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2024 Draft Thread
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Draper is very much in the frame for Pick 1. Not massive news.
Smith not seen in the top 3.
I dunno if he's the best player. Yet to be determined. But bloody hell he ticks some boxes in terms of what this football club needs right now.
Was just watching some older stuff of Bo Bo in the Colts tonight and was thinking the same thing. He has a bit more craft to develop as a mid, but big upside.
FOS, Draper, Bo Bo. McAuliffe. There's the core of your next premiership midfield. Good grief....
This crap about ,no out and out number 1,sometimes there is 2,3 4 number 1s,
And when they say there is talent till 25,it doesnt mean there all even.
And when they say there is talent till 25,it doesnt mean there all even.
Yeah agree. Been thinking about Big Willie Smillie.
Like you say, he plays like an outside link up player but with the body of an inside beast.
That means there are two ways of looking at it -
1) You either think he's going to continue to be a bit of a cruiser and maybe a "nice" player that doesn't really impact games and not worth a pick at the real pointy end.
Or 2) That he has already learnt how to use space and knows when and where to run - the hard part. And that once he turns his puppy fat into chisel, learns to use his size/strength and gets properly fit - He'll have it all and be a game changer.
FWIW Leysy ain't sure. Could go either way.
I hear ya mate but when I say he has some toe it's once he gets going. If you're saying breakaway speed then that's another type of speed, burst like Bolton.
We dont have any bar bolton, maybe bakes. Dow has an allusive speed "quick sidestep" but doesn't necessarily have long-range speed on the run.
Balta has speed once he gets going but I wouldn't say he has breakaway speed from a pack in the first 5-10 meters.
Yeah agree - You would have seen more than me, but reckon his speed is a definite question mark and probably lacks a bit of agility as well?
For that reason reckon there are better options in that top 10-15 selections, especially for us.
He's got some serious wheels. Has that burst-breakaway speed.
Draper is under 6 ft, always wanted a Cripps/Bont type of tall midfield bull. The only player in that size bracket is Smillie
If we can somehow get another top10 pick I reckon we'd get 2 midfield guns
If we ended up with FOS, Draper and Bo, they would have to remove the KB statue and replace it with the BH statue.
I wonder what Bakes is thinking. They're gonna have a change of coach. 100%. They're still a mess and will be for some time yet.
Not ideal moving to a struggling club who you don't know is gonna be their coach. Hmmmm....
Personally he would be crazy to go. But I am sure the $$$$ would be very enticing. And FWIW I think he is gone. From the way he is playing to the language Ouzo is using.
But thats good for us. I am ok with it because its our only real chance of netting a FOS/Draper double.
its an unusual statistical picture. only 3 CP to go with 12 tackles? state level DE% is pretty random, from what I have been able to decipher, a lot depends on you teammates. if you kick to a 1;1, your DE% lives or dies by your teammates ability to win it. but they have him at 93%, which says he used the ball well 15 times.
junk game: 12 goal drubbing of a substandard WC (1st V last).
still, the kid can play and has attributes we need
his numbers this week Peel V East Freo will tell us a lot, namely because East Freo are very quick across the park and play a very quick game. I reckon East Freo are playing the closest thing to AFL footy in the state leagues. If Bo gets to these contests, we can assume he'll get to AFL contests
