Resource 2024 AFL Draft discussion thread (Wed Nov 20 to Fri Nov 22)

[adelaidecrows]

Langford is a gun, absolutely class, I'm projecting him to be the best in this class

We have bulk speed in Peatling/Rankine

But if we go Draper, oh boy, we'll be super quick

Hoping North go Tauru, leaves the possibility of Tigers wanting to move up to 4, one of Draper/Langford will still be at 6 for certain in this scenario (likely we stay at 4 though)

My gut feel is we are leaning Langford purely to balance our mids. Rankine has speed and class, do we need two with speed and class or would it be better to balance it out with a bigger and bulkier mid. Soligo has speed as well. The more I think about it the more I think Langford is the better choice if he is as good as everyone says he is. But wouldnt be upset with Draper either. Whoever we get is rated elite

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Love him.

There was a rumour a couple months ago when port were potentially trading Houston to north, that they wanted an early pick for Draper specifically.

Any truth to that?

 

[adelaidecrows]

There was a rumour a couple months ago when port were potentially trading Houston to north, that they wanted an early pick for Draper specifically.

Any truth to that?

I heard that as well. They would have been interested no doubt every club would have him on the list. But if they got pick 2 would they have picked Draper with the other talent up for grabs?

 

[Captain Furious]

I think needs should play a part if the available players are close in talent. But if the players aren't close, you should trade up or down to get in the right range for the player type you need.

Generally, if you take best available at the higher picks and go for needs at the back end of picks, you should be fairly balanced for type. Trade where it gets too out of whack. You can then go best available again next time around.

North are a good example of having focused on mids and now have an imbalance to address. Ideally they could trade down to get in the right range, but looks tough this year.

We didn't reach for mids, but took them late and traded for more (our 3 best mids), but can now take best available with our talls locked in.

Did you put 'explain list management to a child' into Chat GPT?

 

[Captain Furious]

My gut feel is we are leaning Langford purely to balance our mids. Rankine has speed and class, do we need two with speed and class or would it be better to balance it out with a bigger and bulkier mid. Soligo has speed as well. The more I think about it the more I think Langford is the better choice if he is as good as everyone says he is. But wouldnt be upset with Draper either. Whoever we get is rated elite

Feel like Draper balances our midfield more, we've been crying out for speed for years. Rankine will likely still play a hybrid mid/forward role - like it when he's at half forward and rolls up into the midfield and back at his own discretion, very hard for the opposition to plan around that and he's still our most dangerous forward. Peatling is quick and Soligo quicker than most give him credit for but I feel like you can't have enough in the modern game - especially as our first choice flanks and wings aren't that speedy. If one of two of those guys are injured, all of a sudden we're a one paced midfield again.

Langford looks terrific too, one of those 'make things happen' players. If we do go for him, you'd think they maybe aren't as impressed with Edwards as they were when we drafted him.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Feel like Draper balances our midfield more, we've been crying out for speed for years. Rankine will likely still play a hybrid mid/forward role - like it when he's at half forward and rolls up into the midfield and back at his own discretion, very hard for the opposition to plan around that and he's still our most dangerous forward. Peatling is quick and Soligo quicker than most give him credit for but I feel like you can't have enough in the modern game - especially as our first choice flanks and wings aren't that speedy. If one of two of those guys are injured, all of a sudden we're a one paced midfield again.

Langford looks terrific too, one of those 'make things happen' players. If we do go for him, you'd think they maybe aren't as impressed with Edwards as they were when we drafted him.

You are right. Draper as a full time mid would be awesome to have and Rankine can float between the two roles. Edwards is a bruiser but perhaps he is taking time. But I was under the impression he was getting close to selection by the end of the season. Competition for spots isnt a bad thing. When we drafted Edwards we probably had not planned on being anywhere close to someone like a Langford or Draper. Getting either to me I dont care. Either one would boost our midfield. Langford being his size will probably take a couple of pre seasons though where as Draper is a straight up round 1 selection.

 

[Captain Furious]

You are right. Draper as a full time mid would be awesome to have and Rankine can float between the two roles. Edwards is a bruiser but perhaps he is taking time. But I was under the impression he was getting close to selection by the end of the season. Competition for spots isnt a bad thing. When we drafted Edwards we probably had not planned on being anywhere close to someone like a Langford or Draper. Getting either to me I dont care. Either one would boost our midfield. Langford being his size will probably take a couple of pre seasons though where as Draper is a straight up round 1 selection.

Been a good while since we've seen competition for spots. Edwards looked ok, not sure if he was close to selection or just stood out among an average bunch in the SANFL, he's coming from a fair way back anyway, bit of a project player. There must be some kind of plan though (you'd hope) if we do draft Langford, going from the smallest midfield in the comp to the tallest.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Been a good while since we've seen competition for spots. Edwards looked ok, not sure if he was close to selection or just stood out among an average bunch in the SANFL, he's coming from a fair way back anyway, bit of a project player. There must be some kind of plan though (you'd hope) if we do draft Langford, going from the smallest midfield in the comp to the tallest.

would not be upset to see O'brien, Curtin, Draper/Langford and Rankine line up in the middle in the near future