Traded 11. Darcy Lang (2014-2017)

[SJ]

PICK 16 DARCY LANG GEELONG CATS​

• Former club:​
  Geelong Falcons
• DOB:​
  21/11/1995
• Height:​
  181cm
• Weight:​
  77kg
• Position:​
  Midfielder
• ​
• Games:​
  14
• Goals:​
  6
• Avg Kicks:​
  11.4
• Avg Marks:​
  3.7
• Avg Handballs:​
  6.4

PLAYER ASSESSMENT

Dashing and versatile midfielder who wins his own ball. Can also run and carry on the outside, is good one on one on the inside and a neat user of the ball by hand and foot. Was in terrific form for Victoria Country in the AFL Under 18 Championships before injuring his leg.

 

[SJ]

 

[JPod_31]

Darcy Lang

 

[manboob]

Darcy Lang

 

[muttonchops]

Bloody hell he's done it again.

 

[JPod_31]

You got to be kidding me.

 

[Gysenn]

WOW.

 

[JPod_31]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-10-20/darcy-lang

 

[Megaman123]

Unreal. This guy wasn't on Gysenn shiny graph at all!

 

[Beth]

So where did the experts think he would go??

 

[fpm84]

Wells loves a smokey, doesn't he?

 

[Bobby_]

welcome to Cat land Darcy

 

[manboob]

So where did the experts think he would go??

Late 20's. Assumed Brisbane would get him with one of their picks there.

 

[JPod_31]

Michael Turner says he is Jimmy Bartel with more speed

 

[Skerret]

It's one of the great football tragedies that Ling is no longer a Geelong player and that some incarnation of Michael Long in not in this draft for Geelong to grab with their second pick. Imagine the link-up through the middle!

 

[DanA]

Any footage

 

[Jon Douglas]

Cannot believe it - no Acres, no Dunstan, no Dumont, no Gardiner, etc - and this guy is skinny at 77 kgs and not all that tall at 181 cm.

I really thought in the end it would be Acres - I know nothing about this guy

 

[hbk_aus]

I really thought in the end it would be Acres - I know nothing about this guy

Clearly Geelong do.

 

[Bobby_]

Darcy broke his left leg a couple of months ago, so perhaps it was injury which kept clubs away?

If you watch his highlights package, has a very interesting style to his game, very, very fast but an added ability of playing like a midfielder, perhaps another Guthrie clone

video
http://www.afl.com.au/video?guid=591865

 

[Jimmy Yamazaki]

Another smallish pacey mid... We have many of these already... Surely this kid would have lasted to pick 36? Ah well...

 

[Skerret]

Footage immediately brought Bartel, Pendlebury and possibly a shade of Mitch Duncan to mind. Dual sided, kicked comfortable goals from either foot. Looks to have 'time'; not especially quick but doesn't appear that he needs to be. Wells, you old shark. While all all the lesser sharks are milling around the side of the boat fighting for scraps, you've ducked round the stern and plucked a juicy fisherman off the transom.

 

[DanA]

Darcy broke his left leg a couple of months ago, so perhaps it was injury which kept clubs away?

If you watch his highlights package, has a very interesting style to his game, very, very fast but an added ability of playing like a midfielder, perhaps another Guthrie clone

video
http://www.afl.com.au/video?guid=591865

Looks very clean on the ball.

 

[Jon Douglas]

I am now used to being a shocked by Wells' selections. They generally are pretty good and he is a home grown lad so GFC should know a lot about him. But wow - better than Acres or Dunstan ?

I am sure many of us feel like the Grundy / Thurlow situation has come again but I have come to terms with that selection and can see Thurlow being a good player for us. Hope I feel the same about Lang in 12 months time.

He will not play senior footy if his stats are anything to go by. Will have to make do with a VFL Premiership in his first year at Catland.

 

[Skerret]

very, very fast

On the other hand, maybe he is quick and I've gone blind...

 

[Bobby_]

Footage immediately brought Bartel, Pendlebury and possibly a shade of Mitch Duncan to mind. Dual sided, kicked comfortable goals from either foot. Looks to have 'time'; not especially quick but doesn't appear that he needs to be. Wells, you old shark. While all all the lesser sharks are milling around the side of the boat fighting for scraps, you've ducked round the stern and plucked a juicy fisherman off the transom.

yeh same and I also thought of Milburn with his calmness strolling out of defense but then in the second half of the video we see him play in the middle and he looks impressive.
Luke Ball was a player mentioned on google who Darcy is likened to but happy with this one myself.