Ayce Cordy?

[Ghost Dog]

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'Also, the issue is whether he was worth the pick anyway'

I meant that as a question rather than a statement.



Turner says that about at least 6 Geelong Falcons each year.

Well, they do turn out quite a few champions. Anyway, the line above sounds like a cynical take on things.
Look even if it doesn't turn out, with his physical gifts, club connection and our needs, it was worth a punt.

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Ayce Cordy?

Well, they do turn out quite a few champions. Anyway, the line above sounds like a cynical take on things.
Look even if it doesn't turn out, with his physical gifts, club connection and our needs, it was worth a punt.

The point of my original post was to reply to Sedat's suggestion about Cordy sitting out a year playing for Willi. Basically I wanted to say why would he do it?

I definitely think he was worth the punt and was not meaning to be cynical, just that Turner is well known for talking his boys up.

[KT31]

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Was Cordy ever touted as being selected at another club or were the Saint's just being pricks by suggesting they would select him ?
No matter if they wanted him or not , it means a team is forced to make their choice and its one less pick at a player another team wants.

[Sedat]

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Was Cordy ever touted as being selected at another club or were the Saint's just being pricks by suggesting they would select him ?No matter if they wanted him or not , it means a team is forced to make their choice and its one less pick at a player another team wants.

Matthew Drain orchestrated the St Kilda pick bid, as he and Rocket had a big falling out when he was at the Dogs. Whether ot not they were serious about using their first round pick is another story, as Cordy was always going to be drafted by us (rightly or wrongly).

Bulldogsman raised the point about Jacob Brennan being 20yo and taken as a F/S, which is why I asked the same question re: Cordy. Wasn't Dylan Buckley also eligible to nominate for the ND last year but decided not to? He was taken F/S by Carlton this year.

Rocco is right about us trumpeting the future F/S prospects far too prominently. Since the bidding system came in place, we have done more tyre pumping about our F/S prospects than any other club. I barely heard a word about Tom Mitchell this year until a couple of weeks before the ND - compare that to the previous year when Wallis and Libba were paraded ad nauseum for several months prior to the ND.

[BulldogBelle]

Re: Ayce Cordy?

Was Cordy ever touted as being selected at another club or were the Saint's just being pricks by suggesting they would select him ?
No matter if they wanted him or not , it means a team is forced to make their choice and its one less pick at a player another team wants.

I thought the Saints nominated that they would take him with their first pick - and therefore they forced our hand with his selection via our first pick

[stefoid]

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Matthew Drain orchestrated the St Kilda pick bid, as he and Rocket had a big falling out when he was at the Dogs. Whether ot not they were serious about using their first round pick is another story, as Cordy was always going to be drafted by us (rightly or wrongly).

Bulldogsman raised the point about Jacob Brennan being 20yo and taken as a F/S, which is why I asked the same question re: Cordy. Wasn't Dylan Buckley also eligible to nominate for the ND last year but decided not to? He was taken F/S by Carlton this year.

Rocco is right about us trumpeting the future F/S prospects far too prominently. Since the bidding system came in place, we have done more tyre pumping about our F/S prospects than any other club. I barely heard a word about Tom Mitchell this year until a couple of weeks before the ND - compare that to the previous year when Wallis and Libba were paraded ad nauseum for several months prior to the ND.

Its a long bow to suggest that club media statements drive up the price of F/S.

But yeah, holding off on Cordy for a tripple header would have been outstanding value - Geelong-esque.

Why would Cordy do it? Come on, Im sure we could have come to 'some arrangement' about his future salary that accoutned for missing out on one year of payments.

If legal, it (would have) been a great idea. Nothing wrong with a suoper-skinny kid with dodgy shoulders delaying his draft for 12 months to protect his own health.

[ledge]

Re: Ayce Cordy?

Matthew Drain orchestrated the St Kilda pick bid, as he and Rocket had a big falling out when he was at the Dogs. Whether ot not they were serious about using their first round pick is another story, as Cordy was always going to be drafted by us (rightly or wrongly).

Bulldogsman raised the point about Jacob Brennan being 20yo and taken as a F/S, which is why I asked the same question re: Cordy. Wasn't Dylan Buckley also eligible to nominate for the ND last year but decided not to? He was taken F/S by Carlton this year.

Rocco is right about us trumpeting the future F/S prospects far too prominently. Since the bidding system came in place, we have done more tyre pumping about our F/S prospects than any other club. I barely heard a word about Tom Mitchell this year until a couple of weeks before the ND - compare that to the previous year when Wallis and Libba were paraded ad nauseum for several months prior to the ND.

When ones captain of the under 18s premiership team and i think had the most possesions in the competition, and the other was feeding him it wasnt us parading him it was their talent, not one club wouldnt have taken them, it was there for all to see.