List Mgmt. 2021 Young Talent Time

[Scham]

What is everyones obsession with putting players on a wing. You need specific traits to play as a winger and Rachele and Ward don't fit that mould.

But Chapman does???

 

[wakojako]

But Chapman does???

Nope, that's another one I see mentioned a lot on here but can't understand why. I would try him at the centre bounce though.

 

[Polo342]

Can anyone tell me why we wouldn't take Erasmus? Seems to be more love for the likes of a winger like NWM? Surely we would look pretty stupid if the best WA talent was passed by us yet again

 

[Bastyy]

Guys am I correct in saying Tunstill is in next years draft..not this years?

He's in this years draft

 

[_007_]

What is everyones obsession with putting players on a wing. You need specific traits to play as a winger and Rachele and Ward don't fit that mould.

Damn if only he fit the mould.

 

[Alfonz]

He'd be fine on a wing imo.

That's not really where he has played his best football as far as I can tell. He does his best work as a centre bounce mid. He sounds like a balanced inside/outside mid, but he is not a genuine winger.

All good sides have large mids that are amongst their best players (Wines, Petracca, Oliver, Bont, Dangerfield, etc.). If we are using a top 10 pick on a mid, it better be on a big mid who can be a point of difference to Brayshaw/Serong, and not some vanilla/small/balanced mid. The likes of Hobbs, Ward, Sonsie, etc. have absolutely zero appeal to me.

Otherwise you end up like Essendon with Merrett, Parish and McGrath. All good players, but as a grouping their size is a liability. They currently rely on someone like Stringer to have one of his good games in the middle.

 

[_007_]

Ward is literally a winger and the best (wing) of this draft.

Fight me.

 

[_007_]

That's not really where he has played his best football as far as I can tell. He does his best work as a centre bounce mid. He sounds like a balanced inside/outside mid, but he is not a genuine winger.

All good sides have large mids that are amongst their best players (Wines, Petracca, Oliver, Bont, Dangerfield, etc.). If we are using a top 10 pick on a mid, it better be on a big mid who can be a point of difference to Brayshaw/Serong, and not some vanilla/small/balanced mid. The likes of Hobbs, Ward, Sonsie, etc. have absolutely zero appeal to me.

Otherwise you end up like Essendon with Merrett, Parish and McGrath. All good players, but as a grouping their size is a liability. They currently rely on someone like Stringer to have one of his good games in the middle.

Disagree that those players are good because of their size. Agree that if you have the choice it is best to diversify the size and skills of the players at your club. If Ward made it to our pick, he would be sufficiently 'better' than the other remaining players for me to overlook a slight preference to size diversity. Especially since he can play wing hehe.

 

[Paracleet]

I remain unconvinced 190 cm midfielders are at an advantage over 185 cm ones other than if you have a dominant ruck and it's a game where the opposition ruck is failing to nullify him. (GF is a good example of this).
If the ball is spilling to 50/50s or to the ground more often if anything it's disadvantage.

As a tiebreaker you'd take the taller mid every time but I wouldn't be reaching past talent for it.

 

[Paracleet]

Anyway before I forget bookmark this: I bet we take two Vic players with 8 and 10

 

[Taylor]

Ward is literally a winger and the best (wing) of this draft.

Fight me.

He reads like Brayshaw as a guy who can play inside and outside and also a captain.

 

[blue shark]

Can anyone tell me why we wouldn't take Erasmus? Seems to be more love for the likes of a winger like NWM? Surely we would look pretty stupid if the best WA talent was passed by us yet again

NWM is a beautiful kick, user of the ball. What I didn’t see was
Express pace.
Reminds me more of silk than anything else.

 

[greatgatsby]

Cripps having shin splints explains why he looked so cumbersome in the WA game he played.

Shin splints? I own racehorses and they need to spell for a couple of months to get over them … Christ knows how a young bloke plays footy with them.

 

[wakojako]

It's shit quality but you get to see some great highlights of Brodie:




From what I've seen these look to be his strengths:
Can hit targets i50
Strong tackler
Difficult to be tackled
Hard at the ball
Can take a leap
Can hit the scoreboard

 

[Madas]

i do wonder whether the priority might extend to two talls for the first two picks. Gambling on the trades of Brodie and Clark and development of Young to cover midfield development for this year.

I’m hoping we take two talls

 

[Purple Jesus]

That's not really where he has played his best football as far as I can tell. He does his best work as a centre bounce mid. He sounds like a balanced inside/outside mid, but he is not a genuine winger.

All good sides have large mids that are amongst their best players (Wines, Petracca, Oliver, Bont, Dangerfield, etc.). If we are using a top 10 pick on a mid, it better be on a big mid who can be a point of difference to Brayshaw/Serong, and not some vanilla/small/balanced mid. The likes of Hobbs, Ward, Sonsie, etc. have absolutely zero appeal to me.

Otherwise you end up like Essendon with Merrett, Parish and McGrath. All good players, but as a grouping their size is a liability. They currently rely on someone like Stringer to have one of his good games in the middle.

Goater.

 

[Madas]

I watched 4 games of underage football this year which is about 3 more than I would normally watch. I’m admittedly shithouse at picking underage talent but in each of the games I watched my eyes were drawn to this Arthur Jones kid featured in this article. I would love to rookie him and see what he turns into but thankfully I don’t know how to cobble. Still, I’m a little surprised I haven’t heard more about him from the guys that do watch a lot of junior footy.

He’s still only about 15 so not quite on the radar yet
Only just got Perth exposure this year .
Kid is an amazing natural athlete.

 

[Walkingwounded]

Goater.

Goater’s highlight reel, is similar to Brodie’s in his draft year.

Much as I like the Goat, we picked up cover with Brodie.

What we lost in Cerra, was a skilled kick into the fwd line, who doubles as a 1/4 back behind the center bounce inside mids.

Johnson could fill that role if the club was looking for a replacement in that area.

But they keep saying best available.. and if Callahan makes it to our first pick, we grab him!

 

[_007_]

He reads like Brayshaw as a guy who can play inside and outside and also a captain.

Yep I'd agree.

 

[Purpellian Anchor]

Goater’s highlight reel, is similar to Brodie’s in his draft year.

Much as I like the Goat, we picked up cover with Brodie.

What we lost in Cerra, was a skilled kick into the fwd line, who doubles as a 1/4 back behind the center bounce inside mids.

Johnson could fill that role if the club was looking for a replacement in that area.

But they keep saying best available.. and if Callahan makes it to our first pick, we grab him!

overhead Goater is >than Cerra and Brodie - Goater is definitely Mundyish

 

[Purple Jesus]

overhead Goater is >than Cerra and Brodie - Goater is definitely Mundyish

Strikes me more as a Bont type. Not inside defensive mid like Brodie or outside cream like Cerra.

 

[Walkingwounded]

overhead Goater is >than Cerra and Brodie - Goater is definitely Mundyish

More Yeo than Mundy, no where near as good a kick as Mundy, which is why he slid in his draft year ( talking Brodie, but the same applies to the Goat)

The inside mids curse.

Edited

 

[CapitalA]

But Chapman does???

No I thought most people think of Chapman as an inside mid in the mould of Mundy.

 

[Madas]

No I thought most people think of Chapman as an inside mid in the mould of Mundy.

Wasn’t JLo talking up Chapman as a Hamling replacement in one of his interviews ? I can see it happening. Plays like the General Johno

 

[Lach72]

Goater.

yes he appeals to me…that break away pace and being 6 Foot 3 is very good.
he looks like he has nice skills too