Review 2025 National Draft Thread | Dovaston #16 / Thredgold #26 / Mikunda #48

[CURVE]

Well, that's deflating.

 

[hilly]

Small mid/hf fetish

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Imagine melting over a third round pick in the most compromised and one of the weaker drafts ever.

 

[Psi-Roos]

Oh Brady. You were doing so well. I understand personal compulsion can be overwhelming. And an undersized midfielder is your kryptonite.

 

[Wild Bill]

Scap that. Looks a gun!!

 

[Friday Night Lights]

Ludo looking to emulate the great [PLAYERCARD]Josh Schache[/PLAYERCARD]

 

[hilly]

Imagine melting over a third round pick in the most compromised and one of the weaker drafts ever.

'Melting'

 

[speedy]

Land of the ****en short people. WTF

 

[RooInNorthLondon]

Seems clear we are committed to Whitlock forward and obviously rate Trembath as we have not felt the need to take a tall. In contrast our staff clearly hate our current small/half forwards.

 

[trooroo4life]

From a list balance perspective makes no sense at all. What’s the obsession with half forwards like Spargo and Mikunda that don’t kick goals?

A very strange one. KPF’s available, big bodied mids available and we’ve gone a 180cm flanker… insane.

 

[Friday Night Lights]

Poor Archie was dropping the kids at the pool

 

[winalotroos]

I waited all night for ?….

Well it was a late pick anything could happen

 

[perplexed]

I went too early with the Temu mid comment.

Hugo is from Pandamart

 

[Dinkers]

The Lion king -Hakuna mattata

That's the one I meant lol

 

[Topparoo]

 

[DarkPhoenix]

The last 2 pages of this thread doesn't diminish what we've done, overall still a very successful draft period.

At this point in the draft its all speculative, but it seems an absolutely bizarre choice to make with what was still available.

 

[Wild Bill]

Ludo just broke down crying. No sooks for the shin boners.

 

[Sphynx]

In isolation the pick is fine.

The list management though…

Why the hell would you resign Cooper if you thought Dovaston was a live option and you modeled taking a second small forward later in the draft? After trading for Spargo…

 

[zoomba23]

Yeah that actually makes me a bit grumpy. We watch our team run out looking smaller than the opposition week in week out and then when presented with the opportunity to select a genuinely solid prospect above 6'2 (multiple, even), under absolutely no pressure, we do that. Norf gonna Norf

 

[giantroo]

 

[roopdog]

Make pick and the first thing the presenters say is high half forward at AFL level.

Because clearly that was a hole we needed to fill.

I do not understand our list management strategy.

Might match the game plan. Lots of midsize goal kickers in the forward line who can kick them

 

[kanga kanga kanga]

Archie will be a absolute gun, means a lot to him clearly

 

[Tas]

Imagine melting over a third round pick in the most compromised and one of the weaker drafts ever.

Yep, third rounder are a low probability even in strong draft.

 

[hoffseason gains 01]

In isolation the pick is fine.

The list management though…

Why the hell would you resign Cooper if you thought Dovaston was a live option and you modeled taking a second small forward later in the draft?

Agreed - a lot of faith in our current crop of defenders to not take a punt on a half back.

 

[Shinboner roo]

Who was left or best available left at pick 48?