#1 pick, going cheap

Tannin · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:34 am

What would you say to the prospect of recruiting an extra #1 draft pick?

The good news: he's 24, he has no injury worries to speak of, he's played over 100 games, his club wants to trade him and we could probably get him for a second round pick or a couple of fringe players.

The bad news, his name is Watts.

Raw Hammer · Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Location: The Gutter

Jack Watts is not a very good AFL player. End of story.

E · Joined: 05 May 2010

Kwame Brown is also available to be our US import. at 6 10, he would be awesome. And he too is a number 1 draft pick ... heard of him. I didn't think so.....

swoop42 · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 1:22 am

He should consider switching clubs as it may reinvigorate his career.

That club of course is in the women's league but still.

qldmagpie67 · Joined: 18 Dec 2008

The-Den · Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Location: Melbourne

simon tonna · Joined: 24 Oct 2013 Location: carindale

with bad seeds wanting out and then bringing in watts we would gain nothing. two wrongs don't make a right.

Culprit · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne

Bob Sugar · Joined: 11 Feb 2010 Location: Benalla

Is shit.

dillo_09 · Joined: 15 Apr 2001 Location: Whittington

Not a fan, but there are many better judges than me who continue to say he has heaps of skill (something we need) & talent, it is just not coming out on field.

Maybe we have better internal infrastructure that can extract that talent? Maybe we can bring it to the fore ON FIELD better than the Dee's?

Play him on a wing and make him run and run and run. About the only position I can see him playing.

MatthewBoydFanClub · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: Elwood

Jack Watts is not a KPP, which Roos finally worked out during the season. He's also not quite a midfielder who plays out of the centre, which is a pity because his height is an advantage at the centre clearances. So question is where to play him, if not a mid and not a KPP? Actually he's a little bit like Seedsman, who has his ups and downs. If he could settle into a wing or half forward, that's where I would play him. He could complement Elliot in attack if Watts ever came to Collingwood.

inxs88 · Joined: 17 Aug 2014

There are worse ideas bandied around here. In comparison to the Clinton Young, Q stick, Jessie White, Tony Armstrong, Jordan Russel inclusions, there seems more upside.

Roos clearly has lost faith in him. A swap for Seedsman and a 3rd or 4th rd draft pick would be slight overs and get it done! He is a classic "UTILITY" player with elite skills but a soft underbelly. However, with the "messiah tag" removed he may in fact emulate high drafted players such as:

* Brad Ottens (Cats Ruckmen who started with Tigers)
* Fraser Gehrig (Saint who started with Eagles)
* Scott Thompson (Crows player initially with Dees)
* David Hale (Roos now a Hawk dual premiership player)
* Both Josh Kennedys (now at Eagles and Swans)
* Brad Ebert (former Eagle now at port)
* Jarod Polec (former Lion now at Port)
* Jamie Cripps (was at Saints now at Eagles)
* Tom Lynch (Saint now starring at Crows)

that went on or are having excellent second club careers elsewhere. So maybe the Watts idea isn't as silly an idea. At 24 with a fresh culture and coaching group and an expectation to be a great "B grade" performer vs a matchwinner, he may soar!

jackcass · Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Location: Bendigo

After we add Treloar and maybe a another player or 2 I'd doubt we'll have either the cap space to pay him what he'd want or the picks available to satisfy Melbourne. Would be a very handy player elsewhere as long as supporters could modify their expectations.

inxs88 · Joined: 17 Aug 2014

Given we have saved $2,400,000 on Kreuzer we are bound to have cap space.

mattys123 · Joined: 07 Jul 2009 Location: Narre Warren, VIC

Young for Watts, seems like a fair trade. Laughing