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2024 Draft Thread
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Smillie. My preference is we assemble an A grade midfield.
Same. Hoping and praying Langford or somehow Jagga if we don’t go him at 1.
Whoever we get the pressure/hope from supporters that they are guns is going to be immense.
There is another scenario which is we don't trade with North but trade with St Kilda to get pick 7 and we take Tauru at 7
All these scenarios are viable for us but of course as you point out we don't know what other clubs want. For instance St Kilda have 7 & 8 and to me if they want to split I would be splitting 8 not 7. Who do they want at 7, Lindsay? There are stories around now that Melbourne will take two mids at 5-9 which means Armstrong may be available at 10/11 ...do we want him?
For years we complained that our club leaked like a sieve but these days we are locked up like a drum. It's obviously better for the club but makes our job of conjecture and innuendo very hard.
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You don't have to be loud to do well in a psych based test. These things are also about resilience, persistence, empathy amongst other things ...lot's of different aspects of a psychological profile.
Good insight & thanks for sharing.
There's no doubt the clubs place a heavy emphasis on how players interview.
Several years back now I'd been at a pre-draft night at the club where a Richmond official went some way to explaining just how much background work is done. I then realised how integral it was to the process. It's definitely not just about watching them play footy.
It's a key reason I stopped putting a lot of weight in Phantom drafts.
We all see the front office to a certain degree. Some more than others obviously who put in the time.
However the amateur analyst generally doesn't know the backgrounds or character traits of these junior athletes.
It's a very comprehensive method.
Very thought provoking.
When baking a cake, you start off with making the sponge as the base and add the strawberries and cream last.
Unfortunately with Tasmania coming in, we probably have to whip the cream and pick the strawberries first.
Yes Mr Lee. We have 8 in 24. Unheard of for non expansion clubs. We are all being seduced by the 6 or so highly rated mids. Myself included.
But 8 in 24! Wow! Still blows me away…!
I take the judgements that this is a very good draft and very even on face value, I have way too little knowledge to know whether that is right or wrong. There are enough people saying it to make it probably true.
However the caution to me is that there are players in the draft that were not seen as high picks this time last year and we need to make sure we treat 2025 the same way. I am sure there will be players who blossom during the 2025 draft year.
That’s why I am not against strengthening next year as long as we get into F1s.
However the caution to me is that there are players in the draft that were not seen as high picks this time last year and we need to make sure we treat 2025 the same way. I am sure there will be players who blossom during the 2025 draft year.
That’s why I am not against strengthening next year as long as we get into F1s.
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Lalor averaged 22-23 dis playing as mid forward has good pace,agility,marking,kicking ,so he gets plenty of ball all with sub par preparation and will boom once he gets afl quality care and training, also hasn't played footy without cricket to worry about.
Like fos,so talented but he's also a animal with tackling,intent.
From looking at several sites daily, the player whom wasn't top 5 but was absolutely been dreamt about as a must by so many everywhere was Lalor, so he was always going top 3 by now.
I agree with the first bit Sin, I think the deviation id have is we'd have had people watching the u16 groups, so we'd know whether next year is deep or not.
One thing we may find, is next year the first X are exceptional, but after that it's thin. Whereas the vibe this year is there's some very good players this year, then good afterwards.
Trust Blair etc would have that figured out to a certain extent by now.
In this draft if you wants mid there’s enough to take that already have.
Take Travaglia as a back flanker if you want him.
