List Mgmt. 2020 Draft Mega Thread - picks 35, 47, 57, 59, 73, 95

[RossFC]

Key forward who can ruck.

If Buzza doesn't work out and Hoff retires, then there is a spot there for a fwd/ruck on the list.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

If Buzza doesn't work out and Hoff retires, then there is a spot there for a fwd/ruck on the list.

Agreed - we will have a pick available around 40-50 for that but not a top 4.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

If Buzza doesn't work out and Hoff retires, then there is a spot there for a fwd/ruck on the list.

There is a spot for a proper key forward to replace Dixon anyway.

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[*PAF]

Will Pickett be eligible?

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Will Pickett be eligible?

Which Pickett eligible for what?

 

[Zakk Wylde]

Which Pickett eligible for what?

Our Pickett... F/S or NGA I believe he is.

 

[Garibaldi Red]

A bit more info on the SA lads that will be in the table in 2020

Top 10 SA players to watch ahead of next year’s AFL draft
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/spor...0/news-story/1f7e87559e28400db6583300f7ce3952

and a bit of the article if you want to try and find it elsewhere online

 

[Janus]

LACHLAN JONES

(Woodville-West Torrens)

Defender

17, 184cm, 85kg

(Port Next Generation Academy prospect)

Bamford: “He’s a go forward defender who likes to take the game on.

“Has a penetrating, 60m kick and attacks like your Heath Shaw (GWS) and Darcy Byrne-Jones (Power) type defender.

“Is as tough as they come.

“Has big, thick legs and chunky hips at the moment but he’ll develop well physically and has elite speed coming off half-back.’’


TAJ SCHOFIELD

(Woodville-West Torrens)

Midfielder/half-forward

17, 177cm, 74kg

(Port father-son prospect)

Bamford: “Taj is a really smart, clever, inside-outside midfielder who can also play forward.

“Runs well and has really good kicking skills.

“Has a very good ability to win the ball in congestion on the inside and then get on the end of it on the outside and break lines by running with it.’’

 

[OneGreatClub]

Our Pickett... F/S or NGA I believe he is.

We have a Pickett?

 

[*PAF]

We have a Pickett?

Shhh. Don't let the other clubs know.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

We have a Pickett?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

From the article Garibaldi Red linked it said the following players will train with Ports as part of the AFL Academy program in a bid to prepare them for the next level.

Top-five draft contender Thilthorpe, Woodville-West Torrens’ Taj Schofield – the son of Power premiership player Jarrad Schofield and eligible to be picked as a father-son player – Eagles Henry Smith and Lachlan Jones and South Adelaide’s Zac Dumesny will train with Port.

Might keep a keen eye on Thilthorpe in 20202 based on what Tony Bamford said.

RILEY THILTHORPE (West Adelaide)
Key forward/ruck 17, 199cm, 95kg

Tony Bamford says: “Has already played well at league level and is a unique tall in that he is just as good at ground level as he is in the air. “He’ll probably play as a key forward in West’s league side early in the season and act as a forward and second ruck for us in the State under-18s. “He’s your modern, AFL style ruckman who can rack up 25 possessions.’’

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

From the article Garibaldi Red linked it said the following players will train with Ports as part of the AFL Academy program in a bid to prepare them for the next level.

Top-five draft contender Thilthorpe, Woodville-West Torrens’ Taj Schofield – the son of Power premiership player Jarrad Schofield and eligible to be picked as a father-son player – Eagles Henry Smith and Lachlan Jones and South Adelaide’s Zac Dumesny will train with Port.

Might keep a keen eye on Thilthorpe in 20202 based on what Tony Bamford said.

RILEY THILTHORPE (West Adelaide)
Key forward/ruck 17, 199cm, 95kg

Tony Bamford says: “Has already played well at league level and is a unique tall in that he is just as good at ground level as he is in the air. “He’ll probably play as a key forward in West’s league side early in the season and act as a forward and second ruck for us in the State under-18s. “He’s your modern, AFL style ruckman who can rack up 25 possessions.’’

Keep an eye from 100ks away - will be gone 20 picks before our first pick - or 40 if we use our second rounders on Schofield and Jones.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Keep an eye from 100ks away - will be gone 20 picks before our first pick - or 40 if we use our second rounders on Schofield and Jones.

I will watch his SANFL games he is in from the boundary line or the couch. Has the 2020 trade period already ended?

 

[Ishikawa]

I will watch his SANFL games he is in from the boundary line or the couch. Has the 2020 trade period already ended?

Yep, would not have been many out there thinking Cam Taheny or Emerson Jeka would be going 50+ a year ago either.

 

[shewho]

I don’t know if this is true but it seems our recruiters spend more time on bottom ages and U 16s than other clubs- Rozee, Georgiades and Williams are good examples. None would have gone so high based only on their draft year.

 

[robbo1981]

I don’t know if this is true but it seems our recruiters spend more time on bottom ages and U 16s than other clubs- Rozee, Georgiades and Williams are good examples. None would have gone so high based only on their draft year.

Worked well with rozee

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I don’t know if this is true but it seems our recruiters spend more time on bottom ages and U 16s than other clubs- Rozee, Georgiades and Williams are good examples. None would have gone so high based only on their draft year.

Nah all clubs spend a lot of tim at U/16 and start watching kids from U/12 comps. You just listen to everything our recruiters say whereas you'd only hear bits and pieces of what the other 17 clubs say.

 

[davo999]

I’d love to know who Lochlan Jones’s parents are . I know a Richard Jones was a good player , multiple Mail medalist . Captain and coach at Mallee Park , he was a big build , also had a brother Mark Jones who was also a very good player , I think they started out at Thevenard Magpies in Ceduna .

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Vision of the AFL academy kids allocated to train at Port at training the other day with Riley Thilthorpe being interviewed. Port got

Which 2020 draft prospects are training at your club?

Adelaide father-son prospect Luke Edwards headlines a group of 56 potential 2020 draftees training across the 18 clubs

www.afl.com.au

Port Adelaide: Henry Smith, Lachlan Jones, Zac Dumesny, Taj Schofield, Riley Thilthorpe

 

[Rendaw]

With Wines going and us trying to push out SPP last trade period would we have enough draft capital to get Thilthorpe?

Seems unlikely anyone will part with a top pick especially if its before academy selections.

 

[OneGreatClub]

 

[VineValerian]

Thilthorpe a massive Cows fan

 

[OneGreatClub]

Thilthorpe a massive Cows fan

Like Billy hey

 

[VineValerian]

Probably on the wrong thread, but...……...

Port trialled 22-year-old Brad Ficken, who played American college basketball in Miami, Florida and also spent time in footy as a junior at Willunga, and trained in the second half of last season with the Club in pursuit of category 'B' rookie spot.

Ficken has now signed with Centrals.

Maybe Port want to see him perform at State league level (hopefully very well) before committing to sign him as a Cat 'B' rookie?