State your bandwagon for pick 8

[Sherminator.]

From what I'm reading on the Draft board, Myers has dash, good skills, good marking, is athletic and a natural runner. Not sure Hadley is like that at all?

And TBD, I thought Chris Schmidt was already 189cm when we drafted him, and I heard he grew a bit during the year as well?

Indeed, I was told he is about 191 now. Still a midfielder, IMO.

 

[PROUD LION]

Indeed, I was told he is about 191 now. Still a midfielder, IMO.

From his fame and foot skills, he may turn out to be a left footed Lappin off a wing/half back

Shit we have some talent on our books now, hope they all stay healthy and at the club for a long time

 

[-VC-]

Do you really want Patrick Veszpremi at pick 10?

Isn't that paying over the odds a bit?

There are other I would prefer obviously, but I don't expect them to fall to us. Of the guys that I expect to be there I defnitely want Veszpremi at the Crows. He's the perfect fit for us and "best available" doesn't apply at that point in the draft as far as I'm concerned because I don't see a great difference between the players that are likely to go between 10-20.

 

[PROUD LION]

Re: PICK 25 BANDWAGON

Addam Maric for PICK 25

 

[Sherminator.]

Re: PICK 25 BANDWAGON

Addam Maric for PICK 25

Browne or Reid for 25.

 

[PROUD LION]

Re: PICK 25 BANDWAGON

Browne or Reid for 25.

Heard that Reid has poor foot skills

Maric is "apparently" a Nathan Brown clone .....and he's Croatian too

 

[BUDDYHODGEBIRCH-]

Hi boys, I think we should line up a key defender, and hope Rance is available- if not I would also like Ebert.

RANCE is going to HAWTHORN buddy!!!!!!!

 

[BigCat2]

RANCE is going to HAWTHORN buddy!!!!!!!

Can I borrow your crystall ball for a day? Wouldn't mind knowing next week's Lotto numbers...

Btw, in the Phantom Draft Addam Maric has gone to Melbourne @21.

It'd be good if we can pick up Collier at 25, but I think that's a going to be a bit optimistic come Draft day.

I wouldn't mind McGinnity at 25, as our only tagger at the moment is Troy Selwood.

 

[Sherminator.]

Can I borrow your crystall ball for a day? Wouldn't mind knowing next week's Lotto numbers...

Btw, in the Phantom Draft Addam Maric has gone to Melbourne @21.

It'd be good if we can pick up Collier at 25, but I think that's a going to be a bit optimistic come Draft day.

I wouldn't mind McGinnity at 25, as our only tagger at the moment is Troy Selwood.

Indeed, I am a big fan of McGinnity's. Totally ripped Cotchin a new one.

 

[Sherminator.]

Re: PICK 25 BANDWAGON

Heard that Reid has poor foot skills

Many players go into the draft with queries over foot skills. You seriously think it isn't easy to correct kicking at AFL level, he'd be having a lot of work done on his kicking.

Besides, he is an inside midfielder. His handling of the ball in close is the best in the draft, IMO. He has Black like handball skills, runs all day (recorded a 15.4 beep at the start of the year) and his kicking is overly bad, hit and miss is a better way to explain it.

Whereas, Maric is 178cm and will most likely spend his first 3 seasons as a small forward (which we have well covered, IMO) before, he might make the shift to a midfield role.

In those order at 25 for me- McGinnity (gun tagger), Browne (great kicking flanker), Reid (best hands in the draft), Maric (skill crumber), Dangerfield (tall midfielder).

 

[Hollow Knight]

Yeah, I want Reid at 25.

Makes a hell of alot of sense.

 

[BigCat2]

Dream scenario:

8 Brad Ebert
25 Tom Collier
41 Sam Reid
52 Brendan Whitecross
Rookie Dayne Zorko
Rookie Joseph Daye

 

[Hollow Knight]

Dream scenario:

8 Brad Ebert
25 Tom Collier
41 Sam Reid
52 Brendan Whitecross
Rookie Dayne Zorko
Rookie Joseph Daye

If we're dreaming, why not have Cotchin and Masten available at 41 and 52?

 

[BigCat2]

If we're dreaming, why not have Cotchin and Masten available at 41 and 52?

Because that's more than dreaming - it would require the other 15 clubs to not turn up on draft day.

 

[Grimreepah]

Can I borrow your crystall ball for a day?

I am expecting one or two Ted38s to come along and tell us exactly how the draft will pan out.

 

[POBT]

If we're dreaming, why not have Cotchin and Masten available at 41 and 52?

May not be as fanciful as it seems. Still no Collier in the phantom draft with 21 picks taken so based on that, getting him at pick 25 is not that far fetched. Reid at 41 is a possibility and it would seem that Whitecross could go anywhere from 30 onwards.

The only thing about BigCat's "dream" is that I think we'd like to take a ruck with one of the later picks. I don't think we've ever gone into a season with only 3 rucks on the senior list and I doubt whether the club still has ruck aspirations for Clark or Merrett. It would be hard to overlook someone like Whitecross if he's available at pick 52 but we may have to look at a project ruckman at some point.

 

[BigCat2]

I agree that a ruckman may well be on the cards, but if there's a good prospect at 52, I don't think we should overlook him just for the sake of picking a ruckman.

Look at our ruck division:
McDonald 28yo
Charman 25yo
Leuenberger 19yo
Tippett (rookie) 18yo

Now if we draft a ruckman, that'll just add another 18yo kid to the above list. Is that really necessary? And if he does turn out alright, will we be faced with another Wood/Leuenberger dilemma?

West Coast operate with only 2 ruckmen (Cox, Seaby) on their list. Now they're pretty lucky in that they've both been relatively injury free. Knowing our injury record and questios on Beau I wouldn't think 2 would be anywhere near enough for Brisbane, but 3 might be ok for the time being.

Right now Beau is the ideal back up ruckman if he can stay fit. Charman and Leuenberger potentially have ruck spots sawn up for the next 5 years. We have Joel Tippett who is raw but has the athletic tools and height to succeed. I don't think it's absolutely essential for us to pick up a ruckman in this draft.

Don't get me wrong, I think rucks are awfully important and if there's a good once available we should pick him up, like we did with Leuenberger last year. However, I still believe in best available as far as drafting is concerned, for the time being anyway.

 

[Sherminator.]

I've discussed the view of drafting a ruckman at 52 or 57.

The best two that come to mind (for me) are Dawson Simpson (207cm) and Will Sullivan (201cm). Both would be long term project ruckmen, their full development would probaly coincide with the retiring/delisting of McDonald, too. That'd be in 2-3 seasons time.

 

[Quigley]

I would be surprised if Simpson was available Sullivan might be a chance.

I am thinking that having a couple of rucks on the rookie list might not be such a bad thing. Spencer is one guy I would hope we take a close look at.

 

[Helix]

It would be like Jonathan Brown's son being drafted to Port.

Murphy to Carlton? Ok, not the same thing...

 

[Sherminator.]

I would be surprised if Simpson was available Sullivan might be a chance.

I am thinking that having a couple of rucks on the rookie list might not be such a bad thing. Spencer is one guy I would hope we take a close look at.

More about Spencer? Height/weight? Skills?

 

[PROUD LION]

Sherm, thought I'd let you know that I am now on the Myers bandwagon

 

[Sherminator.]

Sherm, thought I'd let you know that I am now on the Myers bandwagon

Better than the Palmer wagon.

 

[xplo]

I agree that a ruckman may well be on the cards, but if there's a good prospect at 52, I don't think we should overlook him just for the sake of picking a ruckman.

Look at our ruck division:
McDonald 28yo
Charman 25yo
Leuenberger 19yo
Tippett (rookie) 18yo

Now if we draft a ruckman, that'll just add another 18yo kid to the above list. Is that really necessary? And if he does turn out alright, will we be faced with another Wood/Leuenberger dilemma?

West Coast operate with only 2 ruckmen (Cox, Seaby) on their list. Now they're pretty lucky in that they've both been relatively injury free. Knowing our injury record and questios on Beau I wouldn't think 2 would be anywhere near enough for Brisbane, but 3 might be ok for the time being.

Right now Beau is the ideal back up ruckman if he can stay fit. Charman and Leuenberger potentially have ruck spots sawn up for the next 5 years. We have Joel Tippett who is raw but has the athletic tools and height to succeed. I don't think it's absolutely essential for us to pick up a ruckman in this draft.

Don't get me wrong, I think rucks are awfully important and if there's a good once available we should pick him up, like we did with Leuenberger last year. However, I still believe in best available as far as drafting is concerned, for the time being anyway.

It really just comes down to how highly they rated Tippett's season. I think the formula of 3 specialist ruckmen on the list and one athletic rookie is perfect. Both Clark and Merrett give you some sort of alternative at a pinch.

Tippett missed a bit of footy in the middle of last year. I've never seen him play, but got the impression he was very, very raw and never seriously a elevation prospect last year -- which was fine because we had a ruck surplus and few ruck injuries -- a perfect time to spend a year developing an athletic freak.

With Cam Wood gone, we would need to feel comfortable with the prospect of elevating Joel Tippett in the event of losing a Charman/McDonald/Berger for the season.

If be interested to hear from the guys that saw Joel play (TFB, browndog, etc), whether they think the club would be relaxed with the idea of elevating him next year if circumstances demanded?

 

[The Flying Belgian]

If be interested to hear from the guys that saw Joel play (TFB, browndog, etc), whether they think the club would be relaxed with the idea of elevating him next year if circumstances demanded?

Wouldn't think so, based on what I saw. Always seems shorter than what he is and the skills aren't there consistently yet.

I'd think the club would see Clark as a viable back-up ruck, providing he's fit of course. Worse case scenario would see guys like Brennan or Mills used in that role.

My opinion is we should draft another ruckman whether that be rookie listing (my preferred option) or in the draft.