Player Watch 2025 AFL Draft Thread (Welcome to our new Central Districts overlords!)

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

Grill has an athletic mix that many do not have. a sub 6 min 2km and a 2.90 odd 20metre sprint is cooked.

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

Grill has an athletic mix that many do not have. a sub 6 min 2km and a 2.90 odd 20metre sprint is cooked.

to add to this as well, he actually uses his attributes. Something so many don't.

 

[Roger Rogerson]

Watch at the 50 second mark. Nothing like Seamus at all.

Look at the class he has to step two opponents and square it up, after being involved in the back pocket.

Will Day like.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Grill going to be a regular 30 vote Brownlow accumulator

 

[MasterSamurai]

Love the Grjl talk. God, I hope he's the one we take.
But Heatherton? No. Lewis, Dear Gunston Chol Ramsden , seriously? Take Barker or Greeves and pump the fist.

 

[Hawks_Footy]

10 Grlj
22 Barker
i'll be doing cartwheels

Grlj & Barker please and thank you

 

[NigelTufnel]

Love the Grjl talk. God, I hope he's the one we take.
But Heatherton? No. Lewis, Dear Gunston Chol Ramsden , seriously? Take Barker or Greeves and pump the fist.

Lewis is 27, Chol is 28, Gunston is from the Neolithic era and Ramsden is no guarantee to make it at AFL level. If anything we're in a good position to take a key forward and let them develop at Box Hill for a few years.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Let's go with the George Foreman

 

[The Chad and I]

I haven't followed this thread and know hardly anything about this draft. I think people ought not to get too carried away watching highlights clips.
For one thing, the level of competition varies.
But more importantly, there is always stuff you don't see. When we drafted Will Day we already had about 15 half backs and his highlights were uninspiring at best, lots of chipping around the back.
Was very much not impressed at the time. But looking back it was the obvious choice.

On first viewing of Will Day's highlights I was unimpressed.
On second viewing his footy IQ shone brightly.
Every single thing he did was to his team's advantage.
It was clear to me he was an elite football talent, but I didn't think he would become such a transformational player.

Will Day at full flight all season puts us in the top 1-2 positions.

 

[sohsam]

Lewis is 27, Chol is 28, Gunston is from the Neolithic era and Ramsden is no guarantee to make it at AFL level. If anything we're in a good position to take a key forward and let them develop at Box Hill for a few years.

there are a few options there anyway, M Marsh*, A Ludowyke, A Schubert*, *more highly fancied/rated higher but yeah, there are big wraps on the kid, atleast his athletic too with his height, that is the unknow isn't it, would one of these unknowns be still available at pick 59. We have so many options anyway, there will probably be another good small forward too. I get what others are saying for project players normally take them at 3rd or 4th round, not first.

if we tried to put a player on our next generation academy start of the year, some had us linked to him with our first, he falls through to our second, would we not take him in greeves? does not seem like us, time will tell.

 

[TylerDurden]

Time to get sizzled.

 

[Chioli]

Lewis is 27, Chol is 28, Gunston is from the Neolithic era and Ramsden is no guarantee to make it at AFL level. If anything we're in a good position to take a key forward and let them develop at Box Hill for a few years.

Same with the Noah selection last year.

 

[matey]

Would be happy if Grlj fell through to us ….. I really like the way he continuously/consistently zips around trying to stay involved always creating an option to transition the ball out of congestion. He’s quick with clean touch

 

[Davo-27]

If we can't get Sharp, Grlj is a good secondary option imo, a good fit for us with what we currently need.

If we can steal Schubert or Marsh with our 2nd pick, I'll do a happy dance at home lol

 

[Mrzohs]

Would be happy if Grlj fell through to us ….. I really like the way he continuously/consistently zips around trying to stay involved always creating an option to transition the ball out of congestion. He’s quick with clean touch

Yes I just had a look at his highlights. Composure and smarts I could see a role in our side's not to distant future.

 

[The Chad and I]

Grill going to be a regular 30 vote Brownlow accumulator

Grlj has that honeybadger vibe that very few outside players have.

 

[hawkinoz]

If we can't get Sharp, Grlj is a good secondary option imo, a good fit for us with what we currently need.

If we can steal Schubert or Marsh with our 2nd pick, I'll do a happy dance at home lol

Instead of going a KPF

If our main options are not available at 22, I would ask WCE to trade 34+41+F3(Eagles) for 59.

In fact if Eagles NGA Williams is bid on before 22, Cal reckons Freo bid at 24, then would see if we can trade 34 or 41 for 59+66 and/or F3

or a straight trade for 34 for our F2. That should give options to have a dip at Greeves or Talor Bryne or even Hetherton at 34 which should be 26-27( given 21,25,27,30 + 24,28,29 + 31,32 will vanish in bid matches)

 

[flinchfree]

Watch at the 50 second mark. Nothing like Seamus at all.

Look at the class he has to step two opponents and square it up, after being involved in the back pocket.

Stunning bit of footage.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Grjlin in the name of
Grjl McLaughlan
Boy meets Grjl
Grjl or be Grjled

Pundemonium if we get this guy

 

[Mercy Seat]

Grjlin in the name of
Grjl McLaughlan
Boy meets Grjl
Grjl or be Grjled

Pundemonium if we get this guy

Bear Grjl

 

[FB19]

Grlj first is great. I like Hetherton and we need a tall forward to develop in the vfl with Scaife gone and McCabe likely to settle back. But he’s not a pick 27 we could easily get him in the late 30s. And with Schubert the pick before and ludowyke still available I can’t believe they wouldn’t take barker. Without the acl he’s top 10 he’s the injury player we should be taking the risk on then a speculative tall last even trade up if needed. If we traded 10 for 13 and 34 we miss Grlj but could take NHH then get barker and ludowyke/hetherton. We are well placed.

 

[ReturningHawk]

Grjlin in the name of
Grjl McLaughlan
Boy meets Grjl
Grjl or be Grjled

Pundemonium if we get this guy

Grlj first is great. I like Hetherton and we need a tall forward to develop in the vfl with Scaife gone and McCabe likely to settle back. But he’s not a pick 27 we could easily get him in the late 30s. And with Schubert the pick before and ludowyke still available I can’t believe they wouldn’t take barker. Without the acl he’s top 10 he’s the injury player we should be taking the risk on then a speculative tall last even trade up if needed. If we traded 10 for 13 and 34 we miss Grlj but could take NHH then get barker and ludowyke/hetherton. We are well placed.

I agree with you, if Ollie Greeves is there at our second pick I think we'd snap him up. He has been talked down to the point where we are taking a project player ahead of him... no way. 35 disposals, 14 marks and 4 goals in the prelim. We can work with the potential defensive deficiencies.

 

[Hawked Wings]

Grlj

 

[Dewnior]

And the four firsts we offered them are also guns

Happy to be corrected, but I'm pretty sure we didn't offer them four firsts.

 

[Dewnior]

Lewis is 27, Chol is 28, Gunston is from the Neolithic era and Ramsden is no guarantee to make it at AFL level. If anything we're in a good position to take a key forward and let them develop at Box Hill for a few years.

Happy to take a project tall forward but prefer we pick a Mitch Lewis type in the back end of the draft