AFL Player # 2: Sam Draper

[Dave]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 20, TheUnicorn

 

[The Devils Advocate]

I hope he fixes that ball drop, he drops it from his nostrils.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Good again today, not quite as good as he was against the Hawk but still impressive. But his kicking does need a lot of work.

 

[blitzer]

I'm beginning to think he may not be the Matthew Lloyd replacement we thought he would be.

Jokes aside as an actual ruckman and in terms of impact around the clearances he's coming along really well.
In the offseason if he can work on his set shot ball drop so that maybe he can nail some of those 30m or less kicks that will be a huge bonus.

 

[Blind Turn]

He made one very stupid error at one point, with the game in the balance, which tells me he’s still got a lot of work to do on his footy smarts/awareness. With all of our centre square midfielders on the offensive side of him, and as the ball came loose toward him, he ran past the ball to make contact with the oncoming North player which simply opened up the corridor for the North players behind him. A goal resulted from memory. He had to take possession in that situation and keep our midfielders in the contest.

 

[RearNaked]

Mvp of the team song two weeks in a row

 

[Desync]

Please have my babies you big beautiful man.

 

[TheFrenchCut]

Wright was brilliant, but bloody hell, some of the most pure tapwork you'll see. Took English to the cleaners.

 

[Old Campaigner]

Please have my babies you big beautiful man.

back of the line

 

[BrunoV]

Arguably still BOG despite 7 straight probably be the single biggest factor in the win.

Absolutely torched English which was the way the midfield got on top (because it was otherwise getting belted head to head).

My favourite bit of play was when he gave away a free kick in the second. We had the ball going our way from a centre bounce and he ran with one of their mids, flew past a few players, and smashed that Dog giving away the free. Then there was a similar incident when he hustled English in the third.

Big game and a really good gauge of how he is tracking given he is the same age as English with about 30% of the games.

 

[bennyg12]

massive unit with a massive heart

 

[andleanback]

Rucking masterclass today

 

[cobra land]

Love an aggressive big man, makes players around him stand taller and his tap work is top notch also !

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Big game and a really good gauge of how he is tracking given he is the same age as English with about 30% of the games.

A matchup you'd expect Draper to do well from though, in that English has about as much mongrel as a wet paper bag.

 

[RearNaked]

Loves a good block was scared he’d kill Daniel at some point

 

[The Devils Advocate]

We have the better English.

 

[Kyptastic]

The connection he had with Shiel, thumping the ball forward when he had the mismatch in the ruck was fantastic.

 

[NAB777]

One of the most influential (non goal-kicking forward) 11 possession games I have seen.

 

[RearNaked]

Bog in the team song yet again, will be highly surprised if someone ever manages to top him rest of his career

 

[windyhill]

Soft as butter English, Drapes chewed him up and spat him out.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

The connection he had with Shiel, thumping the ball forward when he had the mismatch in the ruck was fantastic.

Just wish Shiel kicked the ball better into F50.

 

[The Prosecutor]

 

[Megabattimus]

That hit out to set up Parish's goal was mint.

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[eth-dog]

He's not a technician like Ryder or Bellcho but he's pretty great

 

[Pleasedonot]

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The fact they have to use the ridiculous sponsors name every time they mention the AA...could this game be run by bigger tossers?

 

[ghostdog]

Thought English might be a bit soft. Draper just played Mumford a couple of weeks ago and held his own then. I reckon he'll thrive on monstering.