List Mgmt. 2015 AFL Draft - what type of players should we be looking at & who do we take? (Poll added)

[Blue and Silver]

Does he like to hurt people, crush their souls, their hopes, pound their bones to powder?

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Gnasher? Ripper? Gouger?

 

[T2B_]

Just read the thread on Weitering on the Drafts board, after not really paying much attention all this time.

Things just got messy in camp T2B_

 

[thylacine60]

Cleanup aisle T2B_

 

[HARKER]

Means little but we know that the Academy guys are very highly rated.
4 in the top ten would be a very unusual outcome given the relative size of these Academies compared to what the major football states have to offer.

 

[Blue_Fusion]

Thanks for posting that HARKER. Very interesting.

 

[HARKER]

Thanks for posting that HARKER. Very interesting.

........and then you've got Keays hovering somewhere not too far away.

Even as it is, there are 3 Academy picks in the top 6...........50% from NSW & QLD academies................we need more academies...

 

[zeeCFC]

Shows why GWS would be keen to trade for home grown talents that need picks to off set the bids.

 

[JustaBattler]

Just read the thread on Weitering on the Drafts board, after not really paying much attention all this time.

Things just got messy in camp T2B_

good to read some unbiased opposition supporter views on the BigW.

Sounds like he is also a versatile type that can run around and do stuff - instead of just punching the ball over the boundary line...

 

[BluStreak]

Where would Ben McKay range in the Draft?
His Brother Harry is within the top 20.

 

[El Topo]

How does a North Ballarat player wind up in the GWS academy? Aren't they about access to local talent?

 

[Stamos]

Means little but we know that the Academy guys are very highly rated.
4 in the top ten would be a very unusual outcome given the relative size of these Academies compared to what the major football states have to offer.

Whose rankings are those?

 

[Jimmae]

Whose rankings are those?

Brett Anderson's.

 

[HBF]

Curnow at 4.
This years bolter for sure.

 

[Dramoth]

Heard some good things about Gresham. Where is he likely to fall?

The way that he performed in the goal kicking at the combine, he is likely to be around 12-15 in my opinion.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

There is talk that Melbourne are looking at Howe and there pick 6 for GCS pick 3.
So it looks like GCS think the player they want will still be there @ pick 6.

Or dont really rate Francis who is the obvious pick 3,

Means little but we know that the Academy guys are very highly rated.
4 in the top ten would be a very unusual outcome given the relative size of these Academies compared to what the major football states have to offer.

Seems bizarre, and i suspect that the development within these academies is so strong that it gives them an unfair advantage against the TAC kids. Although i rrckon that this advantage will be negated once all the kids are inside an AFL system.

 

[mediumsizered]

How does a North Ballarat player wind up in the GWS academy? Aren't they about access to local talent?

I suspect he is a NSW player going to school in Ballarat, much like Daniel Rioli has done.

 

[Nathan88]

How does a North Ballarat player wind up in the GWS academy? Aren't they about access to local talent?

Come over to be a boarder at st pats after he was already in their academy

 

[LemmingMaster]

........and then you've got Keays hovering somewhere not too far away.

Even as it is, there are 3 Academy picks in the top 6...........50% from NSW & QLD academies................we need more academies...

It is important to remember that the GWS academy is BS, they do sweat FA and just have a lucky zone that already was a football dominated region.

 

[HalAlaric]

Means little but we know that the Academy guys are very highly rated.
4 in the top ten would be a very unusual outcome given the relative size of these Academies compared to what the major football states have to offer.

No way Francis will slide to pick 10.
Has been likened to Brendan Goddard.
Think he is in the 2-6 range

 

[Jimmae]

No way Francis will slide to pick 10.
Has been likened to Brendan Goddard.
Think he is in the 2-6 range

That is effectively pick 6, as 4 of those players are academy kids.

 

[HalAlaric]

http://www.theroar.com.au/2015/09/17/the-top-60-draft-prospects-of-2015/

nice little article about draft prospects.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Does he like to hurt people, crush their souls, their hopes, pound their bones to powder?

Hahah - My goal in life is actually to meet you. If I'm ever in Melbourne for a game, we are catching up.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

I love the academies - they do great work to develop kids. They should just not be used to prop up Norther teams. More academies, but put them into the open draft.

 

[ESKIE]

Blind date ?

 

[Jimmae]

I know he's been injured but is there any footage out there of Weideman? Don't think I've seen any since the NB highlights of our game against the academy kids, where he gave Watson a bath.