That would be impressive for a ruckman. They normally take a couple of extra years to develop.
Go watch some footage then get back to me, if he chooses football he will be the next Luke Jackson.
Ease up on the passive/aggressive crap. I'm not having a go at you. Just pointing out that it's unusual for a ruckman to be ready for that level of responsibility at such an early age. Yes, there are counter-examples, who have been ready at that age - but they are a very small minority.
They can't have been registered or played in any AFL-affiliated league for 3 years.
Nope, hence why I said "whatever it takes"...
How early do you see him going?
Quite possibly 1st round given he's clearly the best ruck prospect in a draft with a real dearth of draftable rucks, Logan Smith the only other that's really rated.
So we need to find another 1st round pick. Any suggestions for how we achieve that? I don't want to see us splitting pick 4 (or whatever it turns out to be), given our desperate need for an elite midfielder.
Many good midfield prospects in this draft, you pick the ones that will become elite, no doubt there will be at least several. I doubt there will be any AFL recruiters with the same say top 10 players on their draft board given how even this crop of mids look in the top 10 or so. Picking the right ones will be no easy task in this draft.
Or knowing us, we'll just draft another defender with our pick.
Well we will be losing Keane, I can see Hamish salivating at the prospect
Which doesn't answer the question I asked - how we obtain a late 1st round pick, with which to draft Dodson?
We'll draft a TOP 5 midfielder, but then said midfielder will play full back and half forward for a year in the 2's before said coaching group come to the realisation he is a MIDFIELDER.
Get smart about it. Look at GC. IF they are keen to bump some picks into next year, could we try and link them in
Dodson is a much bigger list need than Tyler Welsh if we're being perfectly honest. Athletic Ruckman with limitless upside, decent skills, already a nice size physically....and SA born and bred so likely a career Adelaide Crow.
I'm not sure that he's a bigger list need than Welsh, given that our tall forward stocks could be down to just Fogarty & Thilthorpe by the end of 2025 (if we don't grab Welsh).
Welsh is not a tall forward at AFL, he's a 3rd tall i.e. Jake Stringer.
That should be the plan. Welsh may be dropping and may not be R1 atm.
I want both!!
I'd like both too but if I had only one choice I wouldn't hesitate to take Dodson...not for one millisecond.
OK, then going back to my spitballing trade scenario, then the way to get it done might be for us to trade Keane to Collingwood for their F1. Then have a deal set up with a team in the back end of the teens should a bid not yet have come for Welsh to trade the Collingwood F1 for their pick (maybe that GC pick 20 if they are looking at flipping picks into next year) and maybe a later junk pick (4th round?). Use that pick for Dodson then sit back and wait for a Welsh bid to roll in wherever it comes.
