By losing Dunkley to the Dogs, we were able to draft Jordan Dawson. I used to say that it worked out well for us in the end, but now that 2015 draft debacle has converted into a late 2022 1st round pick. So we will have to wait and see what the footy gods have in store for us. They've had 7 years to work this one out.
If Dunkley had come to the Swans (perhaps with Brisbane selecting him at #24), would we not have had to use up both the Leonardis and Dawson picks to secure him Liz?
Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
We’d have given up the pick we took Dawson with, but he might have still been available when our next pick came around. Who knows.
Gotcha now. Yes with counterfactuals there is a greater range of possible outcomes.
Except maybe the one where Harry McKay dropped to pick #71 (where we swooped) because a time traveling Swans agent left a roller skate accross the McKAy's driveway causing harry to miss his final year in U18's.
Loose translation from the Latin is - I am tall, so I hit out.
If Harry had missed his final U18 year he’d probably have gone top five. After all, Mills did in that same draft.
I dare say the decision not to match the Dunkley bid might (I’m only speculating) have had something to do with Roos depleting so many of our draft points with that early bid. Possibly the Swans fully expected that to happen going into the draft, but I doubt any other club would have bid that early on Mills given he played just one (I think) game in that season.
For what it’s worth, Dan Hannebery is back for the Saints this week. He was a deeply special player for us, the departure was completely amicable and I hope like hell he gets to finish his footy career on a high. He deserves to.
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And to honour the 53rd birthday of my fave Swan, here you go. Just ridiculous
Fantastic Five: Best of Paul Kelly
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