When do they do the Michael Voss tribute to Robert Harvey ? That seemed to run longer than Harvey's actual career.
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When do they do the Michael Voss tribute to Robert Harvey ? That seemed to run longer than Harvey's actual career.
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It's mid season draft day people!
Picks 6, 20 and 25 are with us. Really need to fix up our spine with our selections both up front, down back, and in the ruck. Preferably I'd like a KPF/ruck so we can play TDK on his own without Levi or Pittonet. If we can get that all good, I wouldn't mind a winger as a potential Cotrell/Newnes upgrade with our 3rd pick.
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Picks 6, 20 and 25 are with us. Really need to fix up our spine with our selections both up front, down back, and in the ruck. Preferably I'd like a KPF/ruck so we can play TDK on his own without Levi or Pittonet. If we can get that all good, I wouldn't mind a winger as a potential Cotrell/Newnes upgrade with our 3rd pick.
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- Mar 20, 2017
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Mirkov has supposedly been interviewed by us, gold coast, west coast and Sydney according to Twomey on afl.com.au.
Be highly likely that he goes today.
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- Aug 22, 2014
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Perfect. Take a better ruck for the immediate future and let one of the interstate teams pump some development into Mirkov....then pick him up via trade for a third rounder in a couple of years if he's showing enough signs.
Team DJ
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To be fair hes an 18 year old kid, in his first season of senior footy, playing in the best state league in Australia, against seasoned Vets, numerous of which have a lot of afl experiences
He may need work on all typical skill areas like marking, hand balling, kicking, awareness of time and space etc. But he should be (what’s greater than elite?) brilliant at tap working immediately; he’s taller than everyone, tapping a ball is the main thing he has done in Vball.
A Ruckman who does near zero around the ground, but puts 80% of taps to our advantage I’m keen. The positive impact from that overall may make it worth it.
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I know mate its been a painfull last couple of decades, atleast at 40 I was lucky to see some success in the late 80s - til very early 2000's !!! lolWhat are you laughing at Luke!!!
It's the only chance us Carlton supporters have of winning something...
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He's a really nice kick of the football from the footage on channel 10 last night. Not sure about his decision makingb
It's not really that high risk. it's just a mid-season pick and a rookie list spot. It's a fairly low risk high reward proposition.
They don't really, Zac Smith is fit and playing now. Mirkov at best will be the backup to Zac. They do need a long term option, as they don't currently have any young developing ruck iirc.
Our season is in the balance
If we're hoping the mid-season draft will save our season we're in a fair bit of trouble.
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Why wouldn’t we be looking at Tyson Stengel? Surely it’s worth a punt with eddies guidance in a small fwd position we’re screaming out for
small forward for the first time in a long time is the least of our worries
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Are we though? Fisher, Martin, Cunners, Fog, Ramsay, Betts, Owies and Honey all look very promising as mid/small forwards. Even Durdin and Philp should come good after a period of development. We can also through SPS, Murph and Newnes through there as well.
If we were to pick up a small forward, it would be someone for example like Bailey Lambert who can also go through the midfield.
Stengle hasn't shown much at AFL level and has had 2 chances at 2 good cultured clubs who've both ditched him due to off field issues. (You may laugh but aside from Pikes camp years Adelaide traditionally are very good in this area, particularly with the indigenous boys)
Do not want.
Do not want.
Plays far too wide. For some reason he continues to be obsessed with following the chalk lines
Agree with you, one would have though, that the Mid season draft was for that exact purpose immediate future, and hopefully positive impact, not a miracle spark , just showing some future potential.
One can’t be too critical or fussy with the Mid season draft, it’s a gamble ,if Tyson could play a disciplined font and center & have leading pattern like Eddie he’d be an elite footballer. We desperately need real X factor and not pretend type, in our midfield & forward line, that’s were the game is won. Tyson has ability but needs more commitment & discipline, and not only on the park.
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Or we see a top 20 national draftee in our backyard and think why not take the free hit
Fullerton has played AFL and Mirkov destroyed him in the ruck (but struggled around the ground)
Not sure what immediate ruck prospect would provide over the durable Pittonet, TDK can't do a whole match on his own yet either.
Not sure what immediate ruck prospect would provide over the durable Pittonet, TDK can't do a whole match on his own yet either.
Well, you’ve successfully convinced me that we’re screaming out for a small forward...
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Callow is playing in the WAFL too? Wowee, the athleticism on this kid!
Fisher isn't really a natural small forward, nor is Martin or Durdin, but they have the smarts to make a difference off half-forward. Philp and Fogarty are midfielders who can do defensive jobs, but their place in a modern forward structure is high-half forward, otherwise in the on-ball rotation as a receive option.
These comments to me point out the contrasting views that I see unfolding: Fullarton is an ex-basketballer who is a project forward/ruck, and seems to play his best football as a roaming CHF, so there's not a lot to be read in how he'd compete against a taller opponent who learned his raw ruck craft as a volleyballer. Mirkov also blew up pretty heavily in both games, though did a decent job of recovering during the breaks.
Then you hear about all the people interviewing, and his VAFA coach's comments and wonder if there's any substance to that. It's possible that he's showing flashes and we believe if his endurance tests well and we can scale that reasonably quickly, he's an AFL prospect.
If we don't believe that, and that he's a 3 year project as a tap ruck who will provide below-average pressure away from the stoppage in his role, then we should be getting him to nominate unique terms so that he drops to our third pick.
Gold Coast are interviewing every ruck candidate under the sun, Sydney are thorough and profile prospects well for their system, while West Coast have had a limited draft hand for a few years and need to turn over their ruck stocks. They've been churning through prospects for a while now.
Hawthorn was another name mentioned, but they've moved on fairly quickly, and they have a different valuation of the worth of the ruck role.
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Not sure if Freeman has come up in this thread, but the Tigers are looking at him and we should be too. Absolutely dominating the VFL.
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I've mentioned this a few times now, but you should look at the footage and how he plays. Very smart player and he's got himself very lean with high cardiovascular fitness, but his legs are not right, and he doesn't really cover a lot of territory at a high speed (which is slow compared to the player he was as a junior).
His hamstrings are still cooked.
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