Player Watch 2021 AFL National Draft - NOT FOR TRADE DISCUSSION

[Strapping Young Lad]

Let’s stick with a basic rule for this thread, that it’s for draft watch and discussion only.

It’s not for trade hypotheticals, who you think needs to be delisted or traded, how many games you think we will win, some other team will win, how many picks you want in the 1st round or discussion of current HFC players.

It’s about youngsters who are eligible for the draft in 2021.


Key dates to look out for:

• NAB AFL Draft Combine: TBC
• NAB AFL Draft: Wednesday November 24 - Thursday November 25
• NAB AFL Pre-season and Rookie Drafts: Friday November 26

 

[Adebisi]

He’s a unit for an 18yr old. Was ok in a side that didn’t offer much.

We don’t have access to him anymore anyway.

what happened there syl, how did we lose him from our academy?

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

what happened there syl, how did we lose him from our academy?

There are two levels for NGA. Level 1 and Level 2. To progress to Level 2 you need to meet certain criteria. He did not reach that criteria as Samoa is not listed as a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse country. That was my understanding anyway.

 

[smeltitdeltit]

There are two levels for NGA. Level 1 and Level 2. To progress to Level 2 you need to meet certain criteria. He did not reach that criteria as Samoa is not listed as a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse country. That was my understanding anyway.

Well there you go, never knew Isaac Heeny, Calum mills and the three new guys the swans got this year from their academy were from a “ Culturally and Linguistically Diverse country.”

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

Well there you go, never knew Isaac Heeny, Calum mills and the three new guys the swans got this year from their academy were from a “ Culturally and Linguistically Diverse country.”

There is a distinction between the NGA and North Eastern State academy's.

NGA only exist due to the other clubs crying about the academies in QLD and NSW.

 

[Dewnior]

There are two levels for NGA. Level 1 and Level 2. To progress to Level 2 you need to meet certain criteria. He did not reach that criteria as Samoa is not listed as a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse country. That was my understanding anyway.

Bullshit. If Samoa is not a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse country then neither is Fiji. Which is where Atu Bosenavulagi was born and was drafted under the Pies NGA programme.

 

[smeltitdeltit]

There is a distinction between the NGA and North Eastern State academy's.

NGA only exist due to the other clubs crying about the academies in QLD and NSW.

I was being sarcastic to highlight the inequities

 

[MasterSamurai]

Or maybe they'll win 2 more games than us for the rest of the season so we don't have to give up pick 21.

Or we come good after the bye (again) and we're left with pick 6!!

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Or we come good after the bye (again) and we're left with pick 6!!

You never know, but something about this season and the way we look just makes it hard to believe we'll see a repeat of 2017 and 2019 2nd half of the season revivals.

 

[BurnaHawks]

I'm not sure how, but i have only just discovered Big Footy. It's so goood

 

[chopflop]

I'm not sure how, but i have only just discovered Big Footy. It's so goood

Jeez. Head to the pregame thread after ceglar and Howe are named tonight. That's bigfooty at its finest.

 

[robiecampbellbrown]

Can we go back to picking left footers?

 

[Billyc]

Twomey's Draft Team of the Year: Top-10 bolters, mid-season chances snare spots

Check out draft guru Cal Twomey's rolling Team of the Year

www.afl.com.au

Twomey saying Sam Darcy (son of Luke) now shaping as a top 5 pick and the best tall in the draft. More compromised picks at the top. Sick of the bulldogs getting kissed on the dick with gifts

 

[Hawk Dork]

Can we go back to picking left footers?

who can take a contested mark too

 

[CHUBBSS]

Twomey's Draft Team of the Year: Top-10 bolters, mid-season chances snare spots

Check out draft guru Cal Twomey's rolling Team of the Year

www.afl.com.au

Twomey saying Sam Darcy (son of Luke) now shaping as a top 5 pick and the best tall in the draft. More compromised picks at the top. Sick of the bulldogs getting kissed on the dick with gifts

Get ready to raid

 

[Bumps"N"Grins]

If we end up having the 3rd pick in the draft , this is the player I hope we pick.

He's got a bit of Kent in him.
Always a plus in my book

 

[Bumps"N"Grins]

Well there you go, never knew Isaac Heeny, Calum mills and the three new guys the swans got this year from their academy were from a “ Culturally and Linguistically Diverse country.”

Never been to Newcastle?

 

[Hodgey 15]

I'm not sure how, but i have only just discovered Big Footy. It's so goood

Jump on to the game thread when we're losing. It's always entertaining.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

NAB league is back from it’s 4 week break from tomorrow.

 

[Beandip]

Is Horne still universally regarded as the number one pick? And is it close to likely second, or daylight?

 

[rei154]

Chesser did some training with us and discovered he had a torn meniscus

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Potential top-10 draft prospect Campbell Chesser is closing in on a return to the field for NAB League side Sandringham Dragons after a lengthy stint on the sidelines with a knee injury.
Playing on a wing, Chesser shone brightly with 23 disposals and seven score involvements in Round 2 in early April, but copped what he thought was a corky during the second quarter against Northern Knights the next week.

The NAB AFL Academy member played out the Round 3 game with the injury but went on to train with Hawthorn as part of the Academy program, where it was discovered he had a torn meniscus.

“They pretty much stopped me straight away and discovered the injury and I was just in the gym,” Chesser said.

“But there were a few boys there like Will Day, who had hurt his foot, so I was able to do a fair bit of work with him and I stayed with Finn Maginness for the week who was really good.”

Chesser had minor surgery on his left knee but is expected to resume running next week and is a chance to be cleared to play in as little as a month.

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Wouldn't mind him having "another minor injury" to keep him out of play- missing 5-10 weeks should help him slip to pick 21 right....right?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Is Horne still universally regarded as the number one pick? And is it close to likely second, or daylight?

Yes.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Mid season draft discussion being had in its own thread from now.

This will be the national draft discussion

 

[burner1]

If we got Horne (and he’s as good as advertised) what would that mean for our other mids (ie who gets pushed out assuming no trades)?

 

[rei154]

If we got Horne (and he’s as good as advertised) what would that mean for our other mids (ie who gets pushed out assuming no trades)?

If we get the first pick in the draft I'd put good money on one of our starting mids getting pushed out/retired.

 

[Brant]

If we got Horne (and he’s as good as advertised) what would that mean for our other mids (ie who gets pushed out assuming no trades)?

Far too early to tell who gets pushed out.

None of them are retirement age & I'd not be de-listing one of the few mids we have just because we've drafted an 18yr old from interstate, no matter how good.