AFL Player # 2: Sam Draper - The mullet hath returneth - 22/6

[Dave]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 20, TheUnicorn

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

His ruck work in the last few minutes was uncompetitive

Didn't he tap into straight down the throat of Merret at the final centre bounce?

 

[doug85]

Didn't he tap into straight down the throat of Merret at the final centre bounce?

Yep.

So just all the other around the ground contests where ROB was hitting the ball into the corridor at will for the crows mids to run onto and set up attack after attack.

 

[ghostdog]

Didn't he tap into straight down the throat of Merret at the final centre bounce?

He did, but at that point I was at a loss as to why it took all night to make that play.

 

[Nifft]

Worst ball drop in league history.

David Cloke?

 

[brutus76]

A 25yo uncordinated ruck project that shows occasional flashes of brilliance like a disco ball with many more moments showing the bereft of footy smarts and skills like a magic 8 ball

Would prefer Bryan to stay or Vigo TBH or getting Reidy or Knobel from Freo who can't debut and break into that team but dominate at WAFL level

 

[DERO]

i don't think Bryan will be going anywhere. Goldy is cooked.

 

[ant555]

i don't think Bryan will be going anywhere. Goldy is cooked.

Would be very strange if they let him move on. I have been very critical as far as him being too easily beaten in contests around the ground but we should be just playing Nick next year and not looking for another stop gap. If he is not up to it then move on at the end of 2025.

 

[Pweter]

just relax man, crows supporters also think Rundle Mall is a cultural wonderland

Yeah but if you keep walking from Rundle Mall you get to Hindley St. Now that is a cultural wonderland of massive proportions, especially when the sun isn't in the sky.

 

[Ambrosia]

Didn't he tap into straight down the throat of Merret at the final centre bounce?

And then set up the Stringer sprayed shot as well

 

[Milanista28]

See how Darcy and Jackson disrespected the Melbourne ruck set up? Draper made them look competent

 

[astrowizzle]

Barry Round says hi

David Cloke says Hello Hello

 

[windyhill]

David Cloke says Hello Hello

Jack Daniels if we’re playing blast from the past. (Stk,no.34, ginger)

 

[brutus76]

James Manson (Collingwood)

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

And then set up the Stringer sprayed shot as well

Also the Gresham goal?

 

[Vander18]

I’ll probably get lambasted for this but here I go…..

Cut the stupid hair, lose the stupid mo, forget about your stupid podcasts and become a professional. You have Goldy at your fingertips who is a craftsman of the highest order - ****ing move in with him and download everything you can.

Time to grow up.

 

[Vindicater]

Still think he is going okay.

I still have faith he will come good for a solid 3-4 year period of dominance.

 

[dank420_]

I’ll probably get lambasted for this but here I go…..

Cut the stupid hair, lose the stupid mo, forget about your stupid podcasts and become a professional. You have Goldy at your fingertips who is a craftsman of the highest order - ****ing move in with him and download everything you can.

Time to grow up.

The flip side is pretty much the entire hawthorn team who have swagger coming out of their ears.

Draper’s problem is basic skill.

 

[Vander18]

The flip side is pretty much the entire hawthorn team who have swagger coming out of their ears.

Draper’s problem is basic skill.

I’m suggesting he forget everything else and focus on fixing that problem.

 

[dank420_]

I’m suggesting he forget everything else and focus on fixing that problem.

But I’m saying those other things aren’t necessarily bad. In fact if he didn’t have them, he might just vanish into thin air. Hawthorn has proven you can cultivate personality.

 

[cAsEy_18]

Yeah, he’s not about to kick straighter with shorter hair.

Pay a compliment where it’s deserved - I reckon his marking has come a long way this year.

 

[dank420_]

Yeah, he’s not about to kick straighter with shorter hair.

Pay a compliment where it’s deserved - I reckon his marking has come a long way this year.

And he is getting around the ground at good times. It’s his kicking, really.

 

[DapperDon]

Redman and Perkins cut their hair and look what happened to them

I say everyone should grow it out

 

[faible]

I’m suggesting he forget everything else and focus on fixing that problem.

He needs to get serious about football. He can wear his hair however he wants, he can podcast, all of that is fine. But actually learn to understand football. Do what Zach Merrett would do and spend every moment you've got absorbing everything Goldstein has learned in his career. Goldstein would have been a much safer choice to have on the field in the last 5 minutes to save the game, because he's smart enough to know what he needs to do. Draper doesn't ever really do the boring, simple, smart things.

 

[fairbump_playon]

I’ll probably get lambasted for this but here I go…..

Cut the stupid hair, lose the stupid mo, forget about your stupid podcasts and become a professional. You have Goldy at your fingertips who is a craftsman of the highest order - ****ing move in with him and download everything you can.

Time to grow up.

Like Paul Vander Harr? LOL.

 

[astrowizzle]

Like Paul Vander Harr? LOL.

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Your have been a brave coach to tell PVH to do anything. **** he was so good