Welcome Welcome to Adelaide: Sid Draper - Pick 4, 2024

[Shifty Crow]

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Nicks will play him round but the million dollar question is whether he actually plays in the midfield

He will need to manage his minutes through the midfield

Not to many players come in to the AFL season and play season - completely midfield

The bonus with Draper is he can play Wing / HF

Let’s not forget the lad has had body stress related injuries in [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]


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[jenny61_99]

He will need to manage his minutes through the midfield

Not to many players come in to the AFL season and play season - completely midfield

The bonus with Draper is he can play Wing / HF

Let’s not forget the lad has had body stress related injuries in [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]


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[Firewalker]

Yeah, they drafted 2 last year, and just traded 1 in this year. Now looks like they are adding another 2 this draft.

Port are taking all these small forwards because they are following the trend other clubs that were up the top of the ladder are moving to; GWS & Geelong have run with this system for multiple years and now most likely Brisbane & Sydney are looking to do the same with only having 2 talls on at one time in the front-half of the ground and surrounding them with a mosquito fleet of smalls that push up high and run back to goal. This system whilst adding extra pace and mobility also allows you to cover for a lack of skilled tall options on the list or allows a team to play a straight up 2nd ruck rotating off the bench instead of clogging up the forward line.

Only problem is with a group of smalls ahead of the ball those small forwards still need to have talent to execute this setup, which Ports bunch of misfit small forwards couldn’t previously so who knows if the next bunch which a first rounder like Berry is now apart of will have more luck.

Like I mentioned in the draft thread last night you have these teams that are now going out of their way to make small forwards a priority to play this way while the Crows as a football club barely acknowledge small forwards are a specialist role and instead just continue to pursue chucking left over midfielders up forward and hope they can play a role.

 

[Disco Fox]

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Yes, it does your head in doesn't it!!

 

[Alwaysacrow]

I'm stoked we got Draper. We've had a ripper offseason so far, now Welsh for peanuts would be the icing on the cake.
Added bonus is most of the Port board are spewing we got Draper especially with what they've done so far.
No excuses for Nick's now it's finals or bust.

 

[StonesThrow]

Does anyone else View attachment 2170928think Draper is a bit of a Michelanny look alike?

Yes they both look a bit weird

 

[119others]

Nicks will play him round 1 but the million dollar question is whether he actually plays in the midfield

Can’t imagine he will be a starting mid straight away ahead of Dawson, Rankine and Soligo.

But expect a handful of centre square appearances.

 

[119others]

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Yes Shifty Crows messages are always weirdly presented. Thought it was me haha

 

[Shifty Crow]

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[adelaidecrows]

Nicks will play him round 1 but the million dollar question is whether he actually plays in the midfield

I think he will rotate through bench, midfield and half forward. Probably have set times in each position per quarter and probably will be sub a few games to give him a full on field burst in the midfield.

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[Pugsley]

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The Hamish special may now be banned

 

[Geoffa32]

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Showdown Jumper?

 

[119others]

Port are taking all these small forwards because they are following the trend other clubs that were up the top of the ladder are moving to; GWS & Geelong have run with this system for multiple years and now most likely Brisbane & Sydney are looking to do the same with only having 2 talls on at one time in the front-half of the ground and surrounding them with a mosquito fleet of smalls that push up high and run back to goal. This system whilst adding extra pace and mobility also allows you to cover for a lack of skilled tall options on the list or allows a team to play a straight up 2nd ruck rotating off the bench instead of clogging up the forward line.

Only problem is with a group of smalls ahead of the ball those small forwards still need to have talent to execute this setup, which Ports bunch of misfit small forwards couldn’t previously so who knows if the next bunch which a first rounder like Berry is now apart of will have more luck.

Like I mentioned in the draft thread last night you have these teams that are now going out of their way to make small forwards a priority to play this way while the Crows as a football club barely acknowledge small forwards are a specialist role and instead just continue to pursue chucking left over midfielders up forward and hope they can play a role.

Not being serious here - surely?

In the last decade our recruitment of QUALITY small forwards probably best in the league

Betts
Cameron
Stengle
Rachele
Rankine
ANB

 

[DJ75]

He’s a former captain FFS.

Still yuk.

 

[adelaidecrows]

Not being serious here - surely?

In the last decade our recruitment of QUALITY small forwards probably best in the league

Betts
Cameron
Stengle
Rachele
Rankine
ANB

Need to add Murphy and McHenry to that list

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[Scorpus]

Port are taking all these small forwards because they are following the trend other clubs that were up the top of the ladder are moving to; GWS & Geelong have run with this system for multiple years and now most likely Brisbane & Sydney are looking to do the same with only having 2 talls on at one time in the front-half of the ground and surrounding them with a mosquito fleet of smalls that push up high and run back to goal. This system whilst adding extra pace and mobility also allows you to cover for a lack of skilled tall options on the list or allows a team to play a straight up 2nd ruck rotating off the bench instead of clogging up the forward line.

Only problem is with a group of smalls ahead of the ball those small forwards still need to have talent to execute this setup, which Ports bunch of misfit small forwards couldn’t previously so who knows if the next bunch which a first rounder like Berry is now apart of will have more luck.

Like I mentioned in the draft thread last night you have these teams that are now going out of their way to make small forwards a priority to play this way while the Crows as a football club barely acknowledge small forwards are a specialist role and instead just continue to pursue chucking left over midfielders up forward and hope they can play a role.

We drafted a small forward with pick 6 then traded for one with pick 5

 

[StonesThrow]

Absolutely, great point.

Nicks and co would never give a new draftee a spot in the team round 1, you know apart from doing it with McCasey, Berry, Rowe, Rachele, Soligo, and Max.

Thats only 6 new draftees in 5 years getting a game round 1.

This cliche goes with:

'Hamish will draft a Tasmanian'

'We will recruit someone from a good family'

'We will draft a key defender with our first pick'

'We will pick an obscure player with our first pick' (I mean this one really comes from Danger and Doedee, which were actually very astute)

People are just scarred from our draft misses and also our ability to play young players out of position. Rational thinking goes out the window

 

[119others]

Need to add Murphy and McHenry to that list

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100% Yes definitely specialist small forwards we recruited. Left them out due to lack of quality and thought 6 quality examples were enough to show other poster they are off the mark with this one.

 

[adelaidecrows]

We drafted a small forward with pick 6 then traded for one with pick 5

Both were rated pure class though. There's a difference. This kid not so much. Just a genuine small forward.

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[The Shapeshifter]

This bloke wanted Jagga

 

[adelaidecrows]

100% Yes definitely specialist small forwards we recruited. Left them out due to lack of quality and thought 6 quality examples were enough to show other poster they are off the mark with this one.

Small forwards are a need. I'm just not convinced port should have gone so all in on one so early.

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[Firewalker]

Not being serious here - surely?

In the last decade our recruitment of QUALITY small forwards probably best in the league

Betts
Cameron
Stengle
Rachele
Rankine
ANB

I meant in modern times post-Pyke where under Nicks only Stengle (for barely a season) & Rowe have been the only real specialist small forwards to play under him, Rankine was more of a junior midfielder who rested forward who played forward up at the Gold Coast out of desperate need/lack of midfield spots and when he came back was placed there under stereotype from his Gold Coast days and desperate need for his talent up forward. He is great as a small forward but like shown last season his true calling even from junior days was higher up the ground.

All other players who have played under Nicks in those positions are either failed junior midfielders or midfielders who couldn’t get a spot in the midfield; Rachele, Keays, Murphy, McHenry, Pedlar, Schoenberg, Berry, Jones… even Dowling & Taylor were forced to play there at some stage last season. All played juniors in the middle and were drafted as midfielders.

 

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[Floating Doughnut]

So Sid been told number 9 has already been allocated .

Edit : text on SEN just made comparison of Sid to the late Mark Naley. Very similar imo for those that remember him.

 

[spenze]

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