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List Mgmt. 2017 draft thread

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i'd like to see the tigers be bold and take the best available American giant out of those who get invited to trial in September. we missed out on mason cox over a measly 20grand. he could be very handy right about now with our forward entries he'd have a greater output than at the magpies with there slow entries. They cost next to nothing and if we're dumb enough to pay a well cooked maric 350grand down the toilet why not take the punt?
 
richoplzbreed said:
i'd like to see the tigers be bold and take the best available American giant out of those who get invited to trial in September. we missed out on mason cox over a measly 20grand. he could be very handy right about now with our forward entries he'd have a greater output than at the magpies with there slow entries. They cost next to nothing and if we're dumb enough to pay a well cooked maric 350grand down the toilet why not take the punt?
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Mason Cox is slow and awful.
 
fargothegreat said:
Mason Cox is slow and awful.
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A POTENTIAL ruckman who blitzed the 20m sprint is among four American athletes to be invited to travel to trial for AFL clubs in September.

College basketballer Drew Martin won an invitation to head to Australia following a brilliant few days of testing at the International Combine in Los Angeles earlier this year.

The 22-year-old, who stands 201cm and 92kg, proved his athleticism by recording a stunning time of 2.85 seconds in the 20m sprint. The all-time combine record is 2.75 seconds (by former Gold Coast player Joel Wilkinson in 2010), but Martin's time puts him in elite company.

Cullen Russo (from Fresno State University), Zac Allman (Vanguard University) and Stephen Bennett (Texas Southern University) are the other US prospects to have won an invitation to test their wares in front of AFL clubs. All are above 200cm as the AFL looks to find more ruckmen and key position players out of America.

Bennett showed his aerial prowess by winning the relative and absolute running vertical jumps tests at the combine, while Allman finished in the top five for the repeat sprints and running vertical jump.

In the past the American hopefuls have attended the national NAB AFL Draft Combine at Etihad Stadium in October, but this year they will trial in the weeks earlier so the clubs can concentrate on assessing their talent without having the 2017 draft pool in attendance.

They will be advised closely during their stay by Port Adelaide premiership coach and former GWS and Richmond assistant Mark Williams, who has taken on a role within the AFL's talent division.

Carlton and Hawthorn were the only clubs to send recruiters to oversee the combine, but the AFL is hopeful there will continue to be interest in signing the Americans as category B rookies given the development of other US recruits, including Mason Cox at Collingwood
 

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richoplzbreed said:
i'd like to see the tigers be bold and take the best available American giant out of those who get invited to trial in September. we missed out on mason cox over a measly 20grand. he could be very handy right about now with our forward entries he'd have a greater output than at the magpies with there slow entries. They cost next to nothing and if we're dumb enough to pay a well cooked maric 350grand down the toilet why not take the punt?
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Should fold the club for this. Disgraceful.
 
rammbo said:
Missed the target or made poor decisions a hell of a lot in those highlights .
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He might have missed some targets but he hit some beauties as well. Sometimes he tried to bite of more than he could chew, but rather that than the safe option always. Attacking mindset.
 
captain cotch 9 said:
Are there any kids under injury clouds like Lever & Burton that would probably go top 5 but may slip due to injuries?
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Their limbs will fall off if we take that risk :D
 
Naish is still a kid! He will continue to make mistakes, but that can be said for all u/18's.

I think Noah Balta is our go as well as Naish. Kid is huge, can play at both ends of the ground as a KPP and with all the big boys in this year's draft will drop into the teens, whereas last year he'd be top ten.

We need a runner, definitely one KPP but preferably two and a ruck from this years drafts bare minimum.
 
hahaha landsberger saying naish will cost us "more than one of our first picks"

get ****ed lmfao
 
Any reason why Aiden Domic isn't part of our Academy Bishop ?

I thought the GWV was part of our zone?
 

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http://m.afl.com.au/news/2017-07-27/top-draft-prospect-set-for-knee-surgery

What do people reckon about Darcy Fogarty? An article I read about him has him at 193cm and 90 kg.

Is a Ben Mitchell Medallist or something like that, which is what Joe Daniher, Josh Kelly and Jacob Weitering were. Although I don't know what it means, it looks like good player company. Could be very useful as a forward/midfielder with that height and size. While having been touted as a possible no.1 draft pick, his season-ending surgery means that he could slip quite a lot, so I would like our recruiters to be paying attention on this one.

What do people who follow the 2017 draft candidates reckon?
 
Lsta062 said:
http://m.afl.com.au/news/2017-07-27/top-draft-prospect-set-for-knee-surgery

What do people reckon about Darcy Fogarty? An article I read about him has him at 193cm and 90 kg.

Is a Ben Mitchell Medallist or something like that, which is what Joe Daniher, Josh Kelly and Jacob Weitering were. Although I don't know what it means, it looks like good player company. Could be very useful as a forward/midfielder with that height and size. While having been touted as a possible no.1 draft pick, his season-ending surgery means that he could slip quite a lot, so I would like our recruiters to be paying attention on this one.

What do people who follow the 2017 draft candidates reckon?
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Haven't followed closely this year but the talk isn't great about his work rate and effort. Had 4 touches in one game at champs.
 
Calcium Man said:
Haven't followed closely this year but the talk isn't great about his work rate and effort. Had 4 touches in one game at champs.
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Oh I see. Maybe we can get him at our later picks if he hasn't been performing that well. Probably has the talent to make it if they were talking about him as a potential number 1 pick.
 
Lsta062 said:
Oh I see. Maybe we can get him at our later picks if he hasn't been performing that well. Probably has the talent to make it if they were talking about him as a potential number 1 pick.
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Wonder if he another Francis from the bombers. Dominate tweener but no desire/work ethic
 

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Have to find a way to get a top 7 pick in my opinion in order to get this bloke.


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Haven't read into this draft crop much, but noticed Sam Hayes as a ruck fwd being there or abouts as a pick 10 or so. Dependent on requirements of teams below. Is he any good, would he be worth trading picks together to try and secure a higher pick for?
 

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