Recruiting AFL Draft Watch 2023

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[ant555]

Kako will be drafted

Who and what pick

 

[eDPS]

Who and what pick

Essendon pick 41

 

[eorl]

Essendon pick 41

We'd better hope that the dogs don't have a pick in the late 30s

 

[Atavistic]

Stevens

Just been watching George Stevens' highlights on YT. Weird that we pick up guys like Dylan Clarke but overlook Stevens, who is quite a good kick and a good decision-maker.

May be a decision we come to rue.

Hope Archie Roberts turns out alright.

 

[ant555]

Just been watching George Stevens' highlights on YT. Weird that we pick up guys like Dylan Clarke but overlook Stevens, who is quite a good kick and a good decision-maker.

May be a decision we come to rue.

Hope Archie Roberts turns out alright.

Clarke was more a hope they could improve the kicking pick from Dodoro as he could play but we are no longer set up for Dodoro to be making multiple captains picks so it is unlikely that there is any corelation .

On Stevens the knock is his running ability and being able to transfer into AFL pace and not just be a plodder. Based on what I have seen I think Stevens went around where he fits given that the big body plodders have not really been picked in recent years.

Personally I would have gone McAuliffe in front of Lual . McAuliffe has some risk as far as limited outside game but he has speed and power inside and is a good size. Do not mind the Roberts pick as much as he is a really good kick . I can see what the plan is and that is introducing a bit more speed on the outside but they will also need some more genuine contested ball winners as they go along. Maybe that is next year with the top end looking more midfield right now.

 

[eorl]

Wish list for the draft:

Forward capable of having a day out - has a history of kicking 5+ goals in a game - preference for KPF but open to any height

Run and carry defender with foot skills.

Setterfield back up/successor - big midfielder that loves the crash and bash - someone to clear the way for Tsatas et. al. into the future

Well, mostly what I wanted. But I can't help feel that we are at the mercy of Setterfield's body yet again. Was really hoping for Stevens

I wish we had have backed in our fitness team to trim his body down to AFL running standards.

 

[Vindicater]

Just been watching George Stevens' highlights on YT. Weird that we pick up guys like Dylan Clarke but overlook Stevens, who is quite a good kick and a good decision-maker.

May be a decision we come to rue.

Hope Archie Roberts turns out alright.

Clarke was an athlete with no skills.

Stevens has skills but is not an athlete.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Interesting insight into the GWS picks

‘He suits us more than anyone’: Giants reveal bold draft strategy – and why they didn’t trade with Eagles

‘Suits us more than anyone’: Inside Giant gamble that stunned AFL, why Eagles lost trade race

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[jdstorm]

Clarke was more a hope they could improve the kicking pick from Dodoro as he could play but we are no longer set up for Dodoro to be making multiple captains picks so it is unlikely that there is any corelation .

On Stevens the knock is his running ability and being able to transfer into AFL pace and not just be a plodder. Based on what I have seen I think Stevens went around where he fits given that the big body plodders have not really been picked in recent years.

Personally I would have gone McAuliffe in front of Lual . McAuliffe has some risk as far as limited outside game but he has speed and power inside and is a good size. Do not mind the Roberts pick as much as he is a really good kick . I can see what the plan is and that is introducing a bit more speed on the outside but they will also need some more genuine contested ball winners as they go along. Maybe that is next year with the top end looking more midfield right now.

Stevens is high risk high reward. If he slims down and develops an afl standard tank he’s an AA chance.

If not he doesn’t make it out of the vfl. I understand going to fill needs out the list but gee I wouldn’t mind betting on the chance someone becomes an AA star vs finding a good HB

 

[ant555]

Clarke was an athlete with no skills.

Stevens has skills but is not an athlete.

Clarke was not just an athlete. He could play. Had good game sense and ability. Just as much as Stevens .The only issue he had was ball drop which was a major flaw of course .

 

[Nicholas61]

Stevens is high risk high reward. If he slims down and develops an afl standard tank he’s an AA chance.

I was thinking this - how much would losing 10kgs do for his tank?

 

[doug85]

I would have thought 101kgs is way too heavy.

 

[faible]

Stevens is high risk high reward. If he slims down and develops an afl standard tank he’s an AA chance.

If not he doesn’t make it out of the vfl. I understand going to fill needs out the list but gee I wouldn’t mind betting on the chance someone becomes an AA star vs finding a good HB

How is he a 'high' risk? Pick 58 is pretty late. 50% of those picks won't make 50 games, and there's about a 3% chance of an AA there.

For a team that lacks running power and has had issues developing running power in their players, Stevens probably isn't the smartest play.

Roberts already has an AFL standard tank (better than that really) and has a good kick, both of which are traits we sorely need.

 

[Yoda_]

Kako will be drafted

I am not doubting that, am having reservations he won't go in the first round as was suggested

 

[andleanback]

I am not doubting that, am having reservations he won't go in the first round as was suggested

If he has a decent season he will. All it takes is 1 or 2 teams to really want/ need a speedy small forward and he’ll go top 20. Go look and Phoenix gothards numbers then go look at kakos as an under ager. A lot of clubs wouldn’t had gothard in their top 20, but gws fell in love with what he brings, think they said they rated him top 7 in the pool.

 

[ant555]

Interesting part of an article in the HS today was a bit of an explanation as to why the middle of this draft was very even and many had different views. The Victorian boys missing the under 16 year left a bit of a hole in the information available.

 

[Milanista28]

Interesting part of an article in the HS today was a bit of an explanation as to why the middle of this draft was very even and many had different views. The Victorian boys missing the under 16 year left a bit of a hole in the information available.

When do the covid affected years stop being spoken about? Surely we are getting close.

 

[fairbump_playon]

When do the covid affected years stop being spoken about? Surely we are getting close.

When any player whose development was potentially impacted by COVID has stopped playing

So around 2035

 

[ant555]

When do the covid affected years stop being spoken about? Surely we are getting close.

Next year everyone will have had a full underage program.

 

[rusman]

Next year everyone will have had a full underage program.

This just in…..Under 15s is vital for development.

 

[ant555]

This just in…..Under 15s is vital for development.

This just in. Uninformed opinions are crap.
It is the under 16 system that they come in and start doing a lot of the development work at Coates League level. On top of that it is this level that clubs ramp up how much they watch these guys.

 

[rusman]

This just in. Uninformed opinions are crap.
It is the under 16 system that they come in and start doing a lot of the development work at Coates League level. On top of that it is this level that clubs ramp up how much they watch these guys.

 

[Zach Package]

We can do better, and we can certainly be more creative. I could see Taha becoming a sticky little back pocket, that's about it. Whether we think that's enough to give up one of these pretty precious slots for, that's another question.

It wouldn't be hard to find a kid that played both footy and basketball as a junior, gave college basketball a crack and would be open to coming back to footy, someone out of the college basketball system (American or otherwise), a gaelic kid or a kid similar Wil Parker that has been flip flopping between footy and cricket.

There has to be a Serbian polar bear of a kid that has ridden the bench for 4 years in the US that happens to have cousins in Melbourne that would give it a crack.

Other clubs have been far more creative with the Cat B rookie list and even though it hasn't paid dividend yet, when it does we'll be left further in the dust.

Lo and behold, who should turn up on the VFL list but an African kid who played a bit of junior footy, left to give basketball a good crack and has now returned to footy with Uni Blacks.

Ayui Makeing. Not key position but exactly the kind of athletic prospect that we should have on our radar, especially given he was in the JH academy at one point in time.

 

[ghostdog]

There has to be a Serbian polar bear of a kid that has ridden the bench for 4 years in the US that happens to have cousins in Melbourne that would give it a crack.

I love the confidence in Melbourne's diversity this post shows. There just has to be. This is what they mean when they say it makes us stronger - there's more to choose from. We're agile!

Now, where's Ayui?

 

[Keystone agony]

Just been watching George Stevens' highlights on YT. Weird that we pick up guys like Dylan Clarke but overlook Stevens, who is quite a good kick and a good decision-maker.

May be a decision we come to rue.

Hope Archie Roberts turns out alright.

We need a genuine running half back distirbutor over a big bull..theyre completely different players

Our midfield is stacked, so much so that theyre filling up half back and half fwd spots, which is fine