Preview 2024 National Draft Preview Thread Part Deux - Draft Picks: 2 (R1), 62 (R4), 76 (R5), 86 (R6)

[The Nostradamus]

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It seems pretty much locked with FOS

Unless a club like crows offers us massive overs

Like 4 and f1 for 2 (and f3 if we are feeling generous)

Or if tigs finally offered 6 and 11

 

[the big lebowski]

It seems pretty much locked with FOS

Unless a club like crows offers us massive overs

Like 4 and f1 for 2 (and f3 if we are feeling generous)

Or if tigs finally offered 6 and 11

Mate are you Nostradamus or not?

Do not equivocate!!!!!

 

[chubbspeterson]

Must've been sick or something.

I'm not a particularly fast runner, and the first 2km of my 5km jog tonight was faster than his - I was strapped to a large dog lunging in opposite ways to where I wanted to go.

Maybe, bit surprising. Just surprised his endurance appears to be poor when he puts in lots of repeat efforts.

it didn’t prevent him from having a dominant Grand Final.

not to mention a stronger finish to the season than FOS

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No doubt he was awesome in the final and had a good finish to the year. Doesn't change that his endurance needs some work obviously. His intensity and workrate make up for it I guess. Still pretty raw, plenty of upside there.

 

[The Talent Scout]

So we've been looking very very closely at the guys around the mid first round and we have done our due diligence on them, that is interesting, also this going around that Dylan Alexander has heard rumours that a few recruiters have questioned Harry Armstrong's character and that he will slide, he's at pick 16 on Cals phantom draft.

I would find this hard to believe, but if true then it explains why Jobe and Jack Whitlock are now in the firing line in the first round for certain clubs. We are not even in the home straight and yet it all seems to be happening. With some St Kilda's supporters on their board losing their minds over Cal's phantom, who knows what will happen, one more sleep Roo boys & girls!

 

[chubbspeterson]

Is anyone else terrified we're actually going to draft Tauru at 2 or 4 (if we get crows pick)? Had a deeper dive into his actual performances this year and they're average for the most part. He didn't make the All Aus team. The underager Duursma had more impressive stats in many games for Gippsland Power. Tauru was literally projected around pick 15-25 a month ago before the combine and media hype train.

People say Tauru fills a need but does he even? An undersized key back that has below average kicking. We have Combden filling that third back role and Logue and Corr are the bulls. If we are set on Combden going forward, it makes sense but I actually like the look of Trainor better in that role. Much better kicking and we won't need to reach for him if we trade back in the teens

Ultimately, I think we're stuck at an early pick and just need to go best talent available with another mid. FOS, Langford, Lalor all showed they can adapt in other possies

I'd be surprised if we took him at 2 over FOS. Pick 4 it would be hard to pass up one of Jagga or FOS, assuming Crows go Draper. We'd probably feel more comfortable taking Tauru at pick 6 or 7 if we moved back.
Ultimately, whoever they think will be the best AFL footballer is how they would rank them.
The mock draft shows he's rated top 10 by recruiters and Dees Jason Taylor said he's in the mix at pick 5.
Sometimes there's games going on but it seemed a pretty instinctive no bs comment to me.

As for our interest we can only really go off what Thursfield said that he had a "two week block before champs where he had almost 30 intercept possessions, no one really does that... then came into the Vic Country squad... found his feet... showed he could play forward as well... his ability to compete in the air and on the ground is pretty rare".
How much we rate that I'm not sure. We'll find out tonight.