Analysis 2024 National Draft

[Aphrodite]

 

[Christou2Kouta]

Jagga just strikes me as one of the smartest footballers you could possibly get. His positioning, planning, reaction time, decision making and ability to evade opponents in a phone booth and dispose of the ball quickly is just unmatched.

You look at his physique and think it’s a weakness but he is just so damn difficult to lay a glove on that it barely matters. Opponents may break a few of his tackles in his early years which would be the only concern.

What I love is how he gets involved in transition footy. He creates overlap run and when working alongside someone like Walsh I
think it will only amplify their strengths, rather than be redundant.

I see him as someone who can enhance our ability to cleanly exit stoppages and be part of a unit that can improve the flow of our transition footy and thereby give Charlie, Harry and Ashton more opportunities for 1on1 contests.


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[Jacks Seething Rage]

More I think about it, Draper has Jack Steven traits

Which in terms of pure football ability was pretty damn good.

Like Godfather 3, the ending marred an incredible body of work.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Shouldn't discount decision making as a factor, Jagga is a 360° player who looks like he's operating in bullet time whereas Draper undoes a lot of his good work by running into trouble before dishing off those loopy handballs

I think decision making is one of the few things that can be seriously improved on with experience. Imagine Draper with AFL experience and confidence who finds the space that he can do with his speed and gut running - then with the ability to slow down and make the right decision. Getting into space is the hard part, he can improve what he does when he has the space.

 

[bmaurizio]

Personally I have concerns about what Lalor and Finn can deliver in the first couple of years, Lalor with injury potential and FOS just due to lack of volume.

An elite midfielder will play about 300 games spanning about 10 years or so.
One shouldn’t be too concerned about the initial impact of the first 1 or 2 years as their bodies adjust to AFL seniors aerobic fitnesses and physical maturity demands. Every youngster will adapt at their own peace , it’s absolutely essential they have proper mentoring and support during the journey.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

An elite midfielder will play about 300 games spanning about 10 years or so.
One shouldn’t be too concerned about the initial impact of the first 1 or 2 years as their bodies adjust to AFL seniors aerobic fitnesses and physical maturity demands. Every youngsters will adapt at their own peace abut it’s essential they have proper mentoring and support during the journey.

See my post in the context of the discussion leading to it.

I am of the belief we need to focus on the best player out of the consensus top 4-5 picks that can deliver in the next 3 years to deliver a premiership while we have Cripps / Curnow / McKay / Weitering in their prime.

 

[No1Suspect]

Reckon North should accept Saints trade offer :

1.Richmond - Lalor
2.Brisbane - Ashcroft
3.St.Kilda - Smith
4.Carlton - O’Sullivan
5.Adelaide - Draper
6.Melbourne - Langford
7.Richmond - Smillie
8.North - Tauru
9.St.Kilda - Reid
10.Melbourne - Armstrong

*North now hold Saints 2025 1st pick

I could honestly see Richmond taking Tauru at 7

 

[bmaurizio]

I think decision making is one of the few things that can be seriously improved on with experience. Imagine Draper with AFL experience and confidence who finds the space that he can do with his speed and gut running - then with the ability to slow down and make the right decision. Getting into space is the hard part, he can improve what he does when he has the space.

A player either has good footy IQ, meaning decision making , vision, reading and creating the play or just doesn’t, it’s a trait that just can’t be taught, it’s an innate talent, natural and can’t be replicated.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

A player either has good footy IQ, meaning decision making , vision, reading the play or just doesn’t , this trait just can’t be taught, it’s innate talent that’s natural and can’t be replicated.

I disagree. While some absolutely can't. I think it's naive to say that players can't improve their footy IQ and decision making and in fact I would say that is absolutely farcical.

 

[bradfisher14]

A player either has good footy IQ, meaning decision making , vision, reading and creating the play or just doesn’t, it’s a trait that just can’t be taught, it’s an innate talent, natural and can’t be replicated.

Tend to agree with this.

Very rare that a player goes from making poor decisions under the pressure of junior footy, to making good decisions under the significantly higher level of pressure in AFL footy.

 

[Red Bull]

I could honestly see Richmond taking Tauru at 7

They could … but the mail is they love Smillie who theyd have to take at 7

 

[Sector 7G]

They could … but the mail is they love Smillie who theyd have to take at 7

Will be interesting to see how he goes. Struggled to dominate in a comp where he has a massive size advantage which will be lessened when he gets into the AFL. Will he just become smallish KPP like Francis or Fogarty.

 

[Red Bull]

Will be interesting to see how he goes. Struggled to dominate in a comp where he has a massive size advantage which will be lessened when he gets into the AFL. Will he just become smallish KPP like Francis or Fogarty.

Which is another reason they should just bite the bullet and put 6 on the table for North in a trade up for 2.
Seems as though after trading with GC , they believe they can have it all …

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Am I going mad…(rhetorical)

…or did I just see a report from Cal that we've traded 38 for Brisbanes F2?

 

[bradfisher14]

Am I going mad…(rhetorical)

…or did I just see a report from Cal that we've traded 38 for Brisbanes F2?

We already have Brisbane's F2

 

[CCurnow3votes]

We already have Brisbane's F2

Ahhh … the joys of instagram

Don’t suppose they have another one?

Seeing myself out…