So we didn't finish Top 4 and didn't bring in any elite midfield talent during Trade Week, yet three of the Top 4 teams go to the draft in a better position than us.
Good signs
Good signs
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Can we upgrade after the draft?So with picks 43, 53 and 67 who would we realistically get assuming ROB is upgraded at 89? Or do we get Jarman at 89 and upgrade ROB at 107? If so is there anyone worth getting at 89 apart from Jarman or that is a good get?
Only if long term injuriesCan we upgrade after the draft?
I'd reckon some of the SA boys would be worth a rookie spot or late draft picks if we have list space, guys like Jamie Hampton a medium mid/def with oodles of speed and X factor, Tyson Stengle a small forward that offers speed, innate goal sense and tackling pressure, Jake Pitman a 177cm inside bull with good disposal, Jackson Lee a 185cm inside/outside mid, talls like Mitch Carter and Lewis Young, Medium Mid, ball magnet Jake Commitogiani etcSo with picks 43, 53 and 67 who would we realistically get assuming ROB is upgraded at 89? Or do we get Jarman at 89 and upgrade ROB at 107? If so is there anyone worth getting at 89 apart from Jarman or that is a good get?
We need players that can attack the inside ball with speed but also use their speed to break away from packs. Not purely outside types. Bulldogs , Sydney and Hawks have plenty of these types and that's why they dominate. We need mids that have enough speed to chain link and spread but can get their hands dirty.Roo on MMM said we have enough outside run so it's pretty clear which type of midfielder we will be going for.
Please don't recruit another Hampton
One is enough
You have obviously never seen Jamie play.
Kid has genuine X Factor
No defensive game whatsoever, butYou have obviously never seen Jamie play.
Kid has genuine X Factor
Very very strong family ties to WA. His brother is in this years draft.Any chance?
Nightmare description
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/knightmares-2014-phantom-draft.1042773/
Alec Waterman - Pick 4 (WCE – F/S): One of the better performed midfielders and one for West Coast fans to get excited about. Waterman is a hard midfielder who can win his own ball inside the contest but also find it outside the contest. He’s a damaging ball user by foot with some penetration on his kick which complimented by his vision allows him to make his touches more damaging than most with the targets he can hit. He’s got an effective running game as someone who can run all day but then also be an effective burst runner.
I've seen him play a few timesYou have obviously never seen Jamie play.
Kid has genuine X Factor
So we didn't finish Top 4 and didn't bring in any elite midfield talent during Trade Week, yet three of the Top 4 teams go to the draft in a better position than us.
Good signs
I feel like he falls in that gap where we don't have a pick. 13 too high, very unlikely he's still there at 43, you'd think GWS would match that low down if he was.Wouldn't be out of the question that the AFC might have a look at Kobe Mutch IMO...
Yeah I don't think he needs enough point of difference to our midfield , super consistent player howeverI like Mutch, may be a bit similar to Mrouch though?
Must be daunting for the young draftees with some of the ridiculous questions clubs put to them during the interview process..
http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/the...k=d3d294e9b6990fd3be2eae0127209cc8-1477212933
The weirdest questions asked by AFL clubs during interviews with draftees at national combine
But on top of participating in gruelling fitness trials like the beep test and 3km time trial, as well as undertaking dozens of media interviews, aspiring draftees then also have to confront several AFL clubs in an interview environment.
And some of the questions thrown their way this year would catch almost any interviewee off-guard.
RESULTS: WHO WON WHAT AT AFL DRAFT COMBINE
While aspiring AFL players meet with clubs right throughout the season, their interviews during the national combine go to a new level.
Eastern Ranges on-baller Dylan Clarke said meetings differ greatly.
“The chats at the combine are a bit daunting,” Clarke told foxfooty.com.au.
“Some clubs have two blokes in there and more of a free-flowing conversation. Then you go into the next room and there’s seven blokes in there and they are just rapid fire questions.”
Clarke said each player had to “be prepared for anything” going into each interview, but added that you can’t afford to present yourself as someone you’re not.
“While it can be a bit daunting, you still want to enjoy the experience and make the most of it,” Clarke said.
“You don’t want to be a robot and give them structured answers that you think they want to hear. You want to answer with things that reflect your values and what you actually believe, which I think is very important.”
Clarke was one of several players during the combine that revealed tofoxfooty.com.au the weirdest questions they had been asked by clubs.
“I got a question midway through the year that was something like ‘spell quadangle backwards’ — is that even a word? It might’ve been quadrangle,” he laughed.
“Then divide 700 and something by three. It was a bit strange.”
Murray Bushrangers midfielder Will Brodie — widely tipped to be a top 10 pick come November’s national draft — also had an interesting experience.
“I’ve found there’s a lot of mind games and they throw a lot of curly questions,” Brodie said.
“One club asked me that if I was driving and my brother was in the back seat with a broken leg and I was at a red light, would I go straight through it?”
Several players’ maths skills were put to the test — Murray’s Todd Marshall claims he had to “count backwards from the 700s by 72s, so that was weird and pretty tough” — while others said they had been asked to spell some words backwards.
Will Setterfield had to spell “sausage” in reverse, Alex Witherden copped “Adelaide”, Jack Scrimshaw had “avocado” and Tim Taranto got “Washington”.
Speaking of Taranto, the Sandringham Dragons star was left startled by one club in particular.
“I can’t remember who asked it, but probably the hardest one was a club asked me to tell them every reason why they shouldn’t draft me,” Taranto said.
“I pretty much just had to list everything I was average at.”
North Ballarat’s Jarrod Berry was asked to reveal “the most illegal thing I’d done”.
“I wasn’t expecting that, it threw me for a little bit and I had to think about it,” Berry said.
Quite rightly, Berry didn’t reveal his answer to foxfooty.com.au.
And then there was Gold Coast academy prospect Jack Bowes, who was left stumped by one question during a club meeting.
“I was asked by one recruiter: ‘Why did you make the All-Australian side at the national champs this year?’ I just, you know, found that pretty funny actually,” Bowes laughed.
“I felt like saying: ‘I don’t know mate, ask the selectors.’ It’s hard to answer.”
Played mainly half back in his under age year, ordinary speed wise, very good disposal, smart footballer, only way I see us taking him is if Hamish thinks he can transition into the midfield...of the two youngsters that broke legs Jy Simpkin has far more X factor and would be my preference of the two.Thoughts on Alex Witherden, Bicks? Reckon he might be on our radar. Was asked by a club to spell "Adelaide" backwards, plays off half back and had an injury effected final year. Sounds like a Crows pick...