List Mgmt. 2024 Young Talent Time (Drafting)

[Snuffaluphagus]

 

[Wallsy78]

Well Bell has gone, and his opinion could be at odds with the list manager, and irrelevant, but he suggested our list could still use another good ball user off half back. That used to be Hayden Young. Maybe we're looking for someone like that.

I'd say its definitely on the cards. We have been linked to Harrison Oliver this year and The Age had Angus Clarke at 38 in their phantom draft but said "Sydney and Fremantle have also shown interest in Clarke". Both these guys fit the bill and would be chances for our pick 30

 

[kuhni]

The first rounder should be the best young talent the rest of the draft we need mature agers that can impact right away. The club chose to take Bolton for our first few picks. You can’t just dip your finger as an all in approach to win a flag. You need to throw everything in. Choosing Bolton and using our first round picks to get him should suggest an all in approach. The club needs to go all in stop pussy footing around

Are there many good mature age players around? I thought the talent is in kids and mature agers haven't been picked up yet because they are limited.

 

[MakeshiftMartyr]

Well Bell has gone, and his opinion could be at odds with the list manager, and irrelevant, but he suggested our list could still use another good ball user off half back. That used to be Hayden Young

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Hayden Young

Age

23

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.4

3star

MG

160.0

3star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.4

2star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.4

2star

MG

160.0

3star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.4

4star

MG

160.0

3star

. Maybe we're looking for someone like that.

Pretty sure somewhere in this thread we were linked to Harrison Oliver, who could be a good get with our second pick. Although either Lindsay or Travaglia at our first would be handy, as well.

 

[Purple Suit]

Clipped from another forum that got clipped from another forum but I dont think it matters because its just stats.
Noticed this on another forum.

Ive got chronic fatigue so I go to a ton of doctors appointments that run late and I take my laptop and look up draft info. I get what a few have said about Hottons highlights being uninspiring but after looking into match report comments about how he played in games they describe his skills as elite and the highlight package look like it came from only two games or so. One said he excells at the difficult skill of kicking through the corridor.

This view is backed up on the Rookie Central Facebook page. He was in white hot form when he got injured and I think he could very well have ended up top 5 if he didnt get injured as he went from someone not talked about to a star in just a few games. One of the guys who has direct contact with Kevin Sheenan said the talent scouts didnt eve cover Hottons first two games so he was coming from a long way back but after some scouts viewed the games before he got injured there was talk of him going top 5 if he continued improvement with his class with ball in hand described as his best asset.
Statistically his last few games were insanely good with his 7.3 marks over the season showing he can move around the ground and link up play which is definitely a need for us long term as it would allow Bolton to stay close to goal. In all honesty he's now equal with Lindsay and Berry as my top choices as all three fill a long term need while improving our foot skills is our major team need particularly in the front half. Hotton also reportedly has very good pace and endurance so potentially long term he could a wing option.

The ACL won’t be the only risk. If his purple patch came off only a few games, it’s very hard to know if it was sustained improvement or if he just got lucky with his match ups.

When players dominate in the preseason, never assume they are going to do it during the real stuff. I see this as a similar vibe, although have no real clue how he will go long term. Goal kickers are always handy though and the knack is hard to teach.