Preview 2022 draft prospects

[The Royal Sampler]

Potentially Will Verrall or Phoenix Foster

Verrall is the one, thanks for the reminder!

 

[Soups]

Where’s the attitude problems come from?

If you listen to him speak he is probably the most professional of the whole draft crop. He even said himself he was probably trying to overdo his workload too much.

Also seems content moving. At a time when many draftees seem willing to openly state their preference to stay home.

I’ll see myself out when we select him tonight

 

[RobJD]

Probably send Matt Rowell and a box of Roses chocolates to them as a good luck gift. That pick 7 gift was madness

I only see the Pick 7 trade as madness if Bowes becomes a player - if Bowes doesn't have any impact as a player, then the Cats are effectively paying Pick7 in excess of $2M for the next 4 years and sustaining a list clogger. Only time will tell if that was a gift.

 

[Pistol Night]

I only see the Pick 7 trade as madness if Bowes becomes a player - if Bowes doesn't have any impact as a player, then the Cats are effectively paying Pick7 in excess of $2M for the next 4 years and sustaining a list clogger. Only time will tell if that was a gift.

Bowes contract was the mad part really

 

[RobJD]

Bowes contract was the mad part really

Yeah, but you can't separate them.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Grundy has better, aerobic capacity, mobility, and ground ball/stoppage impact than either. If he played in the PF, we win as others have said.

Massively debatable

He was the best ruckman in the comp in 2018 and injury free. Got pantsed in the Grand Final by Lycett

You think in his 2020-2022 form carrying a PCL he would have beat Hickey and helped us win?

Interesting

 

[ipswichpies]

Yes that’s the one.

To my eye that Verrall who may well have gone higher if he had been playing regular,they have him listed at 199cm but he has quite a leap on him, Like Knobel I would happy to get him at 51.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Hine is on Draft Radio right now

 

[unplugged]

Hine is taking the best player, albeit tall or small.

 

[KJpie]

I think you could be thinking of Verrall he looked a good prospect, I have heard his name mentioned before re Collingwood.

I think Verrall could potentially be a good KPP with his leap & athletic traits. Would not mind if he is taken with our last
He had a very good year as an underager in 2021 to boot.

 

[manicpie]

Go back - you’ll see this discussion started when I suggested Barnett would not be our first pick, as McCrae doesn’t rate a Ruckman as our Top priority.

I think fly rates Ruckman highly but not one that doesn't offer any marking power. Barnett looks every bit a potential KPP, he could easily play as a defender or forward. Barnett has much more versatility

 

[Chrispiesssss]

I do the Welcome Theads

I was only kidding TD! All yours mate

 

[Apex36]

Hine is taking the best player, albeit tall or small.

He was never going to say otherwise

 

[Pistol Night]

Grundy has never been the difference between winning and losing a final. Hickey would have shown him up in the final

He was pretty good in the 2018 prelim from memory but i think i remember that because of the towelling up he got the following week

 

[ksardog]

Grundy has never been the difference between winning and losing a final. Hickey would have shown him up in the final

my faith in Grundy was completely lost after the prelim against GWS where he had 70+ hitouts but continually tapped it down to his feet.

 

[unplugged]

Hine was asked about trading 16 into the top 10 or thereabouts and he more or less said it had proven impossible, with only some clubs having the currency to do so, i.e. Melbourne.

Surprisingly they didn't ask him about the potential of trading it backwards, because his answer IMO (and I could be reading too much into it) left it as an option.

What about 16, 25 and 27 to GWS for 18, 19 and 31...

(unless a genuine slider is sitting there at 16)

Edit: yes, I know the picks will have slid back by then

 

[manicpie]

Hine is taking the best player, albeit tall or small.

Why not , it's always worked in the past for him. I suppose you don't look as bad if you don't take a KPP and he doesn't make it as compared to taking a flanker who would be just another player on the scrap heap. We can only hope that the rest of the team have some input

 

[JOELY]

Hine sounded pretty keen to get rid of 16. Mentioned a top group of 12 or so, but then later alluded to things evening up around pick 15 into the 20s.

 

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Hine sounded pretty keen to get rid of 16. Mentioned a top group of 12 or so, but then later alluded to things evening up around pick 15 into the 20s.

Yep, that was my point RE my last post; he went from saying it was proving impossible to trade pick 16 up (especially without our F2&F3) and then went on to say 16 was essentially on the table... everything is on the table, pending offers.

 

[manicpie]

Hine sounded pretty keen to get rid of 16. Mentioned a top group of 12 or so, but then later alluded to things evening up around pick 15 into the 20s.

That's probably to avoid taking Ryan with 16, everyone else seems to think 16 for Ryan is laughable

 

[swoop42]

South Australian, mullet, 190cm, skinny but defined physique, chiselled jaw.

It's freaky how similar Ryan is to Poulter physically.

Perhaps Hine just prefers blondes.

 

[Fat Jesus]

Wrong thread but we need to all see this. Happy days

 

[cityslick1]

Hine was asked about trading 16 into the top 10 or thereabouts and he more or less said it had proven impossible, with only some clubs having the currency to do so, i.e. Melbourne.

Surprisingly they didn't ask him about the potential of trading it backwards, because his answer IMO (and I could be reading too much into it) left it as an option.

What about 16, 25 and 27 to GWS for 18, 19 and 31...

(unless a genuine slider is sitting there at 16)

Edit: yes, I know the picks will have slid back by then

I think Derek is open to trading 16 or 27 into 2023 if the players he rates highly are gone by then. Said he has 4 or 5 in that first pick bracket, which includes Ryan… whilst also mentioning Weddle and Cowan

 

[The Royal Sampler]

I think Derek is open to trading 16 or 27 into 2023 if the players he rates highly are gone by then. Said he has 4 or 5 in that first pick bracket, which includes Ryan… whilst also mentioning Weddle and Cowan

So we’re after a half-back… pick a bloody good one, Dekka.

 

[cityslick1]

So we’re after a half-back… pick a bloody good one, Dekka.

You’d assume they’re 3 of the 5 he likes, but was cryptic by saying they’re all in a HBF group around the 15 - 20 range. but still wonder if he’s avoiding mentioning a player like Hayes for v good reason.

Interestingly, he also said that there is interest ahead of us in Ryan, so “it’s pretty hard to pick him if he’s already gone”. I’d be staggered if Ryan is gone by our pick, unless Adelaide clubs are keen to trade for picks 14 or 15 specifically for him.