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Date Posted: 21:34 10/04/24 Wed
Author: Cakewalk
Author Host/IP: 110-175-8-50.tpgi.com.au / 110.175.8.50
Subject: Kind of making my point for me there...
In reply to: BH 's message, "“ When so far they've largely gotten everything right.” …except the next tier" on 20:14 10/04/24 Wed

I agree with most of what you said but they were almost all decisions/recruits made by the former custodians of the club.

In terms of giving the next tier chances... Macrae, Dean, McInnes, and AJ have all had a crack this year. We're only 5 games in. I'm sure more will get a go if they're performing well enough and there's nobody performing better than them in the AFL team.

Will any of them be good enough to sustain an AFL career? Maybe, maybe not. But that's not the fault of the *current* regime. Unless you're refering to the following players:

- DeMattia (6 months in the AFL system)
- Allan (1.5 years in the AFL system)
- Jiath (6 months in the AFL system)
- Steene (1.5 years in the AFL system)
- Ryan (1.5 years in the AFL system)
- Richards (1.5 years in the AFL system)
- Sullivan (6 months in the AFL system, 26 year old midfielder)
- Bytel (Formerly at St Kilda, 24 year old midfielder)
- Eyre (Formerly at Essendon, 21 year old KPP)
- Parker (6 months in the AFL system)
- Harrison (2.5 years in the AFL system)

And the more regular recruits in the team/best 22: Mitchell, Hill, McStay, Markov, Frampton, Schultz

I'd argue it's way too early to make a call on most of those players. And too early to expect them to come into the AFL side and perform well.

I agree, we don't appear to have much of a next tier at the moment. But it's not a reflection of the current direction and long term term planning by the club.

If we still don't have gun players emerging over the next 5 years, then yeah, the people in charge now stuffed up.

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‘cept the guy with his hand on the tiller for the last 20 years, young Dekka, is still in the chair (NT) -- sam-e, 21:42 10/04/24 Wed
- Show me the recruiting manager where the hits just keep on coming, every team has a mixed bag -- Pyeman WPBD, 23:25 10/04/24 Wed
  - “ water into wine”…..won’t likely occur too often if you use wood instead of water -- BH, 04:11 11/04/24 Thu
    - McMahon, Kelly, McClarty, Keane, Tohill have come and gone -- Geek, 09:21 11/04/24 Thu
  - water into grappa though .. -- sam-e, 16:14 11/04/24 Thu
    - ps: Col, any way tables can be imported in without losing all semblance of formatting? (NT) -- sam-e, 16:16 11/04/24 Thu
      - I don't know of a way, mate. Bummer (NT) -- Colin Wisbey, 12:54 16/04/24 Tue
      - You could try this. Only takes a minute -- Geek, 13:04 18/04/24 Thu
        thanks Geekster ,,not sure i follow what ctrl-u does? -- sam-e, 07:31 19/04/24 Fri
        Response -- Geek, 11:47 19/04/24 Fri
    - Sammy …thanx , fabulous homework ….names long forgotten :) -- BH, 20:23 11/04/24 Thu
    - Jesse White - HIT? (NT) -- Wightwood, 12:01 17/04/24 Wed
      - sam-e's PC has a dodgy S key (NT) -- Crimson Mask, 22:51 17/04/24 Wed
      - Per criteria /definition - reasonably low threshold of 50 games - he just qualifies -- sam-e, 01:27 18/04/24 Thu
    - I feel sorry for Madgen. Soooo close to being a HIT -- Kobe, 14:20 18/04/24 Thu
      - do you know the % of AFL players that actually make it to 50 games and then 100 games? -- sam-e, 17:56 18/04/24 Thu
  - how do you rate our pick #28 from 2022 -- sam-e, 16:18 11/04/24 Thu
    - Could have been worse, they were considering taking Ryan with our first pick -- Pyeman WPBD, 17:55 11/04/24 Thu
      - who would you have taken at that pick? -- sam-e, 19:10 11/04/24 Thu
    - He loves mids & flankers. Hates talls -- Skinny, 06:43 12/04/24 Fri
      - Still a bit to play out but Ned Moyle was right there and that's who I would have gone for -- Pyeman WPBD, 09:38 12/04/24 Fri
        did /do you rate any of the names called after Ryan up to #40? (NT) -- sam-e, 12:18 12/04/24 Fri
        No, don't see any difference makers there (NT) -- Pyeman WPBD, 12:53 12/04/24 Fri
        "Gettable"asert that Moyle might be available -- Skinny, 13:23 12/04/24 Fri
        Are we having a Bris? (NT) -- Rabbi Brother Nelson, 15:46 12/04/24 Fri

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