I know you are really really keen on him. Have you seen him play live before Danny? I haven't seen him live since U18s, and I know a lot of the draft commentators haven't seen him live, so was hoping to hear from someone who had in recent weeks. Hopefully he'll play for SF in the League finals so we can watch him on the tv. Otherwise I may have to get down and watch him in the flesh. I was impressed with him at U18s but I'm still not sure where this grand rise to top 5 pick contender has come from?
I saw him make his League debut last Saturday, he played okay, took a good contested mark, has a nice kick but he looks fairly raw. By the third quarter he seemed to be struggling with a sore right leg, played in the forward line by the end cos he was limping a bit. My opinion is he would take 2-3 years to get his bulk and fitness up to scratch.
I was listening to Cal Twomey's 'Road to the Draft' podcast on the way home today and he surveyed 6 recruiters (anonymously) and 3 of them said they'd take McLuggage first, but one of them said the gutsy pick would be to pick English cos he could end up better than all of them. They mentioned he could end up as a Dean Cox-like mobile ruckman.
I would be okay with us taking English at 3, we'd need to be patient with him if we do though.