Outside of the u16s champs these are the youngsters i like the look of
2026 draft
Albert MacGowan - Sand
Blake Justice - Cald
Darcy Szerszyn - Dand
Harrison Chapman - East
Xavier Ladbrook - Gipps (i liked him a lot in the u16s champs, not sure why i didnt add him)
Keenan Boi - Gipps (Haw NGA...
I thought I would do a Ranking List of our AFLW Team, it's an opinion thread and I encourage others to comment or make their own list of where they think each player ranks within our list...
1. Emily Bates - 28 169cm, our captain and current b&f winner, averaged over 20 disposals last year to...
i like to do these as an exercise, it creates discussion and can shine a light on who our best players are at current, it is an opinion piece so i welcome people to share their own opinions about where they think each player should be ranked
1. Dylan Moore - with Sicily, Newcombe and Day...
so i thought i would put a final list out there(unless the combine changes things), less speculating and putting names out there that i think have AFL traits and more basing the rankings on a 3 tier idea base, 1. where i rank them, 2. where i think they will go in the draft(clubs whispers and...
added my last list of rankings for the year, goes to 71 players, i'm sure a few state league players and some i may have missed will get drafted as well, i apologise if i miss any in the coming draft.
i might comment on the first round night and what i think, maybe theres a Deven Robertson or a...
i wanted to write up my thoughts on our list as it stands and noticed there were no other list management threads for this year
where we are at:
Our Starting Squad imo. (25 players)
Shaun Burgoyne - nearly at the 400 game milestone, has been more of a comforting presence as a respected veteran...
so we're at the early stages of 2021 and the win/loss record is 1-3 with some good efforts, but frustratingly similar results to last year, even though the change in personnel is massively different, here we can talk about the pros and cons that we can see within the team and what we think we...
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-11-16/boom-or-bust-we-grade-your-clubs-2014-draft-and-trade-haul
this article inspired me to look into our recruiting in recent years and what better time to recap than the period where Graeme Wright took over as head of recruiting and at some point list...
i thought i would start this thread up and add a list of players to watch out for in 2020, the Victorian Talent was a bit weak at the u16 championships so that is a concern, i have highlighted players i think are the top 30 talent going into 2020, SA seems the strongest seeing as they poached...
1. Tom Mitchell - 26 - inside mid - (Injured for the season) Brownlow Medalist, AA
2. Jaeger O'Meara - 25 - inside/outside mid - one of our better clearance players, goal kicking mid
3. James Sicily - 24 - utility(intercept defender) - intercept/rebound defender, decent one on one defending...
*Pre-Season top 40 (20th March 2019) page 3, post #63
*April Top 40 (1st April 2019) page 5, post #108
*Early May top 40 (29th April) page 10, post #235
*Top 50 - May 9th page 10, post #248
*Top 50 - May 17th page 13, post #301
*Top 50 - June 1st page 15, post #361
*Top 50 - middle of...
TOP 60 (post #203 Sept 24th 2018 before combine results)
1. Sam Walsh
2. Ben King
3. Izak Rankine
4. Nick Blakey (SYD A)
5. Jack Lukosius
6. Connor Rozee
7. Max King
8. Bailey Smith
9. Tarryn Thomas (NM NGA)
10. Xavier Duursma
11. Bailey Williams
12. Xavier O'Halloran
13. Ned McHenry
14. Zak...
In recent years we have been unwilling to make changes to our list because of the success we have had from 2011-2015 and this has led us to have an ageing list, list cloggers and a lack of youth to invest in for the next generation of Hawthorn Players
Problem 1) Ageing List, with the list we...
after skipping last years draft pool, i had some time so i thought id go over my thoughts on the draft pool this year...
Top 3 talent
Cameron Rayner - this kid has the same physique and moves as Dustin Martin, he gets a heap of the ball, is tough, can kick a goal, basically you're recruiting a...
so as AFL Fans our youngsters play in one of the best second tier comps, it would be nice for us to have access to stats on the VFL, with the previous site you had to dig through pages of raw stats and do some work, it was bad but manageable for someone with patience.
NOW the site looks more...
ok so i like to go through our list to see where our players are at and kind've rank them against each other in a Mike Sheehan type of list, its obviously opinion based so if you would like add to it comment make your own lists ect
Rank
1. T.Mitchell - has come to the club and been our best...
ok i thought i'd take a look at our list as a way to constructively critique the position in which we are in so that hopefully the club can identify these problems and hopefully make actions to rectify these problem areas in years to come
Board: It all starts at the top and we have been blessed...
so looking over some games and highlights, i decided to give a go at writing up a Phantom Draft, my opinions are a bit different to most peoples, i've been watching the draft talent for years making opinions which are usually decent, so heres my take on this years draft talent and some to watch...
ok, so there seems to be a few changes to the list coming this pre-season, more so than in recent years because of retirements, future retirements forcing changes and general salary cap issues that HFC are dealing with
here is what has happened so far:
OUT: Hale - retired, Lake - retired...
Even though we didn't pick up Harry i still wish him the best of luck in his AFL ventures with the Crows, except against us obviously
i enjoyed watching his fathers tough ruck work and especially his big hits on Peter Matera and the West Coast Eagles who were our main opponent of the early 90's...
So who do people think we should target with our first Pick at 31?, some prospects that might still be around are
Caleb Daniel 168cm 68kg - he is small, but he is highly skilled and has an elite tank he equaled Bradley Hills 16.1 in the beep test and blew people away with his elite decision...
http://www.afl.com.au/video/smart-replay?round=CD_R201401427&matchId=CD_M20140142701
anyone wanting to watch a replay of the 2014 GF, click on the link or goto the afl website and press on replay under the game info, doesn't work for anyone outside australia..........
i like to look at our list and rank players from my pov, obviously everyone has a different take on our list, but i'm posting mine and would appreciate other peoples ranking lists so i can compare and see what others think of our list and where its at
1. Mitchell - our best and most consistant...