Resource 2025 AFL Draft prospects and discussion.

[BRL121]

I heard this and now it's been said publicly on the welcome draftees video my question is this.

Why did we bid on Max King, then?

To annoy Sydney.

 

[Mutineer]

I assume they don't need to take up our invitation - would take a big punt to move to Adelaide on the hope he might get a rookie spot

Not really if you nominate for the draft you still harbour AFL aspirations obviously and it's not as though he wouldn't be welcomed back at Southport if he misses out with us?

 

[Mutineer]

To annoy Sydney.

Haha I think there's a bit of that...Kurt Tippett gone but not forgotten...Jesse White well forgotten LOL

 

[Huntercrow]

I heard this and now it's been said publicly on the welcome draftees video my question is this.

Why did we bid on Max King, then?

to keep the bastards honest.

 

[WeeBlake]

I heard this and now it's been said publicly on the welcome draftees video my question is this.

Why did we bid on Max King, then?

And why didn’t we try to trade up before pick 50?

 

[Mutineer]

And why didn’t we try to trade up before pick 50?

Probably bid because we knew Sydney had their eyes on Archie, it's no coincidence Sydney then took another very developable KPF in Liam Hetherton as a prelisted rookie

 

[Elder van Berlo]

Makes perfect sense to me given Sydney then took another very developable KPF Liam Hetherton who like Ludowyke had faced an injury restricted top age draft year but even moreso. Pretty obviously we had decent intel Sydney were going to nab Archie Ludowyke before us and thus get both Max King and Archie if we didn't bid, we'd have also have been certain Sydney would match their highly rated player King given how far he'd slipped. Both Ludowyke and Hetherton were that highly rated coming into the season they were both AFL Academy invitees.

Huh? It was our turn. How could Sydney nab Ludowyke before us?

 

[Golumless]

I heard this and now it's been said publicly on the welcome draftees video my question is this.

Why did we bid on Max King, then?

I do wonder how clubs assess/approach academy picks. Like, are they properly on the talent list or is it some weird alternate list of "its not really an option, but test the waters if we're here" kind of deal.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Probably bid because we knew Sydney had their eyes on Archie, it's no coincidence Sydney then took another very developable KPF in Liam Hetherton as a prelisted rookie

yeah but they couldn't stop us from taking Archie

 

[Mutineer]

Huh? It was our turn. How could Sydney nab Ludowyke before us?

Settling some old scores seems to have been on the agenda then given the Kurt Tippett scenario and Sydney's carry on over the Dawson PSD threat.

 

[DaKids]

Is number 38 the other boy having a shot at the last spot? If it is I tell you what he’d want to get out of 1st gear. Number 40 was motoring.

I know who I’d prefer just watching that .

 

[Mutineer]

Is number 38 the other boy having a shot at the last spot? If it is I tell you what he’d want to get out of 1st gear. Number 40 was motoring.

I know who I’d prefer just watching that .

#38

That was Sholl's number wasn't it, didn't look like Sholl?

 

[DaKids]

#38

That was Sholl's number wasn't it, didn't look like Sholl?

Looked like the new one Foot to my eyes. Could well be wrong. Whoever it was got shown up

 

[Golumless]

Is number 38 the other boy having a shot at the last spot? If it is I tell you what he’d want to get out of 1st gear. Number 40 was motoring.

I know who I’d prefer just watching that .

Yup, 38 looks like Zach Foot, going off his Southport photos.

 

[Mutineer]

Looked like the new one Foot to my eyes. Could well be wrong. Whoever it was got shown up

If it is Foot geez he's bulked up plenty since his Dandenong Stingrays days

 

[Mutineer]

Was #4 Cal Ah Chee out there today?

 

[Mutineer]

I wonder if Shane Edwards

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Shane Edwards

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78kg

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welcoming the players to the club 2 days ago might signify a changing of the guard in our recruiting team though Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor

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52

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173cm

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76kg

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17.1

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is the more senior recruiter on the team?

 

[bigman]

Was #4 Cal Ah Chee out there today?

Not today, isn’t due back until next week.

 

[Mutineer]

Not today, isn’t due back until next week.

According to Zero Hanger Brisbane were returning on November 7 which seemed odd for a Grand Finalist, Geelong on November 21?

When does your club return to pre-season training?

Nine clubs will return to the track today. See when your club begins pre-season training.

www.zerohanger.com

 

[bigman]

According to Zero Hanger Brisbane were returning on November 7 which seemed odd for a Grand Finalist, Geelong on November 21?

When does your club return to pre-season training?

Nine clubs will return to the track today. See when your club begins pre-season training.

www.zerohanger.com

Yeah that info is definitely wrong.

Ah Chee himself said December 1 for him. All the boys will be back, pretty sure it will be time trial day.

 

[Floating Doughnut]

By gee he is very slight, difficult with the camera angle but Zach is behind him and looks considerably bigger.

 

[UcantCme]

inwoukdnt be surprised if the club offer Foot the SSP spot as he is more AFL ready and get McGuane over to play in the Crows sanfl team with the option of to rookie him in 2026

 

[BunjiMac]

If he was 0.06 seconds faster he'd be in the top 10 of all time.

Thats 60 milliseconds. Like, a 16th of a second. At an olympic sprinters max speed (which those guys probably don't hit in only 20m?) we're talking somewhere in the realm of 20 centimeters ahead.

I don't know how they actually measure it, but just being unlucky in your stride, or sticking your hand out would easily double or triple that distance.

What are we talking about here? I'm not sure what we're arguing about. Rankine is fast as all hell.
How much does this even matter? What you really want is the Andrew McLeod, Charlie Cameron type movement. Insane acceleration for your first few steps, putting you out of arms reach.

What I'm getting at is Rankine and Tom Mcguane 20m sprint test are basically the same.

2.93

Mitch Stevens is even quicker at 2.88.

Watching McGuane and Stevens play, I don't think you'd say speed are their weapons.

Rankine's is clearly.

So I don't think it's all in your 20m test result.

There's a way in which you apply your speed which makes it a weapon and is not just about straight line speed.

 

[Crow till I die]

Not sure if this was posted but it seems we offered this years and next years 1st rounders for Richmonds second pick for Sharp. We also offered for Essendons pick 13 which i knew but didn't know we had also offered it to Richmond. So regardless, it looks like we did try to make things happen on the night but this time it didn't happen.

Inside the draft: The 'Grlj spill', Sharp chase and Dees' perfect Pickett plan

Callum Twomey takes a closer look at the wheeling and dealing behind the scenes at the 2025 Telstra AFL Draft

www.afl.com.au

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

inwoukdnt be surprised if the club offer Foot the SSP spot as he is more AFL ready and get McGuane over to play in the Crows sanfl team with the option of to rookie him in 2026

Thinking the same thing, like the look of both of them