AFL Player 4: Kyle Langford

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Restricted Free Agent 2026
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 8, boncer34

 

[MightyDons4]

Our very own Jack Gunston! Can also play as a winger and half back, stoked to get him.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Double Derp.

 

[gillon]

So we have a potential 195cm mid on our hands and our other pick up is 189cm mid.

Our spine of Hurley, Hooker, Daniher and Carlise is one of the best young spines going around. Yet if these two can get regular midfield games alongside Heppell, Goddard, Myers and Watson our midfield will be nearly as big!!!

What makes you think Langford will be a mid?

 

[Bombers36]

Hope he's better than his namesakes Reimers & Hardingham...

 

[TheFrenchCut]

Good luck to Kyle!

 

[Big Fresh]

What makes you think Langford will be a mid?

The Northern Knights talent manager did liken him to Bontempelli and Pendlebury.

 

[table tennis]

What makes you think Langford will be a mid?

Played the second half of last season as a midfielder

 

[Zach Package]

Someone who will remain nameless told me back at the start of October that we were real keen, so we've obviously been keeping close tabs for a while, but anyway, I'm stoked.

The only negative thing I have to say about him is that he hasn't shown that he can win his own ball, but at 70 kilos I'm inclined to think that's simply body shape related, because he is incredibly skinny (like Marty Gleeson skinny). He's a genuine aerial freak who breaks lines and can cut up sides if given the space.

Welcome Kyle!

 

[Towno78]

Can someone tell me just two things. Is he quick? How quick?

 

[windyhill]

Someone who will remain nameless told me back at the start of October that we were real keen, so we've obviously been keeping close tabs for a while, but anyway, I'm stoked.

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That was me !

 

[Blind Turn]

Looks like there is a lot to work with here. Those highlights show me a tall midfielder for sure. Looks like he has a sense of the traffic around him and has plenty of tools. A nice kicking action and backs himself to take a grab. His attitude combined with our development are the important ingredients moving forward.

 

[Seagrave_Holmes]

Highlights on the EFC website are very impressive, I look forward to him shimmying past more defenders on his way to the goals.

 

[Colonelmot]

 

[Blind Turn]

Snoop Dog on draft thread compares him to Kouta. Meelikes.

 

[Ashton Agar]

Welcome to Essendon, Kyle!

 

[Fin ice Smuggler]

Snoop Dog on draft thread compares him to Kouta. Meelikes.

I guess that's coz of his marking ability? I think its what we need, he might need a year of body development before he shows something, then again they might plonk him forward

 

[Whispering_Jack]

Can we get the phonetic spelling of this guys name in the title too? Im struggling..

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Welcome aboard Langers.

Looks like Alex Rance but hoping he plays like Scott Pendlebury.

 

[yaco55]

Both seem to mark and kick well. Transition to AFL and we have 2 good players.

 

[Kakkle]

Almost forget we had another pick with the excitement around Jayden

 

[eth-dog]

Very excited about this. Loved him during the champs but never thought he'd go past 12 or so tbh.

 

[Ambrosia]

Goddard is the perfect bloke to mentor him.

 

[fishardansin]

Someone who will remain nameless told me back at the start of October that we were real keen, so we've obviously been keeping close tabs for a while, but anyway, I'm stoked.

The only negative thing I have to say about him is that he hasn't shown that he can win his own ball, but at 70 kilos I'm inclined to think that's simply body shape related, because he is incredibly skinny (like Marty Gleeson skinny). He's a genuine aerial freak who breaks lines and can cut up sides if given the space.

Welcome Kyle!

Hird made a big deal about pointing out that he wins his own ball.

 

[fishardansin]

Also being a skinny tall kid we should expect him to take ages. He'll be putting on 10+kgs before he gets a regular game and that will most likely lead to back/groin/hamstring issues while he learns to carry it.

 

[Zach Package]

Both seem to mark and kick well. Transition to AFL and we have 2 good players.

Add in the firming selection of Jake Long and that's 3 185cm+ smooth moving midfield types brought in this year, Laverde and Langford also bring that POD of being seriously capable in the air (Kyle especially), we've clearly identified a need.