TENACIOUS
Premiership Player
- Aug 16, 2008
- 3,872
- 14,712
- AFL Club
- Carlton
Lalor
Smith/Draper/FOS
Trust in Austin and co to get it right.
Capeesh Champs!!!
Smith/Draper/FOS
Trust in Austin and co to get it right.
Capeesh Champs!!!
-
AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Analysis 2024 National Draft
- Thread starter WalshistheGOAT
- Start date
- Tagged users None
Respect your opinion but calling people insane for having an opinion is a bit OTT
Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com
I wonder if Adelaide perhaps want to swap picks with us for Sid Draper if the guy we want is still on the board and get something else in addition like Adelaide's 2025 2nd rounder so they get a home town boy.
These interstate clubs always have that fear of the go home factor and love to draft locals.
These interstate clubs always have that fear of the go home factor and love to draft locals.
define risk
- Aug 16, 2015
- 12,230
- 21,187
- AFL Club
- Carlton
- Other Teams
- Arsenal
And when Acres played against schoolboys in the champs he averaged 11 touches and 19 in the WAFL U/18s, that’s a long way behind
- Oct 4, 2015
- 13,134
- 24,672
- AFL Club
- Carlton
Langford is a great talent. Just not the type I think we'd be going for.
Roany as our resident equine expert, do you prefer champing at the bit or chomping?
Last edited:
- Mar 25, 2019
- 12,278
- 25,382
- AFL Club
- Carlton
- Thread starter
- #3,658
Everyone's entitled to have an opinion, but this is a bit like saying to put out the fire we should add some petrol and TNT...
Individually Langford is a very very good player, but we have a massive speed issue in our midfield and Langfords about as close to the opposite of fast as you can get in this draft.
damage per possession
Blinds freddy could see that…
Surely he must have shown top 3 pick qualities this year too. Can’t all be from last year.
The recruiters have of course never picked a flop before. Rayner for the first four or five years of his career, Shache, Trengrove, McCartin, Jonathan ORourke, Dom Tyson, Paddy Dow, Petrevski Seton, Will Phillips, Dylan Stephens, Fisher McAsey etc all lived up to their very highly touted draft positions...All the experts, Kevin Sheehan, recruiters have Finn in the top couple and arguably no.1 but Bigfooty says otherwise and his gonna be a “flop”
Funny how we all see the game and players different
Last edited:
Bletch
Premium Platinum
- Dec 8, 2020
- 3,736
- 11,833
- AFL Club
- Carlton
Fair question. Truth is no-one knows, not Austin, or his counterparts at other clubs, and certainly not any of us. However, the intelligence gathering on draftees is far in advance of what it was in days gone by, and improves each year. Even then, there are still some top picks who don't work out for one reason or another. What we do know, is that the amount of work done on these top picks in particular means the likelihood of getting a pick 3 'wrong' is far lower than getting pick 30 'wrong'. We can be reasonably confident that any of that top group (FOS, Smith, Lalor, Langford, Draper) will turn out to be a decent footballer. Just hope that our pick isn't one of those few that doesn't.
Hopefully there’s something else besides FOS’s games from last year to support his high ranking windows.
I get he was injured and possibly restricted in the few games he played this year. Were his low possessions due to playing out of position?
I bleed Blue
Brownlow Medallist
The more i look into draft the more I think we may have been able to find two guns at 12 and 14.
Time will tell on this this trade up.
Time will tell on this this trade up.
- Aug 10, 2019
- 1,024
- 3,771
- AFL Club
- Carlton
He might be a great kick but is that all we are looking for? How well can he dunk the Gatorade drink barrel over Vossy after a win? What about his dress sense for Mad Monday? And can he start up his own podcast on the side? There are many important factors we must consider besides just “kicking”.
- Sep 2, 2017
- 1,595
- 5,897
- AFL Club
- Carlton
I would be happy to trade down to 4 if we have decided we don’t want Draper and if it’s clear Adelaide will take Draper (which by all reports they will)
And even a future third pick would be enough for me (Adelaide has 3 of them right now I think)
Then we combine that future 3rd with Pick 38 to get about Pick 30 and get ahead of the Ben Camporeale bid (Port has 29, Freo 30, * 31 and Saints 32 - and all would be interested in particular * as they are matching Kako bid with 31 anyway)
Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com
Jimmae
Brownlow Medallist
Honestly they are about the same in terms of production at the same age. Draper just has a more consistent sidestep and burst, while the latter is something Dow bothered to show off only late in the U18s (he was a late bolter amongst recruiters).
I'd argue in a proper sprint, Dow would continue to accelerate, and win but Draper is probably the more complete and capable footballer.
They're junior footballers though, not track athletes weighing 5-20 kgs less.
This is the time of the year when everybody plays along with the rampant fixation/mania in AFL fraternities and uses that as part of the strategy and tactics to shift the draft board a bit more in their favour.All the experts, Kevin Sheehan, recruiters have Finn in the top couple and arguably no.1 but Bigfooty says otherwise and his gonna be a “flop”
Funny how we all see the game and players different
It used to be more effective, but it still works. Historically, we're suckers for it.
JustOneTime
All Australian
- Jul 11, 2023
- 722
- 1,354
- AFL Club
- Carlton
Anyone have any concerns that as an underage player last year FOS went under the raider and got off the leash. Then this year rated as the top prospect has reached nowhere near the levels with more attention?
I'm at least worried by that aspect. I doubt many look to target the underagers, and underagers that have an average body type.
How many games did he play for his average of 22 disposals? Hopefully the entire season because his 2024 isnt inspiring for the cost on stats.
I'm at least worried by that aspect. I doubt many look to target the underagers, and underagers that have an average body type.
How many games did he play for his average of 22 disposals? Hopefully the entire season because his 2024 isnt inspiring for the cost on stats.
Yes, and if our sole objective was pace, I don’t think any of the top 4 or 5 will address that. We’ll get a very good player at 3, but will he address ‘the need for speed’?
Not downplaying his midfield capabilities, but Jagga would be our best small forward immediately if he played full time there
Do you have his speed and agility tests ?
Sent from my iPhone using BigFooty.com
Curious how this year's Norm Smith medallist tested. Particularly his speed??
We focus way to much on numbers on papers instead of the actual player.
CrippaTheGoat9
Team Captain
- Aug 28, 2024
- 512
- 2,535
- AFL Club
- Carlton
This why I don’t understand the criticism of Finn, people not wanting him because he doesn’t get “high numbers”
I’d rather 20 damaging disposals and 3 goals than a 35-40 disposal game that don’t have much influence!!
Similar threads
