Would you spend our pick on him?Reminds me of Jordan Dawson
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Would you spend our pick on him?Reminds me of Jordan Dawson
Would you spend our pick on him?
Do you think he will be available?Lalor
“I’ll say Sam Lalor pick one,” O’Sullivan said. “It’s a very deep draft pool, but for me, I think he is so powerful. He’s really athletic, he's quick and he’s a great bloke off the field.
“Then I would say Jagga Smith pick two. Sid Draper as pick four to the Crows and Harvey Langford pick five.”
Can't remember Mt. Martha winning a game when I played junior footy for them.I didn't realise he's a local from down my way - from the Mt Martha Junior Footy Factory. It's amazing the number of AFL players they've produced in recent years, and they don't even have a senior team!!!
How's this lot?
- Jacob Weitering
- Lachie Whitfield
- Tom De Koning
- Sam De Koning
- Hunter Clark
- Nic Newman
- Cooper Simpson
- Billy Hartung
If Langford happens to be selected at pick 1, it'll be the third number 1 draft pick they've produced over the past decade or so.
The star Blue top draftee has modelled his game after and his draft top 5 prediction
"He's a great inspiration for me."www.sen.com.au
Or he can’t count…Brilliant. Love the confidence he'll be a blue.
That would be nice!Reminds me of Jordan Dawson
I was just reading that article and came in here to comment - but have to admit, I did have to read it again to make sure I read it correctly the first time. Just loved it.Or he can’t count…
Him, Sam Mitchell, Dane swan. These guys not fast. Not slow. Elusive strong etc. Just think these are the sorts you go after. Pure footballers. Too much stock into being 0.02 seconds faster over 20m. Meaningless if you can read the play and be on the move before your opponent has reacted. I think Cerra has some of those traits but just no where near enough. Would love that midfield general this draft. Direct setups, read the play, kick and handball with vision....
Flankers need leg speed. Midfielders need vision.
Brilliant. Love the confidence he'll be a blue.
lol, I missed that bit"O'Sullivan also weighed in on how he sees top 5 draft of the draft playing out after SEN's Adam Cooney asked him to list himself at pick three, and fill in the blanks around that...."
Langford is a more powerful kick here and now and gets more ball speed that makes him more deadly when kicking over 40 metres, but to decry Smith as not being elite with the ball in hand is absolutely ridiculous.Your describing Langford. Smith is not elite ball user
In our midfield mix, he's not going to get enough time and he's going to get scragged. He will break more tackles than Kennedy, but he won't break or escape as many as Cripps.The closer we get to draft night, the higher Langford will be on most people’s list.
He may not have the speed we seem to be crying out for, but I’d argue we need someone that can deliver a footy inside 50 as good as he does just as much.
Sam Lalor fits the bill - if this doesn't sell you on him I don't know what will. I can see why he won't be there at pick 3.
Now what were the strengths of Ben Cousins, Chris Judd, Jason Akermanis, Adam Cooney etc? There are many different types of successful midfielders. We already have a couple of slower, elusive, powerful types.Him, Sam Mitchell, Dane swan. These guys not fast. Not slow. Elusive strong etc. Just think these are the sorts you go after. Pure footballers. Too much stock into being 0.02 seconds faster over 20m. Meaningless if you can read the play and be on the move before your opponent has reacted. I think Cerra has some of those traits but just no where near enough. Would love that midfield general this draft. Direct setups, read the play, kick and handball with vision....
Flankers need leg speed. Midfielders need vision.
we already have elusive types who distribute and read the play? Generals? Who? Where? If there was a Judd or cousins in this draft you'd take them. They have all of the above.Now what were the strengths of Ben Cousins, Chris Judd, Jason Akermanis, Adam Cooney etc? There are many different types of successful midfielders. We already have a couple of slower, elusive, powerful types.
Yeah it's odd. Pendles wasn't even slow coming out. 3.01 20m sprint when 10th this year was a 2.98.
Cripps was 3.23 Bont 3.20.
By comparison jagga Smith 3.04. 'slower' than pendles.
This is a bit disingenuous from you: timed speed from a dead start in a testing environment is not the same as consistency of performance on game day across a season, across a junior career. Sometimes the day and conditions are right and it confirm what you see on tape, sometimes it causes concern. This is a nothing result.Him, Sam Mitchell, Dane swan. These guys not fast. Not slow. Elusive strong etc. Just think these are the sorts you go after. Pure footballers. Too much stock into being 0.02 seconds faster over 20m. Meaningless if you can read the play and be on the move before your opponent has reacted. I think Cerra has some of those traits but just no where near enough. Would love that midfield general this draft. Direct setups, read the play, kick and handball with vision....
Flankers need leg speed. Midfielders need vision.
Draper is leagues ahead of Dow at stoppage and in terms of pace.we already have elusive types who distribute and read the play? Generals? Who? Where? If there was a Judd or cousins in this draft you'd take them. They have all of the above.
We have Walsh - who doesn't read the play well at all. He runs all day and needs to be directed. He needs to be a receiver and cosntant link player.
We have Cripps who is all power and burst and a freak. But not a cerebral player.
We have Hewett. The defensive minded piece.
We have Cerra who is reserved and not a leader. Doesn't have those traits.
Throwing in a bloke who's primary attribute is leg speed doesn't make sense to me. We have heaps of run. Midfield generated speed on the ball more efficiently more often through good distribution to fast flankers/ moving talls/ good handball patterns. Not by running a little bit quicker. We don't have enough footy IQ in the middle. Not even close. Lachie Neale, Dunkley, Ashcroft... These aren't fast midfielders. They're strong runners, they're intelligent. They're good distributors.
Pendles, Swan, Beams, Adams, sidebottom..... Speed was brought by Varcoe types on the outside.
Dow was fast. Fast gets blocked at stoppage. Draper reads like dow to me, maybe not even that good. Good stoppage player average vision average disposal. Not a cerebral player. I'd hope we go for one of these pure midfielders. Langford, jagga, Lalor if there.
I'm really not fussed by speed. Good rotations and fast flankers - which is all the hawks have done - is a method that continuously works.
Richmond had prestia Grigg cotchin etc running around. Dusty power but not fast. Then the flankers brought the crazy speed.
The 'injury plagued' star blue top draftee?
The star Blue top draftee has modelled his game after and his draft top 5 prediction
"He's a great inspiration for me."www.sen.com.au
Langford plays against schoolboys champ.Langford averaged 26 disposals and more than a goal a game, in what world is that Acres or even a link up player?
It’s not good running. 6’24” is not “great runner” standard.Langford was 8th in the 2km time trial too!
8. Harvey Langford (Dandenong Stingrays/Mount Martha) – 6:24
Our own Sam Walsh came 3rd in his year at 6:07, only 17 seconds faster... whilst Nick Daicos came 1st at 6:32. So Langford is between those two!!!