Hot Topic 2016 DRAFT

[RudyBlue]

If we want good kicks we draft SPS

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SPS at 5
SPP at 25

 

[FlowersByIrene]

SPS at 5
SPP at 25

SPP has quality disposal for an inside mid i feel. Makes me wonder why he's not rated higher.

To be honest. I think he could be in the top 12 players in the draft.

Got 30/30 on the goal kicking test as well.

Will be a gun. Hoping against hope he is there at 25

 

[Red Bull]

Just judge the kicking from how you see it, the stats can be so deceiving.

Now there's a novel idea ...

 

[thylacine60]

Will Brodie has some of these I feel

Then it's a no for me, David.

 

[TerryWallet]

Safe to say you're anti-Brodie at #5 huh Arrow?

I don't know whether it'll be a guide as to who we eventually choose at 5, but i do recall an interview with Trigg when he was discussing possible interest on Jaeger a few weeks before tradeweek. He stated we were very very likely to keep #5 and that we were after a high quality hybrid mid/forward who had inside/outside skills.

Now to me, that describes Setterfield, Petrevski-Seton, Taranto, Ainsworth probably more than Brodie.

Like most people i'm torn on who i'd pick, but maybe we should take note of what our CEO actually has said. It's probably our only hint so far.

I really like Brodie, but Crippa is such a pig around the contest that another pig may be surplus. A more rounded type might be what's required as a partner for Crippa.

I really think our whole midfield rebuild will be built around a once in each generation 1st ball winner like Cripps. Cunningham looked like he spent the whole year last year learning spreading patterns at speed.

Adding a really rounded type like Setterfield, SPS or Taranto might be the next stage.

 

[Jimmae]

SPP has quality disposal for an inside mid i feel. Makes me wonder why he's not rated higher.

To be honest. I think he could be in the top 12 players in the draft.

Got 30/30 on the goal kicking test as well.

Will be a gun. Hoping against hope he is there at 25

I worry about picking SPP (though he may not be there at 25). Reminds me a lot of Grigg.

 

[The Smoking Gun]

SPP has quality disposal for an inside mid i feel. Makes me wonder why he's not rated higher.

To be honest. I think he could be in the top 12 players in the draft.

Got 30/30 on the goal kicking test as well.

Will be a gun. Hoping against hope he is there at 25

Was played often as HBF & HFF during the year & U18 champs to make him a more rounded player. Means you don't need to always bench him when he's not on the ball. There's a lot of really good prospects in the top 30 tbh. Both SPP & SPS were pretty good in the All Stars game as was Taranto & Oliver Florent (there's another one).

Can't understand the hype around English or Marshall apart from their height, because they're both bog ordinary.

 

[DangerousD]

Does anyone have any stats on Jarrod Berry? I like the look of him and it seems his draft range has slid due to injury and lack of games

 

[Arr0w]

Safe to say you're anti-Brodie at #5 huh Arrow?

I don't know whether it'll be a guide as to who we eventually choose at 5, but i do recall an interview with Trigg when he was discussing possible interest on Jaeger a few weeks before tradeweek. He stated we were very very likely to keep #5 and that we were after a high quality hybrid mid/forward who had inside/outside skills.

Now to me, that describes Setterfield, Petrevski-Seton, Taranto, Ainsworth probably more than Brodie.

Like most people i'm torn on who i'd pick, but maybe we should take note of what our CEO actually has said. It's probably our only hint so far.

I really like Brodie, but Crippa is such a pig around the contest that another pig may be surplus. A more rounded type might be what's required as a partner for Crippa.

I really think our whole midfield rebuild will be built around a once in each generation 1st ball winner like Cripps. Cunningham looked like he spent the whole year last year learning spreading patterns at speed.

Adding a really rounded type like Setterfield, SPS or Taranto might be the next stage.

I agree, it is where the game is heading. Players have to have more than one string to their bow, unless they are elite in one position.

Our trading and drafting under SOS & co. has changed for the better, a clear strategy for more agility, speed and versatility in every position. We are on the right path.

No mate, not anti Brodie at all. Think he will have a solid career, 150-200 games.

Drafting as changed dramatically over the years. The best thing people can do is go back and review the last 5 years of drafting. Have a look at the top 10 in each of those years, there is not a Brodie anywhere in sight. And please people, don't say Wines, he was a goal kicking mid with very good poise and kicking skills, even though he is a bull

Brodie will get taken in the top 10, due to GC having 4 picks.

I want more than Brodie for a player at pick 5

 

[Jimmae]

Does anyone have any stats on Jarrod Berry? I like the look of him and it seems his draft range has slid due to injury and lack of games

http://websites.sportstg.com/nfnn/t...D=198475525&client=1-118-58937-392809-8069908

U18 Championships Stats for each match are on the AFL site.

 

[Sector 7G]

I worry about picking SPP (though he may not be there at 25). Reminds me a lot of Grigg.

SPP doesn't look like he is afraid of his own shadow though.

 

[Jimmae]

SPP doesn't look like he is afraid of his own shadow though.

Very true, which means he'll be much more capable inside, but I was more referring to him being a booming long kick for goal, but much more inconsistent with shorter disposals.

Grigg has always had that about him as well.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Brodie's disposal efficiency should be much higher than that when you are comparing it to Taranto, given how high his handball to kick ratio is

Kicking efficiency at the champs was pretty much the same and Brodie had more of a contested game.

 

[Sector 7G]

Very true, which means he'll be much more capable inside, but I was more referring to him being a booming long kick for goal, but much more inconsistent with shorter disposals.

Grigg has always had that about him as well.

SPP was highly rated early in the season but then didn't get enough of it and supposedly used it poorly. Seems to have addressed those issues later in the season. Does't look like he kicks it straight up in the air if pressure is close by.

 

[Beer n Skittles]

Does anyone have any stats on Jarrod Berry? I like the look of him and it seems his draft range has slid due to injury and lack of games

Berry is a half back flanker isn't he?

I think we should be targeting mids, mids & more mids. Then when Adelaide come after Gibbs again next year we'll be more prepared to be able to let him go.

 

[thylacine60]

SPS at 5
SPP at 25
DOA at 50

 

[viking12]

Think SOS and co will pick best mid player to complement Cripps

Think it will be a mid with speed and clean possession

 

[GoBlues!]

Safe to say you're anti-Brodie at #5 huh Arrow?

I don't know whether it'll be a guide as to who we eventually choose at 5, but i do recall an interview with Trigg when he was discussing possible interest on Jaeger a few weeks before tradeweek. He stated we were very very likely to keep #5 and that we were after a high quality hybrid mid/forward who had inside/outside skills.

Now to me, that describes Setterfield, Petrevski-Seton, Taranto, Ainsworth probably more than Brodie.

Like most people i'm torn on who i'd pick, but maybe we should take note of what our CEO actually has said. It's probably our only hint so far.

I really like Brodie, but Crippa is such a pig around the contest that another pig may be surplus. A more rounded type might be what's required as a partner for Crippa.

I really think our whole midfield rebuild will be built around a once in each generation 1st ball winner like Cripps. Cunningham looked like he spent the whole year last year learning spreading patterns at speed.

Adding a really rounded type like Setterfield, SPS or Taranto might be the next stage.

I think we'll go for Taranto....not for the logical reasons you've pointed out but for the headline.

Taranto helps direct the Blues into the (hateful) Eight.

 

[Arr0w]

Kicking efficiency at the champs was pretty much the same and Brodie had more of a contested game.

Haven't seen the KE from the champs, only the DE. No doubt Brodie had more CP, it's the only position he plays

 

[Smegger]

SPS at 5
SPP at 25

I rate these two high but i wonder if now having Pickett slides SPS down the wish list? SPP would be a good get if available.

 

[Old navy]

Brodie under more pressure? That is a bit of a fallacy, given that Taranto would have come in for constant close checking as a forward.

I make allowances for guys like Brodie, banging the ball on his boot from a clearance, as I do for forwards snapping at goal under pressure.

Where I don't make allowances is for guys like Brodie, when they have clear air and struggle to hit consistent targets. Taranto rated in the top 5 for clearances behind Clarke and Brodie, not bad for a guy that spends only 50% of his time through the middle.

I am not saying Brodie is not a good footballer, I am saying he does not warrant pick 5 selection given he is only an inside mid, with minimal hurt factor by foot and rarely hits the scoreboard.

Compare that to the likes of a Taranto that has added more strings to his bow and can kick multiple goals in a game

Given what SOS has traded for in the last 2 years, as well as what we picked up in the 2015 draft, I would be surprised if we drafted Brodie at 5

Brodie is pretty impressive overhead mark, he's set shot does need some work but he can definitely go forward and have an impact.
In TAC cup GF if he kicked straight could have had 3 or 4 goals easily.
Cripps is only a inside mid and he would be worth a top 5 pick.

 

[Foucault1989]

Do people realise what will be available at those later picks? How many sub Nick Grahams do you think the club can use? It's the time to grab the best of the speculative types before someone else does, they'll take time but it's better than drafting players with a lower 'ceiling' that won't make it anyway. The first two or three picks are the only ones worth taking a sober approach to.

Absolute rubbish! I actually don't think we have one player on our list from between the 2008 - 2012 drafts. Why? Because we always take pretty, athletic outsiders who are not natural footballers. Our draft record is a joke. I am proposing changing our approach, you are proposing more weak outsiders who go missing week after week.

 

[Foucault1989]

If kicking skills are a must Taranto would be pretty low on my list, out of all the players who may be available at 5 he is worst field kick by far.
SPS Scrimshaw and Anisworth all have those really high level foot skills that you would expect from a high draft pick.

From what I've seen Taranto's two way running is non existent. I keep hearing how he is a contested beast but I'm yet to see that. At this point he looks like a flashy half forward who might be able to pinch hit in the middle. Pass at pick 5 for me

 

[Arr0w]

Brodie is pretty impressive overhead mark, he's set shot does need some work but he can definitely go forward and have an impact.
In TAC cup GF if he kicked straight could have had 3 or 4 goals easily.
Cripps is only a inside mid and he would be worth a top 5 pick.

Could of had 3, but he kicked 3 points, perhaps backing up the argument that he needs a lot of work

Please don't even try and compare the two, Cripps was far superior even in his draft year

 

[Arr0w]

From what I've seen Taranto's two way running is non existent. I keep hearing how he is a contested beast but I'm yet to see that. At this point he looks like a flashy half forward who might be able to pinch hit in the middle. Pass at pick 5 for me

May I ask how many games you have watched?