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Analysis 2024 National Draft
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Imagine the priceless storyline if the Tigers trade up to take the first two picks and select Lalor and FOS, after having had Jagga Smith play a number of reserves games for the club with some spectacular numbers at the end of the season and overlooked him.
Carlton take the “left over” with pick three and end up with a generational talent to participate in multiple premierships, earning numerous individual accolades along the way.
Carlton take the “left over” with pick three and end up with a generational talent to participate in multiple premierships, earning numerous individual accolades along the way.
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I think the firm reality is that the club would love to end up with any of FOS/Jag/Lalor so we really can’t lose (given we are finals contender).
Times have changed a bit and the targeted violence and aggression have been largely removed from the game now.
Nobody can even fart in Daicos’s direction now without him receiving a free kick and Ginnivan would have been belted out of the game by now with the way things used to be.
Rozee and Butters can run amok these days just to name a few …
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You obviously haven’t been watching Walsh and Crippa over the past years.
You might be right, I guess who drafts him.
On the other hand, FOS's performance in the VFL seems to be why the tigers fans all want him
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Plenty of Jagga talk in here. Are there credible reports of Carlton being interested or is it just “I want him”? If it’s just “I want him”, then really nothing in it at the end of the day.
As for the Tauru talk, if North really want him, they will take him at #2. It’d be too late to take him by their next pick imo.
As for the Tauru talk, if North really want him, they will take him at #2. It’d be too late to take him by their next pick imo.
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Seemed to work out fine for Charlie curnow
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Could be a nothing observation, but he had by far the cleanest run at it this year, so there’s a world that he has less scope for improvement.
All 3 of FOS, Draper and Lalor dealt with injury and school along with their footy this year. Jagga was purely focused on footy.
It’s an unanswererable question, but how much impact does that have?
FOS, Draper , Lalor and Smith all have scope to improve and should become competent AFL Footballers. I see Smith and O’Sullivan with the higher celling and greater scope for improvement generally, pending on so many variables it’s far too early to tell.
All 4 are decent prospects, however football environment, mentoring, coaching and possibilities of early injuries will impact the outcome of their journeys.
All 4 are decent prospects, however football environment, mentoring, coaching and possibilities of early injuries will impact the outcome of their journeys.
I mean... there's no talk that we're interested in anyone particular and Jagga is one fo the clear top 4 players in the draft. Why wouldn't we be talking about him?
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I'd disagree with the first part as I believe there was talk about us being interested in FOS. If he still is available at Pick 3 (which I think he may be), I don't see us passing on him. Smith being in the Top 4 players in the draft is questionable as well, completely subjective.
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Not questionable at all, seems like you just don’t like him
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It is questionable. Go look at recent phantom drafts that rate him between 5-6 which would agree with my contention. Personally I'd have him at 6.
As for the second part of your post, you know what they say about assumptions.
FOS talk was driven by the Herald Sun (on assumption), on the pick#3 upgrade..
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Who would you take at 3?
I think that is all driven out of the fact he is Walsh's cousin and we have a pick in his range - the media just run with it. Has Austin or anyone gave any indication at all, i doubt it? And Jagga is clearly in the Top 4, arguably should be top 2 in this draft - has been a projected potential number 1 pick for two to three years.
On what basis is he overrated?
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So Draper out...
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Depends on your interpretation.
"Carlton has their eyes on pacy draft prospect Finn O'Sullivan" <- To quote various news article including the Herald Sun. That doesn't sound like an assumption to me. That sounds more like a statement of fact rather than assumption.
I think their wording of "Carlton has their eyes on pacy draft prospect Finn O'Sullivan" sounds like they have indications that is the direction they are going with. Otherwise it is just badly worded which could be another possibility.
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I didn't say he is overrated. I said he is "overrated around here".
I have not seen any other thread on here, or any media source speaking about him like he is a number one pick like I do in this thread. That's the basis I am going on.
Plus, I have not said that there is anything wrong with you guys overrating him.
Are you a Carlton supporter?
Your posting history is a bit confusing, and use of words like "you guys" is odd.
Jagga Smith has been spoken about as a Number 1 pick for two years, see many of numerous examples:
- https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/dr...e/news-story/63e5d4ac12292e1e2ed0fc1a83ce8bdf
- https://www.espn.co.uk/afl/story/_/...agga-smith-levi-ashcroft-sid-draper-sam-lalor
- https://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscr...ous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-2-NOSCORE
- https://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscr...ous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-2-NOSCORE
The media is moving away from discussions about him because they have indications from Richmond that they are taking Lalor and / or FOS - that means nothing about where he has been considered historically, or his talent / ability that have clealry put him into that conversation for the past two years.
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