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Pick 19 it is. Just what they need.
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Snuffaluphagus
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I just dont see anything in Tholstrup that screams AFL player tbh. He's already a bigger body but there's no x-factor or stand out trait that I see suiting AFL. Not a top 20 pick for mine, pick 30+
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Yep. Heard them talk him up as a first round pick, and I was like, the what?
Granted I’ve only seen him twice, but legit was slow and poor disposal.
Rather clay hall, who has been hidden back in the reserves it seems. Showed a lot during his run at peel seniors
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SPP has more athleticism for mine and genuine burst / explosiveness. Tholstrup is weirdly vanilla. Of course, if Walls likes him, I'll completely flip and back him in
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Yeah but who cares what geelongs recruiter thinks,what about if walls backs him in ?
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Snuffaluphagus Your boi starting to show to serious traits. Sokol shut down and peeled off to incept mark on multiple occasions.
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Got through the game tonight after being out today.
Hamling: Was awesome back there. Stopped everything but he had some help...
Davies: I feel like not enough is being made of this kid. His growth this year has been ridiculous. He completely pantsed Sokol today and the best case for his growth is just watching the rest of his games against Subi. Kid is a natural born defender and if he fixes his kicking a little bit (his composure and decision making is actually elite), he will be an incredible defender, I'm sure of it.
Reidy: Clarke is the best ruck not on an AFL list in Australia and he held his own. I have concerns on his impact elsewhere but he has improved his ruckwork a lot this year
Wilson/Colyer: Good to see these two back to their best, go get a flag next week fellas.
Emmett: Dude is still an enigma and I've been big on him since the start. His kicking can be atrocious but everything else he does is AFL level which I suppose is why his two games were so good.
Brodie: Got into 4th gear today which was good to see, can still be better at this level
Corbett: The stint at AFL did his confidence a world of good, playing very good WAFL footy now.
Noddy: Close to invisible, needs to change his body shape considerably IMO.
Worner: Like has been said a few times, looks a WAFL player, I have similar concerns with him as I do Tholstrup but the athleticism is actually a further step below
Wagner: Great game, a speedy dude who makes good decisions and runs towards the goals will get AFL gigs
Hamling: Was awesome back there. Stopped everything but he had some help...
Davies: I feel like not enough is being made of this kid. His growth this year has been ridiculous. He completely pantsed Sokol today and the best case for his growth is just watching the rest of his games against Subi. Kid is a natural born defender and if he fixes his kicking a little bit (his composure and decision making is actually elite), he will be an incredible defender, I'm sure of it.
Reidy: Clarke is the best ruck not on an AFL list in Australia and he held his own. I have concerns on his impact elsewhere but he has improved his ruckwork a lot this year
Wilson/Colyer: Good to see these two back to their best, go get a flag next week fellas.
Emmett: Dude is still an enigma and I've been big on him since the start. His kicking can be atrocious but everything else he does is AFL level which I suppose is why his two games were so good.
Brodie: Got into 4th gear today which was good to see, can still be better at this level
Corbett: The stint at AFL did his confidence a world of good, playing very good WAFL footy now.
Noddy: Close to invisible, needs to change his body shape considerably IMO.
Worner: Like has been said a few times, looks a WAFL player, I have similar concerns with him as I do Tholstrup but the athleticism is actually a further step below
Wagner: Great game, a speedy dude who makes good decisions and runs towards the goals will get AFL gigs
Snuffaluphagus
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Beat me to it, there is not enough praise on here for his game. He was close to every bit as good as Hamling for mine and he was on the far better player
I guess we will have to wait and see. I had not seen him play a full game before today. I thought the majority of his 15 touches were impactful and positive. He seems to have clean hands and good kicking skills.
I know he’s physically mature but he’s playing against grown men out there, several of whom are experienced current AFL players. It’s many levels beyond colts footy.
Speed might be a concern but the combine testing will reveal a bit there. If he’s slow he will fall as you just can’t carry slow guys nowadays.
I never get too attached to young players pre draft as a rule because you can look very stupid, but I will say that Sam Powell Pepper is a very decent AFL footballer and if you got him with pick 21 you’d be well above average production for that pick range I would guess…
I thought Brodie really got to work. Two weeks ago he looked lazy and today he was chasing as best he could. He had a couple of run down tackles.
Everything Emmett touched turned to shit, he had a game he’d rather forget aside from that goal in the 4th quarter. Noddy similar, though I thought he had more good moments IMO.
Worner I thought was better than you made out. Took some intercept marks and was involved in some corridor play.
Otherwise agree with your assessment.
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I wont give Brodie a pass unless he's clear BOG, which off last year, he should be. Definitely better this week though.
Agree on Emmett but it's just how he looks at WAFL most of the time IMO. Relatively clean, hits the ball at pace then ****s up a kick.
I dont think Worner was bad, in fact, thought he was good but I just dont see how he becomes an AFL player
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Glad to see they got the win, get it done next week so some of our young players can experience what finals glory tastes like so they can convert it to the big league.
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2 questions:
- Does Hugh look like he can play both as a key and a medium defender? We need to develop a key back for the medium to long term future, but for him to get games in the short term you'd think he either needs some of our KPDs to be injured or to be versatile enough to play smaller.
- What do you see NOD's best position as? It seems like in a perfect world he should be playing some inside midfield time (and hence should look to get significantly bigger, which he said is a goal of his), but wing is obviously the more open slot for him, and run and carry type wingers in particular tend to be more slightly built. Though conversely, you can have the Acres type of winger who has great running capacity to get free and impact contests, but isn't a run and carry type.
I think Davies could potentially play as a third defender type (probably back pocket type like Luke Ryan) but not as a half back flank type. Has enough speed to play on smaller types and disposal is okay although not as refined as it was in his junior days.
As much as we can argue O'Driscoll's "best on paper" position is centre midfield I just don't see him getting a shot there without him first playing some decent AFL time in another position regaining some points with the coaching staff. The obvious position to do that would be on the wing as when he plays half back (like he is at WAFL atm) he just doesn't offer enough with his disposal in rebound. The putting on size (ie. muscle) thing is still okay for playing wing but he just also needs to be running fit too.
Oh, I thought he was a powerful player... what are his strengths? Heard conflicting reports.
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Tholstrup reminds me of Conor Blakely. Same height and weight, too. He is a solid footballer, but doesn't do anything elite.
I can't see how he makes us a better team. I can see him being a solid trenchman at West Coast.
I can't see how he makes us a better team. I can see him being a solid trenchman at West Coast.
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Key defender. He looks like a skinnier Joel Hamling.
That's a fair effort. Hammer would have to be the skinniest KPD in the AFL.
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Keep Hamling as next best for 2024 while Davies develops further in WAFL.
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Hamling was standing right in front of me half of the game and I was surprised how strong he looked. Certainly a lot more solid than the last time I saw him up close. That was probably late last year.
