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Sharman?Serious question - has any club found a player in mid season draft other than a mid or HB that has gone on to be an AFL regular?
Notable Draftees from the past 5 drafts (since re-introduction) that are still at their club and playing at least semi-regularly (or played frequently until delisted).Serious question - has any club found a player in mid season draft other than a mid or HB that has gone on to be an AFL regular?
If we are looking for players to impact straight away and fill some holes I would be watching
Brodie McLaughlin (former GCS KPF/Back up ruck) Not massive but can play 3rd forward and second ruck. 26 years old. He's a goer that can kick a goal
Trent Bianco. Fmr Pie with good skils and leg speed. 23 years old and can play Wing/HB
Phoenix Spicer. X factor forward who has the skills (maturity & effort the question)
Tom Highmore. Former Saint and good tall defender. 26 years old
Baker Smith. 21 years old Key defender at Port Melbourne. Great mark
If we want to look internally we have Liam McMahon (Tall mobile forward) Heath Ramshaw (Mid) Lachie Young (3rd defender)
All are playing VFL so should get a good idea of how they are going over next 2 months
They hid him, then he put a huge $ on himself so that only Hawthorn would pick him up. Was dodgy as ****.Newcombe, bloody hell, how’d he get overlooked, really good solid player.
19-YEAR-OLDS SHINE IN CHASE FOR SPOTS
GEELONG Falcons forward Will McLachlan has jumped into mid-season draft contention with a run of early form in the Coates Talent League.
McLachlan, who was overlooked last season, is a medium forward and has kicked 11 goals across the past two weeks.
His six-goal haul against Murray Bushrangers on Sunday showed his marking strength and natural goal sense and saw him take his season tally to 13 goals so far in 2024.
Will McLachlan flies for a mark during the Coates Talent League match between Geelong Falcons and GWV Rebels at GMHBA Stadium on March 28, 2024. Picture: AFL Photos
He is one of a batch of players who were first eligible for last year's draft and are now shooting for a mid-season shot, including fellow Falcons runner Liam Kershaw, who has averaged 19 disposals at the start of the season, while Bendigo talent Deyton Uerata has also caught interest as a midfielder/forward who has some exciting attributes.
Key defender Cooper Trembath, ruckmen Joe Pike and Jordan Doherty, tall forward Remy MacLean and versatile Tasmanian prospect Geordie Payne are among the others on recruiters' radars as potential mid-season options. South Australian Noah Howes is another to have been looked at as a potential MSD candidate.
Oliver Poole, Iliro Smit, Lewis Robbins and Ben Hopkins are other prospects who could feature in Young Guns squads ahead of the mid-season draft. – Callum Twomey
They hid him, then he put a huge $ on himself so that only Hawthorn would pick him up. Was dodgy as *.
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When we say hid, how’d they hide him in his draft year? Did he not play VFL in the lead up to the MSD or the year before? I remember the price he put on his head, but surely everyone else would have seen enough of him.
Off the top of my head, he had a "down" year prior to being picked up.When we say hid, how’d they hide him in his draft year? Did he not play VFL in the lead up to the MSD or the year before? I remember the price he put on his head, but surely everyone else would have seen enough of him.
Clubs knew of him, just a late developer
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Scaife from West Perth? Like the look of him. Kicked 4 goals last w/end too.George Grey small forward/mid
Jasper Scaife, liked him his draft year, surprised he wasn't picked up KPF
Lachlan Hosie, 189cm forward, can sniff a goal
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McLaughlin is an interesting one, dominated at GC in the 2s but never got a game and then didn’t get picked up, i am surprised a side like ours or Geelong who have two established forwards wouldn’t have a look for insurance.
Was there something else that put clubs off?
I get you but IMO there's quite a few that are ooc at the end of the year that are at risk of being moved on regardless of what we do in the msd.Unless we know a hidden gem somewhere or a player that we want long term…
I’d pass on the MSD…
Most players want a 18 month contract, which would mean we’d have to delist more players at the end of the year…
List spots are going to be extremely tight… You’d want the MSD player to have more upside than someone we could rookie draft in…I get you but IMO there's quite a few that are ooc at the end of the year that are at risk of being moved on regardless of what we do in the msd.
That's fair.List spots are going to be extremely tight… You’d want the MSD player to have more upside than someone we could rookie draft in…