4 pass (last year's too early to judge) and 2 failed, Thilthorpe and Fogarty aren't failed drafts.
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Not including last year's as it too early, definitely yes.
We’ve gotten a total collective of 4 quarters of football from last years draft class. MM was a FS who we were taking no matter what. I like Rachele and think he will be fine but he’s hardly setting the world on fire. Would he go top 10 in a redraft? NWM would be a much better choice.
Bond, Taylor, Dowling all currently serviceable role players, none of which are clearly outperforming thier draft position. Soligo the only one who is doing that.
Even TT is all projection currently. Saying we have “nailed” the last couple of drafts is clearly a very long now to draw.
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I’d say WCE rate Draper considerably higher than Curtin after the last year but yes, you’re no doubt right.
You clearly didn't watch Rachele transition into the midfield for the first 8 weeks last year in his 2nd year when he averaged 20 disposals and kicked 10.10 but fitness faded in the 2nd half as expected from a 2nd year player playing full midfield (that's not setting the world on fire to you?) but somehow Nicks decided to play him in a new role this year further up the ground in the graveyard part of the ground, despite that his output for that role has been extremely good.
Taylor, Dowling and Nankervis were all late picks in 2021 and 2022 and given their development to date, we've clearly nailed these picks. It's too early to judge last year's draft but Curtin and Ryan are both developing very well in the SANFL which is why I said we nailed the last few drafts in 2021 and 2022.
Again, very ‘glass half empty’
Dowling is clearly outplaying many that went above him, even some first rounders. Same with Nank. Small sample size with Taylor and Bond, but the former looks to be fitting in without any problems, and Bond at least looks good defensively (though jury still out there overall)
Rachele and RT have clearly shown they have a lot of AFL-level talent. Yeah there’s levels of projection there, but if we keep developing them right they’re easily long-term guys
I wouldn’t call it either ‘nailed’ or ‘failed’ yet, but overall 20-22 is a lot more promising than 16, 18 and 19 (23 too early to tell)
Despite this, I wouldn’t be upset if we saw a change in head recruitment soon, just to freshen things up. It’s been 13 or so years after all, with a lot of years out of the finals
His kick is his cryptonite for sure
I guess in draftees you look for weapons and the more weapons the more chance they’re elite
His are speed agility endurance competitiveness ground ball and handball
The kick is the thing they can hold him back from being elite , probably the surest thing in draft to being a good player , be interesting to see whether he can be more than that though
Highest floor player in draft I think
The speed + accumulation is enough to suggest to me he can be a pretty high impact player, if the kick is at least average
This recent run of SANFL form has pushed him from top 5 to top 3, for me
13 years is way too long unless you’re one of the best in the business
If you were and your were from Tasmania then I think the new Tasmanian team would come hard for you … for a fact they didn’t
Damn, that’s telling
Need a succession plan with Shedda at the very least, if not a direct replacement
He’s above O’Sullivan for me, just more runs on the board
I have him and Lalor very close, Draper higher floor, Lalor higher ceiling (in fact maybe the highest in the draft)
The mighty magpies won by 34 goals yesterday! Beat Wirrulla who failed to score - I think was all on the back of the Captain haha!
Think Curtin is the long-term Dawson replacement rather than a truly physical tall mid
Smillie would solve that issue if he falls to 4. Langford too, though I don’t rate him quite as much. Maybe we’re the team offering 6 years to Conor Nash lol
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Draper or Lalor or someone else with our first pick ?
Stevie Wonder could’ve seen that was the move
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