Shame.
Any idea where he is rated?
My understanding was that he was one of the âhighly ratedâ South Australians that has Adelaide and Port excited enough to try and get early picks next year.
As @Humble_Minion stated. I would be very surprised if he lasted past pick 20 now after his draft combine testing.
If we were keen to unite them. More observant drafters/scouts rate him as a rookie option or later national draft option (e.g 4th round or later).
I would take the punt for 4th round
Rob Kerr saying we WERE after a tall in the draft but since our first pick is at 48, itâll be best available.
Might mean Smack is kept for another year.
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Both Brisbane and North really like Worpel I doubt Worpel makes it past Lions pick 40.
Would like to know what types of talls Rob Kerr meant because I know of a few talls we have kept our eyes on.
If we want to go with a Darren Bewick special we have Jackson Ross and Trent Mynott as slight chances of being available. Tom North we could look at as a big inside mid, we have interviewed Dylan Moore multiple times so if he slides he is another we will look at. Also hearing Joel Garner is sliding but surely wonât last till 48.
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Yeah, thatâs the interesting bit.
Rucks are still a weak point on the list. Belly can be good but can also be shocking, while the availability of Leueueueueueuenberger is a week-tp-week proposition, every moment Daniher spends away from the forward line is wasted, Draper and the Lavender Bag are so raw that even the Japanese wouldnât eat them, and Smack is Smack.
Kpps weâre doing a fair bit better. Weâve got three legit key forwards, one AA key back and a whole bunch of key back depth in Brown, Ambrose, Hartley, plus Hooker can go back if we really need him to, and both Brown and Hurley can got forward if weâre REALLY desperate. And thatâs not counting Stringer, who is tall and a forward, but probably not a traditional tall forward.
Mason Fletcher next year, who is a tall defender at this stage, though that may change.
Hooker is the only kpp who we even really need to think about succession planning for at this stage. Hurls is the next oldest and has plenty of time left. Perhaos Kerr WAS talking about a ruckman?
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If itâs a ruck we are after I know we have put a lot of time into Lloyd Meek from GWV Rebels. He would be more than capable of playing senior football next year if called upon.
That guy? heâs been going around for a while now I think. Iâm not the biggest wrap, think he gets by on pure height against a lot of u18 guys, doesnât get much in the way of elevation in the ruck contests. Surely thereâs better out there.
Itâs tough to know why we have put so much effort into him, he got a combine invite and even played in the all-star game so enough clubs are still keen. A few times this year he showed plenty taking some nice marks and he really worked well with the mids who obviously werenât as talented as the guys he had last year to tap to in Drew, Berry and McCluggage.
I wouldnât take him in the national draft Iâd prefer to go after a player with more upside like De Koning or Xerri but if we want someone ready to go then Meek would be a decent pick
Any VFL watchers got any comments on Kieran Strachan? Seemed to get some good comments, and if I recall wen to the combine?? Big lump of a lad too.
I find it really hard to judge the draft position of rucks these days, but I find it a bit hard to believe De Koning will still be around at pick 48. Donât know enough about Xerri. But weâve really played to the best of our own drummer when it comes to rucks in recent years, rather than looking that the best u18s. If we DO draft a ruck, most likely itâll be some 20yo from a local league who nobodyâs ever heard ofâŚ
Iâm hoping we get Cassidy, build the Parish dynasty.
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When it looked like Francis might leave, and be replaced by Schache, I thought it could well be better for our list. Replace a 190-195cm tall with a 200cm forward-ruck option, with mobility. It would convince me to clear McKernan from the listâŚAnd I always fantasise, for right or wrong, that a mobile KPF can fail but still potentially be used as a KPD. So could have been an upgrade on Hartley for the tallest defensive roles??
Now that this Schache dream didnât happenâŚwell de Koning looks like he would fit all this same reasoning (physically, not quality). With our list, we could be patient with his development. And we would be covered for talls for perhaps the next 4 years⌠but I similarly fear that de Koning will be gone by pick 48âŚAnd it also demotes, once again, the need to find more quality mids.
Lastly, Iâm not sure that Lavender should have any influence on how we build our pipeline of talls. He just seems too speculative, at this stage, to place faith in.
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Callum Twomey named Tom North as a likely option around our first pick.
Sounds like could be a good get at pick 48. Only 183 but seems that he can rack up the clearances and possessions, had 43 touches and 12 clearances against Bendigo at 74% efficiency. Not sure if it was during the champs period (TAC cup round 7).
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Seemed relevant.
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That was 3 weeks ago, so where is your list? Well?
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I will try and finish it up tomorrow
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STOP TEASING BENJAMIN
Sorry, been super busy. Seriously close to finishing. Itâs been a tough year this year.
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