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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogtragic View Post
    So the rookie draft is on later today. We have pick 6, 24 & 42. We haven't replaced Roughy, Campbell, Collins, Adams, NMM.

    So do we look to target some needs for depth in KPP/ruck stocks? Or best available?
    Possibly best available at the first pick if there is someone available that we didn't expect to be there, but the other 2 picks have to address list needs in my opinion.

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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    A ruckman and the two players the recruiters think could be best 22 AFL players (now or in time) but aren't on a list right now. That'd keep me happy.

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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    Quote Originally Posted by Axe Man View Post
    Possibly best available at the first pick if there is someone available that we didn't expect to be there, but the other 2 picks have to address list needs in my opinion.
    Will be interesting if we want more kids, or look to recycle someone or grab state leaguers.
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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    If no one bids on Buku, can we select another player with pick 73 and then use one of our rookie selections on him?
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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    Yes, if no one selects him in the National Draft. The problem is that there are still more picks after our last one, so it's a risk that someone bids for him there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by divvydan View Post
    Yes, if no one selects him in the National Draft. The problem is that there are still more picks after our last one, so it's a risk that someone bids for him there.
    Thinking laterally, now that we know our last pick is good enough. I wonder if we look to trade to the last pick in the draft at pick 73, to Collinwood's 102. If someone bids, we match it we've lost absolutely nothing by doing it. If no one bids then we use the last pick effective like pick 1 of the rookie draft, and use a rookie selection on Buku.
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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    Dogs have lodged a form to pre-select NGA prospect Buku Khamis as a rookie.
    https://twitter.com/SamLandsberger/s...32145388625920

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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    Confirmed:

    Bulldogs secure Buku Khamis

    The Western Bulldogs have snared exciting young talent Buku Khamis as a pre-selected rookie for the 2019 season.

    Khamis was allowed clear passage to the Bulldogs as a pre-selected rookie under the rules governing the selection of players who are part of AFL club next generation academies.

    Khamis was not selected in the NAB AFL Draft, allowing the Dogs to secure him as a rookie.

    A relatively late bloomer in a football sense, Khamis, a refugee from South Sudan, moved to Australia in 2006 with his family and took up AFL in his last year of primary school.

    He is a product of the Dogs’ Next Generation Academy, and was a participant in the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation’s Ready SETTLE Go program.

    The athletic defender has the ability to take on the game with his impressive running ability, and possesses clean skills.

    He is a great intercept mark and reads the flight of the ball well.

    “Buku is a fantastic example of the talent in our Next Generation Academy and the development pathway that exists in the AFL,” said Bulldogs’ General Manager of List and Recruiting, Sam Power.

    “He has worked exceptionally hard to get to where he is and we’re confident he’ll be a great acquisition to our Club.”

    Khamis represented Vic Metro and was awarded All-Australian selection in 2018.


    Buku Khamis profile

    DOB: 24/03/2000
    Height: 189cm
    Weight: 82kg
    Position: Defender
    Club: Western Jets

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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    Lachie Young pick 6 (dandy stingrays)

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    Pick 23 Jordan Sweet (North Adelaide)

    Knightmare: Ruckman Jordon Sweet who I have spoken about over the last few seasons drafted to Western Bulldogs in the rookie draft. Powerful, strong mark and plays with an aggressive edge


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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    So only 2 rookies taken? Something doesn't add up - is Khamis category A?

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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    Quote Originally Posted by Axe Man View Post
    So only 2 rookies taken? Something doesn't add up - is Khamis category A?
    I think so

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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    I think so

    That doesn't say whether he is category A or B.

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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    Pre-selected rookie. Pretty sure he's a regular one in this case

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    Re: Rookie List Strategy 2018

    I could be wrong. I read the rules to say that a NGA can be a Cat B if all clubs overlook them in the rookie draft. Buku was nominated and therefore wasn't overlooked in the rookie draft so we get a highway robbery, not a highway robbery +.

    However, there were two other NGA kids who were overlooked. One in particular was a kid Lachie Dawson who was an ok performing NGA this year. We could sign him up as a Cat B if we wanted.
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