Player Watch 2021 AFL National Draft - NOT FOR TRADE DISCUSSION

[Strapping Young Lad]

Let’s stick with a basic rule for this thread, that it’s for draft watch and discussion only.

It’s not for trade hypotheticals, who you think needs to be delisted or traded, how many games you think we will win, some other team will win, how many picks you want in the 1st round or discussion of current HFC players.

It’s about youngsters who are eligible for the draft in 2021.


Key dates to look out for:

• NAB AFL Draft Combine: TBC
• NAB AFL Draft: Wednesday November 24 - Thursday November 25
• NAB AFL Pre-season and Rookie Drafts: Friday November 26

 

[WWSD]

We have their second ✔

If Brisbane and GWS both win this Round and Collingwood lose, pick 24 becomes pick 22.

2,21,24*

 

[chopflop]

Callow was given a wide berth by every club in the draft, and then the rookie draft.

I’ll be pretty bummed if we went for him in the mid season draft considering that we need class around the ball, not another Pick 75 equaivalent tall forward.

Imagine if we pick up someone more like Tim Kelly? Yes, please.

We should be scouring every league for class ball winners with pace.

My sentiments exactly. If we liked him we would already have him.

 

[Howe Amazing]

Do Pies not have first and second picks? Daicos going up the rankings to

 

[Burtman]

I agree with this. I believe we need desperately a really creative and clean midfielder. We have a lot of grunt, power and clearance players, but need the player who can fire low sharp darts into the forward line.

I only we could clone Sam Mitchell over and over and over

We’ve actually been belted in the clearances and contested ball for years now. Don’t think we’ve been out of the bottom 2 in both for years. We need everything haha.

 

[kenneje]

Callow was given a wide berth by every club in the draft, and then the rookie draft.

I’ll be pretty bummed if we went for him in the mid season draft considering that we need class around the ball, not another Pick 75 equaivalent tall forward.

Imagine if we pick up someone more like Tim Kelly

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Tim Kelly

Age

29

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.6

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

10.1

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

19.9

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

7.6

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

4.7

5star

CL

3.6

4star

D

21.6

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

11.2

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

5star

CL

3.8

5star

? Yes, please.

We should be scouring every league for class ball winners with pace.

I remember reading reports that Callow was going to train with us. Did this end up happening?

 

[The Chad and I]

Let's get a shaman, some psilosybin mushrooms and take Tom Boyd on a retreat!

Better chance of success than an overweight KPF recovering from 4 knee recos

 

[burger09]

Don't get your hopes up for a top 3 pick just yet. I forsee a mid/late season turn around.

There are some seriously bad teams and clubs self imploding this year.

We are a strong club with good coaches. Unless we have more injuries to key players we should string some wins together at some stage. The race for a top 4 pick will be on in earnest just after mid season.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I remember reading reports that Callow was going to train with us. Did this end up happening?

Yes. We didn’t take him, we took Bramble.

 

[Brant]

Don't get your hopes up for a top 3 pick just yet. I forsee a mid/late season turn around.

There are some seriously bad teams and clubs self imploding this year.

We are a strong club with good coaches. Unless we have more injuries to key players we should string some wins together at some stage. The race for a top 4 pick will be on in earnest just after mid season.

Yeah, I'd like to see us remain a shambles, continually trying stuff that can't work until finals are out of the question, then make an obvious change & charge home to be the form team of the comp., finishing H&A in 9-11.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

This kid is one to watch. Exactly the type that we need IMO.


Round 2 Player of the Week, Connor Macdonald returned a dream performance in the Stingrays’ loss to Greater Western Victoria (GWV); amassing 33 disposals, 10 marks, 10 inside 50s, and laying 12 tackles. A monster effort. It saw the 184cm midfielder rise up draft boards, especially having backed up a strong Round 1 showing.

His speed away from congestion is complemented well by a desire to work hard, as Macdonald could be seen accumulating possessions in all areas of the ground and lifting when his side needed it. Having played on a wing and up forward, Macdonald also has the ability to kick goals and really hurt the opposition with his balanced game.

In the 2021 season, Macdonald is averaging 28.5 disposals, 7.0 marks, 6.5 inside 50s, 7.5 tackles and has booted 2.4, beginning the year in great form. He has grown at least five centimetres from his Under 16s year, where he managed to play three games, averaging 7.3 disposals, 1.0 marks, 1.7 inside 50s and 1.3 tackles per game in 2019.

2021 NAB League Boys Player of the Week: Round 2

Connor Macdonald is the Draft Central NAB League Boys Player of the Week for Round 2 after a standout performance through the midfield for the Stingrays.

afl.draftcentral.com.au

 

[TylerDurden]

Don't get your hopes up for a top 3 pick just yet. I forsee a mid/late season turn around.

There are some seriously bad teams and clubs self imploding this year.

We are a strong club with good coaches. Unless we have more injuries to key players we should string some wins together at some stage. The race for a top 4 pick will be on in earnest just after mid season.

Agree. Teams will be falling over themselves in the run home tanking for one of those guns.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

edps is running a mock top 20 each week here.

 

[rei154]

edps is running a mock top 20 each week here.

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This might not go super well for some but I think this is the perfect draft for us to trade our future first to get another first rounder in.
The idea of coming away with Sonsie and a Chesser or a Johnson or a Rachele is really tantalizing I reckon.

 

[TylerDurden]

No point trading away a future 1st unless you're contending. Which we won't be for some time.

 

[Brishawk]

No point trading away a future 1st unless you're contending. Which we won't be for some time.

What is wrong with shifting it to this year?

 

[TylerDurden]

What is wrong with shifting it to this year?

If we're bottom 4 again next year, with no first rounder, that's a disaster.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Let's get a shaman, some psilosybin mushrooms and take Tom Boyd on a retreat!

Better chance of success than an overweight KPF recovering from 4 knee recos

Sounds fun.

 

[theiaofseed]

If we're bottom 4 again next year, with no first rounder, that's a disaster.

You know each draft is equal right? If we rate some highly then its a not brainer to buy in.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

If we're bottom 4 again next year, with no first rounder, that's a disaster.

It would certainly be a disaster of a situation to be in indeed. Though I'd want to know what next year's group is supposedly going to shape up to be first.

If we could kick away two top 10 picks and another two under 25 then we would be in a great position to accelerate this rebuild.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Sonsie and Sinn will likely be within our grasp.

I would love to hear about the 15 - 25 rated prospects too.

 

[arupist]

edps is running a mock top 20 each week here.

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Interesting to watch this unfold. ATM, there is no way Daicos goes at 2. Pies will do a Sydney a la McDonald/Campbell.

 

[Brishawk]

If we're bottom 4 again next year, with no first rounder, that's a disaster.

I can see the possibility of clubs wanting our pick and offering a good deal on the basis of expecting us to be bottom four. But if there are talented kpp in the next draft we would be better keeping it.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Interesting to watch this unfold. ATM, there is no way Daicos goes at 2. Pies will do a Sydney a la McDonald/Campbell.

They are ahead of us on the ladder, I'd say that's based on us putting in a bid on him.

 

[arupist]

Sonsie and Sinn will likely be within our grasp.

I would love to hear about the 15 - 25 rated prospects too.

Sinn is shown as a defender. Is he? Would we not want the best available mid?

 

[Brishawk]

Interesting to watch this unfold. ATM, there is no way Daicos goes at 2. Pies will do a Sydney a la McDonald/Campbell.

If someone picks him at 2 and the pies match, it still counts as pick 2 even if they match with much later picks. In any case, I think the mock draft is just putting players in the order of merit where they should be picked. Hard to do anything else this far out.