Analysis 2024 National Draft

[Blue_Fusion]

I don’t have a problem with drapers kicking either. For mine it’s his handballing. He’s not a great handball under pressure in stoppages. Too many times he chooses wrong option or doesn’t handball to advantage of receiver. This is where jagga is much better.

Makes me think Draper would be best used as a first receiver around stoppages. Give him just a little bit of space to work with when receiving the ball and he can make anyone look like a fool with his footwork and breakaway.

Good thing we have a bloke named Patrick Cripps who can hb to him...

 

[skadoosh]

Can anyone please enlighten me on what POD means?

 

[Blue_Fusion]

Can anyone please enlighten me on what POD means?

POD = Point Of Difference

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

I don’t have a problem with drapers kicking either. For mine it’s his handballing. He’s not a great handball under pressure in stoppages. Too many times he chooses wrong option or doesn’t handball to advantage of receiver. This is where jagga is much better.

Makes me think Draper would be best used as a first receiver around stoppages. Give him just a little bit of space to work with when receiving the ball and he can make anyone look like a fool with his footwork and breakaway.


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He's definitely best suited to a first receiver role from my viewing. Ben was feeding him the ball like Cripps was to Walsh most games they played together. He's not a fantastic reader of the ruck imo, similar to Walsh. More naturally inclined to get on the end of a chain of play than be the hit to midfielder (Just so happens we have a natural go to inside mid in Cody Walker in a couple of years time too which will no doubt go into the calculations of who we pick this year).

That said, I never get too worried about a draftees handballing skill. Its probably the easiest skill to improve in a professional environment as most of it is just about confidence and repetitions. Given he'd be getting pointers from Cripps, Hewett, Cerra and Walsh I'd be pretty confident on his ability to get it up to standard quick smart.