2024/2025 Gold Coast Draft & Trade Periods

[OB11]

Luke Trainor or Joe Berry is one... or Malaki Champion but he is an eagles academy player


Boomer Harvey? For argument's sake. Leo will he his own player, and a very good one at that

I agree that he will be but for recruiters he doesn't fit the typical profile

 

[Ben Drever]

If you lack height and don't have an elite kick or goal kicking instincts then the long term upside is capped. Tell me an elite player at his height he reminds you of?

Don't know why everyone seems so keen to match a bid so high?

Neale?

 

[SnusCG]

If you lack height and don't have an elite kick or goal kicking instincts then the long term upside is capped. Tell me an elite player at his height he reminds you of?

Don't know why everyone seems so keen to match a bid so high?

Lachie Neale
Will Ashcroft
Tom Mitchell
George Wardlaw
Zak Butters
Darcy Parish
Matt Rowell
Caleb Serong
Zak Merrett
Jack Viney
Touk Miller
Dion Prestia

all under 6'0 and none are noted goal kickers.

 

[ajhgcs]

Lachie Neale
Will Ashcroft
Tom Mitchell
George Wardlaw
Zak Butters
Darcy Parish
Matt Rowell
Caleb Serong
Zak Merrett
Jack Viney
Touk Miller
Dion Prestia

all under 6'0 and none are noted goal kickers.

Even Gary Ablett Jr is 182cm.

The AFL doesn't discriminate with height.

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[KaySwizzle]

As I said. His height may be a factor, but not a major one. And though he isn’t a bad kick, he isn’t exactly a good one either. To me, Lombard seems “more of the same” in terms of our list profile (for us and many other clubs, too).

Not mad to get him, as I think he has a lot of good attributes: explosive, hard working, aggressive at the contest.

But in an open draft where we had Pick 6, we ain’t picking him. We get him because he is from our academy and is highly rated enough, and we could move picks around to get ahead in the future (while we can) while still getting top end (local) talent.