Player Watch #37: Cooper Harvey - signs 1yr extension - Roo til end 2025

[Souup]

Couple of things that stood out for me after checking out this week's game:

• He's looking more and more like a legitimate midfielder by the week. His stoppage/clearance work this very good this week with his cleanliness below his knees and quick hands standing out. We might be the first team in AFL history to fill a whole list with only midfielders.
• Doesn't waste his possessions. Tries to compose himself and find targets, but knows when to clear from a stoppage with a dump kick. A lot of juniors don't have the judgement, patience or composure to know when right option is the dump kick and they'll do it more often than not because it's safer than trying too much and getting caught HTB. Cooper picks his spots really well.

Concerns I have at this stage:

• No discernable weapon. His decision making and composure are very good, as is his kicking over a short-medium distance (although this week he did under-kick a few), but neither are weapons at this stage. I'd love to see him get more ball in the forward half of the ground and delivering inside 50m.
• Seem him struggled a bit too easily in a few situations when tackling head-on.

Looking forward to seeing him continue developing this year. As of right now I'd have him in approximately the 25-40 range of this draft crop.

EDIT: Oh and, 11 contested, 13 uncontested was the breakdown for his 24 touches.

 

[Pagans Paddock99]

I’m going to make an educated guess that we estimated him to be about 2nd round and part of the reason we included our 2nd round pick in the CCJ/Tarrant Trade.

I also have this sick feeling that the AFL will finally grant us a priority pick end of first round and some club will bid on Cooper around pick 17/18

I already know it will be Dodoro


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[shinboner magic]

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They’ve got Davey coming through - bluws will bid on him for sure

 

[hellas_johnny]

where in midfield is he playing on the wing??

 

[The Nostradamus]

would think we get him playing some vfl games for us this year like we did Jacko archer last year

 

[hellas_johnny]

would think we get him playing some vfl games for us this year like we did Jacko archer last year

if he's got good disposal then they could definitely do with it!

 

[giantroo]

 

[Shinboner1]

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this kids turning into something special

 

[shinboner magic]

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Building nicely is boomer jnr

Who’s the young pie

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

this kids turning into something special

No, definitely not worth any other club's attention. I don't think any of them should risk bidding on him.

 

[The Nostradamus]

give him a few vfl games soon

 

[ferball]

Looks like trading out pick two wasn't such a bad idea.

We get a pick in the top 3, Cooper goes at pick 10 - 15 and we trade back into the second round later on...

 

[Shinboner1]

No, definitely not worth any other club's attention. I don't think any of them should risk bidding on him.

who cares.. We have a first rounder and 2 fourth rounders. We wont be selecting much this year.

 

[Merlin007]

this kids turning into something special

sure, good stats, and hope he keeps building, but let's keep half a lid on - it is school footy

 

[Mav]

sure, good stats, and hope he keeps building, but let's keep half a lid on - it is school footy

Boooooo.

 

[RossHenshaw]

Looks like trading out pick two wasn't such a bad idea.

We get a pick in the top 3, Cooper goes at pick 10 - 15 and we trade back into the second round later on...

Plus we will get a Priority Pick

 

[RossHenshaw]

sure, good stats, and hope he keeps building, but let's keep half a lid on - it is school footy

 

[DuckYeah]

Couple of things that stood out for me after checking out this week's game:

• He's looking more and more like a legitimate midfielder by the week. His stoppage/clearance work this very good this week with his cleanliness below his knees and quick hands standing out. We might be the first team in AFL history to fill a whole list with only midfielders.
• Doesn't waste his possessions. Tries to compose himself and find targets, but knows when to clear from a stoppage with a dump kick. A lot of juniors don't have the judgement, patience or composure to know when right option is the dump kick and they'll do it more often than not because it's safer than trying too much and getting caught HTB. Cooper picks his spots really well.

Concerns I have at this stage:

• No discernable weapon. His decision making and composure are very good, as is his kicking over a short-medium distance (although this week he did under-kick a few), but neither are weapons at this stage. I'd love to see him get more ball in the forward half of the ground and delivering inside 50m.
• Seem him struggled a bit too easily in a few situations when tackling head-on.

Looking forward to seeing him continue developing this year. As of right now I'd have him in approximately the 25-40 range of this draft crop.

EDIT: Oh and, 11 contested, 13 uncontested was the breakdown for his 24 touches.

Its grouse as we will trade midfielder with substantial currencies. There is one midfielder on our list which would 100% gain a ready made floating interception halfback

 

[DuckYeah]

Having an abundance of a rare commodity is bank baby

 

[shinboner magic]

We need this guy to become our Gary Ablett jnr

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

who cares.. We have a first rounder and 2 fourth rounders. We wont be selecting much this year.

With only 2x 4th rounders to pay for Cooper, we really wouldn't want to see a bid in the top 20 or it will impact our first round selection in 2023.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

With only 2x 4th rounders to pay for Cooper, we really wouldn't want to see a bid in the top 20 or it will impact our first round selection in 2023.

Based on current output if somebody bid a top 20 I imagine we'd let him go. If he starts getting into that realm as the season goes on for sure we'd trade in to prepare.

 

[shinboner magic]

Based on current output if somebody bid a top 20 I imagine we'd let him go. If he starts getting into that realm as the season goes on for sure we'd trade in to prepare.

Why ??

So you think we’d get better with two picks in the 50s

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Why ??

So you think we’d get better with two picks in the 50s

I did say based on current output. If he is bid on in the top 20 and we haven't prepared for it then somebody reached. The more he comes in the more we'll prepare for it (we'll definitely have plenty of points available).

 

[Mav]

Can’t we go into negative for next year as well?