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We'll 100% pick him up as CatB at a minimum.At this stage I highly doubt Barrett’s a threat to go before 40. The question is going to be if he’s draftable.
There’s sub 178cm guys who light up their draft year and still don’t get drafted / get drafted to late, much less guys who aren’t even making their state side.
Corey durdin was fairly dominant pre-draft (dominant as an underager and played seniors if I can remember in his draft year) and went pick 37 as one example.
Can only assume he may have had an injury a couple weeks back, missed last week and returned this week.Rome more like it today 27 disposals 22 kicks 5 handballs.
Ben Camporeale was awesome todayWatching the SA v VIC metro game.
- Montgomery looks to be reading the ball well.
- Draper has Rozee vibes
- the Campos bothers always looked rushed
- Walsh makes things look more difficult than they need to be.
Early days though.
It doesn’t take much imagination to see the brothers running around for Carlton for the next 10 plus years.Ben Camporeale was awesome today
It doesn’t take much imagination to see the brothers running around for Carlton for the next 10 plus years.
It will be interesting to see where they fit into the draft.
It does my head in that the Crows only have 2 rucks on their list and both are 28.Ruckman Dodson contacted by 18 clubs and the Crows very keen.
It does my head in that the Crows only have 2 rucks on their list and both are 28.
I think Norths would want something in the top five, plus extras for pick one.Gold Coast have picks 8/11/20 also next year's.
They could almost work a worthwhile trade for pick 1 from North.
Gold Coast get pick one ( Smillie) plus their Academy players make out like bandits.
North get Ollie and maybe 3 very good picks left over ( I don't think they see young mids as a need so Smillie is neither here nor there.)
Port get a worthwhile pick for Ollie.
Probably has something to do with the lack of strong sa rucks the last decade (I mean who would be our options for soo rucks if we were picking tomorrow? Draper … and then …?
And the fact rucks take a while to develop and non-Sa born players leave the crows quickly.
I’m adding 1+1 and thinking they’ve been hesitant to draft non-sa rucks and they haven’t seen too many Sa rucks they’ve liked.
Grundy?Probably has something to do with the lack of strong sa rucks the last decade (I mean who would be our options for soo rucks if we were picking tomorrow? Draper … and then …?
And the fact rucks take a while to develop and non-Sa born players leave the crows quickly.
I’m adding 1+1 and thinking they’ve been hesitant to draft non-sa rucks and they haven’t seen too many Sa rucks they’ve liked.
Gold Coast have picks 8/11/20 also next year's.
They could almost work a worthwhile trade for pick 1 from North.
Gold Coast get pick one ( Smillie) plus their Academy players make out like bandits.
North get Ollie and maybe 3 very good picks left over ( I don't think they see young mids as a need so Smillie is neither here nor there.)
Port get a worthwhile pick for Ollie.
Grundy?
Can’t speak to the breeding practices of the colonial era but SA does seem to struggle to produce talls.Were all the free settlers short-arses and the convicts tall?
SA has never been a production line of genuinely tall rucks and KPPs. We could kill you with rovers though.
This year's Draft is basically a non-event for Port.
A few F/S with mid/late picks and that's all folks!
Who even knows if those guys are top notch anyway.
We need Half Forwards who can kick desperately and we don't have much midfield back up coming through.As of right now none of our f/s picks are flourishing.
I said they were all mid - draft to rookie chances at the start of the year and with all of them not really firing in their draft years they’re looking like rookie pickups.
We’ve got a 2nd and 3rd rounder, and we have needs to fill. Definitely need to go after some talent with those picks.