Player Watch 2025 AFL Draft Thread (Welcome to our new Central Districts overlords!)

[unitedhawk2]

He had severe vowel movements at birth. It’s a condition he’s had to live with.

Seems to be an inherited genetic trait.

 

[yeahmate]

Wasn't Greeves that we didn't add him to the NGA before a specific age?

Did a bit of digging and youre right the AFL said they rejected Hawthorn's application because we applied in Greeves draft year. Except that there wasn't actually a rule against this at the time - the rule only got changed this year in September to require applications to be made before the draft year. And also ignoring previously that North applied for Sanders in his draft year and had their application accepted. So AFL just making up shit as usual to suit its agenda.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

You're on the clock. Greeves, Grlj and Dovaston all on the board. Who are you taking?

I doubt we’d take more than a few seconds to scream Grlj’s name out.

 

[danielG]

I doubt we’d take more than a few seconds to scream Grlj’s name out.

We might have trouble with the pronunciation is all… Not a name you want to tackle phonetically…

 

[Dewnior]

Th n wtht th vwls.

H gt thrgh lf wtht thm. H's strng.

ffy

 

[Dewnior]

Did a bit of digging and youre right the AFL said they rejected Hawthorn's application because we applied in Greeves draft year. Except that there wasn't actually a rule against this at the time - the rule only got changed this year in September to require applications to be made before the draft year. And also ignoring previously that North applied for Sanders in his draft year and had their application accepted. So AFL just making up shit as usual to suit its agenda.

Norf must have not matched the Dogs bid given he's on their list.

 

[excitingnews]

Norf must have not matched the Dogs bid given he's on their list.

They weren’t able to, this was back before the AFL changed the rules to ensure that the scum were able to draft Kako in the first round as an NGA

 

[Bugs1977]

I just remind myself that we have a whole team of people who know more about these kids than I do.

Do they always get it right, of course not.

But they know a hell of a lot more than some on here who watch a few highlights and blurt out “I hope we don’t waste a pick on him” or “He will be a bust”

Thats not even going into how some of these kids go in interviews.
Some kids may actually have more talent that others, but just might be complete head cases.

There's so much that goes into assessing these kids it's not funny. A lot of clubs these days do things like speak to random teachers and coaches just to get an idea of their personalities off the field. Then there's things like trawling through their social media account history which always seems to dig up some funny stuff especially when the kid might've made negative posts towards the club that ends up drafting them.

As for how the HFC goes about assessing talent I'm really not worried at all because ever since Sleepy Mark took over he always seems to have the uncanny knack for being able to not just look at a kids strengths but also the ability to figure out wether the club can develop their weaknesses to a point they won't end up mattering. It also helps that all of our other departments let the recruiting / drafting team do their jobs without interfering which shouldn't understated (i.e. see how the scum go about it or vintage Clarko)

 

[Bugs1977]

The one without the vowels.

He got through life without them. He's strng.

I think we've found a winner on the nickname for this kid

 

[Blackhawk42]

I really like this guy.

A pure athlete and footballer. Must be some type of intel on his potential draft number. Could it be us?

 

[MasterSamurai]

Few pages back, I put up Greeves numbers this year. They are not all that different to the more highly touted sharp. Plus, sharp won the Larke medal with Greeves finishing second a vote behind. This is not to say that we should take him at ten, just that I don't see a speck of difference between the two. NHH Marsh Grjl and Lindsay/Farrow are still my choices at ten with Ollie hopefully still available at 22.
This draft has about 20 potential AFL level types excluding the academy, f/s and NGA players. I'd like for us to shift 22 into the teens or if we're looking to swap our FF into this draft, then just do that and take 3 youngsters and worry about next year when we get there as I don't think we'll be that interested in any more drafts for a while.

 

[MercurialHawk26]

The one without the vowels.

He got through life without them. He's strng.

Strange?

 

[TylerDurden]

I doubt we’d take more than a few seconds to scream Grlj’s name out.

100%
Suits our gamestyle perfectly.

 

[yeahmate]

We might have trouble with the pronunciation is all… Not a name you want to tackle phonetically…

 

[Davo-27]

Talk is Melb are taking Nairn

The media love linking garbage players like Farrow to us, i hope Mark McKenzie doesn't do it, we dodged a bullet with Liam Stocker

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Liam Stocker

Age

25

Ht

184cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

MG

180.0

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.6

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

MG

180.0

3star

, Braeden Campbell ect, please dodge the Farrow bullet

 

[daniel23]

Talk is Melb are taking Nairn

The media love linking garbage players like Farrow to us, i hope Mark McKenzie doesn't do it, we dodged a bullet with Liam Stocker, Braeden Campbell ect, please dodge the Farrow bullet

If sharp is off the table are you taking greaves at 10 Or would you go grjl?

 

[Davo-27]

If sharp is off the table are you taking greaves at 10 Or would you go grjl?

Richmond are likely to take Grlj, if available he would be a great pick up for us, Greeves might slide to 20s

 

[CHUBBSS]

This is pretty slow, no?

Top times are normally around 6min

 

[MasterSamurai]

Talk is Melb are taking Nairn

The media love linking garbage players like Farrow to us, i hope Mark McKenzie doesn't do it, we dodged a bullet with Liam Stocker, Braeden Campbell ect, please dodge the Farrow bullet

Wow Davo , you really don't rate that kid do you? I trust in your judgement so I'm gonna see if I can do another deep dive into this kids credentials as a AFL level player. Looked quite good as a attacking half back from what I remember although calls for him to be a mid does seem a stretch.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Wow Davo , you really don't rate that kid do you? I trust in your judgement so I'm gonna see if I can do another deep dive into this kids credentials as a AFL level player. Looked quite good as a attacking half back from what I remember although calls for him to be a mid does seem a stretch.

Personally I don't feel like he'll have too much trouble converting to the midfield. Has clean hands and can evade a tackle.

Looks class to me.

Definitely happy to simply hold a difference of opinion though.

 

[sohsam]

100%
Suits our gamestyle perfectly.

The knocks on him are his disposal is not that great and does not do enough inside mid work, must be more of an outsider runner like I Smith but surely you would want good disposal before selecting him. Each of them, Greeves, Dovaston different, obviously Grlj is higher rated player than those two, so his disposal cannot be that bad.

 

[sohsam]

I'll take whoever MM picks.

Yep, they are all pretty good players, such luxury to even have that choice. Each serves a different purpose. If our main purpose is to add to midfield than greeves but as others said he should be available with our second, so maybe one of the other two.

 

[sohsam]

Talk is Melb are taking Nairn

The media love linking garbage players like Farrow to us, i hope Mark McKenzie doesn't do it, we dodged a bullet with Liam Stocker, Braeden Campbell ect, please dodge the Farrow bullet

you seem to have very strong feelings on farrow, most of us wanted to pick him up with our first as had the highest ceiling, the bull in the middle ahead of sharp, cumming. He is still rated up there with Cal, but I get it, if someone has some intel on player, know him personally, that do not think will make it, that cal does not know, then that is a good thing. Cal rates Nairn pick 25, obviously not that highly, these ratings and where clubs might pick up players are different story.

 

[DrAbs]

Talk is Melb are taking Nairn

The media love linking garbage players like Farrow to us, i hope Mark McKenzie doesn't do it, we dodged a bullet with Liam Stocker, Braeden Campbell ect, please dodge the Farrow bullet

Media love linking garbage players with everyone. But I love how you're calling Campbell garbage, when we went on and picked up hot trash in DGB!

Farrow isn't that bad, he still has enough skills to be a role player at worst. Has some decent AFL qualities already.

 

[ReturningHawk]

Lachy Dovaston for me. Streets ahead of anyone else available at our pick in terms of consistency and impact.