydney may want to re-enter the draft because they have to replace Richards and Grundy shortly.

A pick 19 or 20 could get Mitchell.

Not that I believe Aish will come here but Pick 19 or Pick 20 by itself could get Aish.

Of course we are planning. Too much negative perception and rumour is clouding people's minds.