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Analysis 2024 National Draft
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https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/dr...e/news-story/be023112f1bf1fcc17d4189df93fa5ab Fox Footy has us taking Jagga Smith as well
You can only imagine how poor DGB is if Durdin is still a chance.The club needs to have a conversation with Sam Durdin and somehow retract the train on offer
I think we definitely take McMahon (as we should have last year-though I do love Cooper). And if DGB is not up to it, I think they can keep that spot empty. Matt Carroll probably gets offered a VFL gig.
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Well, the Tigers have him in the mix for pick 1. Kangaroo are likely to take him at 2, and we would take him at 3 if he was still there.
So the answer is- many on here have picked holes in his game. The recruiters on the other hand......... .........
So it depends if you put more credence on the opinions of big footy posters or professional recruiters.
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Go watch the Eastern Rangers v Oakleigh Coats game during the year. FOS played midfield the entire game. Less game time overall than Jagga but compare the pair.
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Yes and slippery.
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Wonder who will present the jumper to who we select on draft night 
Of the 4 considerations for our Pick 3 i am secretly hoping it will be in order:
1. Lalor
2. Draper
3. FOS/Smith
I think Lalor is a level above as a prospect.
Draper as the second best overall and best for us in short and long term.
FOS as the dual position with huge upside.
Smith will help equally as Draper in short term and longterm. I just rate him a touch less offensive and a bit more defensive than Draper.
I respect Cal's track record though, and it seems as though Lalor is gone. It seems like we will take FOS if he is there. If he's not it looks like Jagga. With Sid still a chance though.
Money would have to be with Jagga now though.
Go Jagga you beauty.
1. Lalor
2. Draper
3. FOS/Smith
I think Lalor is a level above as a prospect.
Draper as the second best overall and best for us in short and long term.
FOS as the dual position with huge upside.
Smith will help equally as Draper in short term and longterm. I just rate him a touch less offensive and a bit more defensive than Draper.
I respect Cal's track record though, and it seems as though Lalor is gone. It seems like we will take FOS if he is there. If he's not it looks like Jagga. With Sid still a chance though.
Money would have to be with Jagga now though.
Go Jagga you beauty.
Okay assuming its Smith at #3, can we run a poll on which Stones song we should play when he gets presented a Carlton jumper.
I like this one - especially at 1.14 when Keith takes care of an over enthusiastic spectator....
I like this one - especially at 1.14 when Keith takes care of an over enthusiastic spectator....
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Assuming we end up with Smith, I think he plays from round 1. He is not explosive, but has elite evasiveness. In the draftpool, against his peers, Ive heard it explained he would win the ball from stoppage 60 times out of 100. He is that good! So while he has some knocks on his game, I think he can push Walsh out and have him play off the backline again, storming through the middle like he did in 2023. Walsh on the outside is when he is at his best. That is my thinking for addressing "speed"... get Jagga to get it to Cerra and Walsh bursting on the outside
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The dominator to present 7 to Draper or smithWonder who will present the jumper to who we select on draft night
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Correct take. Jagga is the best / quickest I’ve seen at pouncing on a loose ball at a contest. We have zero dynamism around the contest, particularly if the ball doesn’t bounce our way. I think people have been overstating the burst forward from stoppage argument. Jagga can do that but he can do so much more as well.
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Wonder who will present the jumper to who we select on draft night
Apparently we have made a call to Mick Jaggaer to see if he can do it. Im not sure why an old rock star is being considered though?
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FOS is our no.1 still, as mentioned a lot earlier in the thread, doesn't look like he makes it to 3.
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Draper, just as agile as Smith, arguably even more so...
Got any stats on his so called kicking inefficiency or shooting from the hip?
p.s. tigers won three flags getting the ball into F50 as fast as they humanly could.... Danger won a Brownlow doing the same thing....
Pretty confident its Smith now. Cal, several ITKs , Fox, heraldsun, the age. Everyone has us taking Smith.
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He's slick, and he operates half a second ahead of everyone else on the field. So while not express by way of top speed or raw acceleration, he's always on the move and when he gets the ball he generally already knows what he's gonna be doing with it.
But also, he's not slow, by any stretch of the imagination.
Seriously though, just check out some Youtube highlights of the top few. You'll find videos of 5-10 mins that give you a pretty good idea of what we'd be expecting to get from Smith, Draper, FOS or, at a stretch, Langford.
Cliff notes:
Smith - agile, instinctive midfielder who racks it up and uses it well. Light frame the question mark.
Draper - burst midfielder with great acceleration, top speed and ball handling. Good defensive game. Disposal both by hand and foot a little iffy at times (for a top mid, he's not an outright poor user), and recent back injury which is hard to assess from the cheap seats.
FOS - hybrid mid/fwd with a wicked side step, sticky hands and quality disposal. Lower disposal numbers than other options and had an injury-interrupted year which prevented him from really getting going. Highly regarded coming into the year based on 2023 bottom age form.
Langford - big bodied midfielder who could impact up forward or down back as well. Great mark, beautiful left foot, operates well in traffic, good endurance runner. Top speed the worst of this bunch.
I don't think any of them make us slower. Langford is probably net neutral, the other three make us faster in different ways.
He's quick. Not super fast but quicker then all our current mids except probably Walsh.
I just hope the player we didn't move up the draft order for was FOS then we don't get him
FOS looks great when you put all his highlights together but when you actually watch his games, he has as many head scratching moment as great ones. Might be the injuries. Might not.
A player like him will always have a better highlights real then Smith. Doesn't mean hes better.
While FOS and Lalor have higher upside, more often the not the Smith type ends up the better player.
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