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  • Captain
    Captain of the Side
    • Feb 2004
    • 3602

    Originally posted by Blood Fever
    Also, our backline was magnificent in the 2012 GF - Johnson, Mattner, Shaw LRT among them.
    Add Richards and Smith to this list.

    Not many high draft picks there...

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    • longmile
      Crumber
      • Apr 2011
      • 3360

      Originally posted by liz
      Didn’t LRT play forward in the 2012 GF?
      Swung late in the game and did an awesome job.

      Also Archie Perkins sounds like a spoiled brat. But in some ways also shows the necessity for non-Vic academy programs due to the amount of players with this mentality

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      • AB Swannie
        Senior Player
        • Mar 2017
        • 1579

        Originally posted by troyjones2525
        I doubt they will considering it's looking more and more likely (based on all the phantom drafts) that McDonald may still be available at that pick! I would think they would snap him up quick smart if he's there at 5 without giving a bid a 2nd thought!

        Just on that, a few months back if not weeks ago, I thought we had absolutely no chance at landing McDonald (even with pick 3). Now that there's talk that not only is there a chance he'll be there at our pick, but we are even likely to overlook him for DGB! Well I would have thought I'd be infuriated by that notion!... But I'm not now for some reason... I am actually coming to terms with that DGB will not only be a good pick, but with his drive and all his other talent, that he may turn out to be the best player in this draft full stop!

        To be honest I think I'd be reasonably happy with any of the big 5 in this year's draft, but I reckon that in the years to come if we have DGB lining up on McDonald or Ugle-Hagen or Thilthorpe etc. I think that his drive and competitiveness will outshine all of them and he will towel them up more often than not!

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        I largely agree with this. My preference would be McDonald but what the hell do I really know? The consensus is that there is a clear top 5 in the open draft and so I’d be chuffed to have any of them.

        Of course, the grass always seems greener....

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        • Captain
          Captain of the Side
          • Feb 2004
          • 3602

          Originally posted by longmile
          Swung late in the game and did an awesome job.

          Also Archie Perkins sounds like a spoiled brat. But in some ways also shows the necessity for non-Vic academy programs due to the amount of players with this mentality
          Yep how pathetic is that. Total draft tampering.

          Imagine if Campbell came out and said he didn't want to leave NSW.

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          • waswan
            Senior Player
            • Oct 2015
            • 2047

            Despite not being able to watch 70% of players there is a pretty firm Top 5
            From all reports we are picking between DGB and Lmac who both played this year

            So its clear we will know what we are getting just need to confirm our need.

            Throw in the 2 Academy kids and we have 3 known quantities

            Also i dont take much from people saying DGB shut Lmac down when they played on each other, Buddy has been "shutdown" by backs who i doubt are better players than him

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            • Melbourne_Blood
              Senior Player
              • May 2010
              • 3312

              Originally posted by waswan
              Despite not being able to watch 70% of players there is a pretty firm Top 5
              From all reports we are picking between DGB and Lmac who both played this year

              So its clear we will know what we are getting just need to confirm our need.

              Throw in the 2 Academy kids and we have 3 known quantities

              Also i dont take much from people saying DGB shut Lmac down when they played on each other, Buddy has been "shutdown" by backs who i doubt are better players than him
              Totally agree with your last point. Plus sometimes players can have a hot first half and fizzle out in the second. Not saying DGB didn’t do a number on McDonald but it doesn’t necessarily make him the better player. It’s a half of footy.


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              • S.S. Bleeder
                Senior Player
                • Sep 2014
                • 2165

                Originally posted by 707
                Just now - HAWTHORN recruiting and list manager Graham Wright is refusing to rule out placing a bid for Sydney Academy talent Braeden Campbell.

                I'm telling you, they are not nice people at Hawthorn!

                Matching pick 5 costs 1502 points, will burn our picks 33, 36, 40 and leave us with enough points to match pick 33. There are a couple of pick shuffles we could do tonight with other clubs to push up our points if Hawks do pull this arseact
                We gifted them a Brownlow Medalist. They owe us. Not sure they realise that however.

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                • S.S. Bleeder
                  Senior Player
                  • Sep 2014
                  • 2165

                  Originally posted by rb4x
                  Nah that not draft tampering, just normal service. Draft tampering would be if Campbell said he wanted to stay in NSW. All hell would then break loose.
                  +1. It’s laughable, but true.

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                  • i'm-uninformed2
                    Reefer Madness
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 4653

                    Originally posted by liz
                    Didn’t LRT play forward in the 2012 GF?
                    He did, and magnificently so. Though his last quarter was largely in defence, and just as brilliant.
                    'Delicious' is a fun word to say

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                    • Melbourne_Blood
                      Senior Player
                      • May 2010
                      • 3312

                      Anyone watching the coverage ? God couldn’t they have done all this fluff crap from 6pm- 7? Get the thing started !


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                      • Foreign Legion
                        Senior Player
                        • Feb 2003
                        • 3315

                        Originally posted by Melbourne_Blood
                        Anyone watching the coverage ? God couldn’t they have done all this fluff crap from 6pm- 7? Get the thing started !


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                        About as fast paced as a Royal Wedding - about as interesting too so far.

                        Get on with it.

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                        • Scottee
                          Senior Player
                          • Aug 2003
                          • 1585

                          AFL app video keeps crashing

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                          We have them where we want them, everything is going according to plan!

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                          • Melbourne_Blood
                            Senior Player
                            • May 2010
                            • 3312

                            Crows bid in JUH! Yesssss


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                            • troyjones2525
                              Swans Fanatic!
                              • Mar 2008
                              • 2908

                              Well done to Jamarra! I'm going to hate him for the next decade as he's a member of the AFL love child in 2016... still think these next generation thing stinks (not that we would have got him anyway) as him playing for the Oakleigh Chargers is hardly the doing of the Bulldogs...

                              Oh well, it is what it is!

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                              • Melbourne_Blood
                                Senior Player
                                • May 2010
                                • 3312

                                So we have Holland’s McDonald and DGB available at our pick . Huge call coming up !


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