Koby Stevens

[SlimPickens]

Re: Koby Stevens

Well then we are in for an out and out s*it fight down back next season aren't we.
No Lake, No Morris, No Williams, No Murphy.

So it will be somethig like Roughie, Austin, Wood, Vez/Higgins down there?

Prepare for a 15 goal drubbing most weeks.

Talia, Roberts not part of the equation?

[always right]

Re: Koby Stevens

Well then we are in for an out and out s*it fight down back next season aren't we.
No Lake, No Morris, No Williams, No Murphy.

So it will be somethig like Roughie, Austin, Wood, Vez/Higgins down there?

Prepare for a 15 goal drubbing most weeks.

I imagine Williams might be used as a swingman. I share your concern but have you written off Morris, Talia, Marcovic and Roberts? The first two would be in our best 22 I would have thought based on Morris having a strong pre-season and Talia continuing to show the promise we saw last year.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Koby Stevens

S McKernan from Adelaide

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Koby Stevens

For some reason though, I like him, and I want him to do well.

Ditto.

I've been a fan of his for a while and would love to see him make it.

He's a really nice guy too.

[Axe Man]

Re: Koby Stevens

Can we use picks 89,107 and 125 for rookies?

Yep. It's my understanding another pick will open up even later in the 8th round if we have extra empty spots.

I'd like to go with 6 empty spots 5 picks and have 1 selection in the PSD.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding what you mean here but you can not draft rookies in the national draft. That's what the rookie draft is for. There's no way we will be using the picks in the 100s, after rookie promotions we won't have that many free primary list places.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Koby Stevens

Perhaps I am misunderstanding what you mean here but you can not draft rookies in the national draft. That's what the rookie draft is for. There's no way we will be using the picks in the 100s, after rookie promotions we won't have that many free primary list places.

You need to use picks in the National Draft to upgrade your current rookies to the primary list.

[Axe Man]

Re: Koby Stevens

You need to use picks in the National Draft to upgrade your current rookies to the primary list.

Yeah I realise that, if that's what Hotdog and G-Mo were meaning then that clears up my confusion, thanks.

[Bornadog]

Re: Koby Stevens

Tweets coming through its a done deal, but waiting for confirmation

[ledge]

Re: Koby Stevens

Tweets coming through its a done deal, but waiting for confirmation

What is the deal?

[azabob]

Re: Koby Stevens

Reports are we are hoping to use pick 44 to trade in someone else.

Reports from a reputable source or uni students?

[azabob]

Re: Koby Stevens

S McKernan from Adelaide

Hunch or have you heard something? I thought they may want to keep him since Tippett has moved on.

[Bornadog]

Re: Koby Stevens

Reports from a reputable source or uni students?

You should know that Mantis does not listen to Uni students.

[Bornadog]

Re: Koby Stevens

KOBY Stevens is officially a Western Bulldog.


The Dogs and West Coast today struck a deal that secured Stevens’ path home to Victoria, a week after the 21-year chose the Whitten Oval as his destination.

The Dogs gave up pick No.44 to the Eagles for the midfielder in an agreement that comes two days before the trade deadline.

The clubs also swapped picks later in the draft.

Stevens is an inside-midfielder who once captained an AIS-AFL tour of Europe, but he played only 11 games in three years at West Coast given their strong midfield and injury problems.

His reputation as a contested ball aggressor seems to align perfectly with Dogs coach Brendan McCartney’s philosophy.

Essendon and St Kilda were also interested in Stevens, who was originally taken by West Coast with pick No.22 in the 2009 national draft.

[WB4Life]

Re: Koby Stevens

I'm fine with this, hope Kobe flourish's for the dogs and becomes a star!

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Koby Stevens

I'm guessing we thought that if he went to the pre season draft then either GWS, GC or Melbourne might've snagged him. Otherwise I don't understand why we didn't play harder and stick to our offer of pick 51.