2011 RWO draft thread - as it happens and the wash up

[ugg]

Kinnear Beatson said on Swans TV we wouldn't be participating in the PSD this year so............

...we can finally put the Fev rumours to bed? Dead. Buried. Cremated

So we're going into 2012 with 37 senior listed players including 1 inside and 1 outside vet which in normal circumstances would allow us one more spot on the rookie list but we can an extended rookie list in any case with the zone-selection picks. Are we trying to save money? Perhaps to spend on retaining guys like Reid?

[Big Al]

Kinnear Beatson said on Swans TV we wouldn't be participating in the PSD this year so............

...that guarantees they're eyeing off someone in the PSD.

[aardvark]

...that guarantees they're eyeing off someone in the PSD.

Fev ????............Sorry Ugg couldn't resist....

[Big Al]

Fev ????............Sorry Ugg couldn't resist....

I almost want it to happen. The meltdown that RWO will experience will be most entertaining.

[liz]

...we can finally put the Fev rumours to bed? Dead. Buried. Cremated

So we're going into 2012 with 37 senior listed players including 1 inside and 1 outside vet which in normal circumstances would allow us one more spot on the rookie list but we can an extended rookie list in any case with the zone-selection picks. Are we trying to save money? Perhaps to spend on retaining guys like Reid?

My understanding is that all lists are 38+ nowadays. So if we have no spaces on the list that indicates that they have moved Goodes back inside the list.

[Bas]

I almost want it to happen. The meltdown that RWO will experience will be most entertaining.

So do I. Let's welcome the dark side..............................

Look at it this way. GWS have just recruited Patton and with Folau will have all the attention in the media next year.

The best way of changing that.....................recruiting another very bad, bad boy from the AFL.

It makes total sense. He will contribute more game time than Bradshaw did and to quote the late Bhagwan Shree Rashneesh - Any publicity is good publicity.

Perhaps if anything, the Swans could use him to teach our young guys how to kick straight.

[BSA5]

...we can finally put the Fev rumours to bed? Dead. Buried. Cremated

So we're going into 2012 with 37 senior listed players including 1 inside and 1 outside vet which in normal circumstances would allow us one more spot on the rookie list but we can an extended rookie list in any case with the zone-selection picks. Are we trying to save money? Perhaps to spend on retaining guys like Reid?

It's not just the extra space, it's also the fact that we get a free rookie upgrade when we keep a veteran inside the list. So if we have a rookie that is performing (e.g. Dyl), we don't have to wait for a long term injury in order to play him.

[Primmy]

Maybe they are holding off and waiting to see if Dyl rises to the occasion and they elevate him. Or another rookie. We obviously have done well from the rookie pool so why not hold a spot open and use that as bait. How much do you want it, what are you prepared to do to get that open spot.

Cambo hasn't done all that much wrong, so not sure what's going on there. Maybe he isn't doing what Kane Murphy isn't doing (at present, I still have hopes for him, he got a jolt) and bash the door down instead of just knocking at it.

[Primmy]

Anyone notice the photo of the top ten picks? the bloke in the Port Adelaide jumper did not look impressed.

[aardvark]

Anyone notice the photo of the top ten picks? the bloke in the Port Adelaide jumper did not look impressed.

Chad is a SA local boy. He was probably hoping to get out of SA poor soul.............

[jono2707]

Anyone notice the photo of the top ten picks? the bloke in the Port Adelaide jumper did not look impressed.

Actually from what I understand he - Chad Wingard - and his family were very impressed - he's an Adelaide boy and was hoping to stay home, so he's happy. Saw a bit of him on telly in the U18 championships and he's a bit of a gun. Port were hoping he'd get through to them and not be snapped up by GWS...

[Primmy]

Its the word snap isn't it. Probably just an awful photo subject....

[Bas]

Who would get excited playing for Port? Premiership chance in about 10 years.

[Damien]

I thought the Sturt boy going to Port and his family were the happiest in terms of reaction when names were called out, seemed to be the only boy going to a non Victorian club getting to stay home!

Actually from what I understand he - Chad Wingard - and his family were very impressed - he's an Adelaide boy and was hoping to stay home, so he's happy. Saw a bit of him on telly in the U18 championships and he's a bit of a gun. Port were hoping he'd get through to them and not be snapped up by GWS...

Totally.

[Wardy]

So do I. Let's welcome the dark side..............................

Look at it this way. GWS have just recruited Patton and with Folau will have all the attention in the media next year.

The best way of changing that.....................recruiting another very bad, bad boy from the AFL.

It makes total sense. He will contribute more game time than Bradshaw did and to quote the late Bhagwan Shree Rashneesh - Any publicity is good publicity.

Perhaps if anything, the Swans could use him to teach our young guys how to kick straight.

Cant argue with that Bas - Fev is alot of things and being a straight kick is one of the very few positives, and to be brutally honest - we need help in the kicking area. I too would also like to see the RWO meltdown, its would give any footy forum richter scale out there a run for its money!