Game Day The 2024 Draft Day Thread

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Draft Day is here

Unlike last year when the excitement of adding No.1 pick Harley Reid to our list was palpable (and also near certain), this draft is uncertain and viewed with equal parts excitement and trepidation

We go into the first night with pick 12, which is expected to slide to 15 after academy and Father Son selections and a lot of guesswork on who we’ll take. Or even if we actually use that pick with rumours circulating that we might trade up or back

Night two we have pick 26 (subject to change) along with a gaggle of late picks. Again, there’s the possibility of trading into the draft with another pick using one of our later future picks and even less certainty on who we might pick

The one near guarantee is that NGA product, Malakai Champion, will be an Eagle at some point over the next couple of days

So sit back and watch to see how the draft unfolds whilst praying we don’t do something stupid

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Pretty happy with our haul but I don’t like how the draft / recruiting team seemingly don’t value players with skill and good ball use
Players this late with good skills tend to have more problematic deficiencies, like an inability to find the ball.

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I guess Jarrod Cameron was our last player with a rugby league background.
I hope he lasts longer.
 
Big, fast and powerful making mistakes whilst learning the pace of the game is much better to watch than slow, small and easily pushed off the ball, that's for sure.
Not forgetting the 3 amigos - small, fast and powerful...
 

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Do we have to use a pick on Dewar to bring him on main list? So we can then pop Champion on rookie list?

Maybe

End result is the same though

One cat b, one main list
 
Both did well considering picked up football in their mid 20’s after training for bulk not endurance.

This kid will be fine as played football all juniors
Mate Folau will go down as one of the worst senior AFL players in history.
 
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