Talent before size and Serong most certainly plays tall.
Not saying he’s slow by any means and he’s definitely got that forward craft string to his bow , I’m a big fanReckon you should go have another look at Serong, he has seriously good acceleration from the contest, I'm not convinced he's all that inferior to Rowell as a midfielder given they're of similar height and he most certainly has more strings to his bow with his leap and strength overhead to go with his outstanding forward craft.
Go back and watch last year's NAB AFL All Stars game between Team Bartel and Team Riewoldt, he and Rowell were absolute standouts in that game.
Cooper Stephens the forgotten player in this draft was pretty good in that game too, and covers our need for a "big bodied mid" as well. 2nd or 3rd pick please.
I wasn't aware he was the only mid in this draft.....and btw there's not too many "bigger" mids in this draft that have the talent required that will be available to us.
fair enough. Having said all that, if you had to rank the 4 of them in order on who you would pick, - Rowell, Anderson, Serong, Ash would serong or Ash be breaking into your top 2. Just really trying to get my head around whether it is better to hold our pick and go high or maybe better to split it / trade for a player we wantMaybe because a lot of those scribes don't see as much of the country lads as they do the likes of Anderson and Rowell, that and the fact the bulk of the media fanfare has been based around those 2 mostly.
Caleb Serong an AFL draft prospect with ‘no flaws’, say experts
Shifter Sheahan's words : Note, not the player comparison I'd use....Toby Greene for me.
“I liken him to Tom Papley,” AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan said.
“He’s clean, he’s a great kick, works hard through the midfield on the inside and the outside. He’s a goalkicker as well and such a consistent player in the big games.
“He’s got a low centre of gravity, he’s powerfully-built, quick, strong overhead for his 178cm height and just has no flaws in his make-up.”
Did I say he was the only mid in this draft? Not sure what you’re one about.
1. Anderson
Thanks for that. It gives some of us confidence that we can nail it at pick 4 even if if GC get a PP and maybe it is better that we don't trade our pick unless it is a really good deal. It also makes me think that it would not be worth the expense of trying to trade up to pick 2
As someone else pointed out on here, Brisbane are doing pretty well with their small mids. As long as they go in hard and can tackle well, its not too bad. Next year we can hopefully get Luke Edwards who can be a taller mid.
We have 3 picks to address your size want in mids with Anderson gone that leaves Brodie Kemp recovering from an ACL, Tom Green GWS Academy and Finn Maginnes Hawks F/S as the bigger mids in 1st round contention that I'm aware of anyhow. Hayden Young is 188cm but I'm far from convinced his best position is going to be midfield. All the rest of the proven mids likely to go 1st round are around 180 - 184 cm so not much different to what we've got already.
Wait for next year, when we trade for Luko and sign Grundy.
Well, he's an inch shorter. Same height as Marc Murphy though.
Use pick 3 on luko and give Grundy a missive offer next year?
If we go for Luko and Grundy in the same year, we could trade our picks for Luko first and discourage collingwood a bid Grundy.
Caleb Serong - 178cm - 83kg
Speaking of slightly undersized players for their position. Have you heard much on Luke Jackson? I heard some draft pundits criticism on him was him being “non optimal AFL ruck size”. Think it might have been on road to draft a while back.
If we want a young developing ruckman/forward my choice would be the very athletically gifted Gippsland Power lad Charlie Comben who probably has as much upside as any player in this draft....reckon around our 3rd pick would nab him or perhaps even a little later pick if we pick up one through a trade. Have to say I'm not as sold on Himmelberg going forward as some others and Hunter is a list clogger IMO.
Pretty much every article has Rowell at 180cm.
He was 178cm at the pre-season NAB League measurings and that won't change until the National Combine where the players are measured again.
