mightydockers
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Played a pretty good game against us once so everyone faps over him. Has been really underwhelming IMO. Wouldn't give up pick 5 either.
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Played a pretty good game against us once so everyone faps over him. Has been really underwhelming IMO. Wouldn't give up pick 5 either.
Well, we're definitely going to draft a bust then because there's very little chance they'd be a better player than Jack Martin
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I personally don't understand what the fuss is about. Can't see a reason why we couldn't pick a better player with pick 5.
Martin is a probably a more talented player than anyone available to us at 5, but he has not realised it yet. TBF he was very good in the back half of the year supposedly, but I rarely watch GC games (prefer watching other teams).
He was.. was released into the middle more when Barlow went down. Probably a 60(fwd)-40(mid) spilt. The guy has loads of talent IMO, but sometimes can look laconic and is still pretty light on in the frame which may never change tbh. He's a brilliant mark for his size and stature and dead eye dick which would be nice for a change. If we are going mid with pick 5, i would rather Martin than the options we'll have.. but happy to stick with 5 and go KPP.
That would work brilliantly. Just need his old man to announce that he is having tests for cancer around this time next year, but his family is rallying around him. He doesn't know what he would do without them.
No way. Acres is not in the class of talent required to downgrade a top 5 pick.
Based on what Bondy or Lloyd (whoever said it) on radio the other day, we are "happy" with our KPD stocks. Don't think we will take Naughton unless Salim gets on the recruiting team before then.
Alright well naughton aside i still think theres quality 4 picks down the order. I would like to see us get as much value as we possibly can just like last year.
While I'd love us to get a deal like last year, that really was the perfect storm. Cam sitting out, us wanting Logue at 3 anyway and GWS being overloaded with picks to the point where they can afford to do trades heavily in the other teams favour just to rise up the order for a particular player. No other team has that luxury. It just wouldn't happen.
We hold 5 IMO (unless somebody awesome wants to come home) and find other ways of getting some picks.
It may be that our recruiters rate someone they think will slide to ~10 anyway. Or it may happen they think the top 5 are clear standouts. We don't know, but I think there are a few players it might be worth having 5 instead of 9 for.
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If we don't take Naughton I will watch his career very closely with whatever club picks him up, looks like a future Rance/Taylor, shame we didn't have more access to forwards in last year's draft.I'll be happy with who ever they take but we all all have our preferences.
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Cmon mate...
We had access to the best key forward prospect in last year's draft in Todd Marshall - not sure how much more access we could have had.
I say access in the sense that it wasn't a 'tall heavy' draft, the fact that Marshall went at pick 16 pretty much says it all, no real Schache/McKay/Hipwood hulking KPF that we could have used our pick 8 on. In saying that I'm happy with Logue and think he'll develop nicely.
Todd slipped pretty hard last year. Started the year up high and was end of first round (ie where he was taken) by the end of the combine.
Be interesting to see if he ends up any good.
Geez Jaidyn Stephenson is impressive so quick, good field kicking, knows where the goals are and knows how to find it. Has a light frame but put a few kilos on him and he could be a beast mid/fwd, would love to use pick 5 on him only worry is he's a vic metro boy. They tend to want to go home.
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Him and harley are best mates, and he was a freo* supporter growing up
Stephenson (since recently) is my favourite prospect in this draft but I don't agree with this. His field kicking whenever I have seen it is average at best.
Also not worried by him being a Metro boy because all the recruiters etc speak highly of his character when asked.
What would recruiters have said about Dangerfield character? Etc etc etc
Heaps of pressure put on players to return home, and it is now a fairly accepted occurrence. We aren't flaming Balic. Hawks don't boo Hill. Deals happen every season regardless of good character.
I hope where good character is most useful is in predraft interviews where someone is asked how they would feel about an interstate move. Straight, honest answers required.
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Should we bother drafting Brander if we are getting O'Reilly next year? (Assuming no club is dumb enough to draft him)
We need to replace Mundy and now Balic.
My name is Dirty_banchez and that's my hot take.
We need to replace Mundy and now Balic.
My name is Dirty_banchez and that's my hot take.
Alot of ifs, when it comes to next year.
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For starters, we are not getting O'Rielly unless we draft him as per every other side in the league.
