#40 - Zak Johnson

[Clone_Hirdy]

@Bully

Yep overly small midfields don’t win flags imo. It’s why i don’t think port and freo will win one till they address this.

Neither do overly big midfields. You need a balanced midfield.

[bomber_brain]

Shifter Sheehan was always big on age at time of drafting

[WallyOCock]

I actually think the modern game is now going away from the “big bodied mid”

Most of them are lumbering and slow and get burnt more and more now.
The hybrid mids like Durham who are decently large but still nimble and fast are the way the game is moving imo.

[Clone_Hirdy]

Cripps and Bont still go alright

[Winderland]

Bont isn’t lumbering.

[Heppelltitis]

@CrossleyCrazy

@Heppelltitis

Most overrated consideration on Blitz. It really doesn’t make much of a difference if someone is 18 or 17 1/2 in their draft year.

Tell that to Clayton Oliver, Oscar Allen, Will Day, Taranto, rowbottom etc.

Held of them not in draft calculations when they were 17.

Ok lol, why am I telling that to those guys?
You have selected a group of players with a January, March, June, July and September burthday…

What point are you actually trying to make?

[Heppelltitis]

@somo84

@Heppelltitis

So basically as I said. There’s a difference, but it’s minor.

I’d call that difference substantial. The average number of players drafted in the first 2 months of the year is 363. The last 2 months? 223. I doubt that’s coincidence. There’s a reason. If this isn’t due to a development advantage, then how can it be explained?

Might be other stuff at play. Would certainly seem, though, that if you’re good enough to get drafted through the national draft despite the apparent disadvantage of being born in December, you must have something going for you.

@Windy_Dill

@somo84

@Heppelltitis

So basically as I said. There’s a difference, but it’s minor.

I’d call that difference substantial. The average number of players drafted in the first 2 months of the year is 363. The last 2 months? 223. I doubt that’s coincidence. There’s a reason. If this isn’t due to a development advantage, then how can it be explained?

Might be other stuff at play. Would certainly seem, though, that if you’re good enough to get drafted through the national draft despite the apparent disadvantage of being born in December, you must have something going for you.

There is not an even distribution of births across the year. The least popular birth month of the year is December.

As I said, this is not relevant to the point I was making.

[Houli_Dooli]

A few posts in the Zac Johnson thread and I’m thinking there might have been a loud cheer at training, no just discussing birthday’s still.

[CrossleyCrazy]

@Heppelltitis

Ok lol, why am I telling that to those guys?
You have selected a group of players with a January, March, June, July and September burthday…

What point are you actually trying to make?

Haha, fair point. They were all late developers, went from long shots to early draft picks in their draft year. I guess the point I’m trying to make is at that age there can be a lot of development in a short amount of time.

[Heppelltitis]

Which is basically what I said. With regards to someone having upside, I’d put more stock in whether someone was a late developer, than if their birthday was in December.

[CrossleyCrazy]

So you concede I have successfully argued your own point against you?

[Rick_Ross]

@WallyOCock

Have you actually seen the photo? I’m not sure how it could be off, they are right next to each other standing side by side. How do you lose 6 cms there?

It really frustrates me that the AFL (and clubs) continues to use the archaic metric system. It would be so much easier if they just measured everything on the danger scale…
Height - stand them next to him and take a photo
Weight - same photo
Strength - old eye test estimating how they would go with a ground ball v Danger
Premierships - 2x would be double danger

My favourite… on the danger wanker scale, a complete ■■■■ would be a half danger.

[barnz]

debut announce vid when?

[James98]

never. We’re getting LAV

[HirdMentality]

This thread is starting to sound like Josh giddy threads from 12 months ago

[chris_64]

VFLplayer report indicates we have some good players coming through.
Zak, clearly a playmaker with great ball use BHI.
But then theres Angus Clarke, ADW, and Vigo.
VIGO against 2 rucks 45 hitouts wtf. When you see Goldy on a zimmer frame, it might be time for Vigo to take over as our big fella.

[Gibbs]

Great point, no reason he can’t just play VFL all year and build into 2026. No need to rush him.

[skidmark82]

[Le_Archie]

We announced Hayes debut on the Wednesday and Thursday morning shock announcement of ADW.

Still hope tomorrow of a Johnson call up.

[Bully]

I thought this guy deserved a call up before Day wicks and Clarke, but in brad fashion you expect strange selection calls.