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Welcome With Pick 24 Geelong Football Club Selects Harley Barker

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“I like to get the ball on the outside and use my speed. Decision making and kicking combined are probably my strongest points.”

 

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Appreciate it mate. My mentality tends to just lead to ragebaiting people on the internet, so it's good to see Harley's got that in spades.

Hopefully he can show it out on the field.
Lucky he doesn't have my mentality. He'd be late to training with pizza stains on his shirt, smelling like booze, and faking a hammy to get out of the 2km
 
Yeah the dempsey comparison seems to be about covering the ground. His disposal seems much more conventional.

Yeah dempsey is more mercurial. A better comparison is Duncan or someone like menegola (albeit with more speed than sam). Hes a very good mark for his size, built very strong, high endurance runner and good long kicking. I do think he will be a very decent player.
 
That goal against Vic Country where he marks, puts the foot down and then drills it from 50 just oozes quality.

Speed, power, skills, he's got all the attributes to make a footballer and he's at the best club to become a damn good one.
 
Great work as always Noobermensch. You are a treasure to bigfooty
Looks very good! Didn’t realize how fast he is (2.86s 20m). Which wohld have placed him second at the combines.

From the footage, he needs to learn how to use his pace to burn grass and territory a little more. Max and Bailey can teach him that.

Great kid and actually underrated contested side imo
 

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After watching Harley Barker highlights :
Solid skills : Good user : Hard worker : Reliable type player
Didn't see : Blistering speed : Evasive skills : X-Factor
Will be part of the Run and Carry group : Smith ; Holmes : Dempsey
Not the type of player that warrants a risky injury selection.
Selwood worked out great but got burned with Nakia Cockatoo + Lincoln McCartney
 
Looks very good! Didn’t realize how fast he is (2.86s 20m). Which wohld have placed him second at the combines.

From the footage, he needs to learn how to use his pace to burn grass and territory a little more. Max and Bailey can teach him that.

Great kid and actually underrated contested side imo
Yeah i think him being rated down on contest work could be as simple as him just not demonstrating it because he was too valuable to be used there
 
After watching Harley Barker highlights :
Solid skills : Good user : Hard worker : Reliable type player
Didn't see : Blistering speed : Evasive skills : X-Factor
Will be part of the Run and Carry group : Smith ; Holmes : Dempsey
Not the type of player that warrants a risky injury selection.
Selwood worked out great but got burned with Nakia Cockatoo + Lincoln McCartney
The highlights don’t show it but he is blistering quick. He took out a 2.86s 20m sprint early this year, which currently sits him second fastest player in this entire draft crop.
 

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this seems like a 2027 pick... and the kid gets a year with no expectations to learn from Bucks as well....

I know the doubt over the ACL is warranted and it reflects in his drafted position of 24 rather than the pre ACL top 10 talk...

but allowing for the next 15 months to recover and develop he could be a total steal.

Very IWWT type pick. Kid seems very aware and balanced. Will get some flair from Baz and Demspey and some grounding from Atkins and COS.

And if gets the 26 as expected then the number pressure will instantly drop off as its gonna be 12 months before he even puts it on a game sense.

GO Catters
 
this seems like a 2027 pick... and the kid gets a year with no expectations to learn from Bucks as well....

I know the doubt over the ACL is warranted and it reflects in his drafted position of 24 rather than the pre ACL top 10 talk...

but allowing for the next 15 months to recover and develop he could be a total steal.

Very IWWT type pick. Kid seems very aware and balanced. Will get some flair from Baz and Demspey and some grounding from Atkins and COS.

And if gets the 26 as expected then the number pressure will instantly drop off as its gonna be 12 months before he even puts it on a game sense.

GO Catters
For whatever reasons, players seemingly recover from ACLs better these days

It will be interesting seeing how Carltons top 3 pick from last year Jagga Smith goes next season after his ACL
 
this seems like a 2027 pick... and the kid gets a year with no expectations to learn from Bucks as well....

I know the doubt over the ACL is warranted and it reflects in his drafted position of 24 rather than the pre ACL top 10 talk...

but allowing for the next 15 months to recover and develop he could be a total steal.

Very IWWT type pick. Kid seems very aware and balanced. Will get some flair from Baz and Demspey and some grounding from Atkins and COS.

And if gets the 26 as expected then the number pressure will instantly drop off as its gonna be 12 months before he even puts it on a game sense.

GO Catters
I also like that we slap 26 on a mid. If we picked a kpf then there'd be expectations. Like putting 14 on COS
 

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