2020 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel

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  • MattW
    Veterans List
    • May 2011
    • 4220

    Originally posted by Markwebbos
    I don't know where Cal Twomey gets his information (probably from ringing list managers), but he's doing a live chat ATM and has this to say about our pick 3.

    CHAT RECAP: A draft with 'so many steals', new name in top 20

    "Swans still strongly linked to Denver Grainger-Barras. There is a scenario where they could have to choose between Grainger-Barras and Logan McDonald and that would be a very close call."
    LoMac thanks.

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    • Ludwig
      Veterans List
      • Apr 2007
      • 9359

      Twomey often has good info. I don't know how he gets it, but he has good access to a lot of footy people. He's been linking us to DGB for a while now. There must be something to it. It makes a lot of sense when put in the context that we know we are getting 2 gun midfielders this draft. Drafting a KPP with our other pick is very logical. We've already said that we are interested in key forwards, so if Logan or Tintorp are still available, I think we'll go for the KPF. Otherwise, DGB is now looking the most likely. It's hard to say where Hollands fits in this picture. Maybe not at all.

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      • MattW
        Veterans List
        • May 2011
        • 4220

        Originally posted by Ludwig
        Twomey often has good info. I don't know how he gets it, but he has good access to a lot of footy people. He's been linking us to DGB for a while now. There must be something to it. It makes a lot of sense when put in the context that we know we are getting 2 gun midfielders this draft. Drafting a KPP with our other pick is very logical. We've already said that we are interested in key forwards, so if Logan or Tintorp are still available, I think we'll go for the KPF. Otherwise, DGB is now looking the most likely. It's hard to say where Hollands fits in this picture. Maybe not at all.
        Yeah, Hollands probably isn't in picture.

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        • SwanSand
          Regular in the Side
          • Aug 2020
          • 527

          Originally posted by MattW
          Yeah, Hollands probably isn't in picture.
          Going by previous years merry go round. KPF, KPD, and ruckman are more likely to be poached by opposition teams. Should we draft a KPD or KPF? Or buy them?
          Interestingly when Chris Fagan was asked to list his most important player positions on AFL ground, he said that an intercepting defender was the most important !
          DGB fits in that mould then.

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          • Jimitron5000
            Warming the Bench
            • Oct 2006
            • 455

            Agreed, a KPP is more likely. As I haven't seen any of them play, and therefore I have no justification whatsoever for my opinion, I would prefer McDonald, then Granger-Barrass, then Thilthorpe. Although, if it was me I would pick Hollands if available.

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            • gloveski
              Senior Player
              • Jan 2003
              • 1018

              I really don’t care who we pick , we just need a 200 game player . The so called fab five all look to have great potential . Rightly or wrongly Whoever we pick is going to judged and compared to who the hawks, suns and bombers take after our pick


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              • 707
                Veterans List
                • Aug 2009
                • 6204

                Very comfortable with DGB when you see what he's achieved as an 18yo against men in the WAFL. Looks a certainty to become a high grade KPD.

                I'm wondering if he has been our target from a long way out, we seemed to let AA slip to Port without a fight.

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                • aardvark
                  Veterans List
                  • Mar 2010
                  • 5685

                  Just pick someone who hasn't had ACL or groin problems please.

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                  • SwanSand
                    Regular in the Side
                    • Aug 2020
                    • 527

                    What about Archie Perkins? It would be left field to take him with pick 3.
                    He is tall, elite ball user based on the vision. Don’t know how defensive minded he is or how well he can run both ways but he looks like Elijah but doesn’t have the ACL injury?
                    Elijah is going to be a great player if his knee holds up. But that is a ‘if’. Remember Petracca was similar.

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                    • Melbourne_Blood
                      Senior Player
                      • May 2010
                      • 3312

                      Originally posted by SwanSand
                      What about Archie Perkins? It would be left field to take him with pick 3.
                      He is tall, elite ball user based on the vision. Don’t know how defensive minded he is or how well he can run both ways but he looks like Elijah but doesn’t have the ACL injury?
                      Elijah is going to be a great player if his knee holds up. But that is a ‘if’. Remember Petracca was similar.
                      Could be another Rohan, all the athletic gifts ( except a table) , skill and X factor but not a huge ball winner. Gamble I wouldn’t take.


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                      • barry
                        Veterans List
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 8499

                        pick 3 is not a time for left field picks. Its a time for sensible, level headed picks.

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                        • RogueSwan
                          McVeigh for Brownlow
                          • Apr 2003
                          • 4602

                          Originally posted by SwanSand
                          ... Interestingly when Chris Fagan was asked to list his most important player positions on AFL ground, he said that an intercepting defender was the most important !
                          ...
                          I would say that too if I had Harris Andrews on my team
                          "Fortunately, this is the internet, so knowing nothing is no obstacle to having an opinion!." Beerman 18-07-2017

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                          • Rod_
                            Senior Player
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 1179

                            Phillips + local talent x2 + another Macca!

                            IMO

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                            • liz
                              Veteran
                              Site Admin
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 16778

                              Originally posted by SwanSand
                              Elijah is going to be a great player if his knee holds up. But that is a ‘if’. Remember Petracca was similar.
                              Petracca was the best performed of his draft year during 2020. Made the All-Australian team. Only Harris Andrews performed at a comparable level. He's been a slow burn, but that says much about fans' impatience for players to become instant stars. Certainly he hasn't had a recurrence (at least not yet) of the ACL injury he suffered in his first season on Melbourne's list, nor any ongoing complications from it.

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                              • Chilcott
                                Regular in the Side
                                • Jan 2008
                                • 595

                                Haven’t seen many highlights of DGB. Obviously he is an elite KPD for his age. Could he become an elite KPF?

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