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2024 Draft Thread
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Shanahan's VFL performances need to be taken in context and a grain or two of salt.
They were dominant walkovers - 70 points victories in both.
His teams attacking forays were largely training drill stuff. Any forward with half a degree of ability could have got on the end of chains similar to Shanahan.
He does have some tools, but his VFL performances aren't the one's to build any case in the "for" column.
AFL Draft hopeful Jesse Dattoli on how his family prepared him for footy and life
Dad Vinny’s six local footy premierships is hard to top but draft hopeful Jesse Dattoli could do that in an instant when his name is called out this week.
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November 18, 2024 - 1:00PM
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Jesse Dattoli in action for Vic Metro.
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Footy, it’s the Dattoli family business.
Father Vinny Dattoli is a Northern league legend, three-time premiership player and three-time premiership coach.
It’s a record that’s hard to top.
Son, Jesse, could do that in an instant when his name is called out in this week’s AFL Draft.
Touted as a late first-round or early second-round pick, Dattoli is a dangerous midfield-forward that models his game on a mix of Lachie Neale and Toby Greene.
Vinny and a young Jesse Dattoli.
AFL Draft hopeful Jesse Dattoli.
Sitting in on Vinny’s pre-game and half-time team talks and post-game reviews for more than a decade has been formative for Jesse.
However, he says its not intense as some might think.
“I’ve obviously spent at lot of time with him when he’s coaching,” Dattoli said of his dad.
“We go back and watch the vision but as I’ve progressed to Northern (Knights) and Vic Metro, he’s not always in the four walls and doesn’t know the structures, so he doesn’t give too much advice.
“We don’t talk about it as much as people think, you get sick of talking about the same topic a lot.
“You’ve got to be super versatile (in today’s game) and sitting in on dad’s reviews has helped a lot.
“Listening to him talking about the wing and half-forward – positions I wasn’t really used to – I felt well-prepared hearing him talk about those roles.”
After guiding Heidelberg to a third successive NFNL Division 1 premiership, Vinny had a simple message for his son.
“The first thing after the grand final, he said to me ‘now it’s your turn’,” Jesse said.
Dattoli says he feels “super prepared” to head into an AFL environment.
Jesse Dattoli in action during the Coates League testing day.
Not only having a successful coach in the family, he’s got plenty of impressive mentors off the field.
Northern Knights coach Anthony Rocca has been a long-time family friend.
Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson – who won a flag under Vinny at Carey Grammar – often train together in Melbourne.
Former Knights teammate Nate Caddy has been an important sounding board for what it takes to transition from under-18s to the AFL.
“I still talk to Nate, I’ve asked him about going from under-18s to AFL level so I can prepare a little bit,” Dattoli said.
“Ant has helped a lot, I’ve known him since I was young and he’s always helped me out and then he took over at Northern.
“He was hard on me but that’s what I’m used to, especially having my dad be my dad.
“Matt Rowell comes back to Melbourne every now and then and we do some training, Luke Boyd has been massive organising my strength and conditioning, which has helped me drop my 2km by 27 seconds.”
Dattoli was a key member of Vic Metro’s Under-18 National Championships winning squad, averaging 15 disposals and seven marks and kicking three goals in four matches.
He averaged 23 possessions, four clearances and kicked 12 goals in seven Coates League games for Northern.
AFL Draft expert Kevin Sheehan has compared him to Hawthorn’s Dylan Moore.
“A crafty small forward-midfielder who can mark well overhead for his size and excel in big moments for his team,” Sheehan said.
The Ivanhoe junior is a Collingwood supporter and has spoken to every club ahead of Thursday’s first round.
Dattoli would love to hear his name called on the first night, with projections suggesting Richmond or GWS Giants in the picks 19-25 range, and he is more than comfortable heading interstate.
“It’s a bit different for me with my sister playing tennis see spends a lot of time away from home with my mum so I’m pretty independent,” he said.
“A lot of the messages have been super positive from the clubs but once you get to the pointy end they don’t give much information.
“It’s more about how you feel coming to us and how you fit into their environment.”
Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
We have numbers how they jump and how fast they are.
But where are the numbers that count.
Contested possessions?
Goal assists?
Kicks?
Marks?
Handballs??
I'm pretty sure Blair will select kids that have the ability to win their own ball, on the ground and in the air.
Can we please select at least 1 tall that can mark above his head.
But where are the numbers that count.
Contested possessions?
Goal assists?
Kicks?
Marks?
Handballs??
I'm pretty sure Blair will select kids that have the ability to win their own ball, on the ground and in the air.
Can we please select at least 1 tall that can mark above his head.
In order I want Lalor Tauru Marshall Lindsay Faull
Pick 8
Me I want,
Lalor, Tauru, Marshall, Lindsay, Foull, (a trade at 20 which brings us Essendon's future 1st and pick 40), then Boxshell, Gerreyn and Davidson at 40.
is it just me, or are most of Lalor's highlights of him taking marks up fwd and kicking goals. i dont see many centre clearances, ball up clearances and midfield work in his highlights. thats a little worrying considering we want a gun midfielder with pick 1......
bengal has a pHD in Lawler, and he says hes a mid.
good enough for me. Im all in.
For what its worth I really like and rate Travaglia and hope we get him...absolute gut runner.
His attack on the ball and follow up is just like my kelpie chasing a ball at the dog park...nothing is going to stop him getting it.
Jimmy Barter and D.Jarman are two of my all time favourites, damn you Bungal. This is a troubling development.
