Preview 2022 Mid Season draft - Hawks take Ramsden and Blanck

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[threesixpio]

Welcome Max Planck!
Hope you can play two positions at once.
We really need it.

Was pretty sure Schrodinger would end up at the Cats but when I looked they all died

 

[CHUBBSS]

If both picks work the afl might ban us from the mid season draft but srsly…

 

[matey]

Just watched that replay again his agility and quick hands for someone >200cm is impressive. Definitely worth the risk …… only 19 surely he will still put on a few kilos.

 

[The Chad and I]

Just a reminder that these are speculative and rookie picks. We r hoping to get some value here but there are no certainties. Would like to see Blanc after an AFL preseason

They are pick 6 & 20 - both of them are first round picks - just facts.

 

[James Buchanan]

Ramsden is a great fit for Sam's outrun the opponents gameplan. A really good get.

 

[Bugs1977]

They are pick 6 & 20 - both of them are first round picks - just facts.

I don’t know about you but I’m fully expecting them to be Luke Jackson / Steven May 2.0

Seriously though hopefully in 3-4 years when we’re seriously contending again oppo supporters will moan about how we exploited the midseason draft similar to how we got a priority pick all those years ago.

 

[SSSSSS]

Freo kid has an incredible highlight reel.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Social media with some gold as always.

A bloke on Hawthorns Facebook claiming Blancks highlights are the worst he's ever seen. When called out on it replies saying he 'expects to see a player breaking away kicking goals from 60'.
No clue on list management.

Then a strange one on Insta with a bloke who is followed by Hardwick, Sicily and Clayton Oliver

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Clayton Oliver

Age

26

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.8

5star

K

9.5

4star

HB

18.4

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

6.3

5star

CL

6.3

5star

D

25.1

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

14.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

19.2

5star

K

4.6

2star

HB

14.6

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

3.8

5star

and appears to be a Melbourne supporter saying 'classic Hawthorn, Parsons averaging 20 and a goal in the VFL, Sydney always stealing our best'.
The entire post and this person's identify is absolutely mystifying.

 

[SSSSSS]

Thank * we aren't Norf

 

[Dewnior]

Numbers 36, 38 and 42 are available.

Numbers 38 and 42 are available... for those of us who like to remain sane.

It's ok, we got Moore after threesixpio took one for the team.

36 is reopen for business.

 

[Dewnior]

Games speed, leg speed, running capacity and decision making is what seperate the comps.

And skill level.

 

[Todman]

I reckon by selecting Ramsden , the club knows that McEvoy will retire at the end of the year.

 

[Pessimistic]

Social media with some gold as always.

A bloke on Hawthorns Facebook claiming Blancks highlights are the worst he's ever seen. When called out on it replies saying he 'expects to see a player breaking away kicking goals from 60'.
No clue on list management.

Then a strange one on Insta with a bloke who is followed by Hardwick, Sicily and Clayton Oliver and appears to be a Melbourne supporter saying 'classic Hawthorn, Parsons averaging 20 and a goal in the VFL, Sydney always stealing our best'.
The entire post and this person's identify is absolutely mystifying.

Parsons has been pretty good

 

[Titch3Votes0MooreAA]

Social media with some gold as always.

A bloke on Hawthorns Facebook claiming Blancks highlights are the worst he's ever seen. When called out on it replies saying he 'expects to see a player breaking away kicking goals from 60'.
No clue on list management.

Then a strange one on Insta with a bloke who is followed by Hardwick, Sicily and Clayton Oliver and appears to be a Melbourne supporter saying 'classic Hawthorn, Parsons averaging 20 and a goal in the VFL, Sydney always stealing our best'.
The entire post and this person's identify is absolutely mystifying.

There was some guy on Blanck's called Brad Fisher who said the following "Averaging 8 disposals a game in the VFL." the man is followed by Luke Hodge.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

I reckon by selecting Ramsden , the club knows that McEvoy will retire at the end of the year.

He may, but we also need versatile ruckmen going forward

 

[Books]

Kicks like Darren Jarman apparently. Stronger than Dunstall and better looking that Josh Thurgood.

At least one of those statements may be correct.

This comment was obviously made in jest, but overnight it got me thinking about Josh Thurgood.

He was one player I always wanted to do well. He always tried his guts out but never seemed to have any luck. His injuries were serious ones. His career stats of 13 games for zero wins tells a story of someone who missed out on being in the right place at the right times. Many of us wanted to see Brendan Whitecross with a premiership medallion. In the same way, we wanted to see Josh Thurgood sing the song after a game!

There have been players who enjoyed more success, but that often depends on circumstances. There have been players blessed with more natural talent but that often depends on your genes. Nobody could ever question the courage of Josh Thurgood.

Josh played AFL football which means he achieved something most of us can only dream about. I never met him so my perspective was based entirely on what I saw on-field. Whatever he is doing now off-field, I wish him well and hope he has more success than he did during his playing career.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

This comment was obviously made in jest, but overnight it got me thinking about Josh Thurgood.

He was one player I always wanted to do well. He always tried his guts out but never seemed to have any luck. His injuries were serious ones. His career stats of 13 games for zero wins tells a story of someone who missed out on being in the right place at the right times. Many of us wanted to see Brendan Whitecross with a premiership medallion. In the same way, we wanted to see Josh Thurgood sing the song after a game!

There have been players who enjoyed more success, but that often depends on circumstances. There have been players blessed with more natural talent but that often depends on your genes. Nobody could ever question the courage of Josh Thurgood.

Josh played AFL football which means he achieved something most of us can only dream about. I never met him so my perspective was based entirely on what I saw on-field. Whatever he is doing now off-field, I wish him well and hope he has more success than he did during his playing career.

The "accidental" hit by Lloyd when he was beginning to find form destroyed his confidence

 

[threesixpio]

Just a reminder that these are speculative and rookie picks. We r hoping to get some value here but there are no certainties. Would like to see Blanc after an AFL preseason

After Newcombe it’s pretty easy think instant best 22 but he was the lotto case

 

[Brishawk]

Yup, i said the same thing about Will Day when people said he would be vfl for 8 years before playing.

If you can handle the toughness of vfl you can handle AFL. Games speed, leg speed, running capacity and decision making is what seperate the comps. The vfl rucks are just as strong afl rucks some stronger as they can carry more weight not being full time athletes with extreme running requirements. This is why Max Lynch fades out of AFL games as a solo ruck but did fine in vfl last few years.

Except in the ruck you need to physically push another player out of position so physical strength and technique are incredibly important and ramsden has barely played footy at any level over the past two years. AFL rucks are bigger and stronger and run harder and will blow up ramsden in far less time than even lynch, despite his level of aerobic fitness.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Box Hill product James Blanck is officially a Hawk | Draft Highlights

We've landed him with Pick 20 in the mid-season draft.

www.hawthornfc.com.au

He looks pretty solid... great kick, moves well and just ultra reliable, looks like he will come into AFL without much fuss tbh, throw our current defenders around him and its pretty solid

I watched a bit of BH this year and TBH rarely gets beaten. You don't notice him that much for a reason. Ready to go now has an extra year of development on DGB. Having 2 key backs in their early 20s is the correct way to go about a rebuild. Having another young ruck developing too is as well

 

[The Chad and I]

Freo kid has an incredible highlight reel.

Oh yeah!
How was that kid not drafted??
Easily looks a top 20-30 pick in a national draft.

 

[Stratton24]

Well done to our blokes got what we needed and hopefully blank plays before Hartigan this week. Kudos to dodorio as much as I hate him, grabbed the one we wanted but concurrently annoyed what ended up our other picks up until 6.30 tonight. He hates Hawthorn, may his history of beating us to the punch bite him on the butt again.

DoDo didn't get our target, we got our number one target. RoughNLove was spot on - we assumed Ramsden would be gone and we would take the WA Ruck.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Interesting that basically 90% are speculative talls from mid season this year, reckon Fremantle pick below will go good in time, even as a key back..

15. FREMANTLE - SEBIT KUEK​

 

[Denver Day Lewis]

#flash

#a-ah
#savioroftheuniverse
#flash
#a-ah
#hellsaveeveryoneofus

 

[kazzooka]

Except in the ruck you need to physically push another player out of position so physical strength and technique are incredibly important and ramsden has barely played footy at any level over the past two years. AFL rucks are bigger and stronger and run harder and will blow up ramsden in far less time than even lynch, despite his level of aerobic fitness.

My point is so will VFL rucks. IF he can hold his own strength wise in the VFL he will be able to in the AFL too.

I don't expect him to do well in the VFL.

You rarely see players that can play well in VFL but struggle in the AFL due to Strength and size, it's always other reasons like speed, skill, decision-making, aerobic capacity. If size and strength are weaknesses in your game they will be equally exposed at VFL level as AFL.