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    Re: Why we should never, ever trade away future draft picks...

    Yep TD
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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    Re: Why we should never, ever trade away future draft picks...

    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogtragic View Post
    The measure they had in mind when agreeing to change the rules, whatever they may be. That is to say, have the improvements projected or hypothesised in the system change by the AFEL materialised or not?
    As a rule you should bank on the exact opposite of the publicly declared intent of an AFL rule change taking place.
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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    Re: Why we should never, ever trade away future draft picks...

    Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
    As a rule you should bank on the exact opposite of the publicly declared intent of an AFL rule change taking place.
    Yep. I'm trying to work on not being debilitatingly cynical, but the AFEL and its various arms ('integrity unit', fixturing, MRP etc) make it impossible. But it would be really nice if just once they shocked the fans by doing something constructive, beyond $3 possum, beef anus & rat filled pastry shells on Sundays. But I suppose when you have a monopoly, you can do nothing, ignore the game and help personally help yourself to large salaries.
    Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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    Re: Why we should never, ever trade away future draft picks...

    Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
    Yep TD

    Cheers mate.

    Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
    As a rule you should bank on the exact opposite of the publicly declared intent of an AFL rule change taking place.
    Sir Humphrey said on Yes Minister that you got the difficult bit you didn't actually want to do out in the title of a report. If you put it in the title that way it's out there, everybody can see it's been acknowledged and nobody has to mention whatever it is ever again.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: Why we should never, ever trade away future draft picks...

    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogtragic View Post
    The measure they had in mind when agreeing to change the rules, whatever they may be. That is to say, have the improvements projected or hypothesised in the system change by the AFEL materialised or not?
    Wasn't it an AFLPA request? Wanting more options for clubs to get trades done when players wanted to move. Trades have been done using the new options so they're probably happy
    If you kicked five goals and Tom Boyd kicked five goals, Tom Boyd kicked more goals than you.

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    Re: Why we should never, ever trade away future draft picks...

    Forgetting the OP, but looking at the risk of trading future firsts.

    Jackson and two late picks: Picks 4, 13 & 23

    Hopper and two late picks: Picks 6 & 31


    Compare to say Dunkley: Picks 21, 15-18 & 65 (swap two thirds for second)


    If you mix trading firsts with unexpectedly falling down the bottom 6… jeez you can seriously overpay. Dees & GWS must be stoked about now.
    Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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