Game Day 2024 AFL Draft - Nov 20-22 - Day 1 6:30pm (Picks 13, 29, 36, 50, 94, 112, 130)

[Ford Fairlane]

Thanks to Lore for this great resource

 

[Lefti93]

Yeah holy shit, Reid can play. Looks like a player we'd pick up. I don't want to get attached to any of these guys though.

 

[missionpossible]

I don't know too much about Reid but saw his highlights...

Would Reid be projected to become a Butters/Rozee type of player or someone different exceeding their talent?

Do you think he will become a full time midfielder in the future or do his work 50:50 forward/midfield?

Anyone else who might have more acknowledge and seen more of Reid please free to put your opinion.

In the middle he is a get and give midfielder. Which is great if you have him feeding Rozee, Butters and Francis. Quite often gets the ball uses his hips to shrug the half tackle and then give to a runner. He could burst away but he just gives more than not, this is good as it helps to change lanes.
Unlike most get and give footballers he actually has enough pace to run and carry when the time is right.
On top of this as a forward he presents and finds usable space.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Addy23]

Could be the last chance at a quality tall for a while.

Wouldn't necessarily agree with that statement tbh. I think there's quality talls available at the latter parts of the draft. The important thing with Talls is the development and we aren't the best at that for big key forwards.

Reid, Clarke, West and Dennis I would be happy with. Clarke can also play that intercept role as a 3rd tall, 188cm

 

[Addy23]

Does anyone else think there's a push for media for us to take a tall because of Dixon's departure? I don't think we are as set on a KPF at our first pick for sure

 

[Brian McGee]

Chatting with myself here a bit but the same phantom draft said that Armstrong is potentially sliding due to how he presented in interviews. Don’t know why that would be.

 

[Brian McGee]

Does anyone else think there's a push for media for us to take a tall because of Dixon's departure? I don't think we are as set on a KPF at our first pick for sure

Agree. Lukosious. Georgiades. Marshall will all start. Finlayson might also play due to needing a second ruck, or soldo. I am not high on lord but they also wanted to get him into the team last year until he was injured. It feels pretty well stocked and balanced to me. As long as Marshall’s concussion issues don’t continue into this year, but there is already back up if that eventuated.

 

[Addy23]

Agree. Lukosious. Georgiades. Marshall will all start. Finlayson might also play due to needing a second ruck, or soldo. I am not high on lord but they also wanted to get him into the team last year until he was injured. It feels pretty well stocked and balanced to me. As long as Marshall’s concussion issues don’t continue into this year, but there is already back up if that eventuated.

And worst case Esava can play that role too

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Port going tall has been a bit of a media push for a while, but this close to the draft and coming from the guys who talk to recruiters, you would think Armstrong is firming. Going on Parker's interview, I would think Reid could be a surprise pick.

I would guess from Lloyd's comments about Armstrong as a man of few words, that he didn't really talk much at interviews and that could concern recruiters. His footy passion is unmistakeable though.

 

[Chrizzt]

And worst case Esava can play that role too

Yeah but when you say 'worst case', that is actually the worst ****ing case

 

[Addy23]

Chatting with myself here a bit but the same phantom draft said that Armstrong is potentially sliding due to how he presented in interviews. Don’t know why that would be.

I didn't read this in an article but either on BF or X someone mentioned he's more of an introvert/a bit timid. Whether that necessarily translates to AFL I'm not sure but yeah

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Addy23]

Should've asked Suns to stay away from Barrett when we made that 3 way deal. Honestly, would be upset if we let Barrett slip because of bad list management decisions

Swear when it's a NGA pick or F/S for us, clubs are never willing to let them get to us without paying fair value. Meanwhile Ashcroft, who I think is the best in the draft over the last 2 years, will slip to 5.

Jones was a first rounder, Mead was at 25ish. Now Barrett may not get to us.

 

[Papa G]

It's a pretty sad indictment on the state if the game in the traditional football heartland states that only 1 South Austrailian and 1 West Australian is predicted to go in the top 30.

 

[bringbackbucky]

Missing out on Barrett is gonna suck. Jason Cripps

Jason Cripps

Age

48

Ht

183cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.7

4star

K

8.6

3star

HB

5.2

4star

HO

0.1

3star

No current season stats available

D

7.2

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

2.4

3star

HO

0.0

1star

must be one of the most over rated men in football...

 

[John Kale]

Wouldn't necessarily agree with that statement tbh. I think there's quality talls available at the latter parts of the draft. The important thing with Talls is the development and we aren't the best at that for big key forwards.

Reid, Clarke, West and Dennis I would be happy with. Clarke can also play that intercept role as a 3rd tall, 188cm

I would respectfully disagree with the suggestion that we’re not great with developing KPFs.

We’ve rarely had highly rated, first round junior KPF talent on this list - which as someone earlier in this thread has said, is where you really need to be picking to get a good to great KPF.

Project talls late in the draft (which is where the majority of our KPF draftees have been in the last 15 years) very rarely work out - and that’s league wide, not just us.

Over the last 15 years we’ve only taken 3 first round KPFs: Butcher, Marshall and Georgiades. Butcher was a flop, Marshall at his peak was quite good (and his decline is in large part due to concussion and injury issues), and Georgiades is looking good with the potential to be great.

I’d say 2/3 is a pretty decent strike rate for KPF development, when we’re able to get access to highly rated talent.

Now, I’m not suggesting that we should be overlooking Reid if he’s available. I’m just saying that getting first round KPF talent is a fairly important consideration for any club, and I don’t think that we’re necessarily this black hole of development that are guaranteed to ruin Armstrong or Shanahan.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Should've asked Suns to stay away from Barrett when we made that 3 way deal. Honestly, would be upset if we let Barrett slip because of bad list management decisions

Swear when it's a NGA pick or F/S for us, clubs are never willing to let them get to us without paying fair value. Meanwhile Ashcroft, who I think is the best in the draft over the last 2 years, will slip to 5.

Jones was a first rounder, Mead was at 25ish. Now Barrett may not get to us.

If I was on Port's list management team I would bid on other club's players like a mother****er, just to get even

 

[rogerjames]

Parker also said that we would take a player in the first round according to how they rank them not on needs. He avoided saying we would try to get higher in the draft and a number of times emphasised that after the first 10 the rest of the top 25 were very even. That would suggest we'll wait to see who drops to our pick and if its not someone rated in our top 10 he might be happy to trade back with pick 13 to get more picks inside the top 25.

Just makes getting screwed in the Houston trade even more annoying. Could only happen at Port.

 

[davesnothere]

Wouldn't necessarily agree with that statement tbh. I think there's quality talls available at the latter parts of the draft. The important thing with Talls is the development and we aren't the best at that for big key forwards.

Reid, Clarke, West and Dennis I would be happy with. Clarke can also play that intercept role as a 3rd tall, 188cm

Butcher to one side who was flawed when we picked him up think getting a very highly rated tall in the draft is rare.

Armstrong is a tall who could actually play round one.

That just doesn't happen as a rule.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Was not the talk from Gold Coast, Collingwood and our club that 13 becomes the greatest trade asset of all time on draft day?

 

[rogerjames]

I don’t want another Todd Marshall who is exactly who he reminds me of. I want a strong mark who has sticky hands. I worry about his ability when he gets body contact similar to how Todd struggles with it.

And just to clarify Todd is an okay player I am just hoping for a bit more with our pick 13 in what looks a strong draft.

If we are prioritising someone who can chop out in the ruck its a huge mistake.

Absolutely don't want another Todd Marshall. Despite his obvious talent his mentality & lack of physicality has been a bust. His concussion issues have obviously been a contributing factor.

 

[Coobk001]

I really have no dream draft, there seems to be enough good players out there that we should come out of the next few days with a decent hand. And we will get a good player tonight, no matter what.

Totally agree.

Really feels like tonight is the first "just sit back and enjoy the ride" draft for us in a while.

If we get a small forward, so be it, we need one. If we get a tall forward, well Shanahan and Armstrong both look pure quality and could set us up for a decade so happy days, if we end up with a mid, especially one who can kick goals like Reid, then happy days as well.

Just interested to see which way we go in the end.

I'd personally love a gun mid who can go forward and play round 1, but honestly it doesn't matter. Ruck, Small Forward, Balanced Mid, Key Back, Key Forward, half back, there's a fair few spots we could probably take a top up and when your depth is as shaky as ours has been we just need to keep topping up however we can, and nailing every pick.

 

[rogerjames]

Butcher to one side who was flawed when we picked him up think getting a very highly rated tall in the draft is rare.

Armstrong is a tall who could actually play round one.

That just doesn't happen as a rule.

Yep, have to strike while we can. We can get a mid with our 2nd pick.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Big Mattress! We're going tall!

 

[Coobk001]

Hoping Barrett goes undrafted may well be the biggest thing to watch