Reckon we'll get a gun midfielder with pick 2.
We hold St.Kilda's second pick so nice to see that moving in the right direction, into the 20s now and getting higher.
All good.
Reckon we'll get a gun midfielder with pick 2.
We hold St.Kilda's second pick so nice to see that moving in the right direction, into the 20s now and getting higher.
All good.
Being nice to someone who didn’t want to play for us isn’t a good reason regardless of who his dad ior brother is and sets a precedent for other draftees who don’t want to leave their mummy in Melbourne
They now know if they cry homesick Swans won’t draft them
What can we expect to get if we were to trade Buddy?
Clarkson: 'We're a middle of the road side' - AFL.com.au
Interesting chat by Clarko re methodology vs players
We have Clarko being open that they have traditionally been an outside team but recognising that the inside teams like Melb got the better of them last night
Yet he was disappointed by the lack of polish by his team
It reminded me of horse just like Clarko both in a similar situation of finding the right mix between an evolving game plan that is more flexible plus finding the next batch of players to execute
I don't think Mitchell failed to live up to expectations. He left. He was a player who was very much a first rounder for us. I think he could have been played a season before they played him. He was sensational in his last season for us and has carried on that form at Hawks
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I would be surprised if the Swans' track record is significantly worse than that across the whole league. While players taken in the first handful of picks (top 5, top 10 in some years) are usually safe picks (injuries aside), I reckon the success rate drops off quite rapidly. So while the hit rate with picks 11-20 are better than any other ten pick range, it isn't by as much as you might think.
Then it becomes a numbers game. We remember the late ND picks and rookie picks who go onto to become senior players - some of them very good senior players. But the club (and any other club) churns through a high number of them to find those gems. In any year, we might have one pick in the teens, maybe one if the late 20s or 30s, but then draft another 5 or 6 (or even more players) via the late ND rounds and rookie draft. We then churn those list spots, uncovering gems but probably only at a hit rate of 25% or thereabouts.
That said, I don't disagree with the suggestion that players taken lower in the draft have typically had to work harder than the blue-chip players just to get on a list. So long as they have a couple of strengths to work around and get a little luck in the sense of an opportunity opening up at the right time, hard work and determination will make up for deficiencies. And a huge part of being a decent AFL player is hard work and determination, not flashy skills.
If we thought there was some hope left for this season, I think after last night's loss to the lions put paid to that. The coaching staff need to look to the future, if for nothing else, to show the fans that they are doing something for the future. Playing Jack is not preparing for the future, nor is playing guys who clearly are not AFL standard like Clarke and Fox. Let's not hesitate trying guys in positions that they aren't playing currently but have the skill set and physical attributes to succeed in. Playing one extra in defence for long periods, attempting to stem the bleeding, is not working and negative. The coaching team needs to put the responsibility on players to take ownership of their opponents and win the one on one's (which we are losing all the time). Make it clear that it is rebuilding time and that the club is not afraid to make tough decisions.
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