Player Watch 2021 AFL National Draft - NOT FOR TRADE DISCUSSION

[Strapping Young Lad]

Let’s stick with a basic rule for this thread, that it’s for draft watch and discussion only.

It’s not for trade hypotheticals, who you think needs to be delisted or traded, how many games you think we will win, some other team will win, how many picks you want in the 1st round or discussion of current HFC players.

It’s about youngsters who are eligible for the draft in 2021.


Key dates to look out for:

• NAB AFL Draft Combine: TBC
• NAB AFL Draft: Wednesday November 24 - Thursday November 25
• NAB AFL Pre-season and Rookie Drafts: Friday November 26

 

[theiaofseed]

Looks fantastic until he kicks it

If a club can fix his kicking, wowee going to be a player but he struggles to kick a drop punt.

 

[dermott]

Looks fantastic until he kicks it

The last thing we need is a draftee that can’t hit a target.

 

[Slick]

Looks fantastic until he kicks it

That was my initial thought too. Goater looks like he rushes his kicking motion which leads to serious inconsistency in the way it comes off the boot. CJ looked similar but dramatically improved his kicking from his draft year to now, so we have real proof it can be done (CJ's kicking was much, much worse).

I'm intrigued by Goater as an option if we jag a pick in the teens.

 

[TylerDurden]

If you can't kick, forget it.

 

[Coathanger]

If you can't kick, forget it.

Guess you'll forget half our current team then.

 

[theiaofseed]

Guess you'll forget half our current team then.

There's can;t kick than there's what Goater does

 

[sohsam]

The last thing we need is a draftee that can’t hit a target.

Yes, that is not a good sign, I might quietly go off Goater. I wonder what is the knock on Z Taylor compared to Ward, he is not expected to till about pick 25. I wonder whether Knevitt is better kick, if we go Ward first, probably a tall midfielder will be better with our second pick, even then can still go for a small forward, tall KPP.

 

[KermitJagger]

Goater is a terrible kick but look at it this way, so is Fyfe. That's the upside with his size and athleticism.

Definitely not an early pick but worth a punt in the late teens or 20s.

 

[hardway]

After watching some of the SA V WA yesterday I’m hoping that most of the players that will be picked in the top 50 were missing from that game

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

There are a few, Skinner, Leek Alleer, Charlie Dean and Blake Schlensog. They are all tall, good marks, mobile and young. Skinner is the oldest at 24 the rest are 20-21. We definitely need another big fellow down back to eventually replace Hartigan. All of them are taller than Hartigan. Skinner, Dean and Schlensog all look ready to go. Alleer might need a bit of time at Box hill, but has tremendous upside. Any one of them would be a good get with a late pick or Rookie spot and keep our earlier picks for quality midfielders.

Charlie Dean has won the VFL's Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal. Recruited to Willy by Andy Collins and grew up playing with Tom Collins, Andy's son.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[almuz]

Wow sub 6 minutes is cooked, one of the best 2km times at the combine ever.

Ward or Mac Andrews please

 

[theiaofseed]

Watch Ward go to the Suns or the Crows now.

 

[VandoHawk]

Watch Ward go to the Suns or the Crows now.

He's exactly the type of player the Crows need in the midfield. I was hoping they'd take Hobbs or go local but have a gut feeling Ward might be their choice.

 

[MasterSamurai]

I want Ward to be a HAWK! have from the start.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Looks fantastic until he kicks it

The right club can easily fix that. His ability to win a contested footy and use his agility to spin out of trouble is first class. He then attempts to kick it as quickly as he wove the magic to get free however.

He literally just needs to take the extra second to fully balance himself before pulling the trigger by foot. His mechanics seem fine. Jackson Macrae was similar in his draft year if I recall correctly and he is very good by foot for a bloke who wins as much footy around the contest as he does.

Petracca is great at the spin and balance before kicking and getting complete penetration and accuracy. He's had to work on it though.

 

[chopflop]

Callaghan

 

[TylerDurden]

Watch Ward go to the Suns or the Crows now.

Chance at Callaghan then.

 

[TazHawk15]

I want Ward to be a HAWK! have from the start.

Yep.

The kid had me at “I am a mad Hawks fan”

 

[chopflop]

Wow sub 6 minutes is cooked, one of the best 2km times at the combine ever.

Ward or Mac Andrews please

Finn magginness territory. But he is a way better player. The Dane swan comparison looking the best so far

 

[theiaofseed]

Chance at Callaghan then.

No chance suns will take Callaghan and Crows Ward leaves us with Hobbs, not the worse thing but I wanted both Callaghan and Ward

 

[The Chad and I]

Looks fantastic until he kicks it

I see what you mean.
His kicking isn't bad but he needs to take more care.
Some players can fix that with a bit of fine tuning.

 

[chopflop]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
We can confirm that we have missed some data from the Draft Combine events that were held in Bendigo for Vic Country invitees last Friday...

*Mitch Knevitt ran 2.976 seconds for the 20-metre sprint.

This was the 2nd fastest of the day! Well done Mitch #NABLeague #GenNext pic.twitter.com/oHR1PxZEo7
&mdash; NAB League (@NABLeague) October 6, 2021


This was missed I believe. Means Knevitt ran the second quickest 20m and also ran a 6:18 2km time-trial. Is a 193cm contested ball-winning inside mid.

I hope he is right in our mix at 21. Yes, he can kick better than Goater

 

[sohsam]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
We can confirm that we have missed some data from the Draft Combine events that were held in Bendigo for Vic Country invitees last Friday...
*Mitch Knevitt ran 2.976 seconds for the 20-metre sprint.
This was the 2nd fastest of the day! Well done Mitch #NABLeague #GenNext pic.twitter.com/oHR1PxZEo7
&mdash; NAB League (@NABLeague) October 6, 2021


This was missed I believe. Means Knevitt ran the second quickest 20m and also ran a 6:18 2km time-trial. Is a 193cm contested ball-winning inside mid.

I hope he is right in our mix at 21. Yes, he can kick better than Goater

That is the question I had before, it means Knevitt and Z Taylor could potentially be available for our picks in the 20s. I wonder whether there is a knock on Z Taylor, seems to have similar attributes to Ward, footy smarts, good kicking skills, had enough possessions, short sized midfielder. There is certainly enough choice for midfielder(s) with the picks we hold.

 

[theiaofseed]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
We can confirm that we have missed some data from the Draft Combine events that were held in Bendigo for Vic Country invitees last Friday...
*Mitch Knevitt ran 2.976 seconds for the 20-metre sprint.
This was the 2nd fastest of the day! Well done Mitch #NABLeague #GenNext pic.twitter.com/oHR1PxZEo7
&mdash; NAB League (@NABLeague) October 6, 2021


This was missed I believe. Means Knevitt ran the second quickest 20m and also ran a 6:18 2km time-trial. Is a 193cm contested ball-winning inside mid.

I hope he is right in our mix at 21. Yes, he can kick better than Goater

Won Geelong Falcons B&F