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Theyre not elite by foot or handWhat are his skills like?
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Theyre not elite by foot or handWhat are his skills like?
I think Weller will be really good and certainly not disappointed we scored him but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping for Lever at that pick.We had the choice of lever or Weller and chose Weller,mistake IMO as our list was screaming out for tall key position talent.If we had Lever and APearce lining up in our back six in 2017,you'd be pretty happy.
I think Weller will be really good and certainly not disappointed we scored him but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't hoping for Lever at that pick.
I think Lever would have definitely been more of a needs based pick.
Don't know about future, it does look better if lever and Mitch with us now, but then again Ross might not even give them a game if freo doing well.I was totally amazed at the time, and so was all the other club recruiters.
He was coming off a knee injury. I think we took the safe option.I was totally amazed at the time, and so was all the other club recruiters.
http://www.afl.com.au/video/2016-05-13/who-is-todd-marshall
Look at the way this kid moves
Are you a club recruiter?I was totally amazed at the time, and so was all the other club recruiters.
The strategy to get Bennell and Yarran, plus try and prise McCarthy from GCS seems fairly clear, plus we do have Apeness in the right demographics to make an impact.Oh all the typos?? Thanks Gramma nazi. How do you suggest to improve a list by being the last few picks in each round then? Cmon Eddie the expert please let us all know how you can improve a list without obvious risks
How would you turn our 2013 list into a premier and a team that continues to contest with just the late draft picks
You are kidding right? Sorry but what the hell do you expect for players like Barlow, Johnson (who could have left as a free agent), Mayne, Suban and Gu?.You have to be living in deluded land to think clubs would want to trade up to get these players when they could simply sign superior players of the same age as free agents.What we made a GF in 2013 but had no currency to upgrade picks getting rid of some players from a losing GF? You are kidding right? If you get to a GF and don't win do you sit on your hands or improve your squad??
And not very happy at GWS.Adam Tomilson is someone we should go after in the Pre Seaeson Drft. He is avearaging over 40 possessions a game at local level across the last three weeks and is uncontracted.
Looks great.
There are definitely some very good options for us early in the draft if SPS gets taken by someone else. And even at our second pick there'll be some very good talls available.
Did anyone hear the rosich interview on abc sports talk? Apparently he said we are in talks with multiple players about coming to us next season. His words were "It appears we are a destination club".
2 of those are academy players that we have zero chance of getting. I like McCluggage, he could be a #1 pick but not sure we need another inside mid.Just remember we don't have a second round pick at that this stage as we traded it to the GC - at this stage our second pick is late 30s or early 40s. Agree if we had a pick in the second round then we are still in line for some of the better KP players this year.
Assuming we had a top 4 pick, I think if SPS gets taken we might look at:
- Harrison McCraedie - Key defender (195cm) probably a CHB, good mark, decision making, skills, side step that means he brings an offensive side as well as his ability to intercept. Probably the best KP tall in the draft. Linked to the GWS academy, so would have to outbid. Type as a replacement for McPharlin.
- Jack Bowes - silky skilled midfielder (187cm) with good evasion and side step. Linked to the Brisbane academy so would have to outbid. Type to add more skill to our outside midfield.
- Hugh McCluggage - Inside midfielder (185cm) who also rolls forward. Racks up the possessions with no immediate weaknesses. Arguably has had the best year to date of the all the players in this years draft. Downside is not real elite quality.
Your argument seriously makes zero sense. Are you saying when we were looking to contend for a Premiership we should have traded veteran players? While at the same time we should have been going hard for youth to rebuild at the time we were looking to improve our list to win an elusive premiership? Trading Johno, Barlow, Mayne or any veteran player two years ago would have been seriously friggin absurd as their trade value would have been pretty minimal considering players their age could have already picked up as free agents.Oh all the typos?? Thanks Gramma nazi. How do you suggest to improve a list by being the last few picks in each round then? Cmon Eddie the expert please let us all know how you can improve a list without obvious risks
How would you turn our 2013 list into a premier and a team that continues to contest with just the late draft picks
Are you a club recruiter?[/QUOT
No.
He was coming off a knee injury. I think we took the safe option.
You suport us getting josh SimpsonThe draft was pretty even between 8-20. We could have got Durdin, Goddard and Lever, but we went for Weller.
Also, safe never gets you anywhere.
You suport us getting josh Simpson