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Cal reckons we should be looking at Armstrong with our first pick.
Not a bad idea.
Pies don’t have a first rounder.Saints and Pies and probably Richmond at least twice pick before us in all likelyhood.
I wouldn’t be taking another key tall anyway but if he’s the best key forward in the crop he’s not getting to us.
I said I wanted a big multi position utility and it looks like there’s a handful in the range so good for us.
Pies don’t have a first rounder.
But if he’s out our pick I’d be happy to take him. If we take a midfielder, I just hope they have some versatility.
I fear Josh SMillie gets to us as a consensus #1 pick in mid June ye others go past. He turns into a nice player but others go past him further and we continue to be the laughing stock of the AFL..Right you are. Point still stands about not wanting to go for another key tall in the first round.
I’m looking at the Lalor, Travaglia, Allan, Hynes, maybe even Smilie types in the back end of the top 10 that suit us.
It looks like the real cream of the crop midfielders that will go top 5 are 180 or below and the bigger options might go a little bit later. Good for us.
I would almost take Berry in front of Kako from what I have seen and I like Kako.Berry or Taj hotton.
Please don’t sleep on this guy.
If we go tall Armstrong is a possibility and would be a nice future pairing with caddy.
Both super athletic
What consensus ? There has not been a solid consensus around the number 1 pick most of the year.I fear Josh SMillie gets to us as a consensus #1 pick in mid June ye others go past. He turns into a nice player but others go past him further and we continue to be the laughing stock of the AFL..
Im intrigued by what Cooper Hynes could become. Put up some incredible games at CTL level
you're right, Smillie was the front runner from Bigfooty boards (consensus was probably too strong a word)What consensus ? There has not been a solid consensus around the number 1 pick most of the year.
You not keen on Kako ?I want r1 Sam Lalor... r2 Tom Gross.
Then scrape around for whatever dangerous small forwards we can get our hands on.
I think we still need another KPF for the future, but we can agree to disagree.Right you are. Point still stands about not wanting to go for another key tall in the first round.
I’m looking at the Lalor, Travaglia, Allan, Hynes, maybe even Smilie types in the back end of the top 10 that suit us.
It looks like the real cream of the crop midfielders that will go top 5 are 180 or below and the bigger options might go a little bit later. Good for us.
I have my doubts.You not keen on Kako ?
What are they?I have my doubts.
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.
That's my thinking. There's some great midfielders in this draft but unless we're trading a few of ours out I don't see the point in recruiting any more.I wouldn't go midfielder with a top 10 unless we ready to give up on one of Hobbs or Tsatas (and we'd be silly to). It wouldn't hurt us to look later in the draft though.
I don't doubt he can make the grade. But I think he's not top 20. I would probably take him 2nd round.What are they?
Nothing wrong with going for a midfielder that has versatility who can play half forward/half back/wing to a strong level before moving in later. Problem with the likes of Tsatas/Hobbs/Setterfield/Shiel/Parish is that they can only play in the middleI wouldn't go midfielder with a top 10 unless we ready to give up on one of Hobbs or Tsatas (and we'd be silly to). It wouldn't hurt us to look later in the draft though.
We will be hoping the same.I don't doubt he can make the grade. But I think he's not top 20. I would probably take him 2nd round.
Getting kako will be great but our depth would still be shit. Not really much after him. I wouldnt mind going after a key forward like Armstrong and picking up a small forward from another club in the trade period, whether that be someone like Joe richards or Jacob Konstanty, if theyre good enoughIs berry a tackler? Is berry and Kako overkill or does it fill our smaller fwd issues in one draft?
that's a good point, and well madeNothing wrong with going for a midfielder that has versatility who can play half forward/half back/wing to a strong level before moving in later. Problem with the likes of Tsatas/Hobbs/Setterfield/Shiel/Parish is that they can only play in the middle