Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn: Pick 18, Josh Weddle

[Strapping Young Lad]

Sam says Blicavs…

 

[Slysh]

I wouldn’t worry too much about where he fits, so many players end up playing elsewhere on the ground.

He brings something different, we don’t have many athletes like him. I like that we are starting to get some pod’s on the list.

Been very vanilla for a while, which is not a bad thing. But we have lacked the supporting cast around them and I think we are starting to improve that area of our list.

He has a lot of tools to work with.

 

[Gut Runner]

Super happy we moved up to grab a big player - we are desperate for key talls

 

[TDS7]

Scope to play in the midfield or on a wing?

His kicking under pressure is the only thing holding him back from being that type of mid. I shouldn't even say under pressure, just on the move through contact. Put it this way guys, if Ginbey was so good as a back that WA and East Perth couldn't afford to run him as a midfielder he wouldn't even be in contention for the first round. Weddle was such a good defender at his level his teams wouldn't move him out of the backline. He almost single-handedly tanked Harry Lemmey's draft stock. We've done the work on him and reckon he can run it as a mid or a forward, that's why we've picked him.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

I would read in to it that we rate Josh very highly over anything else, we are still in the get in as much talent as possible part of the rebuild. Says more about him then it does about the current players on our list.

Clearly we thought he was

With what we paid in the trade we obviously rate this kid very, very highly.

I do like the fact that he is already 92kg and an athlete. Got an AFL build and athletic capability from the start which helps.

Could be that we use him as on old fashioned high impact swingman and throw him back and forwards?

Will be fascinating to see what Sam does with this kid the next couple of years.

 

[MrPremiership]

Seems a very high price.....

Did we give up OUR F2 and F3, or the ones tied to the Dogs? Hope its the latter.

What position is he? Surely we didn't recruit another defender. Possibly a move into the midfield? We must have been really keen

 

[HappyHawk_1]

Looking at the last few pickups...

Meek - 204cm ruckman
Stephens - 188cm midfielder
MacKenzie - 187cm midfielder
Weddle - 192cm utility?

Mitchell is building the land of the giants!

 

[dcutter]

boy oh boy we're gonna have some wheels coming out of defence and up the wings

 

[Sixpence]

Seems a very high price.....

Did we give up OUR F2 and F3, or the ones tied to the Dogs? Hope its the latter.

What position is he? Surely we didn't recruit another defender. Possibly a move into the midfield? We must have been really keen

If McCabe does up going late first/early second, this will be a brilliant trade!

 

[Spursfan]

Seems a very high price.....

Did we give up OUR F2 and F3, or the ones tied to the Dogs? Hope its the latter.

What position is he? Surely we didn't recruit another defender. Possibly a move into the midfield? We must have been really keen

Frustrating these details take a while to be clarified.

 

[MrPremiership]

Frustrating these details take a while to be clarified.

If we're a bottom 6 side next year, we've given up 24, 27, 50s....for pick 18

We must REALLY rate Weddle.

 

[badboybobba]

Sicily need to find his big boy pants an replace gunner

Don’t be surprised to see Sicily play more midfield next season, we didn’t play him there late in the season for no reason.

 

[Alite]

Seems a very high price.....

Did we give up OUR F2 and F3, or the ones tied to the Dogs? Hope its the latter.

What position is he? Surely we didn't recruit another defender. Possibly a move into the midfield? We must have been really keen

It is atrocious that it is not clear what was part of the pick swap.

Pick 24(27) is gone… that is known. but what else?

 

[Hodgey 15]

End of the day if club has traded up to 18 to get him they know he's got the goods.

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[peetoo]

‘Trade is in’

 

[Alite]

End of the day if club has traded up to 18 to get him they know he's got the goods.

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That is not in question. Weddle looks great. But I want to know about the opportunity cost… Yet the AFL are incapable of simple transparency on pick swaps.

I am not melting on the player choice, just the lack of info on the choice.

Can anyone tell me what we swapped to get the live pick 18?

 

[Xtreme]

Jack Crisp but even better and sexier in brown and gold. I cannot believe it, we've won the off-season.

Dodoro dislikes this

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Don’t be surprised to see Sicily play more midfield next season, we didn’t play him there late in the season for no reason.

I actually prefer Sicily as a midfielder than a forward.

If course the guy is so talented he can basically play any role.

 

[Brishawk]

Looks like an incredible athlete. Welcome to the club, josh!

 

[Brishawk]

Could he be our Luke home, swingman? Got the physicality. Does he show leadership? Looks like the kind of guy others will follow but I’m basing that off his highlight videos

 

[SSSSSS]

Definitely wasn't going to last to our next pick.

 

[TDS7]

Definitely wasn't going to last to our next pick.

Cal had him being picked at 15, which is what he was picked at if you remove the Dogs and Swans bidding chicanery. If the trade was framed as 24, ~24, and ~44 for 14 I don't think people would be as mad but that is ostensibly what it was considering we only had access to non-father-son and academy players irrespective of what number they ended up being taken. We got our guy, we paid a price we thought was fair for him. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to get a cartoon bug tattooed on my forearm.

 

[2OLD 2SLOW]

Super happy we moved up to grab a big player - we are desperate for key talls

I feel the same.
As Chopflop astutely pointed out in his draft post, 192cm is big enough to be a key defender (May at 193cm etc) especially when you have a vertical of 78cm and a running vertical of 90cm, as well as strength and nouse as a one-on-one defender.

I don't think Josh needs to turn into a midfielder to be steal at pick 18. What would you give for a Rance or a May? Or even a Stratton (with an athleticism upgrade)?

I'm hopng this kid can be a brick wall in our next Premiership - whether that's as a first, second or third tall defender.

Welcome Josh ... and that family celebration was something else!

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

I hope it was our f2, we'll finish higher than the dogs next year.

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[bradburygold]

Outrageous and laughable at the same time that there’s no formal confirmation of exactly what the trade was on AFL website anywhere

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Mark McKenzie said to HFC media that they see Weddle pushing up onto the wing and with his attributes at 192cm the sky is the limit.