They always hype #1 picks up, no doubt about that, but Cal Twomey said he'd rate Harley Reid's junior career over JHF and they different players to, Reid doesn't seem like he will be a pure midfielder like JHF.
Take it from me.... I knew JHF was gonna be good. As far back as half way into the season, North were gonna get him.
wasnt Jack Watts overhyped by the media before the 2008 draft?
I cant comment on Harley Reid.
Yep, the inside word is that he’s overrated. Buyer beware. Probably should go at around pick 4…..
That's absolute nonsense.
JHF was always gonna be a gun and his junior career was imo better than Harley’s
JHF hasn't lived up to it, averages 17.2 disposals which is below average.
Cal Twomey said who watches every draft closely & knows more about us than it probably, I never followed JHF junior career so I can't comment on that. but him getting brownlow votes with 13 disposal game no goals and couple of turnovers tells me he is very overhyped.
Very much a situation of out of sight, out of mind for Walter. He played just one U18 National Championships game in Victoria this year and hasn't been seen since. He could have lined up for the Suns' VFL team or his local QAFL team in July/August but he chose to end his season instead. Meanwhile Reid got plenty of exposure all year playing for Bendigo in the CTL, Essendon's VFL side and multiple National Championships games in Victoria for the Vic Country team. I tend to agree with recruiters that Walter is actually the better player and Reid has just maintained his status as the presumptive number 1 pick because he's received more exposure living in Victoria. I'd go as far as to say if Walter was based in Victoria then he'd be getting talked about like he's the next Wayne Carey after two very dominant U18 campaigns where he was named the CHF AA in both years and he led the Allies to their first ever U18 National Championship win this year. That's an extremely rare feat, particularly for a junior based in a northern state.
Not half as fun as the utter salt oozing from you in every thread that has anything to do with HR going to WC...
Not half as fun as the utter salt oozing from you in every thread that has anything to do with HR going to WC...
we can go back and chat about how cursed pick 6 was with guys like Reece conca and sam pretevski senton taken at pick 6
Pencil him in for a move to Geelong in that case. 'missing the country life'
If someone asked me what my preference was, I'd probably prefer to stay in VIC rather than going to Perth. Doesn't mean I wouldn't do it, but everyone has there own preference.
You'd think Hardwick would have the knowhow/contacts to make sure he's developed correctly. I've heard many onlookers say he's going to be a taller version of Charlie Curnow and if that's even half true then it's going to be a lot of fun watching him for the next 10-15 years. I've personally never seen a tall run as hard as Walter does on defence and give so many second/third efforts without the ball. It's truly remarkable to watch.
Cal Twomey hypes every player every year.
Every chance Reid has a career like Cam Rayner. If he's lucky
The issue with Rayner, he never had a good engine, has spurts of good quarters, people said he was terrible runner in the juniors even though went number 1, they said that was his biggest weakness coming into the AFL that he would need to work on "clubs won't be concerned about it because it can be improved with pre-seasons" to me the fact that he hasn't become a full-fledged midfielder by now probably says his poor endurance can't fixed & it's not like his statistics are amazing as a forward either...
Below average for what? An AFL midfielder or a 2nd year rookie?
below average for $650k x 6 years is what i think he meant
For a kid still 4 or 5 years from his prime I think he's doing above average.below average for $650k x 6 years is what i think he meant
