Recruiting AFL Draft Watch 2024 - What do we do, we have a top 10 pick?

[jdstorm]

2024 - Isaac Kako
2025 - Husein El-Echkar
2027 - Koby Bewick
2031(ish) - Jacob Lloyd

How can we possibly **** this up with so much top end talent coming through.

Now do the same for brisbane and Gold Coast and Bulldogs ect

 

[Yoda_]

Now do the same for brisbane and Gold Coast and Bulldogs ect

I don't follow them and couldn't care less tbf

 

[Yoda_]

He didn’t survive because he wasn’t good enough. It had nothing to do with his shitty tatts.

I don't believe it was all on Kyle. He certainly had the talent, we couldn't harness the bushfire that he was imho

 

[ant555]

I don't believe it was all on Kyle. He certainly had the talent, we couldn't harness the bushfire that he was imho

Not sure anyone could have.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

makes sense why someone like Kyle didn't survive at Essendon yet a bloke like Jack Darling plays 200 games, premiership, club b&f (?).

Our culture is that shit we cant content any one with a sceric of outwardness.. I mean, I saw Jayden Laverde has a leg tat and was blown away by it. How many of our players have tattoos visible?

Stringer and Draper don't count? Coincidentally the two players are supporter based like to pin every loss on. Maybe the majority of the supporters can't handle anyone with a loose personality too

 

[Milanista28]

Hearing that the latest Ashcorft is a bit of a Brighton Grammar flog. Running around asking blokes what it feels like to play on a top 5 draft pick. Lol.

Love that

 

[chambo00]

For the draft watchers, what are your thoughts on Xavier Lindsay?

Errol Gulden type with elite kick and decision making, which we need desperately.

 

[Yoda_]

Stringer and Draper don't count? Coincidentally the two players are supporter based like to pin every loss on. Maybe the majority of the supporters can't handle anyone with a loose personality too

Draper is a buffoon but hardly a wild child. Stringer obviously had to wake up to himself after leaving the Dogs in acrimonious ways

 

[Yoda_]

Not sure anyone could have.

Probably need to elaborate on my point. And it will lend itself to the debate of "drafting v development" but that sort of tools v talent, I can only think of Jordan Houlihan whom we drafted as a marking fwd half player. Someone who could have neem anything. It feels like we don't do risky, we stay in our lane and it shows. Even late, we go for the mature aged player than the high risk rookie. We're content with 120 AFL games than 250 games from a rookie.

 

[jdstorm]

I don't follow them and couldn't care less tbf

The point I was trying to make is that northern states having access to academies makes the game unfair and no team gets that type of talent in a vacuum. Have to improve past other teams to win not just improve

 

[doug85]

Cal reckons we should be looking at Armstrong with our first pick.

Not a bad idea.

 

[Howard Moon]

Is berry a tackler? Is berry and Kako overkill or does it fill our smaller fwd issues in one draft?

 

[eDPS]

Is berry a tackler? Is berry and Kako overkill or does it fill our smaller fwd issues in one draft?

Berry is a good tackler, has had a few nice run downs

 

[Yoda_]

Is berry a tackler? Is berry and Kako overkill or does it fill our smaller fwd issues in one draft?

How many does a club need?

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Berry, Kako and Allan. Trade whoever necessary.

GeT iT dOnE dOdOrO.

 

[Booplaz]

Is berry a tackler? Is berry and Kako overkill or does it fill our smaller fwd issues in one draft?

Not just fill, it transforms our forward line

 

[Vindicater]

Yep.

A forward line of

Gresham Jones Kako
Berry Caddy Langford

 

[jdstorm]

Berry + Kako just seems overkill on small players especially with Daveys, Tex, Saad, and Smart in and around the program.

Not to mention Merrett Parish Caldwell, Hobbs, Sheil, McGrath, Gresham and Roberts in the mix

In that range they could grab a really good midsized midfielder/flanker who could possibly even play right away and sure up the midfield defensively

If we’re still short a SF next season then just use a FRP on next years best SF there is one every year

 

[ant555]

How many does a club need?

I did not realize there was a set number . You are the one that keeps saying Alwyn is more an up the ground player and Jayden should be moved to the rookie list.

 

[Yoda_]

I did not realize there was a set number . You are the one that keeps saying Alwyn is more an up the ground player and Jayden should be moved to the rookie list.

to be fair, if we had of moved on Menzie and downgraded Jayden then perhaps two would be feasible.

There will be odd ones out (from other clubs) but ideally 4 would suit my list wants (2 in senior team, 2 in reserves developing).

 

[Yoda_]

Berry + Kako just seems overkill on small players especially with Daveys, Tex, Saad, and Smart in and around the program.

Not to mention Merrett Parish Caldwell, Hobbs, Sheil, McGrath, Gresham and Roberts in the mix

In that range they could grab a really good midsized midfielder/flanker who could possibly even play right away and sure up the midfield defensively

If we’re still short a SF next season then just use a FRP on next years best SF there is one every year

Some of the best small forwards are taken in the rookie draft (Charlie Cameron & Tom Papley come to mind)

 

[Howard Moon]

Just seems to my eye that the bulk of our issues are derivative of the forward line. Our midfield gets it in there fine ,most times we get it in more than our opponents, the fact that we cant take a mark and convert or lock it in for a stoppage is the issue that snowballs into defensive transition issues and then a bombarded backline which hadn't set itself up that gets overwhelmed.

Surely fixing one issue fixes most here.

Find a clunk tall who at worst halves the contest ,find 2 manic pressure fwds with class and goal sense to keep it in and or/finish on the crumb and everything changes.

 

[ant555]

to be fair, if we had of moved on Menzie and downgraded Jayden then perhaps two would be feasible.

There will be odd ones out (from other clubs) but ideally 4 would suit my list wants (2 in senior team, 2 in reserves developing).

Hawks play 4 on the ground. Menzie is just filling time . It is really him or someone at pick 110 .

 

[noobermensch]

Berry is a good tackler, has had a few nice run downs

Funny, my video choice today is spot on to illustrate this point!

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Berry turned in an excellent performance to close out his Champs campaign. He roamed up the ground and had a couple of rotations on ball getting himself involved in attacking ball movement, but the main thing that stood out was his elite pressure inside 50, with all five of his tackles coming in that area, two of them directly leading to shots on goal.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Hawks play 4 on the ground. Menzie is just filling time . It is really him or someone at pick 110 .

menzies best bet for mine is as a small defender. Id definitely give him the preseason there.