Mitchell watch

[WauchopeAnalyst]

What if the Hawks get pick 7 for Hill then they can send it to us for Mitchell.

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[giant]

CTS, there has been a rich history of potting ex-Swans who have left the club. The latest one prior to Mitchell is Membrey who has been labelled a down-hill skier for his good track record against non-finals teams.

Tad hypocritical from the supporters of a club that has had a very rich history of recruiting players from other clubs.

[bungwahl]

What if the Hawks get pick 7 for Hill then they can send it to us for Mitchell.

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Hill is barely worth pick 20, no chance of #7 unless the Hawks throw in sweeteners

[Industrial Fan]

CTS, there has been a rich history of potting ex-Swans who have left the club. The latest one prior to Mitchell is Membrey who has been labelled a down-hill skier for his good track record against non-finals teams.

i don't get the Membrey one either. Would have started in the gf22 if he was still at the swans for my $

[stellation]

Membrey did kick a lot of his goals against weaker teams, though (said as someone who would love to have him at the Swans still!).

[liz]

Membrey did kick a lot of his goals against weaker teams, though (said as someone who would love to have him at the Swans still!).

Don't most forwards kick more goals against the weaker teams? Pretty sure JJK's goal average is a lot higher against the poor teams. I imagine Buddy's is too, albeit not by as big a margin.

[Steve]

Picks 14,17 and 21 should be able to deliver us some decent talent to the list.

Maybe we should do the opposite. Trade down for as many picks between 30-45 as possible - not for Academy points this time, but because we seem to have much better success with 2nd and 3rd round picks than our 1st rounders.

I'm half serious as I'd actually be quite nervous with a few picks between, for example, 15-21, as we rarely get those right.

If we gave Kinnear a bunch of picks in that 30-45 range, he might get us the next Parker, Hannebery, Reid, Hewett and Allir all in one draft.????

[mcs]

But WHERE are they getting all the money from?
Maybe the AFL have told them (only) how much extra is being given for the salary cap for next year.
It's doing my head in.

Plenty of it comes from the pockets of compulsive gamblers....

[mcs]

Don't most forwards kick more goals against the weaker teams? Pretty sure JJK's goal average is a lot higher against the poor teams. I imagine Buddy's is too, albeit not by as big a margin.

That is I would expect quite true Liz.

I think the reservations some of us hold about Membrey is that there is no doubt he is going to be a decent AFL player, but until he can prove he can do it against the best teams, then there will be questions marks about just how good he is. I think he is a very decent player and will continue to improve.

[stellation]

Don't most forwards kick more goals against the weaker teams? Pretty sure JJK's goal average is a lot higher against the poor teams. I imagine Buddy's is too, albeit not by as big a margin.

I imagine most do! I seem to recall looking at it a little while ago and Tim had a decent whack of his goals for the season against 3 lower teams.

Edit: 27 from 6 games vs. Melbourne, Carlton and Essendon. 17 goals from his 11 other games. Still a fine young player that I'd be happy to have at the Swans.

[Billericay]

Maybe we should do the opposite. Trade down for as many picks between 30-45 as possible - not for Academy points this time, but because we seem to have much better success with 2nd and 3rd round picks than our 1st rounders.

I'm half serious as I'd actually be quite nervous with a few picks between, for example, 15-21, as we rarely get those right.

If we gave Kinnear a bunch of picks in that 30-45 range, he might get us the next Parker, Hannebery, Reid, Hewett and Allir all in one draft.??

I thought the same

[lwjoyner]

see drafting. Maybe we could get mitch interested in blues if they loose gibbs and take their pick 5 or what they get for gibbs

[AnnieH]

Plenty of it comes from the pockets of compulsive gamblers....

True dat, but that money goes to the club, not to paying the players.

[caj23]

CTS, there has been a rich history of potting ex-Swans who have left the club. The latest one prior to Mitchell is Membrey who has been labelled a down-hill skier for his good track record against non-finals teams.

Pretty hard to argue against that on his career to date. He's still young so he has time on his side, and I expect he'll carve out an AFL career, but he'll need to put some scores on the board against quality opposition in 2017

Further to the stats above, 9 goals in 8 games against top 8 teams this year

[swansrob]

Looks like Hawthorn are freeing up cap space by off loading Sam Mitchell to West Coast