Mate I’m an Eagles supporter. Have you watched him play????He’s going to be solid but in my opinion not a stand out like people are professing. In the mould of Justin WestoffClueless.
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Mate I’m an Eagles supporter. Have you watched him play????He’s going to be solid but in my opinion not a stand out like people are professing. In the mould of Justin WestoffClueless.
Poor overhead and not contested........ LOLRanko is the best in this draft. The advantage Luko has at his age group is his tank. Poor mark overhead and not a contested player. Also not a quick turn of pace .... Lynch type footballer or the Giraffe from Port Adelaide
I've seen him play plenty of times, more than you by the sounds.Mate I’m an Eagles supporter. Have you watched him play????He’s going to be solid but in my opinion not a stand out like people are professing. In the mould of Justin Westoff
Rankine will be gone by our pickI just keep picturing Rankine in Crows colours turning it on and exciting the crowd with freakish Betts like moves. He would look fantastic in Crows jumper.
I would still like to have 3 picks in this draft inside 25 but Rankine first up would be exceptional. Even if we stay with current selections I still think we are in great position. With the track record that our club has in recruiting and player development, this draft could set us up for years to come.
If we keep 4 picks I would not be surprised if we pick a tall with one of the picks.
I reckon the only tall we will pick is Darcy FortI just keep picturing Rankine in Crows colours turning it on and exciting the crowd with freakish Betts like moves. He would look fantastic in Crows jumper.
I would still like to have 3 picks in this draft inside 25 but Rankine first up would be exceptional. Even if we stay with current selections I still think we are in great position. With the track record that our club has in recruiting and player development, this draft could set us up for years to come.
If we keep 4 picks I would not be surprised if we pick a tall with one of the picks.
Not if we have 5 he wont.R
Rankine will be gone by our pick
So you've seen a tall physically under developed 17/18 year old playing against men, it's not all about the present in drafting talls it's the future projection that recruiters see, obviously you've missed his dominance against his peers in his age group.Mate I’m an Eagles supporter. Have you watched him play. He’s going to be solid but in my opinion not a stand out like people are professing
Sneaky chance we look at athletic high leaping tall forward/ruck Bailey Williams IMO.I reckon the only tall we will pick is Darcy Fort
I’ve seen him plenty of times and he’s good but at AFL level it’s a different kettle of fish... there is no guarantee. You need to have lateral speed, a good overhead mark or pack mark as a tall to excel. Schacke, Weitering, Boyd, McArtin all had massive wraps toooo!!!!!I've seen him play plenty of times, more than you by the sounds.
Hes a skinny kid playing against men, and holding his end of the bargain.
And those kids will all be very good players. Tom Boyd won his side a GF, Weitering has been stunted at a rubbish club and McCartin has been ruined by concussion.I’ve seen him plenty of times and he’s good but at AFL level it’s a different kettle of fish... there is no guarantee. You need to have lateral speed, a good overhead mark or pack mark as a tall to excel. Schacke, Weitering, Boyd, McArtin all had massive wraps toooo!!!!!
And please tell me which one has a similar game style, endurance and athleticism along with elite foot skills in the players you named. I'll give you a tip, none of them. The 3 forwards are stay at home forwards with questionable athleticism and Weitering is a defender that has been absolutely butchered by Carlton.I’ve seen him plenty of times and he’s good but at AFL level it’s a different kettle of fish... there is no guarantee. You need to have lateral speed, a good overhead mark or pack mark as a tall to excel. Schacke, Weitering, Boyd, McArtin all had massive wraps toooo!!!!!
What about all the ones weve had stay ??I’m not taking a Vic Metro guy over Rankine.. you people have lost your minds after all the Victorian go home crap we’ve been through
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What about all the ones weve had stay ??
Hamish has always picked the best player regardless. The only caveat is if theres 2 guys at a similar talent level you go home grown.I know but the constant contract distractions that comes with them is ridiculous.. The rumours, the innuendo, the Vic media lighting fires... we don’t need that
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luko isn’t poor overheadRanko is the best in this draft. The advantage Luko has at his age group is his tank. Poor mark overhead and not a contested player. Also not a quick turn of pace .... Lynch type footballer or the Giraffe from Port Adelaide
LukoIf we got pick 2 would we pick Luko or Rankine??
If we got pick 2 would we pick Luko or Rankine??
Chris Judd talked about this in the podcast The Howie Games. He felt he had most of his peers measure and then played his one and only wafl game and dominated. Then as time went on his peers started to appear and he still felt he had them covered, even more so as he had basically played before most of those had.So you've seen a tall physically under developed 17/18 year old playing against men, it's not all about the present in drafting talls it's the future projection that recruiters see, obviously you've missed his dominance against his peers in his age group.
Huh,Mark my words Rankine is a crow next year.
It's been known since the middle of the year we would be recruiting him.
I go Hately- local and impressiveJye Caldwell
Ranko is the best in this draft. The advantage Luko has at his age group is his tank. Poor mark overhead and not a contested player. Also not a quick turn of pace .... Lynch type footballer or the Giraffe from Port Adelaide
I’ve seen him plenty of times and he’s good but at AFL level it’s a different kettle of fish... there is no guarantee. You need to have lateral speed, a good overhead mark or pack mark as a tall to excel. Schacke, Weitering, Boyd, McArtin all had massive wraps toooo!!!!!
I have watched the eagles finals series very closely and he is a Tom Lynch from the Crows with flaky hands . He doesn’t have a clunk marking action like McGovern. I’m not as sold on him as being a gun as some are on here . I prefer a DeGoi type forward who plays with force and have speed. There have been many forwards drafted very high based on their showings in the U18s but haven’t bought anything extra to the AFL and I’d rather not take that risk with a skinny forward with flaky hands . Had a very underwhelming Finals series , just saying , and SANFL players are not great competition.NFI
Only one player took more contested marks than Jack throughout the entire U18 championships. He thrives on the contest
His turn of pace is just fine, but then who needs it when you can look up and hit a bloke, between two opposition players, on the tit from 50m away off a single step
NFI
The way he reads the ball in flight, gets himself in the right position more often than anyone his age, his leading patterns and ability to create separation on the lead, his ability to work his man into the ground continuously until the final seconds of the game, his vision and his ability to see the play unfolding before anyone else does, not to mention his incredible skills by foot make each one of those qualities you mentioned KP's needing to have to succeed at AFL level virtually redundant.
It is near unheard of for a kid his age to possess the entire package of weapons I've just mentioned, on top of being able to play the two hardest positions on the ground, CHF & CHB, as equally well as he does.
Schache, Weitering, Boyd and McCartin couldn't go with Jack for more than a half. They'd be begging for a lung transplant and questioning how they were ever rated so highly in the first place.
Not one of them has half the footy nous, half the tank, half the elite skills by foot or vision to even consider themselves in the same league as Lukosius talent-wise.
Clearly you haven't watched him all that closely