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Yeah because the best sometimes have chinks in their armor at 18 whether it’s application, dedication, off field issues etc or sub par performances in their 18s year or sometimes they are too raw and recruiters are worried about them being a bust and #1 is usually a safer pick. Mcdonald doesn’t have any of that he’s a great kid with a wise head on his shoulders, he’s smart and you can see that with the way he plays his footy and he’s had an outstanding draft year you shouldn’t be worried about him being a bust either. So taking all that in to consideration he should be a clear no.1 pick and he’s not atm which is strange because he doesn’t have any red flags. And furthermore half the pool hasn’t played this season yet he made team of the year in the wafl. Best junior forward since buddy out of WA yeah probably there hasn’t been too many.
Only will be JUH and Campbell before our selections and Lachie Jones as an option for us to bid on. I see our picks as being in a position where we could get a couple of really good players and possibly trade back with 1 of them also. Think it is really dependant on what our strategy is about how many selctions we plan to take.
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sorry to bore you pal.
My friends who watch a lot of wafl say he is the best 18 year old to play in the wafl since Chris Judd.
If you are referring to me. I don’t get any of my opinions on underage prospects from twomey.My friends who watch a lot of wafl say he is the best 18 year old to play in the wafl since Chris Judd.
‘this time of the year you are talking with fellas who get their opinions from cal twomey and David king
McDonald may not have the freak athleticism like Buddy but neither does Josh Kennedy of the Eagles and he has been a gun forward for a very long time - close to if not the best classical FF for the past decade. Would you give up 2 top 10’s for a young Kennedy - I think many would. Kennedy has great endurance, good hands and is a dead eye but I remember reading at the time in his draft profiles his pace was a question mark. McDonald has elite endurance for a big guy and is a nice kick - I haven’t seen enough to make an informed decision on his hands.
He doesn’t have elite elite endurance, Harry Jones and JUL have better tanks than his, even nik Cox would blow him off the park endurance wise. His kicking his definitely his strong suit and is why he was up there in the wafl goal kicking. He took every chance he had a rarely missed and is a lovely long kick of the ball, give joe d the same amount of shots he probably misses twice as many and the stats don’t look near as good. Also Kennedy might not look quick but he has great speed on those short 10-15 meter leads.
This trade will never occur until after Adelaides pick. I'd they take Thilthorpe or Hollands etc then it becomes an option but only then.
Yeah I reckon given a decent run with injury, Gumby could have been anything. The poor kid just couldn't ever get a good run at it.
I never hold that against Dodoro, Gumby would have been a marquee forward without the bad luck.
That headline is just media sensationalism. 6:33 isn’t anything special for the 2ker especially for someone who just hasn’t come out of lockdown - Cox did 6:03 for the 2km now that is elite endurance and 3.03 for the 20m sprint isn’t elite speed either ( Eyre recorded 2.89 for the 20m) wouldn’t have been in the top 30-40 kids that tested. Go and look through the history of results and see where those performances stack up. It’s not like he did some ridiculous testing.
Reminds me of Petracca, and based on this year, I am very keen to have one of him.
I wasn’t saying he has ridiculous testing. However his 2km time trial is along the same level as the average afl midfielder (6min 30) - that is good for a young KPP tall. He finished third out of the WA talent pool. I guess the question from an endurance perspective is how much scope for improvement does he have given he was already on a specialised program pretty much from the Eagles?
When you have elite endurance you're naturally going to find yourself in good positions to take a lot of chest marks anyway. No issue there.
It wasn’t like a load of WA people tested. All I’m saying is 6:33 is not an eye opening time that would’ve got recruiters excited. 6:30-6:50 is what a majority of the combine kids run for 2ks.
I think the only way we trade with the pies is if it includes next year's 1st from them as part of the deal.
