Resource 2025 AFL Draft prospects and discussion.

[daniel_4tw]

Would have taken Greeves. Really like Hawks draft.

 

[Scorpus]

First three guys taken that weren't already aligned with a club - Rodriguez, Onley, Kickett. Greeves taken after that as well.

Hetherton is aligned to Sydney and went to them as a Cat B

 

[cmndstab]

And a pass for us to finish our draft.

 

[WeeBlake]

Hetherton is aligned to Sydney and went to them as a Cat B

Hetherton Cat B? How?

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

This off season as felt very vanilla from us.

I am still dead keen on rolling the dice with Hollands though (if possible through SSP) , even more so after the double forward recruiting drive in the draft.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Do clubs not want the reputation of breaking a promise to a player? Not sure relisting Welsh was needed after last night

 

[cmndstab]

Do clubs not want the reputation of breaking a promise to a player? Not sure relisting Welsh was needed after last night

I can't imagine it would be a great look if we take a contracted player, ask him to let us delist and re-rookie him, and then cut him loose.

Almost no other players went after him anyway. Clubs clearly don't see the remaining players as worth much.

 

[Scorpus]

Couple of those highly touted kids from the draft pool don't get picked at all

 

[Danger Zone]

NATIONAL COMBINE INVITES that missed out on a list spot anywhere, some might be a chance for training as a SPP:

Tairon Ah-Mu
Oskar Ainsworth
Sam Ainsworth (AA) (SA)
Thomas Burton
Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves
Louis Kellaway (SA)
Taj Murray
Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier (SA)
Isaac Waller
Wesley Walley

 

[Mutineer]

Would have taken Greeves. Really like Hawks draft.

I'd have taken Onley way more current day midfield attributes than Greeves. Top end speed, top end hops clean hands that enable him to get above tacklers and 195cm and already solidly built.

Taj Murray I think gets on an AFL list at some point.

 

[Danger Zone]

Hibbins-Hargreaves and Oudshoorn-Bennier probably the biggest surprises of the lot. People are afraid of the hyphens most likely.

 

[Scorpus]

Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves

This is the guy that can't run and so no clubs wanted him right?

 

[jackster83]

Any idea on who we take as a train on player?

 

[Eagleboy2011]

NATIONAL COMBINE INVITES that missed out on a list spot anywhere, some might be a chance for training as a SPP:

Tairon Ah-Mu
Oskar Ainsworth
Sam Ainsworth (AA) (SA)
Thomas Burton
Noah Chamberlain
Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves
Louis Kellaway (SA)
Taj Murray
Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier (SA)
Isaac Waller
Wesley Walley

Ainsworth Looks better than ROB.

 

[ams4crows]

Should have taken Onley as well in the preseason draft, we had a spot available

 

[Danger Zone]

Ainsworth Looks better than ROB.

SA lads Oudshoorn-Bennier and Ainsworth might be worth a look I reckon.

Guessing it will be someone a bit our of the box though, like Murray was.

 

[Peter Doherty]

SA lads Oudshoorn-Bennier and Ainsworth might be worth a look I reckon.

Guessing it will be someone a bit our of the box though, like Murray was.

They make great speakers.

 

[MarkmyCrow]

This off season as felt very vanilla from us.

I am still dead keen on rolling the dice with Hollands though (if possible through SSP) , even more so after the double forward recruiting drive in the draft.

Getting marsh , ahchee , cotton and ludowyke for 23 and 49 while losing no one is vanilla ?

Hardly

Also glad didn’t just draft a mid for sake of it , no point having multiple Berry level mids

Hopefully get one next year draft / trade

 

[Danger in Texas]

Give me BOB as a train on

 

[MarkmyCrow]

NATIONAL COMBINE INVITES that missed out on a list spot anywhere, some might be a chance for training as a SPP:

Tairon Ah-Mu
Oskar Ainsworth
Sam Ainsworth (AA) (SA)
Thomas Burton
Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves
Louis Kellaway (SA)
Taj Murray
Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier (SA)
Isaac Waller
Wesley Walley

Waller 204cm ruck , BOB and Kellaway all worth a look as a train on

 

[StonesThrow]

Yep. It was noticeable that ball winning with no other real attributes (pace, skills, etc) is no longer desirable. I think that was also proven with the delistings of Philips and Hobbs

Clubs want players for the transition game - and they want specialists with the skills for that style. Gone are the days of putting anyone on the wing or half back.

Players with no versatility (eg no second position) are also not desirable any more. Can't be an inside mid that rotates to the bench, you have to be able to play a forward role or something else

Hobbs got delisted?

 

[Scorpus]

Hobbs got delisted?

Yep. Potentially training on at Gold Coast to win a spot back

 

[TBM]

Would have taken Greeves. Really like Hawks draft.

Me too, Jack Dalton looks a player too.

Greeves will definitely surprise a few. Smart club the Hawks in taking a punt.

Very vanilla from us not taking a risk and attempting to bolster the midfield outside of a Hail Mary attempt for Sharp. Time will tell if we invite any to train-on

 

[Danger Zone]

Waller 204cm ruck , BOB and Kellaway all worth a look as a train on

Should invite Tairon Ah-Mu, Waller, Ainsworth and every other undrafted decent Ruck prospect and have them duke it out for three weeks Last man standing gets a SPP spot.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

Getting marsh , ahchee , cotton and ludowyke for 23 and 49 while losing no one is vanilla ?

Hardly

Also glad didn’t just draft a mid for sake of it , no point having multiple Berry level mids

Hopefully get one next year draft / trade

I question if getting two young forwards while retaining Welsh is great list management, when we have a screaming need for a midfielder.

Maybe there isnt a midfielder out there but I would have preferred we rolled the dice rather than go back to Welsh, we have a decent sample size there, hence the vanilla call.