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Analysis 2024 AFL Draft General Discussion
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This reminds me of when Tyler Sonsie was being talked about as pick 1, then he was linked to us because he got 24 disposals and kicked 2 goals for Box Hill, I was at that game and he was horrible, I reported that he was horrible except for the 2x 40-50m goals he kicked and people still linked him to Hawks pick at 5/6, he then slid to pick 28 and went to Richmond where he hasn't looked near it.... don't put faith in stats, I'm not saying Jagga is Sonsie, just that he has a few weaknesses and I can understand why Richmond supporters would look at other options and are wanting better recruits than they have picked in the last few years, which is one of the reasons they had such a big drop in short time, I know how they feel, the same thing happened to my Hawks 8 years ago, they also made the mistake of Mitchell/O'Meara with Taranto/Hopper, but they are hitting the draft quicker than we did...
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He played 3 good games for the VFL side and hasn't played a bad game all year. All though I do like the small bits I have seen from Lalor and FOS.
Blackas87
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Just started looking into this draft recently to see who might be there at pick 5 for the Dees. A lot of good mids at the top.
FOS is getting a lot of hype, looks like he won’t be there at Melbournes pick but with my limited research I just haven’t seen why he is rated so high.
Can someone explain what sort of player he is, his strengths and weaknesses and a AFL player comparison.
Thanks.
FOS is getting a lot of hype, looks like he won’t be there at Melbournes pick but with my limited research I just haven’t seen why he is rated so high.
Can someone explain what sort of player he is, his strengths and weaknesses and a AFL player comparison.
Thanks.
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Here's a handy link to a playlist of his games this year that was put together by some unknown handsome youtuber:
No doubt they will if he's still there.
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Apart from the grammar he IS right.
Blackas87
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I have, I’ve googled all the players up the top and watched their videos.
I can Langford has similarities to a Bontempelli, Lalor a powerful mid/forward in the Petracca mould, Smilie a big inside mid like Cripps ect.. I can see why they are all highly rated.
FOS I just don’t see it, he obviously is highly rated, reading comments he doesn’t seem like he’ll get to Melbourne’s pick but if he does I just want to know I’m supposed to be getting excited about.
If you don’t know yourself that’s fine, just after someone that does to help me out.
No he's not.
Relax, he won't get to Melbourne's pick.
There are dozens of posts on here and other sites and in newspapers describing FOS.
Blackas87
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A lot of generic stuff described about him that most players have described about them. Haven’t found one player comparison.
Why won’t he get to Melbourne?
Lalor, Draper, Smilie, Jagga, Langford, Murphy all look really good.
What makes FOS top 4 of this bunch that will make him gone by pick 5?
noobermensch
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No offence, you might be 100% genuine with your question, but in this game that's rarely the case.
Typically when someone pops up on the draft board and asks "Why is <insert kid> so highly rated?" they're not actually asking for an opinion on it. They've already made up their own mind, they've decided that he sucks, and they've come in here looking to start an argument or find someone who agrees with them to validate their already held opinion.
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I tend to agree with blackas, every video I have watched of Finn O’Sullivan hasn’t screamed to me that he is worthy of a guaranteed top 5 pick over other players of this draft, yet the consensus is that he is a top 3 pick.
I tend to trust the experts and their opinions, so what is it that makes him a lock for top 3 over the others? What makes him stand out more than most? Thats the question being asked.
Think it’s mainly based on his underage year, where he was highly touted as the next number 1.
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And the point I was making was that I'm not sure the question is a genuine one. There's been a LOT of FOS discussion here and elsewhere which is not difficult to find if you're genuinely after an answer to your question.
He's an elite and well rounded athlete, agile, fantastic leap, quick. He's the best in the draft IMO with the ball in hand, makes good decisions and can make the footy talk. Can impact in multiple positions. Hits the scoreboard. Competes at a high level. Is spoken about as a strong leader by his peers.
Similar things can be found in the writeups on him on RMC, Cals phantom, ESPN, my youtube channel. etc. Not difficult information to find.
If you don't believe he's worthy of a top 5 pick that's perfectly fine by the way.
Got to chat to Finn at the Combine on Sunday.
Kid is dead keen to go to West Coast.
Why?? Because he’s mates with Harley? Be a great 1-2 punch for WC
Prefers the weather in Perth.
Makes sense. Melbourne weather is shithouse.
I reckon Tigers will take FOS though
And if FOS is great mates with Harley I would not put it past Melbourne clubs to be putting that into theory for the future.
And if FOS is great mates with Harley I would not put it past Melbourne clubs to be putting that into theory for the future.
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Little does he know that Perth get's more rain than Melbourne annually and it all comes in the space of four months. And it's only a degree or two warmer here at that time of the year. But sunny from OCT-APR and not a drop of rain falls....so plenty of beach time and zinc on the nose during pre-season.
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