AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
OK, this old bloke has been getting ultra frustrated with every second poster declaring we have to draft the Jones replacement KPD with one of our picks,If you want a ruckman, Shannon Neale would be a better option as he's super athletic and has the ability to play forward too. Perfect long term Casboult replacement if you ask me and would be a chance to be available at pick 31. He's a great size for that ruck/forward option too, currently standing at 202cm.
He's the type of player you'd look back on and say why wasn't he ever in the conversation as a top 10 pick. Like many other speculative prospects, he may well just be a serviceable 2's player bobbing up for the occasional game every now and then, but his upside is enormous given his size and athleticism.
He's also got that look about him that he means business and he tackles to hurt. We need more player like him. Also, when he goes in the middle, he's effectively a 4th midfielder. If we were ever looking at the prospect of playing two rucks, this guy would be the perfect foil for TDK rotating between the ruck and forward line.
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Thanks for the advice, I’ll be very careful judging off highlights videos in the future
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He’s very similar to Walsh in that respect although I guess Rowell’s exposed form was a lot higher I would still easily be backing the two of them in as being great picks.
This, he will just get out bodies constantly, though I don’t think speed will be an issue. He has absolutely elite pace.
That’s why it’s interesting reading. Diverse opinions, both containing validity.And they sound like they will never agree on any of those opinions either.............
And, who thought Jones would become this when we first picked him up. Solutions appear, development happens in time, let’s see who and what appears in the years immediate future.The problem with finding a Jones replacement is the most suitable players in terms of size and attributes (DBG, Reid and Cox) will all be taken in the first dozen picks on draft night. Then you have someone like Cody Brand who would be in our draft range, however, he's tied to Essendon.
After that, the more highly touted KPD's are 193cm and under, so they're probably not the best fit for our side. A few are also tied to other clubs as academy players too. At the end of the day, if a Jones replacement isn't available at our selections, we need to see what other types are available. A summary of the remaining notable KPD's are extracted from the link below:
James Borlase: 192cm (Adelaide NGA player)
Jack Briskey: 193cm (Brisbane academy)
Heath Chapman: 193cm
Josh Green: 192cm (GWS academy)
Tom Highmore: 192cm
Maybe there's a few others that aren't covered in the article below, but at the moment, there just doesn't seem to be any obvious names that would be suitable for us.
Kevin Sheehan reveals his top NAB AFL Draft Prospects: Tall Defenders
AFL Talent Ambassador Kevin Sheehan reveals his top NAB AFL Draft Prospects - Tall Defenders
What we lose by doing that is Williamson or Plowman.
In regards to list management, I'm more interested in what we gain. All this talk about Key Defenders, Small Forwards and extra Ruckman sounds like talk of minimum requirements rather than optimum ones. There's no guarantees that we'll get the right players, especially with our picks. It's the player in question all over again; (we) thought we had a spot for him and he's just preventing us from developing someone better, it should be a cautionary tale. I think it's about time we tried to put the polish on and no matter what people pretend about McGovern, he was never that.
Where are these links coming from, or just chatter on here? Would like it to be true.
Must be thinking of another Durdin. This one is 173cm. Definitely won't be in the ruck.
Kemp got to 17 last year. Who would’ve thought. Stranger things have happened
Would the likes of a Conor stone be of interest in the range our current picks are at? don’t know much about him just heard his name pop up and described as someone who sone potential.
When you read the Sen interview with Durdin, he appears to be signalling to Adelaide that Carlton and Freo have interest, in an attempt to remain in South Australia and then have a bet each way and saying he is willing to move.
This old bloke agrees. We are entering 'the window' and we don't need to be drafting any players for short term 'instant replacement' senarios. We just need to recruit well and have a crack at players who are ready to go - like Ben McKay or Harris Andrews if we can prize them away from their clubs in the next couple of years. Draft is now stricktly for long term projects now that we are through the rebuild, and a KPF/Ruck is where we lack depth and need to be planning for the long term when Levi is gone (as a 3rd ruck option).
