Priority Picks

[bulldogtragic]

He has sorted thing with his girlfriend as the charges of distributing photos has been dropped.

He is still only 23 years old.

He’s the sort of trade target I’m after. Hitting their prime with 200 games left in them. Someone who surrounded with better coaches and guns players around them on game day will reach their potential.

If this trade gets North Pick 6 from GCS, GCS subs get all their academy kids without deficit then AFEL HQ will be very happy. Everybody wins. I can see why Collingwood are reportedly chasing him too. His game on the weekend was outstanding. In a good side he could really impose himself on the comp.

[bornadog]

He’s the sort of trade target I’m after. Hitting their prime with 200 games left in them. Someone who surrounded with better coaches and guns players around them on game day will reach their potential.

If this trade gets North Pick 6 from GCS, GCS subs get all their academy kids without deficit then AFEL HQ will be very happy. Everybody wins. I can see why Collingwood are reportedly chasing him too. His game on the weekend was outstanding. In a good side he could really impose himself on the comp.

Spot on BT

[bulldogtragic]

Spot on BT

Yep. Enough with the top ups of Keath, Bruce & Lobb. If we are parting with picks we need a different profile.

[mjp]

He has sorted thing with his girlfriend as the charges of distributing photos has been dropped.

The charges have been dropped or he didn't do it?

Sorry but I don't understand why we would do this...and I've sort of been defending this player all the way through saying he needed the SUPPORT of the footy club/community and not to be held outside it.

He isn't OUR player though...why import potential problems that have both on-field and off-field implications.

Dislike.

[bulldogtragic]

The charges have been dropped or he didn't do it?

Sorry but I don't understand why we would do this...and I've sort of been defending this player all the way through saying he needed the SUPPORT of the footy club/community and not to be held outside it.

He isn't OUR player though...why import potential problems that have both on-field and off-field implications.

Dislike.

He didn’t commit the offences as charged, so they dropped them after the evidence wasn’t strong.

Why can’t we take him on? Can we not get the best out of him? (As prefaced, if his life is now in order)

[bornadog]

The charges have been dropped or he didn't do it?

Sorry but I don't understand why we would do this...and I've sort of been defending this player all the way through saying he needed the SUPPORT of the footy club/community and not to be held outside it.

He isn't OUR player though...why import potential problems that have both on-field and off-field implications.

Dislike.

I don't believe he impacted other players at the club (I could be wrong). He certainly had off field issues.

He didn’t commit the offences as charged, so they dropped them after the evidence wasn’t strong.

Why can’t we take him on? Can we not get the best out of him? (As prefaced, if his life is now in order)

correct

[Bulldog Joe]

SEN are indicating that North will receive pick 3 for McKay regardless if the financial offer triggers that level of compensation and then they'll also be able to secure Riley Sanders as a pre-selection and then also get an end of 1st round priority pick as well. The AFL are determined to get them 4 first round picks this year.

So the AFL have decided that North are to become the Tasmanian Kangaroos and avoid the 19th licence.

[Grantysghost]

So the AFL have decided that North are to become the Tasmanian Kangaroos and avoid the 19th licence.

Crazy. This is what they did for Melbourne when they were a basket case.
Next step will be appointing their own coach and CEO. (Roos and Jackson).

[The bulldog tragician]

The charges have been dropped or he didn't do it?

Sorry but I don't understand why we would do this...and I've sort of been defending this player all the way through saying he needed the SUPPORT of the footy club/community and not to be held outside it.

He isn't OUR player though...why import potential problems that have both on-field and off-field implications.

Dislike.

I’d be extremely reluctant to take a player with a history of violence. Drug, alcohol, mental health challenges can be overcome. To me threats of violence denote a mindset and atttudes towards women that I don’t want to see at our club The change to the charges was technical to the lay person. According to the ABC:

….Prosecutors agreed to drop the charge of threatening to distribute an intimate image, and replaced it with another offence of using a carriage service to harass.

Things aren’t sorted out with his ex girlfriend either, she has been in the media slamming the justice system and says she knows two other women harassed by him that haven’t come forward.

[GVGjr]

While he's 23 and technically his best years are ahead of him Thomas has behaved more like a 16 yo and and immature one at that. While noting his talent I'd still want a significant discount to consider bringing him to our club.
Look no further than Stephenson's arrival at North as example on how things don't always work with a distracted player.

[bulldogtragic]

While he's 23 and technically his best years are ahead of him Thomas has behaved more like a 16 yo and and immature one at that. While noting his talent I'd still want a significant discount to consider bringing him to our club.
Look no further than Stephenson's arrival at North as example on how things don't always work with a distracted player.

Our culture = North culture ?

[bulldogsthru&thru]

SEN are indicating that North will receive pick 3 for McKay regardless if the financial offer triggers that level of compensation and then they'll also be able to secure Riley Sanders as a pre-selection and then also get an end of 1st round priority pick as well. The AFL are determined to get them 4 first round picks this year.

And on goes the cycle of the afel stepping in, tampering with the draft and propping a team up that got itself in a mess because of poor decisions it made.

[bornadog]

And on goes the cycle of the afel stepping in, tampering with the draft and propping a team up that got itself in a mess because of poor decisions it made.

AFL - worst administered professional comp in the world

[GVGjr]

And on goes the cycle of the afel stepping in, tampering with the draft and propping a team up that got itself in a mess because of poor decisions it made.

From my perspective we aren't doing it just for them we are doing it for the sake of the competition and only because of the advantage of teams drawing WC and North twice each this year when the majority of teams only play them once. You might be able to carry one team in the competition that is a long way behind the others but two teams is too many.

If they land 4 early picks this year then the AFL needs to be firm and say that's it and nothing else for at least the next 5 years.

[Bulldog Joe]

AFL - worst administered professional comp in the world

Unfortunately this is not correct.

Not to say they are not inept, but my Sydney mate tells me they are so far ahead of Rugby both League and Union it is not even close.

It is what you get when you have rivers of money flowing for effectively protected employees with no understanding of responsibility and integrity.