Jack Watts

[Breadcrawl]

He'd be a much better return for H than Varcoe.

If he's on the table then he is who we want if they want Lumumba.

If they want much more, they are living in the past

[Wokko]

Could he play the Maxwell role? With Maxy, Heater and H all gone we could use a mobile half back flanker.

[Presti35]

All we can offer is pick 30 and/or 48 for him.

(Mind you he's prob worth around pick 30. But I'd still try to get Mullett first).

[burton]

+1 on Watts for me. Great aerobic capacity around the ground, can go forward, could 'maybe' pinch hit in the ruck if he put on some size (197cm).

[Tannin]

Melbourne believe he is valuable due to him being the number one pick.

Yup. They believe he is valuable 'coz they paid way too much for him. He must be valuable, right? Look how much they paid!


Er ... given what the plumber just charged me, I happen have some of the most expensive turds around. You can have one for .... they must be pretty valuable, look how much I paid for them ..... so ... OK, it's a great price but you can have one for just $500. What a bargain!

[stoliboy]

He is valuable... worth double for every finals game he's played.

[Damien]

Id be asking the question. Has youth on his side and the change of environs could be his making.

[swoop42]

Pick 5 for Watts and 12.

Any takers?

[Tannin]

^ Nope.

I wouldn't mind a punt on Watts, but when you bet at those odds you don't want to be laying out any big green or yellow notes, just an orange one or a blue one and a pink. He's worth a flutter with second-round pick or a swap with an older proven best-22 player (H, for example, even someone like Goldsack if they threw in a late pick) but we don't want to be throwing away a precious top 10 pick of such a risky proposition.

[Breadcrawl]

Pick 5 for Watts and 12.

Any takers?

No.

Why do you hate pick 5 swoop?

If you aren't trying to pump it up to 2 or 3 you're trying to downgrade it to 12.

The 'clear 4' crap is crap. I'll bet ya one of them slides. Hine's track record turning pick 5s into gold is very very good

[Presti35]

Pick 5 for Watts and 12.

Any takers?

No, but if you said Jeremy Cameron....

[swoop42]

Pick 5 for Watts and 12.

Any takers?

No.

Why do you hate pick 5 swoop?

If you aren't trying to pump it up to 2 or 3 you're trying to downgrade it to 12.

The 'clear 4' crap is crap. I'll bet ya one of them slides. Hine's track record turning pick 5s into gold is very very good

There isn't a clear pick 5 this year in my mind.

In Hines there might be and that's all that counts but what if there isn't?

Players like Pickett, Laverde, Ahern, Lever, Weller, could all go anywhere between 5 and 12.

Remember last year with 6 it was always going to be either Scharenberg or Aish for us so unless someone comes from the clouds like Bontempelli last year which was a little unusual then personally I'd be comfortable exchanging pick 5, 30 for 8 and 15 (not likely accepted by GC)

Pick 8 could very well get us the same player we liked at 5 (unlike last year) and 15 could get us someone like a Lamb who be an excellent pick up with big upside but not quite worth pick 5 in most peoples mind.

[AN_Inkling]

^^I remember the last time we did this. Picked up Egan instead of Lewis.

[Damien]

Pendles could have slipped through way beyond 4 and Decka may well have another left field up his sleeve but it'd be a big risk to trade down to 12 to get Watts and take the gamble. In Hine I trust