First time I’ve seen him and I was genuinely shocked at his foot skills… terrible. Sample size of 1 game, so maybe he just had an off day, but based on yesterdays game I’d be steering clear.
He seemed to get a lot cheap possessions in the backline, but to his credit he was everywhere and obviously has a huge work rate. I noticed a few times he cracked the sads when he wasn’t used.
I only saw the last 10 mins, and he did crack the sands in that 10 mins.
There is a list of the 300 names that have nominated via the Herald Sun…is there a way we can view these?
Freeman would still help the VFL side. but if kicking is not there unlikely to get games at AFL level. (hasn’t nominated yet)
Former AFL players to have already applied for the Mid-Season Draft:
Ben Crocker
Patrick McCartin
Wylie Buzza
Luke Partington
Ben Silvagni
Josh (Fridge) Begley
Darcy Lang
Harrison Macreadie
Kym LeBois
Declan Mountford
Ryley Stoddart
Toby Wooller
Michael Knoll
Crocker turned 24 in Feb and has kicked 16 goals in 4 games at VFL level so far this year. We also have SFA small forward depth.
Looks like he struggled to have an impact at Adelaide last year but that was under some pretty unusual circumstances.
One-hundred VFL players are among more than 300 who have put their hand up for the AFL’s mid-season draft.
Nominations opened on Monday, May 10 and close on Tuesday, May 25, and players from all around the country and even local leagues have presented as candidates.
As of last Friday, exactly 100 players from the VFL – which takes in teams from Victoria, NSW and Queensland – had nominated.
But Frankston’s Nathan Freeman – who has collected more than 40 possessions in four of his five matches this season – was a notable name missing from the list.
The former Collingwood and St Kilda wingman had 42 disposals in Frankston’s loss to Essendon at Windy Hill on Sunday.
Joel Hamling and Fletcher Roberts (right) after playing in the Bulldogs premiership.
The nominations include:
Emerging Werribee forward Hudson Garoni, an ex-Murray Bushranger who kicked five goals against Box Hill Hawks in Round 5 and four against Richmond in Round 4;
• Garoni’s teammate Wylie Buzza, who is seeking a third AFL listing after stints at Geelong and Port Adelaide;
• Western Bulldogs 2016 premiership defender Fletcher Roberts, now at Port Melbourne;
• Former Giant and Kangaroo Paul Ahern, who has been impressive for the Northern Bullants in the early exchanges of the season;
• Frankston’s Josh Begley, the former Essendon forward who booted six goals for the Dolphins in Round 1;
• Former No.1 draft pick Paddy McCartin, trying to resurrect his career with the Sydney Swans;
• Carlton’s former Magpie and Crow Ben Crocker, who kicked four goals and had 17 disposals against Footscray in Round 4;
• Coburg pair Sam Lowson and Marcus Lentini; and
• Former Sydney Swan Zac Foot, now playing well at Casey Demons.
Coburg’s Marcus Lentini.
Dandenong Stingrays 19-year-old players Will Bravo, who trained at Hawthorn ahead of the season, and Clayton Gay have also nominated, as have WAFL stars Sam Fisher and Haiden Schloithe, both Sandover Medal winners.
The mid-season draft will be held on Wednesday, June 2.
WAFL star Haiden Schloithe.
Tahj Abberley (Wilston Grange/Brisbane Lions)
Aiden Adams (Manly Wolves)
Paul Ahern (Northern Bullants)
Hamish Allan (Sturt)
Jordan Andrews (Noble Park)
William Arthurson (Frankston Dolphins)
Joseph Atley (Essendon)
Frane Babic (West Adelaide)
Angus Baker (Essendon)
John Baker (Western Magpies)
Riley Baldi (Casey Demons)
Jake Bartholomaeus (Sydney Swans VFL)
Nicholas Barton (Dalkeith Collegians)
Jesse Battistella (St Kevin’s Old Boys)
Joshua Begley (Frankston)
William Bianco (Woodend-Hesket)
Ezekiel Bolton (Subiaco)
Andrew Booth
Gennaro Bove (Geelong Falcons)
Charlie Bowes (Wilston Grange)
Riley Bowman (Box Hill Hawks)
Jackson Bowne (Bundoora Bulls)
Deacon Braun (NT Thunder)
William Bravo (Dandenong Stingrays)
Hamish Brayshaw (West Coast Eagles WAFL)
Jack Briskey (Sherwood Magpies)
Connor Bulley (Sherwood Magpies/Brisbane Lions VFL)
Isaiah Butters (Claremont)
Wylie Buzza (Werribee)
Charlie Byrne (Murray Bushrangers)
Jack Byrne (St Kevins Old Boys)
Jackson Callow (Norwood)
Clay Cameron (Woodville West Torrens)
Lachlan Carrigan (Sandringham Dragons)
Benjamin Cass (Trentham)
Bailey Chamberlain (West Adelaide)
Will Chandler (Glenelg)
Joshua Chatfield (North Ballarat)
Noah Clarke (North Shore Bombers)
Josh Clayton (Wodonga Bulldogs/North Melbourne VFL)
Luke Cleary (Beaumaris)
Samuel Clohesy (St Joseph’s Geelong)
Samuel Collins (Oakleigh Chargers)
Samuel Conforti (Sandhurst)
William Coomblas (Sturt)
Billy Cootee (Western Jets)
Cooper Craig-Peters (Redan)
Joel Crocker (Frankston)
Ben Crocker (Carlton)
Jared Crosbie (North Heidelberg)
Ashton Crossley (Burleigh Bombers)
Brayden Crossley (Southport Sharks)
Lachlan Cullen (Peel Thunder)
Jordan Cunico (Box Hill Hawks)
Jacob Dawson (Southport)
Matthew Day (Essendon)
Benjamin De Bolfo (Northern Knights)
Charlie Dean (Williamstown)
Kye Dean (Morphettville Park)
Kye Declase (Werribee)
Liam Delahunty (Port Melbourne)
Reece Desira (Avondale Heights)
Hamish ■■■■ (North Melbourne)
Sean Donnelly
Chance Doultree (Old Melburnians)
Patrick Dowling (Glenelg)
Max Dreher (West Preston)
Zachary Dumesny (South Adelaide)
Elliot Dunkin (West Adelaide)
Kyle Dunkley (Essendon VFL)
Luke Dunne (Benalla Saints)
Blake Dyson (Yallourn/Yallourn North)
Matt Eagles (Aspley Hornets)
Ben Edwards (Claremont)
Finn Ellis Castle (Mildura)
Caleb Ernst (Strathfieldsaye)
Jack Evans (Bendigo Pioneers)
Billy Evers (Labrador)
Daniel Fahey-Sparks (Sturt)
Kobe Farmer (Swan Districts)
Shane Fensom (Canning Vale)
Karl Finlay (North Adelaide)
Samuel Fisher (Swan Districts)
Jackson Flint (Lilydale)
Zac Foot (Casey Demons)
Jordan Foote (UNSW Bulldogs)
William Fordham (Frankston)
Jye Formosa (Strathfieldsaye)
Matthew Forrest (North Mackay Saints)
Samuel Frost (Queanbeyan Tigers)
Kale Gabila (North Shore Bombers)
Samuel Gaden (South Adelaide)
Kyle Galloway (Coburg)
Hudson Garoni (Werribee)
Clayton Gay (Dandenong Stingrays)
Kobi George (Doveton)
Roy George (Peel Thunder)
Hamish Gilmore (Wagga Tigers)
Jesse Glass-McCasker (Footscray Bulldogs)
Samuel Glover (Collingwood VFL)
Lachlan Godden (Oakleigh Chargers)
Joshua Gore (West Adelaide)
Daniel Gorringe (Powelltown)
Lachlan Green (Western Jets)
Brady Grey (Perth)
Noah Gribble (Geelong Falcons)
Harrison Grintell (Narrandera Eagles, GWS Giants Academy)
Zachary Guadagnin (West Perth)
Daniel Guccione (Carlton)
Aaron Gundry (Carlton VFL)
Aiden Hall (South Fremantle)
Charlie Ham (Geelong Falcons)
Matthew Hammelmann (Aspley Hornets)
Matthew Hanson (Werribee)
Chad Harris (Subiaco)
Mason Hawkins (Gippsland Power)
Jack Hayes (Woodville West Torrens)
Ryan Hebron (Sydney Swans VFL)
Mitchell Hibberd (Williamstown)
Jack Hickman (Bendigo Pioneers)
Archie Hildebrandt (Geelong Falcons)
Dyson Hilder (North Adelaide)
Jackson Hille (Sandringham Zebras)
Jack Hindle (East Perth)
Darby Hipwell (Sandringham Dragons)
Cody Hirst (Carlton VFL)
Kyle Hockley (Wollongong Bulldogs)
Cooper Hodgson (Frankston Bombers)
Nicholas Hodgson (GWV Rebels)
Thomas Hofert (Labrador)
Riley Holder (Glenelg)
Aiden Holland (Sturt)
Harvey Hooper (Port Melbourne)
Joshua Hotchkin (Port Melbourne)
Callan Hough (Castlemaine)
Nathan Howard (Coburg)
Solomon James (South Fremantle)
Benjamin Jepson (Coburg Lions)
Ashley Johnson (Sturt)
Kellen Johnson (West Perth)
Jack Johnston (Palm Beach Currumbin Lions)
Harrison Jones (North Melbourne VFL)
Jesse Joyce (Southport Sharks)
Kenneth Karpany (West Adelaide)
Harrison Keeling (Mooroolbark)
Tyler Keitel (West Perth)
Flynn Kellett (Ballarat Swans)
Hugi Kelly (West Adelaide)
Joshua Kemp (Essendon)
Jacob Kennerley (Norwood)
Bodie Kitchingman (Peel Thunder)
Jackson Knight (Peel Thunder)
MichaelKnoll (Norwood)
Dirk Koenen (Port Melbourne)
Bruno Laguda (Essendon)
Dylan Landt (Glenelg)
Nelson Lane (Coburg)
Darcy Lang (Geelong)
Aaron Law (Glen Orden)
Douglas Lawrence (Northern Bullants)
Jayden Leather (Olinda)
Kym Lebois (North Adelaide)
Cody Leggett (East Fremantle)
Marcus Lentini (Coburg Lions)
Oscar Lewis (Sandringham Zebras)
Thomas Lewis (Sturt)
Jamie Lewis-Hanafin (St Kilda City)
James Little (Mazenod Old Collegians)
Nigel Lockyer (North Adelaide)
Goy Lok (Sandringham Zebras)
Kieran Lovell (West Adelaide)
Nicholas Lowden (Casey Demons)
Samuel Lowson (Coburg)
William Luhrs (Glenroy)
Jamal Lynch (Melbourne Demons)
Corey Lyons (Aspley Hornets)
Harrison Macreadie (Williamstown)
Flynn Maguire (Vermont)
Mitchell Maguire (West Adelaide)
Jack Maibaum (Coburg)
Cayden Maki (Box Hill Hawks)
Michael Mallard (West Perth)
Bior Malual (Werribee)
Ethan James Mantas (Caroline Springs)
Simon Marchese (Keysborough)
Brandon Matera (Subiaco)
Lachlan McAndrew (Manly Warringah Wolves)
Mitch McCarthy (Port Melbourne)
Patrick McCartin (Sydney Swans)
Jed McEntee (Sturt)
Jake McGowan (Hampton Park)
Reuben McGuire (East Fremantle)
Tom McKenzie (Coburg)
Brodie McLaughlin (Frankston)
Cameron McLeod (Murray Bushrangers)
Jack Mentha (Frankston)
Jye Menzie (North Hobart)
Ben Middleton (Peel Thunder)
Teia Miles (Williamstown)
Bryce Milford (Dandenong Stingrays)
Tyson Milne (Sandringham)
Ethan Mooney (Mt Gravatt Vultures)
Nathanael Mooney (Marrar Bombers)
Blake Morris (Subiaco)
Declan Mountford (Claremont)
Jacob Msando (East Perth)
Nathan Mullenger-McHugh (Coburg)
Hamish Murphy (North Melbourne)
Tyler Murphy (Bannockburn)
Trent Mynott (Box Hill Hawks)
Geordie Nagle (De La Salle)
Jai Neal (Dandenong Stingrays)
Henry Nelligan (Norwood)
Luke Nelson (Coburg)
Jai Newcombe (Box Hill Hawks)
Jordyn Niezgodka (Beaconsfield)
Nicholas O’Kearney (Keilor)
Liam O’Brien (Palm Beach Currumbin)
Mitchell O’Neill (South Adelaide)
Ayden Osborne (Bannockburn)
Joel Ottavi (Williamstown)
Samuel Paea (Calder Cannons)
Lachlan Papley (St Bernards)
Will Papley (Gippsland Power)
Matthew Parker (South Fremantle)
Patrick Parnell (Albury Tigers)
James Parsons (Carlton)
Luke Partington (Glenelg)
Jake Patmore (Claremont)
Chad Pearson (South Fremantle)
Max Pescud (Gold Coast Suns)
Zachary Phillips (Woodville West Torrens)
Spencer Platt Devlin (West Coburg)
Mitchell Podhajski (Coburg Lions)
Cameron Polson (Williamstown)
Corey Preston (Eastern Ranges)
Sebastian Quirk (Belconnen Magpies)
Cody Raak (Western Jets)
Michael Randall (Peel Thunder)
William Reidy (Swan Districts)
Bruce Reville (Brisbane Lions)
Lachlan Riley (Sandringham Dragons)
Fletcher Roberts (Port Melbourne)
Nicholas Robertson (East Perth)
Lucas Rocci (Werribee Tigers)
Pierec Roseby (North Shore Bombers)
James Ross (Vermont Eagles)
Harrison Rowles (Broadbeach Cats)
Corey Rundle (West Perth)
Joseph Salmon (Lauderdale)
Bill Sam (St Albans)
Hayden Sampson (South Adelaide)
Oliver Sanders (Tasmanian Devils)
Blake Schlensog (South Fremantle)
Haiden Schloithe (South Fremantle)
Rhys Seakins (Northern Knights)
Anthony Seaton (St Kevin’s Old Boys)
Ben Silvagni (Northern Bullants)
Tom Simpson (Springbank)
William Skinner (Beaumaris)
Cooper Smith (Sandhurst)
Hedley Smith (Sandringham)
Lachlan Smith (Geelong)
Luke Smith (Geelong)
Rylee Smith (Nullawil)
James Smith (Labrador Tigers)
Taine Sookee (Lauderdale)
Jacob South (Subiaco)
Harley Sparks (East Perth)
Max Spencer (Werribee Tigers)
Thomas Spencer (Beaumaris)
Cody Stackelberg (Collingwood)
Lachlan Stapleton (Williamstown)
Cooper Stephens (Carlton)
Jacob Stewart (Woodend/Hesket)
Ryley Stoddart (Carlton)
Luke Strnadica (East Fremantle)
Harry Stubbings (Werribee)
Jasper Sully (Berwick)
Nicholas Swain (Park Ridge Pirates)
Lachlan Swaney (Carlton VFL)
Frank Szekely (North Adelaide)
Jake Tarca (South Adelaide)
Will Tasker (Brisbane Lions VFL)
GiacomoThomas (Calder Cannons)
Samuel Thorne (Sydney Swans)
Tyrone Thorne (Peel Thunder)
Fraser Thurlow (Southport sharks)
Jack Toner (Williamstown)
Kobe Tozer (Aspley Hornets)
Jarrod Trahar (Caloundra)
Thomas Trevaskis (Manly Wolves)
James Tsitas (Woodville West Torrens Eagles)
Samuel Tucker (Oakleigh Chargers)
Daniel Turner (Albury Tigers)
Jesse Turner (Swan Districts)
Fraser Turner (South Adelaide)
Jamison Ugle (Swan Districts)
Giorgio Varagiannis (Caulfield Grammar/Oakleigh Chargers)
Jean-Luc Velissaris (Northern Bullants)
Mathew Walker (North Melbourne)
Ned Walter (Sturt)
Isaac Wareham (Bell Park)
Tylar Watts (Werribee)
Nikolas Weber (Chiltern Swans)
Callan Wellings (Collingwood)
Bayleigh Welsh (Dandenong Stingrays)
Mitchell White (Casey Demons)
Harrison Wigg (North Adelaide)
Reuben William (Footscray Bulldogs)
Zane Williams (Woodville West Torrens)
Mackenzie Willis (Southport Sharks)
Toby Wooller (Carlton VFL)
Taine Wright (Sydney Swans Academy)
IT’S TIME
Crocker plays a similar game to Begley, as an undersized FF, those types tend to dominate in the lower grades but struggle to make the step up in the AFL.
Crocker is also an idiot
Thought he was the one at geelong, but he hasnt been delisted, so must be another with the same name
He has some toe
We could have 2 blokes on the list with the same name lol.
It’s time!
lol what a grub
I still rate Begley and WSPHU, fite me irl
How has Nigel been going this year?
I would consider at least one of these guys
We can’t pick him up, fortunately.
Hayden Sampson has been ripping form
Avg 21 disposals at 94%
178cm 21yr
Yeah fair enough. He strikes me as being much quicker and more agile at ground level than Begley but I have no idea what he’s like off-field.
I feel like that Hayden Schloithe will be getting mentioned in these types of threads until he’s 80.
Every year 
Just whatever we do don’t draft Schloithe.
The subsequent spelling carnage on Blitz doesn’t bear thinking about.
I believe it’s pronounced Sloth.
