Interesting Lorenz gets omitted without mention. Has he been injured or sick? I would have imagined he plays in the trial matches, but I'd his continued absence from stoppages for Oakleigh aren't a sign of things to come for Metro. It's where I think he really shines, his composure and agility to get on that lethal left boot at contests is what he'll be drafted for, not his running capacity or forward craft in my opinion.
What’s your thoughts on Logan Morris at Geelong PMbangers? I don’t mind him, gun deep forward but I think he is just a one trick pony, mark and kick. Doesn’t seem to have great agility, speed, endurance etc. maybe it’s something clubs can work with. If I had a choice Caddy is the main man at the moment but Geel don’t stand a chance.
Well Geelong have made more limited players work pretty well in the past, so I can imagine they'd get a bit out of Morris. There's a couple of match ups I'm curious to see for him in Champs to help gauge where his athleticism is at, I'm not expecting to match a guy like Will McCabe for athleticism but if he can be competitive in that regard then it's hard to argue that he'd hold up at AFL level, but those more traditional leading KPFs are getting rarer and rarer unless they have a POD, like Cameron and Cadman with their ability to get up the ground, Morris does this a little bit but would need to improve to push into the first round mix imo
PMBangers how are you grouping players outside of the Top 20 at this stage? Do you have the players ranked but just don’t post them this early, do you have the next “tiers” but not ranked within, other?
Where do you see McCabe at currently? Think Twomey mentioned he could be in the teens but ~20 is what I've heard elsewhere.
Probably in those first few outside the top 20 for me at the moment, moreso due to me being a bit behind in my SA footy watching than anything to do with McCabe himself. When you have a player that moves as well as he does at his height it's always going to draw attention, and his work in defense to offensive transition is really good. If he can sure up the defensive aspects of his game then he could well push up into the top half of the first round
I'm not PMBangers, and this isn't my thread, but where's Arie Schoenmakers? He looked like a really good player from what I saw of him last year. He has to be injured because he hasn't even been named for their match today against the Giants Academy. If so, I hope he's fit for the Championships because he could be one who uses it to his advantage and rises up the rankings. I had him in the top 45 for this draft based on what I saw of him last year, so it's annoying that he hasn’t played.
Schoenmaker the main guy that I could see getting drafted if we ever see him on field again, I haven't heard anything since pre season but they were expecting him to be right to go from their first game so might've had some complications in rehab.
Watching the Devils for the first time this year, Beaumont is a bit of a machine. If he doesn't go drafted be nice to have him in our VFL team next year (if we get one that early). It's nice that we are easily beating the way more overfunded GWS academy at their home.
A bit harsh, some of those guys probably read these pages lol. Bad year for GWS? They usually produce some good players.
We actually usually don't, outside of some top enders for a couple of years it's been quite a low production program given the investment in terms of AFL level prospects, but it's achieving it's purpose in increasing participation and quality of local level footy.
Hopefully the funding we are about to get pumped into our program on the back of the AFL team can produce better results for us. Your top enders have been pretty good though!
No notes on Peirce which is a sign that nothing has particularly impressed me in my viewings. Hastie is one that's impressed early on though as a rebounding defender, generally reliable with his disposal and actively seeks out the most aggressive option he can see which is vital with how the AFL is currently played. I'll just Ctrl C + Ctrl V my write up on him from the trials, it pretty much summarises all his outings so far
Will Gould 2.0!
