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List Mgmt. 2024 AFL Draft - Nov 21-22 - Day 2 6:30pm on Kayo (Picks 33, 38, 94)
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I wasn't expecting port to have a choice of Armstrong or Reid. Nice...if true.
Jack Darling has had 7 seasons where he kicked more than 40 goals. Kicked over 500 goals. I would love the good Jack Darling. Just not the Jack Darling of the last few seasons.
298 games, he has been a good player
I think a better summary of Reid is "Robbie Gray in the midfield but without Robbie's forward craft". Having said that, he could play in our forward line next year and of those remotely likely to fall to us, he sits at the top of my list. He certainly would compliment Rozee, Butters, JHF in the future.
I, therefore, hope the constant talk about us going tall forward at 13 is a smoke screen for two reasons:
1. Lukosius, Marshall, Georgiades, Lord, Finlayson, Visentini, Ratugolea (in small doses), Soldo/Sweet (resting forward), Walsh.
2. Tall forward is an exceptionally hard position to judge because how good a tall forward looks depends on how good the tall backs of that year are. Classic example- 2010- Sam Day (pick 3) looked like a great tall forward because Matthew Watson (pick 18) and was the best tall back.
I, therefore, hope the constant talk about us going tall forward at 13 is a smoke screen for two reasons:
1. Lukosius, Marshall, Georgiades, Lord, Finlayson, Visentini, Ratugolea (in small doses), Soldo/Sweet (resting forward), Walsh.
2. Tall forward is an exceptionally hard position to judge because how good a tall forward looks depends on how good the tall backs of that year are. Classic example- 2010- Sam Day (pick 3) looked like a great tall forward because Matthew Watson (pick 18) and was the best tall back.
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Lore has a provisional 2025 picks thread and chart. She has been doing the current year and future year picks for about 4 drafts now and her work will become even more useful when next year they start trading up to 2 drafts in advance.
When you go to the thread the opening post has the Cover, so you have to click on the Picks and Points link.
She updates it during and at end of trade nights if future picks are swapped then.
Edit here positions ate based on 2024 ladder positions not after finals position and thats why Brisbane has 14 and Sydney 18 and GC has Port's pick 17.
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2025 FUTURE PICKS For the 2024 AFL Draft, see here: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2024-provisional-afl-draft-order.1370742/ This thread is for the 2025 Draft Order. Some of these picks will be traded as future pick trades in the 2024 trade period. Through the trade period I will try...
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Port discussed just after the 51 minute mark. Cooper Hynes the first name mentioned - I had to check the name of the guy speaking 
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It wouldn’t be a Port draft if they never picked somebody so out of right field even there parents had forgotten them.The Port board here will be mixed I think. Hope I don't have a melt down but perhaps the most likely person to do so in this board
Twomey just said port could go a midfielder and suprise everyone. Surley this would not be a suprise. He also said Taj Hotton will be picked ahead of Reid for west coasts pick 12. Meaning Reid is more likely to get to us.
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Port discussed just after the 51 minute mark. Cooper Hynes the first name mentioned - I had to check the name of the guy speaking
That was bizarre. Started out by getting our finals results wrong, moved onto our need for a ruckman despite naming Visentini, Sweet and Soldo on our list, then said we need a hard midfielder to get the ball out and settled on Cooper Hynes but decided he would end up a half forward like Sam Powell-Pepper. They were Wayne's World with a better set.
If Murphy Reid did slide, what would be the reason? He looks like a top 10 this year and maybe a top 5 in some other years.
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I would not call it a surprise, no.
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The queries that seem to have come up are around size, pace and intensity.
Sometimes I think recruiters look too hard for reasons not to recruit someone.
He is sliding in phantom drafts but thats probably because they dont want to give him to an interstate team. Wait and see what happens tonight.
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It's a hard one.
It could just be that clubs rate other players higher than him. Which I think is fair. Ashcroft, Draper, Smilie, Smith, Lalor, FOS, Lombard, Hotton, Allan. Its a pretty explosive midfield group and its a pretty deep midfield group. I'd say most of them potentially have a higher ceiling than what Reid does, which could be why Reid has fallen to the back end of that group of mids.
You'd expect ESPN to be reasonably professional, but hey, they're no SEN or Fox Footy it seems. As for those 'citizen podcasters' who insist on getting their ugly faces on screen, that turns me off them straight away - especially that campaigner with the ginger beard.
Likely because the commentators are talking it up as a supa dupa mega monster draft of the of the decade.
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If Reid is there, we should grab him over a key forward. Been touted top 5 and one of the best mids in this draft before seemingly sliding for no reason.
Feel a key forward is an area we have somewhat covered anyway and doesn’t need to be our top priority.
Feel a key forward is an area we have somewhat covered anyway and doesn’t need to be our top priority.
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Inb4 random HBF we could have got in the 30s.
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Just watched some video of Reid's disposal and stoppage work, he would complement the three amigos beautifully, the way he works in a telephone box sized area. His foot passing is like having Houston all over the ground.
If Reid slides, it is because he is not an explosive midfielder- arguably a bit slow. Rookie Me Central have him at "Below Average" speed.
That's where we may come in. We already have 3 explosive mids.
Also at 181 cm, he's not a big bodied mid. Maybe given his size and pace he has limited capacity to improve.
Closer draft watchers may disagree, but I can't remember a better draftee for his vision and execution- that is, his ability to see options others wouldn't and then find them. I suppose that's a vision/decision/disposal combination like no other I have seen at his age. Leaves you thinking, "how did he do that?".
He has Robbie Gray's ability in traffic and Butter's disposal.
That's where we may come in. We already have 3 explosive mids.
Also at 181 cm, he's not a big bodied mid. Maybe given his size and pace he has limited capacity to improve.
Closer draft watchers may disagree, but I can't remember a better draftee for his vision and execution- that is, his ability to see options others wouldn't and then find them. I suppose that's a vision/decision/disposal combination like no other I have seen at his age. Leaves you thinking, "how did he do that?".
He has Robbie Gray's ability in traffic and Butter's disposal.
