Parker is a small/medium forward.
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From a future list balance POV, heād be about perfect if still there at 32 (and we still had that pick).
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As much as Iād love another inside mid if he is available at that pick Iām jumping all over him. He has a ready made body aswel so would help with the ruck stocks. Him and Draper could make a very dangerous paring in the coming years.
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Eli Smith has a ready made physique. Check out the photo on afl.com.au showing him at the combine.
I would be happy with him at our second pick, but wonder if we already have a player like him in Mynott.
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Sincere question for TD1, HM and Scorch.
Who or what type of player is your favourite as a fan? Iām interested to know how much your preferences for players may affect your ratings. Do you find what youāre looking for in players because youāre looking for it?
I personally like players that have a bit of go about them, so contested players I like but I also like players with leadership and class. If your very outside then you better be quick and skilful or else Iām not a fan.
As far as personal favourites go mine is Collier-Dawkins, I rated him last year before the growth spurt and he just really excites me watching live just to see the potential. I have a preference for midfielders aswell since I think they are usually the most consistent and effective players as a whole at AFL level which is why I rate Walsh at 2 and not Lukosius or the King Twins.
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Love balance poise and a good side step in traffic, and someone who thrives in big match conditions when the pressure is onā¦ my non negotiable is being good by foot. Itās for this reason that I love Rankine and Rozee.
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I think the most important attribute when assessing youth is their haircut
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Iāve seen exactly one TAC game this year so Iām talking in generalities rather than specifics.
I like mids who can get the ball in traffic and dispose of it a) accurately (a low quality clearance is no clearance) and b) without relying on body size or brute force to smash through. Vision and lateral mobility are king. Iām aware I tend to undervalue outside guys and accumulators unless they can show me a point of difference in some other aspect of their skill set (size, footspeed, kicking, ability to switch deep forward or back, or whatever). Iām bad at evaluating defensive efforts and non-preferred kicking skills, and terrible at evaluating non-preferred handball.
I mark down a kpp who becomes a non-factor when the ball hits the ground, but a kpf who canāt win an aerial contest is almost a line-through-the-name moment. There ARE exceptions - Alex Johnson was one.
A bloke who plays kpp or lead-up forward at 190-191cm at junior level or ruck at 195 (there are lots) needs to be looked at hard and skeptically, because you know theyāre going to need a different position in the AFL and youāve got to look at their toolset to find where that might be. NOāB was one pick I wasnāt excited about, for this reason.
A bad kicking style generally has me ruling you out, but itās not quite the dealbreaker it used to be, particularly for defensive talls. I think clubs are getting better at rebuilding kicking actions. Hartley was the king of scrappy scrubbing 25m footfarts as a u18, now he bombs the thing a mile. And the Tigers drafted Garthwaite despite a dreadful kicking action too, though the jury is still a little out on him.
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Thanks guys. Really appreciate the discussion you generate in this thread.
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Which NRL player are we going to get to skilful teach our players how to drop dead tackle???
34,66,86 at the draft
Who do we get?
The guy who we couldnāt believe was still there at our pick
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Hopefully Williams, and then one of Parker or Pickett.
At the moment we have only two ND picks and one rookie pick.
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Tom Berry, Matthew Lloyd, Billy Hartung.
34 is a good spot for a player like Stack, Williams or any other slider. Its always a good spot for a inside mid or a stand out mature ager
Mason Fletcher in the rookie draft looks likely
Hopefully we add that Irish lad, Morrisey, to the Cat B list. And was it @Killer_Mike who had the inside word on a tall guy testing for us?
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I will follow that up tomorrow.
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After 2 minutes of googling and 2 minutes of highlights, Iām 100% on board the Rowbottom train and am already writing my rant for if we donāt pick him.
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With Merrett, green, Colyer and maybe bags goneā¦ is there a small fwd who could be a surprise packet at our picks?
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