GWS took McCarthy

Stupied · Joined: 14 Mar 2013

Does nobody else find that bizarre?

simon tonna · Joined: 24 Oct 2013 Location: carindale

you got to be friggin kidding

OEP · Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Location: Perth

No because they just drafted Travis Cloke and Jarrod Roughhead clones.

Tannin · Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:58 pm

No wonder they traded us a gun midfielder - they plan to line up every week with 18 KPPs and four more on the bench.

I reckon they must be punting that they will have spare gun KPPs in a few years time when they are winning premierships and they'll be able to trade them to other clubs for top 10 draft picks. If so, it's smart thinking.

Cam · Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:01 pm

The trick is getting game time into them i think to develop them to increase their value. Perhaps they will turn them into an uber spine.

Cam · Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:04 pm

Well at least they kept him from Carlton, who's picks are heavy on the meh factor. Yay Smile

simon tonna · Joined: 24 Oct 2013 Location: carindale

yeah i thought hine maybe thinking along those lines

Stupied · Joined: 14 Mar 2013

How the fk do you get game time into a kid who's a KPF when you already have 3 of the best forward prospects in the league? I feel sorry for the kid.

GreekLunatic · Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Location: doncaster vic australia

They will trade Patton next year

thebaldfacts · Joined: 02 Aug 2007

Agree that this seems a strange decision given their stock of talls.

AN_Inkling · Joined: 06 Oct 2007

Not all forwards have to play forward. McCarthy is a skinny kid with a good tank, like Reid he doesn't need to be locked into a forward or a back role, he could probably play either.

simon tonna · Joined: 24 Oct 2013 Location: carindale

at least heater won't be kicking over anybodies head

MagpieBat · Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:58 pm

Someone's gonna have to play CHB if they all want to get a game...

As I've said before, they're stockpiling some talls, in preparation to trade one or two out for a nice fat bounty at some point down the line...

Duff Soviet Union · Joined: 16 Aug 2010

I for one think GWS is doing it right.

Despite what the propaganda machine says, the vast majority of the kids drafted tonight will be average or worse AFL footballers and only a few will be genuine difference makers for their teams.

Keeping that in mind, I'd say the distinction between drafting a kid who can play and drafting one who can't is much more meaningful than the distinction between tall and small.

Draft the best player available. Worry about what to do with him later. If he can play but doesn't fit into your team, then trade him for someone who does.

Wokko · Come and take it. Joined: 04 Oct 2005

lol @ GWS hate drafting against Carlton.