Yeah I think we will take a ruck too as I don't think Naismith will be given another contract by the AFL team. I suspect we might offer him a VFL deal as some sort of player coach though, he won't be offered a deal at any other stand alone club for next year IMO purely because he will miss half the season with his recovery.
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Mid season Draft
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Yeah I think we will take a ruck too as I don't think Naismith will be given another contract by the AFL team. I suspect we might offer him a VFL deal as some sort of player coach though, he won't be offered a deal at any other stand alone club for next year IMO purely because he will miss half the season with his recovery.
The talented Tasmanian firming as the No.1 pick in the mid-season draft
He has been putting up some very good numbers.
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We need North to win a game and have a big win!The talented Tasmanian firming as the No.1 pick in the mid-season draft
He has been putting up some very good numbers.
There would be an uproar not just from us if they changed it this year.Its not happening don't worry.
MSD gives us 6mnths to get the kid into the system and ready for next year rather than wait 6mnths.
Take someone like Archie May.I reckon he would blossom in a full time environment.Give him 6mnths too prove it.A 6mth test drive so too speak.
The mid season prospects aren't the same as the ND prospects as such. Mid season blokes are already playing senior footy somewhere and these potentials are more the kids that just missed in their draft year or were a bit slower to mature and focus seriously on their footy careers. There's always a large amount of talent gets overlooked at ND draft time and quite a few then mature into AFL capable footballers while playing in the lesser leagues but simply never get another opportunity.
Pick up a quality young bloke or two performing at State league levels in the mid season draft simply gives you 6 months head start on anyone that you'd pick up as a late mature pick in the ND.
Bauer we drafted on an 18 month deal n while only managing 4 games so far would have been extremely helpful this year if he hadn't hit an ongoing injury drama.
Coulthard drafted as more of a hail Mary pick has managed a game n another who's been having some injury issues keeping him from perhaps getting a few more games this year.
Hardly need to make mention of Kane Lambert's career with us. While he was a late rookie draft selection, he could just as easily been someone's mid season pick up during all those years he was slumming around at VFL level.
There's stacks of talent out there, just gotta make sure the homework has been properly done and make sure we pick the right option, rather than perhaps going in as an afterthought and maybe picking a couple of blokes purely because we've got a lot of injuries and maybe a someone might help fill a whole. The one type that I hope we steer well clear of is someone who's been 3 or 4 years on an AFL list somewhere, scrubbed up a few games n then having a season at the lower levels in the hope n pretence that all of a sudden they're going to step up n become a player.
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The journos seem to be plucking out names as the 1 pick for clickbait. Or North have NFI and are going to use an ouija board to make their selection.The talented Tasmanian firming as the No.1 pick in the mid-season draft
He has been putting up some very good numbers.
What the scott brothers really mean is ,I want to recruit him.
The talented Tasmanian firming as the No.1 pick in the mid-season draft
He has been putting up some very good numbers.
Whoever put this highlights package together should be shot....
Agree. Only way Naismith stays is salary cap, which i doubt.
So we'll need to draft a ruck.
We have a development KPF now in Fawcett. Does anyone know if he is likely to play at all this season because he has been listed as “back TBA” for a long time now?
To me if we are likely to pick up a tall forward in the ND i can’t see the point of getting another young developing one now with the Tap already on the list. This season itself Is a write off so we need to draft for the future not the next 13 weeks.
To me if we are likely to pick up a tall forward in the ND i can’t see the point of getting another young developing one now with the Tap already on the list. This season itself Is a write off so we need to draft for the future not the next 13 weeks.
Yep 127 players have nominated and 26 have put contracts 18 months or longer on themselves.
I would imagine the players that have had clubs speaking to them are the ones that have nominated the 18 months contracts.
Get Smartt .....I agree l wouldn't take a tall in the MSD .
Smartt is a good player,l have mentioned him before ,my only query about him is his endurance ,seems to drop off a bit after half time .
Geordie Payne Draft Profile
Tasmanian best and fairest Geordie Payne is a gutsy defender who plays above his size on the intercept, and offers speed on the rebound.central.rookieme.com
North by the looks of things have locked in three different blokes with pick one, incredible stuff.
