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I think it’s a bit foolish to draft someone for the purpose of playing them in a role they’ve never played.
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2025 Draft Thread
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I think it’s a bit foolish to draft someone for the purpose of playing them in a role they’ve never played.
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Agree mate . Just trying to see the logic in the selection. I know it’s just a phantom after all
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Our ruck depth is pretty shite but yeah doesn't seem like the best picks at those stages. We need midfield speed in particular like crazy. Can't get over how pedestrian we look when Richards is resting.
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Bit too early to write off the idea if you ask me
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Getting Krasnadamskis in as the developing ruck so Smith can play FB. Mystery solved.
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I appreciate that this is all subjective. Just wanted to say I disagree re: the Reid comparisons. Reid in his draft year looked like Daicos-lite, and it was baffling seeing anybody talk him down. I was shocked when there started being talk of him potentially sliding to our pick.
Lindsay could very well be another Salem, but I have never rated Salem personally. I know people are raving about his kicking, but to me I can't help but think of Alex Witherden. Dude was exposed in defence when put under pressure, and his lack of leg speed meant he couldn't get separation from his opponents at AFL level to actually initiate offensive scoring chains.
If Caleb Daniel couldn't get a game for us any longer, I struggle to see Lindsay's place in our backline. He very well may end up making me look like an idiot, but he's not a player I want to see us risk taking. Elite kicking alone is not enough to make a competent AFL player imo. I look at someone like Hayden Young as an example of why Lindsay isn't worth taking, because of how much more Young has to offer in his game while also being the best kick of his draft.
If we wanted a good kick off half back, I'd rather use our 2nd pick on someone like Nairn who also has great forward craft, can run all day and have an impact in the air. Or just back in Jacques to solidify his spot in the backline as a distributor (I have a lot of faith in him becoming a good small/medium defender with an offensive game)
I agree with the Witherden comparison as a worse case scenario but I think alot of the top 15 also have similar if not lower floors then that. I'm not saying I would pick him just trying to justify, in my own mind as much as anything, the interest from the Dogs is clearly there and has been for a long time.
It'd also depend greatly on who was available at our pick but if O.Taylor is there like in the phantom referenced I'd likely pick him first.
Avery Thomas has also become one of my favourites of the draft so if things fall a particular way and a team is keen for our first I'd happily trade it back to get Thomas and picks next year.
Nairn and Marsh are two I see from the SA team that have scope to play on a wing and I wouldn't be against picking one with that goal in mind. Similarly I hope any interest in a ruck is if we trade back/out our second pick, I don't like the idea where our second sits at the moment given the talent passed over, the last thing we need is another project tall who is 3+ years away, if he makes it at all.
I'm also quite big on Jaques and although he may still breakthrough off of half-back I have been a fan of him up on the wing so wouldn't mind seeing that continue.
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Think a smaller Coffield, that’s Lindsay.
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I love Avery Thomas too, but I'm still pretty confident he will be there at our 2nd. More athlete then footballer at this stage. I'd look at trading back with Essendon nevertheless and would like a future 2nd pick if we traded back to pick 21. Go hard for backs, grab Thredgold and Thomas. Then next year grab Butter's, El Souki and trade for one of the many GWS small forwards.
I doubt it will happen though. I think we'll likely hold it and draft Oskar Taylor then maybe take a mature ager like Blamires or a small forward. I've also heard we are keen on Louis Emmett as a key back, not as a ruckman. Not sure the source is good, but there was a report we have met with him so it might be true.
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The draft is in less than two weeks, and it has been the quietest I can remember in terms of who players are linked to club wise.
Thats what i meant. Trade out our first for a second and future second. Taking two seconds this year and banking an extra one next year.
Depending who is there I wouldn't mind trading that second aswell for a 3rd and F3. Taking Thomas before a mature ager later on. List balance wise I'm hesitant on wanting to take on to many long term projects given Darcy firmly falls in that category and we certainly aren't short on young talls.
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I'm grateful for that.
Prior to his ACL's I think Coffield was as close to X.Taylor as these comparisons get.
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Reminds me of Caleb Daniel. Precise laser kicking from the back half. If we pick him up I see him as a high floor low ceiling type. Wouldn't mind that in a weak draft
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That's understandable and I think I said the same earlier in the year. I've just become a bit of a fan of Thredgold and see a fair bit of Sam Taylor in him who I was a big fan of in his draft year. He also offers something different that our other young defenders don't have, a highly competitive defend first type player. I expect us to take two runners and Darcy anyway.
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If we had to go another tall I'd much prefer it be Thredgold, who I think would be alot closer to playing then an Emmett or Krasnadamskis. Not to mention he is much more a needs type.
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Coffield was evasive until his injury
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There's some similarities I guess, but I don't think they are much alike.
This is Coffield's draft profile for what it's worth.
Coffield is a general defender who has excellent closing speed, good game sense, solid skills and can create plenty of drive out of the back half. He ran a 2.91-second 20-metre sprint at the NAB AFL Draft Combine, which highlighted his brilliant take-off pace and movement.
At 190cm, Coffield is also a nice size to match up on a range of forwards, and because of his pace he can also be used to shut down quicker, smaller types who present a threat. He averaged 21 disposals at TAC Cup level this season and uses the ball well out of the backline. He was also captain of the Knights, highlighting his strong leadership qualities.
Coffield's ability to take the game forward was also evident in his scoring power. He averaged nearly a goal a game at TAC Cup level this season (13 in 16 appearances for the Knights), which included a four-goal haul in the opening game of the season.
The question on Coffield will be his ability to play in the midfield at the next level and whether he has the running capacity to move there more permanently than the stints he had in there this season.
Some similarities have been made between Coffield and Melbourne defender Michael Hibberd in the way Coffield can really patrol a back half and take care of a number of things at once.
Coffield came into top-15 reckoning as the year grew longer, and he's certainly in that mix with the draft inching closer.
Mobile, quick and versatile, Coffield is Mr Reliable across half-back. You can depend on him to clean up a mess, but also to start an attacking play with the ball in his hands.
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More like Kade Simpson to me.
Can’t say I’m totally in love with a possible Lindsay pick , but if he ended up as good as Simpson , that’s a win.
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These 12 have invites to the draft night.
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Jacob Farrow
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Duursma
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Zeke Uwland
Dylan Patterson
Sullivan Robey
Harry Dean
Dan Annable
Xavier Taylor
Sam Grlj
Jacob Farrow
Dyson Sharp
Sam Cumming
First 12 invitees revealed for draft night as top order firms
The country’s top prospects have been invited to the opening night of the Telstra AFL Draft
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