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Game Day 2017 National Draft

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DraftBalta said:
Brent Daniels
Height
171cm

DRAFT ANALYSIS: "Brent Daniels is a nuggety midfielder who has explosive speed and good skills for a player who is predominantly inside. He can sometiems overuse the football and get caught or fumble at top speed"

OVERVIEW
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The areas of improvement from here are his tendancy to sometimes run that extra couple of metres and lose possession, as well as improving his hands on the inside.

STRENGTHS
  • Skill
  • Speed
  • Goal sense
  • Agility
Daniels is an exciting pocket rocket who started as a smart forward, but progressed into the midfield later in the season. His damaging combination of speed and skill make him able to play anywhere on the field and had it not been for his height, he could have been a running half-back as well. Often Daniels is seen bursting through the middle of the ground taking a few bounces and then kicking inside 50. He is not afraid to back himself in and take on the opposition. It was no surprise he recorded a 2.95 second 20m sprint and a 8.11 second agility test at the National Combine. He is nimble but has the strength to break tackles if required, and giving him and inch will see him take a mile.

If Daniels was 10-15cm taller, no doubt he would be in discussions as a first round selection. There is no getting past the height factor, but given he received a National Combine invite shows that clubs are willing to overlook his height. He will likely play as a small forward at AFL level and he has the brains and goal sense to play there and worry opponents. He uses his agility to break free of an opposition players’ grasp and apply scoreboard pressure, which he did often earlier in the 2017 season. He booted 13 goals from seven games with the Pioneers, but this is a more impressive stat given most of his matches later on he played predominantly through the midfield.

IMPROVEMENTS
  • Hands in close
  • Overuse of the footy
Daniels improvements are pretty straight forward and can be fixed. We won’t include the height, because that is more of a question mark and cannot be an improvement. But the two main improvements are his hands in close, and his overuse of the football. Daniels is not too dissimilar to Devon Smith in that he backs himself to take the important kick or break the lines, but sometimes it can lead to a mistake such as getting caught or dropping the ball after rushing to bounce it. While his confidence and willingness to back himself is impressive, it is an area that could be worked on to ensure he knows his limitations.

Secondly, his hands in close is just a little tweak I would like to see in the future. In space he will often handball looking for the one-two in order to use his run and carry, but when on the inside, sometimes he will handball and it is more shovelled out to space rather than necessarily to a teammate.

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*Sounds a bit more damaging than Blair
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He sounds more like like the end result of an oh-so-sexy Ménage à trois involving the "Wee Man", "Neon Leon" and "the Prince, the one who holds the last laugh, and is gifted" - I AM EXCITE WE MUST GET HIM WHATEVER IT TAKES NGGGHHHHH FAP FAP FAP NGGGGHHHH!!!

p.s. Sorry Pendles you need to pack your bags mate you're no longer a required player at AFL level - you can be our VFL vice-captain under Wee Man next year...

p.p.s. Clean up in aisle 5 - we've had another spooky ghost incident after it sounded like someone was being attacked by a tiger...
 
regpies said:
“I’d really like to go to a club like Collingwood or anywhere where there could be some opportunity to play some senior footy,” Brander told Foxfooty.com.au.

I read that as him thinking we suck and he can be playing straight up.
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I suppose it depends on whether you are ashamed of your club or not.
For me it's a simple statement of desire.
 
Notice there has been some positive comments on Aaron Naughton. Story on him here in the local paper in W.A, kids a massive pie supporter picture of his room full of Collingwood memorabilia. Are we some chance on drafting Naughton?
 
regpies said:
“I’d really like to go to a club like Collingwood or anywhere where there could be some opportunity to play some senior footy,” Brander told Foxfooty.com.au.

I read that as him thinking we suck and he can be playing straight up.
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Well, we were 13th and don’t have a key forward that’s kicked 30 goals in a season. According to the AFL fixturing mechanics we suck enough to get a very easy draw next season.
 

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I like him coming out and name dropping us. Generally through an interview process, you spend the first half deciding if you want the person, and if you do, spend the second half ‘selling the dream’ to motivate the person to jump on board.

Says to me we interviewed him, want him, sold him on the club and opportunities - and he is waiving back saying sounds good boys. You want a bloke showing up day 1 with a carrot and motivated.

I hope we don’t draft him though as I’m hoping we draft others, but I give the kid the benefit of the doubt.

Unless he thinks that cos we are shit of course. Then he can get stuffed!
 
I just think reporters ask "how would you like to play for the Pies?" For the click bait. Then turn it into something like they've brought it up. I doubt he would have brought us up on his own accord. They've just looked and seen we might pick a KPP and dropped the club's name.
 
I think Brander is a pretty good KP prospect, and if it wasn’t for that shank early in his video against Vic Metro, we’d all be a lot more excited about him.
 
The Royal Sampler said:
I think Brander is a pretty good KP prospect, and if it wasn’t for that shank early in his video against Vic Metro, we’d all be a lot more excited about him.
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I think people are just get a little turned off by his kicking which is more his action than anything as he does seem a reasonable set shot.......I'm not that worried about it as the club will be able to work on that aspect. For me it's just a matter of whether he can grow in to be a dominant forward or not or whether he turns out to be say another Jessie White.
 
dirts said:
I like him coming out and name dropping us. Generally through an interview process, you spend the first half deciding if you want the person, and if you do, spend the second half ‘selling the dream’ to motivate the person to jump on board.

Says to me we interviewed him, want him, sold him on the club and opportunities - and he is waiving back saying sounds good boys. You want a bloke showing up day 1 with a carrot and motivated.

I hope we don’t draft him though as I’m hoping we draft others, but I give the kid the benefit of the doubt.

Unless he thinks that cos we are shit of course. Then he can get stuffed!
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They will do that to all prospects around our pick that they like, because they can't be 100% certain which 5 wont be available.
 

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IMO Brander will end up like Sam Reid from Sydney an average key position player who can switch forward and back and is a good support act to a star key forward like Franklin.

I can understand why Collingwood would take him because we need more key position players.

I would be happy to use a pick between 11-20 on him but not pick 6.

I would prefer Stephenson, Coffield or Fogarty.
 
Oscar Clavarino (Might be there at 38)

Height
195cm
Weight
85kg
Current Team
Dandenong, Vic Country
Birthday
May 22, 1999
DRAFT ANALYSIS: "Oscar Clavarino is a rebounding defender who fills the hole in defence well. He is good overhead and has good skills over short distances, but has question marks over his confidence."

Oscar Clavarino is one of those draftees that seems to bring about a different opinion, depending on who you speak to because of how they rate his ability. This season I have already heard everything from first rounder to undrafted, which is rare in most draftees in their top-age year. The reason so many are unsure of where he goes, is because of his role. Despite being the size of a key position defender, he is best suited to the intercept and rebounding role more often reserved for mid-sized players. His disposal is top notch, his intercept marking and rebounding among the best in the TAC Cup and his endurance is very high for a taller player. But the question marks over his game are his confidence, lighter frame and he is not overly athletic. So the biggest question is just what role does he fill at AFL level?

STRENGTHS

  • Short kicking
  • Intercept marking
  • Endurance
  • Rebounding
Clavarino’s upside is quite good for a taller player because his disposal is among the best in the draft crop, holding a kicking efficiency of 74 per cent – ranked second of all National Combine invites behind Oakleigh speedster Ed Richards. However as will be discussed later, his tendency to only kick short is a key reason for this stat. He also averaged 5.6 marks and 2.6 rebounds per game, placing himself among the elite defenders in those areas. He is a natural at reading the ball in flight and positioning himself accordingly, but is certainly suited to the spare man or third man up role. With the ball, Clavarino is a safe user his teammates can rely upon, while any high floaters inside his defensive 50, will almost always see him chop off the attack and drive the ball back the other way.

Another impressive trait Clavarino has is his endurance, which is high for a taller player. He scored 21.2 on the yo-yo test at the National Combine and showed throughout the 2017 TAC Cup and APS season that he could run out games easily. He is a strong performer in the back half, and a reliable player to have the ball in his hands, as well as a player teammates know will present as an option in that defensive 50.

IMPROVEMENTS

  • Confidence
  • Lighter frame
For me there are two aspects of improvement for Clavarino that expand into other little areas for the 195cm, 85kg defender to work on. The first is his strength, which has seen him add five kilograms to his frame since the start of the season. While he has impressed at under 18s level, he was outbodied against the mature players in the Northern Blues outfit when the VFL side took on the AFL Academy team early in the season. He is not too bad one-on-one at TAC Cup level, but even some of the stronger players there could outmuscle him at times.

The more important question I have over Clavarino is his confidence. At times he looked unsure whether to kick long or just play it safe inside the defensive 50. While his kicking efficiency is elite, in games his kicks are often short to a teammate in defensive 50, or hit up the first option, which for me looked like he was unwilling to take the risk kicking long. Remarkably, of all the National Combine invites, he ranked the lowest in long kick percentage, with just 10 per cent of his kicks travelling more than 40m. Furthermore on his confidence, there are question marks over his hardness at the contest. He is great at dropping off and taking good marks when on his terms, but there are times where he has chosen not to enter a contest where he should have, and this is something that will need to be improved, but with confidence it could.

DRAFT PROJECTION: Third round-rookie

SUMMARY

Oscar Clavarino is an interesting prospect. He has the tools to become a handy rebounding defender, but his confidence and lighter frame holds him back. He has added muscle to his frame already this season and the AFL club which selects him will look to continue that strength building and to develop his confidence playing in defence. He needs to work on his hardness and back himself in to kick long more often as kicking clear of the opposition zone and getting the ball forward faster is important in the modern game. Overall Clavarino drops further than many might expect based on his highlights, but I still expect he lands somewhere just because of the upside he brings.
 
Matt_352 said:
First im hearing about this wooller sounds good
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He played some really good footy at times but was a bit bumpy in form too. He's worth it at 38 in my eyes.
TAC Cup averages 2017: 13 kicks, 18 disposals, 6 marks, 5 tackles (!!!) and a very solid 2.7 goals a game.
Apex36 said:
Oakleigh captain too. We have a habit of picking up those!
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Another reason I have him at 36 - we have 7 Chargers selected in the last 11 years and the relationship between the club and Collingwood is well known. The captaincy is a bonus.
 
Scodog10 said:
I can’t decide if I like that comment or not.

It should be a deserved slap in the face to the club for allowing their KPP stocks to slip to the level that an ok jnr KPP prospect thinks he’s a shot at senior footy straight away.
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We've openly stated we need key positions and he would be referring to that, he backs himself
 

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