Preview AFL Draft thread 2026

[The Blue Weirdo]

No he didnt. His kicking has always been great. Getting cheap touches vs poor ball use arent the same thing.

Not writing Walker off by any means, but we should not be comparing his kicking to Daicos. Thats serious navy blue goggles stuff .

I'm confident that he'll be a better kick than Cripps or Walsh.
Just needs to not bite off too much and play to his strengths.

 

[r2blues2]

No he didnt. His kicking has always been great. Getting cheap touches vs poor ball use arent the same thing.

Not writing Walker off by any means, but we should not be comparing his kicking to Daicos. Thats serious navy blue goggles stuff .

Correct
Being saying the same thing. Walker not as damaging by foot. Can have the comparison in gut running and impacting but disposal is the big difference.
Hope he slides to a bid at 4 or 5. Then we won’t be impacted too much and then he can work his ass off to improve his kicking

 

[katmanblue]

And he’s still universally regarded as a top 3 player in the game

Universally? Nah

Arguably? Maybe

 

[ray8182]

Cody is more powerful than Warner was. Also is still considered comfortably a top 2 player coming out of this draft. Hes a better prospect than Warner at this stage. We really need to can the talking down of Cody. He’s got superstar level potential

Warner developed into a powerful player. A bit of a late developer. Whether Cody can get there is another thing.

It really makes no difference whether we talk Cody up or down. Our opinions will have no bearing on anything. People need to be honest about what they think, good or bad, and not be so thin skinned about a father son.

 

[Doro]

I dont think he'd slip that far but if it was even line ball between him and another prospect I doubt he gets bid on at 1, if not for this rule.

I definitely think the Bombers wouldn't be interested in bidding on him after Cochrane. Not the type they need or have succeeded with using early picks. Tigers at 3.

 

[Jimmae]

Nick Daicos had knocks on his kicking in his draft year, was talked about as an accumulator that doesn't hurt the opposition.

what

No he didnt. His kicking has always been great. Getting cheap touches vs poor ball use arent the same thing.

Not writing Walker off by any means, but we should not be comparing his kicking to Daicos. Thats serious navy blue goggles stuff .

Biggest knock on Daicos was that he didn't come in playing exactly like peak Marc Murphy.