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Well get on it ya slack campaigner...I'm busy working my way through a redNah sorry bro
sorry ay
I knew someone would go there. Similar size and athletic traits I believe, regardless of what you are inferring.They're both people of colour. Is that what you mean...?
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All in good, just stirring... I made a similar comparison between Chol and Biggie not too long ago.I knew someone would go there. Similar size and athletic traits I believe, regardless of what you are inferring.
Hobbs for me at 7 but agree with all the others! Honestly wouldn’t shock me if the tigers took someone like goater at 7. We always seem to rate some players a fair bit higher then what they are on the experts boardsSince everyone is posting wish lists
7 ward
15 Goater
17 Van Rooyen
Bazzo with one of the other picks
Hobbs worries me because he’s slow ward for me plays 250 games and is a safe pickHobbs for me at 7 but agree with all the others! Honestly wouldn’t shock me if the tigers took someone like goater at 7. We always seem to rate some players a fair bit higher then what they are on the experts boards
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Is Hobbs actually slow or just not explosive?Hobbs worries me because he’s slow ward for me plays 250 games and is a safe pick
So my choices
Safe mid
Mid with X factor
Tall who can play both ends and move
Reliable kpd
Pretty much addresses every need obviously wishful thinking
From what I’ve seen a bit of both but I don’t get paid to draft kids and it’s not like I’ve seen muchIs Hobbs actually slow or just not explosive?
Yeah completely agree, I just like the fact that the first thing I keep hearing about Hobbs is aggression. To me if we are looking for someone replace Cotchin in the next couple of years that’s the main thing cotch brings to our midfield that nobody else does and he seems very handy up forward as wellHobbs worries me because he’s slow ward for me plays 250 games and is a safe pick
So my choices
Safe mid
Mid with X factor
Tall who can play both ends and move
Reliable kpd
Pretty much addresses every need obviously wishful thinking
Agree wins the ball is aggressive and tackles to hurt if he was quicker he’d be perfectYeah completely agree, I just like the fact that the first thing I keep hearing about Hobbs is aggression. To me if we are looking for someone replace Cotchin in the next couple of years that’s the main thing cotch brings to our midfield that nobody else does and he seems very handy up forward as well
Agree wins the ball is aggressive and tackles to hurt if he was quicker he’d be perfect
If we draft him fans will love him but his pace could be exposed
What are Goater’s knocks? From all what people have been saying, it really sounds like this guy has the potential to end up a top 5 midfielder of this draft. What makes him a 10-20 prospect to many analysers?
richoatthedisco what’s your read on Hobbs
The Metro-Country game Daicos, Ward and Goater were the best three mids on the ground. As above, my concern with Hobbs is he's too similar to Ross and Martyn. The best contested mids like Dusty, Cotch, Dion, Oliver, Petracca, even Wines, have explosiveness from the contest. They don't just shovel it out, they go in and get it and emerge the other side having created time and space. I haven't seen that with Hobbs.
Knightmare what’s your thoughts on Hobbs Pace? Concerning?
More an athlete than a footballer are the negatives and no real fixed position apparently are the negatives
Knightmare on his positives
9. Josh Goater
Best position: Utility
Height, weight:190cm, 79kg
Recruited from: Calder Cannons
Projected draft range: 5-25
Plays like: Elliot Yeo
June ranking: Outside-20
Rationale: Goater has gotten better as the year has progressed and his performance in the Vic Metro vs. Vic Country trial made clear he's among the upper echelon of prospects this year. His versatility and capability to impact games across multiple different positions sets him apart from his peers.
Strengths:
Versatility to impact games through the midfield, in defence and up forward
Contested ball winning
Distribution by hand
Composure in traffic
Reading of the ball in flight
Overhead marking
Intercept marking
Leap
Burst of speed out of stoppages
Acceleration
Agility
Evasion
Work rate
I wouldnt mind Goater at pick #7 (9) if Erasmus / Ward / Callaghan are takenMore an athlete than a footballer are the negatives and no real fixed position apparently are the negatives
Knightmare on his positives
9. Josh Goater
Best position: Utility
Height, weight:190cm, 79kg
Recruited from: Calder Cannons
Projected draft range: 5-25
Plays like: Elliot Yeo
June ranking: Outside-20
Rationale: Goater has gotten better as the year has progressed and his performance in the Vic Metro vs. Vic Country trial made clear he's among the upper echelon of prospects this year. His versatility and capability to impact games across multiple different positions sets him apart from his peers.
Strengths:
Versatility to impact games through the midfield, in defence and up forward
Contested ball winning
Distribution by hand
Composure in traffic
Reading of the ball in flight
Overhead marking
Intercept marking
Leap
Burst of speed out of stoppages
Acceleration
Agility
Evasion
Work rate
Thoughts on Knevitt as that big mid? Feel Goater goes between our picks at this point.He's not quick. Below average speed/agility is how he plays. He's something like this year's Matt Crouch equivalent, or perhaps on projected quality, more like a Luke Dunstan. He can rack it up, win the footy. Good tackler. He's a competitive sort who will have a crack. But not quick, athletic or a particularly good kick. So you wouldn't be sticking him into a slow midfield with a bunch of the same - eg. he'd look silly in a Giants uniform. But on a team needing what he brings to the table, he can be a list fit. I just feel like, and this is reflected by my relatively low rating of him that there are a lot of similar types around who can be had, and had cheaply. So I wouldn't be paying an early pick to get him, likely as he is to have an immediate impact.
On Goater, the elements concern are inconsistent kicking, but he's also someone where he needs to develop more as a mid and become a higher level of ball winner through there. Weirdly he found more of the footy in defence than he did as a mid which is one of the more unusual things.
Thoughts on Knevitt as that big mid? Feel Goater goes between our picks at this point.
Knightmare pros and cons of Ned long?
Knevitt is part of my top-20 power rankings for October (see signature/ESPN's AFL site).
194cm mid. So he's a big boy. Can win it, strong tackler, strong mark around the ground. Came good later in the year and one of those had the season gone longer I feel like more people would be talking about as a top-20 pick. But given it didn't, he could come into the conversation early second for an early guess.
Goater could be there at 15. He's one for shortlists at that point but 7 is too early for mine given the uncertainty around how good he could be as a mid and the probability he remains in defence based on performance to date.
If you're after tall mids, Matthew Johnson and Mitch Owens (Saints NGA but if bid on with those first two Richmond picks, they can't match) are two I'd be strongly suggesting you look closely at with those early picks, as for mine at least even better alternatives.
Whats Knevitt's kicking like also his speed
Does the combine change much in draft rankings or how clubs view players.Kicking is his weakness. Athletically, he's not a speed athlete, but endurance is excellent.