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Today its:
1. Anderson
2. Rowell
3. Young
4. Flanders
5. Worrell
6. Stephens
7. Serong
8. Gould
9. Green
10. O'Neill
11. Sharp
12. Jackson
13. Ash
14. Robertson
15. Taheny
16. Cassar
17. Kemp
18. Jeka
19. Williams
20. McAsey
Will probably change again tomorrow!
If you had to order these players in terms of their ability to hunt and win the football (for key position players, it would be intent to either mark or at least bring the ball to ground), how would you rank them?
I guess we can thank Carlton for being the dumb pricks/case study in why no club should be allowed to trade away their entire futureCLUBS will not be able to trade draft picks any further than a year in advance during this year's exchange period, despite a push to further open up player movement.
Since 2015, AFL rules have allowed clubs to be able to trade future draft picks one year in advance.
AFL rejects club push for multi-year pick trading
Clubs will only be able trade picks one year in advance despite a club push for morewww.afl.com.au
I do like Jeka. I put him down a fair bit after his injury but thought he played real well on the weekend. Good repeat leading, good pace on the lead, strong mark. Needs to kick better. Is gonna be a big unit in a few years time.
How about a scrappy rover who’s probably played with him before?Looks top heavy and I’ll wager he has no ground game nor will develop one but if you’re matching him with a kf that’s excellent on the ground like Marshall that wouldn’t bother me.
I've got Finlay at 46 at the moment. Not 100% settled on his spot. I feel he'll end up higher
Rowell
Green
Robertson
Anderson
Young
Flanders
Serong
Gould
Ash
O'Neill
Worrell
Jackson
Kemp
Stephens
McAsey
Jeka
Williams
Cassar
Taheny
Sharp
And thank Christ for that. I shudder at what Choco would have done with future picks when trying to hold on at the end. I worry what Hinkley would do with multi-year trading to try and sneak into finals trading picks to burn our future if there were more than 1 year allowed.CLUBS will not be able to trade draft picks any further than a year in advance during this year's exchange period, despite a push to further open up player movement.
Since 2015, AFL rules have allowed clubs to be able to trade future draft picks one year in advance.
AFL rejects club push for multi-year pick trading
Clubs will only be able trade picks one year in advance despite a club push for morewww.afl.com.au
Looks top heavy and I’ll wager he has no ground game nor will develop one but if you’re matching him with a kf that’s excellent on the ground like Marshall that wouldn’t bother me.
However I could see how Jeka wouldn’t ever ever get a chance under Hinkley
These guys:
Stephens
Williams
Worrell
Tell me more about them please
Stephens is a quick outside type but also has reasonable inside game. Think Whitfield. Hard runner, very good kick, great pace, hits targets, works hard. Would be perfect for us. Has had some big games at SANFL seniors already. Needs a bit more size but he's potentially a very special player.
Williams is a Rozee clone. Very athletic medium forward with a big leap, good pace off the mark, plenty of x-factor, loads of midfield potential. Not too dissimilar to a Wingard really. I've got him pretty low in the rankings (was top 5 at the start of the year and in the running for pick 1), maybe too low and I might be doing him a disservice. He's one i've got a big asterisk on as he's improved his output from his (very good) bottom age year, but not as much as I would have thought. Can go missing in games for long periods. But, is also one of the best match winners out there too.
Worrell is a hard one to pick who he plays like. I guess he's like Westhoff in that he can play anywhere pretty well. He's looked good as a key defender, has looked damaging on a wing and has played well as a key forward. Looks a little laconic because he's got a bit of a lopey running style but he's incredibly good. I like him on a wing or up forward as opposed to key back, but could see him becoming a good 3TD as well.
Challenge accepted
Robertson is a very good chance. He’s a genuine inside ball winner who gut runs. I don’t know how good he will be but it’s hard not to see him playing afl.
Rantall and dow I can’t read very well either way.
Yeah pretty much. Set isn’t the right word. Ive been actively looking very hard for reasons why he will make it. I’ve watched him for a couple of years now including those 2 grand finals last year. I pointed out the things I liked very much but expressed concerns. This year pretty much solidified those concerns. There’s still a chance he becomes something but he probably needs to become a Travis Boak level runner, which looks unlikely, or a Ollie wines level extractor, which also looks unlikely. If he doesn’t become elite at running or stoppages I can’t see him making it. His first champs game was horrible to be honest. This game where he played onballer showed his inside ability a bit, but he doesn’t look anywhere near as good as drew or atley inside. Not creative by handball release, not able to break free of congestion. Not able to outbody guys like wines or Rockliff can.
Eh hopefully I’m wrong. Would love to be wrong.
I’d be curious to know how quick Worrell is too. Gut feel is he’s probably bottom quartile over 20m. Not the end of the world as he’s a very good footballer but it does make me a little nervous pick a slowish tall without a fixed position. I do like him though.Worrell - does he have good closing speed? Could he play a Chad Cornes style wingback CHB role and replace Jonas eventually - which would allow us to play Howard up forward with Frampton and Marshall as the roaming CHF?
Stephens - Whitfield clone? Yes please.
Williams - When you say he's like Rozee and Wingard - which one is he more like? What I mean is - if he's not getting his hands on the ball, does he do the team things like Rozee, or does he sulk a bit like Wingard because he thinks players should be passing him the ball? Would he be able to play high forward?
Worrell - does he have good closing speed? Could he play a Chad Cornes style wingback CHB role and replace Jonas eventually - which would allow us to play Howard up forward with Frampton and Marshall as the roaming CHF?
100%. We don’t have priority access to Pickett but he looks unlikely to be pick before 30 anyway.What are the chances of getting mead, burgoyne, and pickett without using our 1st round pick?
You think this year is bad - consider that a lot of the players who got overlooked last year are still playing this year.
That means that next year the draft is going to be astonishingly bad, because there isn't the talent coming up from underneath in the bottom agers.
Yeah that doesn't mean that at all. There aren't any more top age players playing this year than any other year and almost all the draftable ones just got drafted anyway.
There's also a good amount of bottom aged players playing NAB League, as much as any other year.
2018 was an amazing draft year. 2019 is...
Is this a draft with a couple good mids and flankers, and then a Citizens On Patrol-esque assortment of talented randos that could go anywhere from pick 10 to 90, and mostly be gone from AFL minds within three years?