2024 Draft Thread

[13Cups]

I don't have an avatar, but he's mentioned us against:
FOS, Smith, Lalor, Reid, Tauru, Smillie, Armstrong, Allan, Travaglia, Berry, Hotton, J Whitlock, Trainor, Shanahan, Dattolli, M Whitlock, Oliver, Dodson. So only 18/30

Thats a pretty good return with only 8 picks

 

[caesar]

Ok some kinda mail but nothing really new , Tigs met with Berry again Wednesday, Bombers are apparently super keen on Berry and are likely to try and buy a pick for him , I can see their fitted first coming to us ( no idea really) .

Junior watchers will know of these , however apparently 194 cm midfield kid Unley is a super talent who will go high next year and also a key position forward from North Albury named Heatherton looks like being very very good .

Is he in our academy??

 

[DuD_Delist]

Can't rebuild in one draft sure - but that's no reason to trade picks away. Manage the contracts. Sure another top 5 or 10 pick would be handy next year - but there are no guarantees of getting that and any lower and its a worse pick than what we would be giving up.

Depends on which club is involved.
North likely bottom 4 next year
Cats surely will drop.
Bombers offer Dees f1

 

[eZyT]

Ok some kinda mail but nothing really new , Tigs met with Berry again Wednesday, Bombers are apparently super keen on Berry and are likely to try and buy a pick for him , I can see their fitted first coming to us ( no idea really)

I hope we pull the trigger at 10

 

[Smoking Aces]

From what I got told last night Draper is a lock to Carlton at 3.

Want to pair him up with Camporeale twins who all played footy together.

 

[Sintiger]

From what I got told last night Draper is a lock to Carlton at 3.

Want to pair him up with Camporeale twins who all played footy together.

If that is true then the top 4 is looking like Lalor, Tauru, Draper, smith

That leaves O’Sullivan and Langford for 5 & 6 and I don’t see us picking Smillie ahead of them, certainly not ahead of FOS who is still in pick 1 calculations.

There is a world we could end up Lalor and FOS and retain all our picks.

It’s doing my head in

 

[DuD_Delist]

PRE will find a reason to melt down over a draft pick anyway. Seeing as we've demonised a guy who was touted as the no 1 pick earlier in the year, we'll find a reason to argue the clubhave stuffed something up.
And it'll all be because of 600 points....

If losing pick 32 is the benchmark lookout.lol

 

[Stan]

I thought this a while ago @smoking and the bull dust around FOS was a screen…. Thanks for confirming.

And this is why The Rads are considering trading up to 2…. Not for Jagga but Draper…..

Even if we don’t get pick 2….
There is a pathway to Lalor and FoS at 1 & 6.
Which would be an amazing outcome…..

And if we wanted a big bodied midfielder l’d consider Jack Ough later (@23) if Smillie didn’t slide past Aints and Smelbs to 10/11…. (Where I would take Lindsay/Smillie/Berry).

Regards,
Stan

 

[Stan]

If that is true then the top 4 is looking like Lalor, Tauru, Draper, smith

That leaves O’Sullivan and Langford for 5 & 6 and I don’t see us picking Smillie ahead of them, certainly not ahead of FOS who is still in pick 1 calculations.

There is a world we could end up Lalor and FOS and retain all our picks.

It’s doing my head in

Jinx

 

[tigerman]

Another Wa kid who is flying under the radar a bit is Luke Urquhart, tested well at the Draft Combine too. He goes alright does Royce.

Not sure what his draft range is, but there's going to be a lot of handy players picked up with 3rd and 4th round selections.

 

[Mr Brightside]

Is he in our academy??

No idea mate

 

[DuD_Delist]

Yeah. He may be able to apply some extra insight via it, but no way Hartley is using his "closeness" to override proper and careful decision making.

Who's to say all our picks are not from Toce's notes?

 

[DuD_Delist]

Ok some kinda mail but nothing really new , Tigs met with Berry again Wednesday, Bombers are apparently super keen on Berry and are likely to try and buy a pick for him , I can see their fitted first coming to us ( no idea really) .

Junior watchers will know of these , however apparently 194 cm midfield kid Unley is a super talent who will go high next year and also a key position forward from North Albury named Heatherton looks like being very very good .

Rather the Dees f1 than the Bombers.

 

[tigerlove]

I didn't say I thought it was overblown, he thought it was. Not that word precisely, but you get HIS gist regardless. Otherwise I wouldn't have a clue myself about the status of his last concussion nor them cumulatively.

Yes I was referring to his words. He is underpaying the severity of multiple concussions as such a young age. Was watching a podcast this morning and they made a good point about intensity, if he's having impactissues at underage level how will that translate to a much higher impact level against much bigger players?

 

[caesar]

No idea mate

Do we even have an academy it has been a very barren hunting ground.

 

[Mr Brightside]

Do we even have an academy it has been a very barren hunting ground.

I think the only decent ones went before the year it started

 

[Redford]

Yes I was referring to his words. He is underpaying the severity of multiple concussions as such a young age. Was watching a podcast this morning and they made a good point about intensity, if he's having impactissues at underage level how will that translate to a much higher impact level against much bigger players?

Only the nature of the concussions combined with him and his doctors/specialists can determine that.

 

[tigerlove]

Only the nature of the concussions combined with him and his doctors/specialists can determine that.

Determine what sorry?

 

[Redford]

Determine what sorry?

"how will that translate to a much higher impact level against much bigger players?"

 

[tigerdell]

Another Wa kid who is flying under the radar a bit is Luke Urquhart, tested well at the Draft Combine too. He goes alright does Royce.

Not sure what his draft range is, but there's going to be a lot of handy players picked up with 3rd and 4th round selections.

I didnt think he was impressive at the champs.
Was rough and hacked it forward.
And beaten by the vhc mids

Just my impression at the time