Preview 2024 National Draft Preview Thread

[DuckYeah]

He’s got a reasonable kick though. Is he left footed?

 

[nelroo]

River will stand out in our team lol he is a ripper of a kick and can run all day

 

[tales129]

River will stand out in our team lol he is a ripper of a kick and can run all day

He had ****ing options everywhere and made the correct decision opened up the whole field and executed very well

 

[roos_fanatic08]

He’s got a reasonable kick though. Is he left footed?

Penetrating left footer. I’d say he’s one of the better kicks/decision makers in this draft. Despite his size he is very balanced too.

 

[LB2Snake]

Have really like Dattoli’s game, hasn’t made the most of his chances, but always looks dangerous.

Luca Grego been really reliable off half back for VM, very reliable and composed.

Grego I think looks a ready made afl player. Liked his game a lot

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Joe Berry been very very likely inside forward 50 for Vic Country. Gets to the right areas more often than not.

Awesome that we’ll have options in that small forward space with Kako, Berry and Bradley in this draft.

 

[DuckYeah]

No one better luke McDonald us on draft night. Go in the second round?

Penetrating left footer. I’d say he’s one of the better kicks/decision makers in this draft. Despite his size he is very balanced too.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Grego I think looks a ready made afl player. Liked his game a lot

Very underrated, but that tends to be common for the Western Jets boys.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

No one better luke McDonald us on draft night. Go in the second round?

Probably beyond 40 at this early stage.

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

A significant number of kids won’t participate if they don’t have the carrot of staying home, something pretty much every other sport can offer them.

Oh well, they can **** off and play rugby then. I don't really care if the next Heeney is lost to the sport, if there's only one team who can select him.

 

[pupstar]

Seen him live a few times this season, and have been pretty underwhelmed, especially if he’s considered the best talent in this pool. Even when he’s filled the stat sheet, hasn’t really made me all that excited to be picking at 1 (maybe not now).

For me this is a crop where I’d like 2-3 picks in the first round and at this stage I’d support splitting it.

Never been one for splitting pick 1 I would be still very hesitate to do so but if there was a time and draft to do it maybe this is the one. There would be plenty of better posters in the know about how the young blokes are going than me. Would be interested to hear their thoughts on the subject.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

SA tall forward Charlie Nichols should be on our radar, very very sticky hands, has clunked a couple of a really nice contested marks today.

 

[King Hansen]

Never been one for splitting pick 1 I would be still very hesitate to do so but if there was a time and draft to do it maybe this is the one. There would be plenty of better posters in the know about how the young blokes are going than me. Would be interested to hear their thoughts on the subject.

Last time we did, it got us Sheezel and Wardlaw. Not bad huh?

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Travaglia is a Jordan Ridley

14

Jordan Ridley

Age

25

Ht

195cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

4.5

3star

M

6.4

5star

T

1.7

4star

MG

244.8

4star

D

17.0

4star

K

11.9

5star

HB

5.1

3star

M

6.7

5star

T

1.7

3star

MG

265.4

4star

D

13.8

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

4.2

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.4

4star

MG

208.2

4star

clone. Kids hands and positioning is stupidly good across half back.

 

[Nate1993]

I've only really been watching River. There is some great qualities, but some interesting deficiencies.

Pro:
Great Skill, hasn't missed by hand or by foot (outside of one rushed kick inside 50)
Runs all day, really covers the ground. End to end player
Confident in front of goal

Con:
Size. I knew he was short and light of frame. But he is by far the smallest on the ground. This means he has been pushed off the footy pretty easily.
Isn't a contested ball winner. At least today he hadn't shown it. Seemed to always be around, but didn't want to go in too often and get it.

Curiosities:
I'm curious to know what his top speed is. Didn't seem to me that he really ran a full tilt.

I will say, the if you are a north recruiter, you take him in the draft. Particularly as a project small. I don't think we saw his best today, which makes sense given he hasn't played any Talent League games this year.

When you are only watching one player, it's wild to note that Travaglia is a genuine freak defender. One to watch in the draft.

 

[giantroo]

 

[the big lebowski]

SA tall forward Charlie Nichols should be on our radar, very very sticky hands, has clunked a couple of a really nice contested marks today.

Marked just about everything besides the falcon

 

[the big lebowski]

Seems more and more like a draft that suits us down to the ground.

Heaps of talls and heaps of small forwards

 

[Merlin007]

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thanks mate

Vic Country blessed with small forwards, Berry and Alger on the first tier, River probably a bit below them but definitely worth a F/S

 

[kool kangas]

I've only really been watching River. There is some great qualities, but some interesting deficiencies.

Pro:
Great Skill, hasn't missed by hand or by foot (outside of one rushed kick inside 50)
Runs all day, really covers the ground. End to end player
Confident in front of goal

Con:
Size. I knew he was short and light of frame. But he is by far the smallest on the ground. This means he has been pushed off the footy pretty easily.
Isn't a contested ball winner. At least today he hadn't shown it. Seemed to always be around, but didn't want to go in too often and get it.

Curiosities:
I'm curious to know what his top speed is. Didn't seem to me that he really ran a full tilt.

I will say, the if you are a north recruiter, you take him in the draft. Particularly as a project small. I don't think we saw his best today, which makes sense given he hasn't played any Talent League games this year.

When you are only watching one player, it's wild to note that Travaglia is a genuine freak defender. One to watch in the draft.

We could pick him up as a F/S but it wont be with one of early picks...Maybe with pick #39 or preferably #57 or #73

 

[pupstar]

Last time we did, it got us Sheezel and Wardlaw. Not bad huh?

Yeah it certainly did but that had as much to do with JHF leaving at the time. Not sure we would have split it if he had stayed.

 

[tales129]

SA tall forward Charlie Nichols should be on our radar, very very sticky hands, has clunked a couple of a really nice contested marks today.

His set shot is awful, but agree he made good positioning today.

That one that he dropped through his hands in the forward50 was very north like

 

[roos_fanatic08]

His set shot is awful, but agree he made good positioning today.

That one that he dropped through his hands in the forward50 was very north like

His kicking and decision making leaves a lot to be desired, but you can’t teach that marking.

 

[Val Keating]

Coasting is his biggest problem. There isn’t that much intensity about him, especially defensively.

Smith is quickly catching him and I’m tipping O’Sullivan will do the same once he gets back on the park.

His lack of intensity does stand out. He won’t get away with that at AFL level, though that can be taught to some players imo. He looks like he’s used to being the big kid so hasn’t needed to play with intensity, if I were to summarise the way he plays it’s, laconic & arrogant, which is fine but he needs to replace the laconic with tenacious , and he’ll be a top liner.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Travaglia is a Jordan Ridley clone. Kids hands and positioning is stupidly good across half back.

I like him another to consider at our second round pick

Can he be someone that also takes the third tall forward if a team has one?

Logue and comben with travaglia would be athletic and intercept at will