2021 Mid season draft (June 2nd)

[bigman]

When is the NAB AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft?
The evening of Wednesday, June 2, in the week following round 11. Nominations for eligible players opens at 9am AEST on Monday, May 10 and close at 5pm AEST on Tuesday, May 25.

Watch all the NAB AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft picks LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on AFL.com.au and the AFL Live Official App from 6.30pm AEST on Wednesday, June 2

Nicks today saying if the right player is there we may have up to 3 picks
In the mid season draft

he mentioned small forward role and quick midfielder as options they were focusing on

no mention of ruck

 

[Skippos]

Laaaaame

 

[Golumless]

Pace please. If we can’t see that weakness in our squad I am at a loss. See what Berry and Schoenberg bring with a bit of toe?


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You got your wish, pretty sure Parnell has some wheels.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

Lol

 

[Southerntakeover]

Was just thinking we need to get smaller

 

[Skippos]

Laaaaame

Not to disparage Parnell. It's a great pick, probably the second best we could have done IMO. Love that we've got after the 19 year old.

Just the idea of securing the ruck future was so tempting

 

[Scorpus]

Just what we needed! A 176cm defender.

He can join the queue behind Brown, McPherson, Mackay, Jones, Hamill, and Milera. And the Hinge, Kelly, Smith, Worrell types we tend to play as defensive utilities

 

[Peter Doherty]

PREVIEW | The top 2021 AFL mid-season draft candidates

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[WetCrow1991]

'Trust the process' is the new mantra. We'll be seeing it used to excuse Dmac's selection in the selection thread soon.

Sounds a lot like the things those Qanon nutjobs would say every time their insane predictions didn't happen.

 

[crows dude]

Neither are quick...

Think he means if we get speed around them

 

[arsene wenger1]

We love our short people

 

[GreyCrow]

Am I allowed to be unimpressed?

Hopefully he can prove a lot if us wrong but I cant see too much more growth - what a 182 finishing height?

 

[Brenton Davy]

If he turns out to be another Caleb Daniel I’ll be more than happy with this selection

 

[Golumless]

I'll just quote what I dug up on Parnell on the AFL draft central on Friday for anyone interested in what we might have:

From an AFL draft central write up of young guns earlier this month:
"There may not be much of the diminutive Murray Bushrangers defender, but it hardly mattered as Parnell went about his business with typical assuredness from defence. His turn of speed and willingness to move the ball on quickly from defensive 50 was an early feature, capped by terrific decision making. With most things happening at speed, Parnell was able to execute his skills with aplomb, including one particularly memorable inboard kick across his body to hit a target at half-back during term one. The 19-year-old is a very neat kind of player who is reliable in tough situations and seems to understand the game well. He impressed with his spurts of possession, but has plenty of size to put on."

April 21 match notes:
" The speedy mid-season draft prospect has put together a strong start to the NAB League season and he was again one of Murrays best providing great rebound at half back and was a solid 4 quarter performer. Although a smaller and skinnier defender he did well to take some nice intercept marks and even a contested mark against the highly touted forward Kai Lohmann in the first quarter, Parnell impressed with his quick ball movement and desperate defending showing a good mix down back and its no surprise to see him taking kickouts with his speed and kicking. Along with some nice spoils and 1% plays Parnell finished the game with 24 disposals, 5 marks and 6 rebound 50s. "

It's not much to go on, but a tough and skilled outside midfielder was a need and it sounds like Parnell will end up as that.

 

[Crows 2024 Premiers]

Stoked. Amazing pick. We have someone that we can trust to hit a target. Stoked.

 

[CrowsB4hoes]

we picked him to make Chayce Jones look like a man

 

[D Style]

Don't understand this pick. Don't think we needed to go small defender over other options. Can someone help me understand why?

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[MRB37]

They've said they took best available, not for any need.

 

[Scorpus]

Can he play forward?

 

[StonesThrow]

Who dis?

 

[Peter Doherty]

I'll just quote what I dug up on Parnell on the AFL draft central on Friday for anyone interested in what we might have:

From an AFL draft central write up of young guns earlier this month:
"There may not be much of the diminutive Murray Bushrangers defender, but it hardly mattered as Parnell went about his business with typical assuredness from defence. His turn of speed and willingness to move the ball on quickly from defensive 50 was an early feature, capped by terrific decision making. With most things happening at speed, Parnell was able to execute his skills with aplomb, including one particularly memorable inboard kick across his body to hit a target at half-back during term one. The 19-year-old is a very neat kind of player who is reliable in tough situations and seems to understand the game well. He impressed with his spurts of possession, but has plenty of size to put on."

April 21 match notes:
" The speedy mid-season draft prospect has put together a strong start to the NAB League season and he was again one of Murrays best providing great rebound at half back and was a solid 4 quarter performer. Although a smaller and skinnier defender he did well to take some nice intercept marks and even a contested mark against the highly touted forward Kai Lohmann in the first quarter, Parnell impressed with his quick ball movement and desperate defending showing a good mix down back and its no surprise to see him taking kickouts with his speed and kicking. Along with some nice spoils and 1% plays Parnell finished the game with 24 disposals, 5 marks and 6 rebound 50s. "

It's not much to go on, but a tough and skilled outside midfielder was a need and it sounds like Parnell will end up as that.

Attacking, good decision maker, good skills, sounds good.

 

[Geoffa32]

Chayce Jones 2.0?

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[MRB37]

"At 178cm, the versatile Parnell has been playing with the Murray Bushrangers in the NAB League and Albury Tigers in the Ovens and Murray League and can play at either end of the ground."

Guess there's the small forward Nicks wanted!

 

[Danger in Texas]

Lot of harsh comments here, I think

He seems talented. Got a nice boot and turn of speed. 178cm. Obviously we think he can develop into a nice rebounder long-term, compared to the mature agers that are being selected

 

[Drummond]

Honestly, he looks good. But what does this say about our faith in Jones?

 

[Golumless]

Stoked. Amazing pick. We have someone that we can trust to hit a target. Stoked.

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