Game Day 2023 AFL DRAFT

[Crow till I die]

Which one of the draft scribes had us taking Ollie Murphy at pick 10 - one of them did...lol. He goes at pick 41

 

[Danger Zone]

McAulliffe at #40 is a steal. Gonna look very shrewd in a few years. Great lad too.

 

[ams4crows]

Dealan might slip all the way to Port at this rate

 

[whattagun07]

Ok but seriously, who did port draft?

 

[ams4crows]

Ok but seriously, who did port draft?

They haven't had a pick yet, we're at pick 43 and their first pick is like 84 or something like that

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

A very dead atmosphere at the second night draft.

I wasn't planning to bother tonight given we are done.

Let us know if anything worth knowing.

 

[Crow till I die]

I wasn't planning to bother tonight given we are done.

Let us know if anything worth knowing.

will dial back in to you at 11.00pm tonight when port have their 1st pick in this draft

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Liam Fawcett

PooRaka football club

 

[Thunderstruck]

Fawcett! nice one again Tigs

 

[bonehilda]

Tiggers like the SA boys

 

[Firewalker]

Thought someone would pick Liam Fawcett

Yep, big fan

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Not many sub 180cm players being picked.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Sanchez, Freijah, ZZ, De La Rue, B Ryan the ones I’d be targeting from here if I was a team that still had a pick

 

[Tadpole]

Liam Fawcett

PooRaka football club

Almost as bad as my husband, when he first moved here from Sydney in the late 90s, pronouncing Thebarton as TheBarton. Learned and adapted though.

 

[Tadpole]

They haven't had a pick yet, we're at pick 43 and their first pick is like 84 or something like that

62 at the moment.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Hope Jack Callinan gets picked up, he deserves a shot.

North have rights to match from here, right?

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Seeing Bevo laughing is scary.

 

[Danger in Texas]

Soligo already getting compared to like he’s a star player

 

[WaynesWorld19]

So how do all these Clubs end up with so many late picks in a Draft lacking depth ......just terrible List Management !!

So much dead wood on lists

 

[cmndstab]

You only need to watch any highlights package of Curtin to understand he will absolutely be a midfielder at AFL level. Isn’t just a defender that goes in there on occasion, has played big matches in the midfield already. Can get himself out of contests with elite agility and skills and can read ruck taps very well, that’s not the trait of someone stuck as a defender. May not spend 100% of the time there as he develops in his first season, but have no doubt will spend some time in there year one and ramp that up year 2. That he was dominant at CHB this year just shows how ridiculously talented he is and why he was rated a top 5 talent in this draft.

I've watched his highlights, and I have no issues at all with his talent - he looks like a gun. I get that he has midfield traits, and has been successful in that role as a junior. But he was asked directly where he would like/expect to play at AFL level and he said defence. Not "defence first up and then we'll see", not "wherever the club wants to play me". He just said defence. Hamish spoke about him as a defender. And when asked about the possibility of him being a midfielder, Hamish seemed to shrug it off. His comments sounded to me like he was saying "the time spent playing midfield as a junior will help round out his game" but that the club still saw him as a long-term defender. One who gets the ground ball well and has a great kick, sure, but a defender nonetheless.

I hope he does end up as a midfielder - we need one a lot more than a KPD. But it somehow feels like every year we take a talented player and then hope they will successfully switch positions. Rachele is a talented small forward, maybe he can move into the midfield one day. Rankine, ditto. Thilthorpe a talented ruck, perhaps he can be a KPF? For once I'd like to see us say "here is a dominant midfielder who plays in the midfield, we are expecting him to be a midfielder at AFL level."

My main concern is that we are spending all our best picks upgrading positions we've already filled with decent (or better than decent) youth (forward, defence), while neglecting positions of significant need (mid, ruck).

 

[Danger in Texas]

Mutineer will be loving the Dogs’ recent picks

 

[bonehilda]

That Smith kid looks almost 30 years old

 

[Geoffa32]

Almost as bad as my husband, when he first moved here from Sydney in the late 90s, pronouncing Thebarton as TheBarton. Learned and adapted though.

Kezwick....


Or working with an overseas software developer saying ANZee

On SM-A325F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Crow_68]

Even though he is an elite kick, Schoenmaker’s lack of physicality is resulting in a big slide.

 

[Crow till I die]

I've watched his highlights, and I have no issues at all with his talent - he looks like a gun. I get that he has midfield traits, and has been successful in that role as a junior. But he was asked directly where he would like/expect to play at AFL level and he said defence. Not "defence first up and then we'll see", not "wherever the club wants to play me". He just said defence. Hamish spoke about him as a defender. And when asked about the possibility of him being a midfielder, Hamish seemed to shrug it off. His comments sounded to me like he was saying "the time spent playing midfield as a junior will help round out his game" but that the club still saw him as a long-term defender. One who gets the ground ball well and has a great kick, sure, but a defender nonetheless.

I hope he does end up as a midfielder - we need one a lot more than a KPD. But it somehow feels like every year we take a talented player and then hope they will successfully switch positions. Rachele is a talented small forward, maybe he can move into the midfield one day. Rankine, ditto. Thilthorpe a talented ruck, perhaps he can be a KPF? For once I'd like to see us say "here is a dominant midfielder who plays in the midfield, we are expecting him to be a midfielder at AFL level."

My main concern is that we are spending all our best picks upgrading positions we've already filled with decent (or better) youth (forward, defence), while neglecting positions of significant need (mid, ruck).

He said tonight on 5AA he wants to be a midfielder but is more than happy to play wherever the coach wants him. Maybe as it seems we were johnny come lately's with him and interviewing him etc, they might have a far better idea of just what he is capable of after this preseason so everything now is premature in terms of his true best position.