Recruiting AFL Draft Watch 2025 - Picks 9, 10, 13, 37

[Lore]

 

[Hazardinho]

Kickett as a rookie or ssp a possibility?

although assume the wa clubs might offer a train on spot.

Surely Richmond takes him with pick 2.

 

[Keystone agony]

I think you need to seperate role and option.

Ie Logan morris is a 3rd tall but a no1 target

Generally I’d say the main difference between your Key talls and your 3rd tall is your Keys are required to engage in more contested marking and neutralising contests where as a 3rd tall generally is more mobile and often has more isolated/1v1 matchups away from contest as an alternative target

I just dont think what's holding back Gerryn, Mcmahon from engaging in contested marking and neutralising contest compared to say a L.Morris?

I think people get too caught up in certain specifics like this. A ' 3rd tall' isnt all of a sudden not contesting and neutralising contest

I think its more the position theyre given, some would say Langford out of the goalsquare is a key fwd becaue hes heavily targeted here as a top 2 going i50

But i dont think that means Mcmahon cant play that when Langford is elsewhere (inj., different position ect) same goes for Edwards, HJ, Gerryn ect

 

[Vindicater]

Sifting through the Rookie Me Draft Guide, some decent players undrafted;

Ollie Greaves
Noah Hibbins~Hargreaves
Oskar Ainsworth
Tom Burton
Noah Chamberlain
Liam Hetherton
Louis Kellaway
Leon Kickett
Jesse Mellor
Riley Onley
Fred Rodriguez
Wes Walley
Xavier Bamert
Rory Wright
Toby Whan
Felix Kneipp
Harry Scott
Aaron Sharkie
Hunter Wright
Tom Blamires

Greaves, Hibbins-Hargreaves and Rodriguez were top ten fancies at the start of the year.

 

[Keystone agony]

Greaves, Hibbins-Hargreaves and Rodriguez were top ten fancies at the start of the year.

Max King another

Reckon Onley was rated top 20 aswell - undrafted

Cody Curtin another went late in 40s

But clubs have a better guage on this than the 'draft experts' here, clearly. Some can pick the early bloomers that may stagnate and probably dont have them as high as others do from BF

 

[fairbump_playon]

Sean Lock was a comedic genius and went far too soon.

He looked exactly like my brother who also died way too young

 

[King Patty]

Cat B rookies can only be players from unfamiliar/non traditional backgrounds for AFL footballers. Players from other sports or of foreign descent like Nguyen is/HEA could’ve been had he got through. I think the official rule is that you can’t have played in an AFL accredited competition for three years before being picked. So can’t just pick another kid out of the normal draft pool.

yeh I know.
Give Mason Fletcher a chance.
or some irish kid.

 

[Yoda_]

Disappointed in kondo selection.
Last thing we needed was another slightly undersized defender.
I would have let Huss walk.
I wonder how close they were to doing this.
Greeves, nhh and Onley not getting drafted is a surprise

Anyone you’re surprised was picked?

 

[Duckworth]

Reckon a handy draft to have at least one rookie pick in

Krasnadamskis
Wright
Bamert
NHH
Greeves
Rodriguez
Onley
Oodshorn-Bennier

All feel like draftable prospects, and that’s without considering state league mature agers like your Blamires, Voss, Scott type state leaguers that would probably have success if someone gave them a go.

This was a name I liked pre-draft. Developing Ruck would be handy and has a lot of upside. Also comes from a basketball background. Did you know Pendlebury also came from a similar background, and he went OK.

 

[eth-dog]

This was a name I liked pre-draft. Developing Ruck would be handy and has a lot of upside. Also comes from a basketball background. Did you know Pendlebury also came from a similar background, and he went OK.

Visentini

 

[King Patty]

Sifting through the Rookie Me Draft Guide, some decent players undrafted;

Ollie Greaves
Noah Hibbins~Hargreaves
Oskar Ainsworth
Tom Burton
Noah Chamberlain
Liam Hetherton
Louis Kellaway
Leon Kickett
Jesse Mellor
Riley Onley
Fred Rodriguez
Wes Walley
Xavier Bamert
Rory Wright
Toby Whan
Felix Kneipp
Harry Scott
Aaron Sharkie
Hunter Wright
Tom Blamires

AFL need to increase list sizes.

would be handy if we had been given extra rookie list spots like WCE.
even Eagles who were given 4 extra rookie list spots missed drafting some of their academy kids / father sons as they already committed rookie spots to delisted guys and were tight with list spots.

 

[IriDiuM]

AFL need to increase list sizes.

New team coming in soon will change things.

 

[King Patty]

New team coming in soon will change things.

would have made sense to increase lists sizes now by 2 spots . Then reduce them by 2 spots when tassie come in and they would have a heap of DFA to choose from with AFL Development.

 

[IriDiuM]

would have made sense to increase lists sizes now by 2 spots . Then reduce them by 2 spots when tassie come in and they would have a heap of DFA to choose from.

Too late now. But when has thinking ahead ever been an AFL House strong suit?

 

[Old Campaigner]

Too late now. But when has thinking ahead ever been an AFL House strong suit?

Depends on the topic. Super goals and stupid formats no one asked for? Absolutely

 

[jdstorm]

I just dont think what's holding back Gerryn, Mcmahon from engaging in contested marking and neutralising contest compared to say a L.Morris?

I think people get too caught up in certain specifics like this. A ' 3rd tall' isnt all of a sudden not contesting and neutralising contest

I think its more the position theyre given, some would say Langford out of the goalsquare is a key fwd becaue hes heavily targeted here as a top 2 going i50

But i dont think that means Mcmahon cant play that when Langford is elsewhere (inj., different position ect) same goes for Edwards, HJ, Gerryn ect

This is a case where size matters. 3rd talls tend to be overmatched against top tier KPD see Miocheck / Membry at the pies being less effective forwards then Mason Cox.

These guys are your AFL equivalent of the NBA movement shooter. Great at what they do but limited size and pressure mean you can only carry one

 

[fl4gd0n5]

AFL need to increase list sizes.

would be handy if we had been given extra rookie list spots like WCE.
even Eagles who were given 4 extra rookie list spots missed drafting some of their academy kids / father sons as they already committed rookie spots to delisted guys and were tight with list spots.

They shouldn’t have a system where Port Adelaide can pick zero players in the national draft.

 

[Old Campaigner]

They shouldn’t have a system where Port Adelaide can pick zero players in the national draft.

Why not? They've made their necessary list changes.

 

[Snake Charmer]

So no lists spots left. My guess is we have a few train on over summer and make a call on Marto late if he is going to miss a lot of time. Fingers crossed he doesn’t

 

[King Patty]

Rookie draft at 3.10 today, but looks like we won't have a pick.

but maybe SSP spot if Marto's knee no good.

 

[faible]

No.

Its 1 month.

BigFooty time is like player height, where a guy can be 193, or a tall 193. Which are apparently different.

 

[King Patty]

 

[King Patty]

Were there many indigenous players drafted? Pickett, Ison ??

Rodriguez and Kickett missed

Maybe the AFL need to bring in an extra indigenous rookie list spot today.

 

[Lore]

So these guys we picked up, who are they most similar to from our list?

Like is Kondo similar to Ridley?

 

[King Patty]

So these guys we picked up, who are they most similar to from our list?

Like is Kondo similar to Ridley?

Sharp - Dunkley/Viney / faster better Setterfield/Hobbs
Farrow - Wilmot /Luke Hodge / Z Johnson
Robey - Rayner/Petracca / Perkins/Langford
Kondo - Ridley

 

[Keystone agony]

This is a case where size matters. 3rd talls tend to be overmatched against top tier KPD see Miocheck / Membry at the pies being less effective forwards then Mason Cox.

These guys are your AFL equivalent of the NBA movement shooter. Great at what they do but limited size and pressure mean you can only carry one

But then that blows the whole theory

Logan Morris was their main guy and is 191, he just won a premiership, hes 191. Gallop a 5th gamer played next to him, hes 194

Edwards, Mcmahon, Harry Jones, Gerryn are all this size if not bigger and much more physically mature. Not to mention Langford is Logan Morris size

Sullivan Robey is bigger than L.Morris