Re: Pre-Game Prattle: AFL Rd 10: Carlton vs St Kilda at Marvel
Reply #143 –
They're not lying, but understanding of timing is needed. The Stocker pick swap was in November (22nd or 23rd?), and at the time, expecting Docherty back, and a few other things, they were probably fair dinkum wrt a rise up the ladder, Nobody could foresee that in early December Doc would miss another season. Nobody could foresee that we'd lose a couple of games by less than a kick. As Carey said, winning or losing games by less than a goal is down to luck.
Actually there's some creative license being applied to our thinking here.
Our pick swap with adelaide for the stocker pick meant that we anticipated that we were not going to be significantly worse off at the draft table with the bonus of getting Liam stocker last season.
It was a move done to get our next young player in the door a year ahead of time.
To win that trade we only need to finish within 14 spots on the ladder with adelaide given stocker is rated pick 6 (according to sos) last year.
Currently that's an 11 spot difference.
It's worth remembering that this season still has life in it, and irrespective of where we finish I can't see adelaide finishing much higher than they are currently if they make finals at all.