Trade Pick 5

[Sockeye Salmon]

Id be more inetrested in Kosi, as a tall goto-forward which would also free up Johnno.. Kosi can also do a little bit of Ruck work..why not throw the pick#5 to saints i say.

Just re-signed - Heffernan rule.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Roughead, Thorp, Reid.

Ryder and Gumbleton are WA boys, if they were involved they would go straight to West Coast.

Not too many others.

[The Underdog]

Is there something about Ryder I'm missing. He goes ok, but I think he's an ok skinny ruckman who I'm not sure can hold down a KPP. He's been helped by Sheedy throwing his name out there at every opportunity. I reckon there's a bunch of better prospects out there.
Of course in the words of Homer "I have a history of missing the point"

[W W Biscuit]

Is there something about Ryder I'm missing.

IMO, there are still queries in relation to his commitment to each and every contest. Not the type of player we need in a Bulldogs jumper.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Given its very unlikely that Roughead, Reid or Thorp will be traded we should keep the pick and take another developing tall to add to Everitt, Williams and Minson.

Everyone sprouts off about how Hawthorn did the right think taking Roughead and Franklin and now that we have an opportunity to do similar and take a big at #5 we are talking about trading the pick - doesn't make sense to me

[Go_Dogs]

What about a Bate or Dunn?

[dog town]

Given its very unlikely that Roughead, Reid or Thorp will be traded we should keep the pick and take another developing tall to add to Everitt, Williams and Minson.

Everyone sprouts off about how Hawthorn did the right think taking Roughead and Franklin and now that we have an opportunity to do similar and take a big at #5 we are talking about trading the pick - doesn't make sense to me

Yeah but most of us are talking about doing it to get one of the very players you speak of only with a year or two of development in them already. If you could snare a Thorpe, Roughhead, Read or a player along those lines then why wouldn't you have a go at it? You have had a chance to see how they are coming along in the AFL system. It doesn't matter if we draft them or we have traded for them as long as we get them. If we cant get that sort of player then of course we hold onto our pick but if we had any chance to get a quality young tall already in the system then I think you have to go for it. With draft picks we have no guarantees.

I think you were pretty much agreeing with that anyway just wasn't sure. I dont think the club would be silly enough to look at trading it for anything else.

[dog town]

What about a Bate or Dunn?

I like both players but not worth a pick 5. My brother thinks we should try and get Robbo packaged with one of those 2 for pick 5. Not sure thats the way to go personally. Its really hard to gauge the value of draft picks each year I reckon. When you look through the lists of top 10 picks over the last 5 years their are alot of average players but its also where most of the emerging stars come from. Gotta back in your recruiting managers call I suppose.

[mjp]

Cooney - 2003
Ray - 2003
Griffen - 2004
Williams - 2004
Higgins - 2005
Everitt - 2006
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Our best young players - and those who look most likely to play 10 afl seasons - have been our first picks. We should keep the pick.

If we can get someone like Thorp, Gumbleton or maybe Reid for the pick - 1 year of development in a top tenner from last year - then fine. Beyond that, we should hang tough and take the pick.

There are no quick fixes...only a quick road to another 5 years of misery.

[DOG GOD]

Cooney - 2003
Ray - 2003
Griffen - 2004
Williams - 2004
Higgins - 2005
Everitt - 2006
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Our best young players - and those who look most likely to play 10 afl seasons - have been our first picks. We should keep the pick.

If we can get someone like Thorp, Gumbleton or maybe Reid for the pick - 1 year of development in a top tenner from last year - then fine. Beyond that, we should hang tough and take the pick.

There are no quick fixes...only a quick road to another 5 years of misery.

totally agree. we shouldnt use pick 5 for a quick fix..eg: robbo or the likes. draft a kid that will hopefully play 200+ games for us.

[LostDoggy]

Cooney - 2003
Ray - 2003
Griffen - 2004
Williams - 2004
Higgins - 2005
Everitt - 2006
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Our best young players - and those who look most likely to play 10 afl seasons - have been our first picks. We should keep the pick.

If we can get someone like Thorp, Gumbleton or maybe Reid for the pick - 1 year of development in a top tenner from last year - then fine. Beyond that, we should hang tough and take the pick.

There are no quick fixes...only a quick road to another 5 years of misery.

Yeah, I agree, although some of our best players who are a few years older such as Cross, Gilbee and Harris have come from later picks in the draft, they've been pretty few and far between, I'd hate to see us waste our pick on someone that doesn't make it.

[Dry Rot]

Cooney - 2003
Ray - 2003
Griffen - 2004
Williams - 2004
Higgins - 2005
Everitt - 2006
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Our best young players - and those who look most likely to play 10 afl seasons - have been our first picks. We should keep the pick.

If we can get someone like Thorp, Gumbleton or maybe Reid for the pick - 1 year of development in a top tenner from last year - then fine. Beyond that, we should hang tough and take the pick.

There are no quick fixes...only a quick road to another 5 years of misery.

Yes there have been some bizarre multi-player packages of ordinary and good players suggested for our Pick 5.

I'd much rather one bottle of Grange than a pallet load of cask wine.

[The Underdog]

Definitely hold onto pick 5.
McGregor and Hudson certainly aren't worth it as some Crows on BF are suggesting.
Although I've drunk a pallet load of cask wine in my life but no Grange.

Just don't tell anyone Street cost us pick 20. Imagine what they'll charge us for a decent ruckman these days.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Cooney - 2003
Ray - 2003
Griffen - 2004
Williams - 2004
Higgins - 2005
Everitt - 2006
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Our best young players - and those who look most likely to play 10 afl seasons - have been our first picks. We should keep the pick.

If we can get someone like Thorp, Gumbleton or maybe Reid for the pick - 1 year of development in a top tenner from last year - then fine. Beyond that, we should hang tough and take the pick.

There are no quick fixes...only a quick road to another 5 years of misery.

Absolutely - my view is that we keep our first two selections - Take the best player at no.5 and then try to get your lovechild with our seoond pick mjp.

Clayton has had little trouble selecting elite talent that early in the draft. Whilst Cooney, Ray, Griffen, Williams, Higgins and Everitt have question marks over them, and this summer should reveal a lot about their character - there is little doubting their raw talent.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Given its very unlikely that Roughead, Reid or Thorp will be traded we should keep the pick and take another developing tall to add to Everitt, Williams and Minson.

Everyone sprouts off about how Hawthorn did the right think taking Roughead and Franklin and now that we have an opportunity to do similar and take a big at #5 we are talking about trading the pick - doesn't make sense to me

Agree, unless a club very keen to land Judd was to offer up say a top line prospect who has been in the system for one or 2 years I would vote to keep our pick 5 and develop from within.