Draft Watcher eDPS Draft Watch 2020

[eDPS]

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Carter Michael I can't take seriously.

Surely it's Michael Carter.

 

[Smythe]

i will take richmond if they are still up for grabs
just let me know when it is starting

 

[Northernsoul74]

Not enough of your board checked my thread last year it seems I was talking up Butler since he was in the 16s but more as a midfielder rather than a half back, hoping the doggies don’t leave him down back.

I think the Lystics guys nailed Butler to the Dogs in their phantom draft as well. Hoping he can offer us something on the wing.

 

[flipper83]

Yeah Cox played really well in the praccy against western, was the general and controlled the whole back line cutting off most of the jets fwd entries.

Think Cox would have had a big year. Graduated last year so would have spent the whole year at the Knights and put a lot of his energy into preparing for the draft. Think his dad was pretty solid too so should fill out well.

 

[eDPS]

Just for the hell of it, even though it’s early do you guys want to a phantom draft, I’ll look after it. Just cause there’s nothing else and isolation can get boring.

Live trades and FS/NGA bids are on. Bidders will have to tell me when this is happening as my draft knowledge is poor. something like this for bids:

Pick 10 - Carlton

Carlton bid on GWS NGA player Tom Green.
Last years example.

Or this for live trades

Collingwood offer pick 10 to Fremantle for pick 19, 56 and 87. Just pulled those numbers from my head.

If you’re interested just put you’re name down with the team you want, like this.

St Kilda - GoSaints12

Feel free to take multiple teams but fans will be given preference of their team.

Thanks eDPS for letting me use your draft watch for this. Even though I didn’t ask. Legend.

I’ll see how much interest there is and I’ll post a DM if all or most of the clubs are full. Whether this happens now or later in the year. I don’t really mind. Just an idea if people need to get excited about something.

You could promote this on the Draft Needs thread to perhaps get more people on board that can do their own clubs.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Or just make a new thread.

 

[eDPS]

Pie 4 Life will take Collingwood

 

[fightingfury_88]

Just for the hell of it, even though it’s early do you guys want to a phantom draft, I’ll look after it. Just cause there’s nothing else and isolation can get boring.

Happy to help out and draft for a team like Gold Coast if the Phantom Draft gets up and going.

 

[Gosaints12]

Happy to help out and draft for a team like Gold Coast if the Phantom Draft gets up and going.

Thanks for the offer.

You can have the Suns now if there’s no Suns supporter who wants them.

 

[eDPS]

Brisbane Lions Academy


Blake Coleman
180cm 78kg
Small Forward
DR: 20-40

Strengths
Speed
Forward Craft
Creative
Clean hands
Overhead Marking
Skills

Queries
Production
Consistency

- Coleman has some rare qualities as a forward not only is he capable as a goal kicking threat and a good marking target for his size but his ability to bring his teammates into the game and also chase really makes him a near complete package as a small forward, would like to see how he would play on a wing

Carter Michael
188cm 74kg
Midfielder
DR: 25-55

Strengths
Composure
Clean hands
Decision making
Balance
Skills
Upside

Queries
Consistency
Versatility

- Michael isnt hard to miss with his blonde hair and evasiveness, he has a good mix of inside and outside game. Would have liked to see how he handled being a stoppage midfielder for the Allies as some big games on the inside could really help complete his skill set

Saxon Crozier
189cm 80kg
DR: 45-Late
Wingman

Strengths
Endurance
Marking
Upside
Composure
Size

Queries
Kicking
Contested game

- Crozier is a tough one to pin down, covers the ground well and generally clean and neat but probably plays a more vanilla style compared to some players with more eye catching traits. Would like to see him play a range of positions as he is a good size.

Tahj Abberley
180cm 70kg
DR: 45-Late
Midfielder

Strengths
Kicking
Composure
Clean hands
Tackling
Upside

Queries
Production
Contested game

- Abberley has nice skills and kicked a nice goal in one of the Nab League games which showed he could become a good forward aswell he certainly has the attributes as a skilful wingman/half forward type.

Jack Briskey
193cm 78kg
DR: Late
Tall Utility

Strengths
Upside
Athleticism
Versatility
Clean hands

Queries
Production

- Only new to football so is still a blank canvas for what he could become, was played as a 2nd ruck in the NAB League and didn’t really get to show a lot put looks a promising athletic type to watch for in the future.

 

[Smythe]

Just picked up a small typo on your rankings, Archie Perkins is 87 kg, not 77.

 

[eDPS]

Just picked up a small typo on your rankings, Archie Perkins is 87 kg, not 77.

He is 77kg, that’s what he tested as at the pre-season testing day

 

[Smythe]

He is 77kg, that’s what he tested as at the pre-season testing day

ok, my info was wrong then. apologies. its weird, inbetween last post and this one i flicked through others and they all have him at 87 or 86 kg. i think i will go with your info though if that what you were given.

 

[eDPS]

ok, my info was wrong then. apologies. its weird, inbetween last post and this one i flicked through others and they all have him at 87 or 86 kg. i think i will go with your info though if that what you were given.

Yeah think I saw him at 87 or something on a team sheet in the pre-season but I’ll stick with the actual testing result.

 

[weltschmerz]

Saxon Crozier seems an interesting one to keep an eye on. (Particularly for a team who needs a winger, who'll only really have late live picks, and already has a Crozier on the team.)

 

[eDPS]

Gold Coast Academy

Alex Davies (AH)
191cm 85kg
Midfielder
DR: 3-15

Strengths
Clean hands
Stoppage Craft
Speed
Agility
Skills
Size
Upside

Queries
Awareness
Decision making (See below)

- Davies is a great prospect not nay blessed with a good size for a modern midfielder he is also a good athlete and skilful player to boot, his queries aren’t all bad either as most are nitpicks and easily fixed with experience, he can be a tad slow to release the ball under pressure and is caught holding the ball a bit too much for a player that moved as well as he does.

Joel Jeffrey (AH) NT
189cm 74kg
Medium Utility
DR: 20-40

Strengths
Clean hands
Production
Versatility
Composure
Marking
Skills
Athleticism
Upside
Awareness

Queries
Laconic
Best position?

- Jeffrey has plenty of traits scouts look for and is almost a complete package for a utility, would love to see how he would go playing more midfield and as much as his composure is great he can be a bit too laconic at times.

Brodie Lake (AH) NT
186cm 70kg
Defender
DR: 25-55

Strengths
Athleticism
Run and carry
Skills
Marking
Upside
Clean hands

Queries
Endurance
Production

- Lake has some decent tools at his disposal, not too dissimilar to Jordan Clark in playing style what he will need to work on to be seen as a higher prospect is that added intercept ability to get his numbers up to 20 and over and that will come with improved endurance

Rhys Nicholls (AH)
187cm 77kg
Defender
DR: 45-Late

Strengths
Skills
Composure
Agility
Marking
Clean hands
Upside

Queries
Production
Consistency

- Has a lot of nice tricks down back does Nicholls, a neat left foot kick and elusive and composed with ball in hand, has grown 4cm since last year and would have had a keen eye on his development this year as potentially a leading rebounder for the Allies at the championships.


Jack Johnston (AH)
195cm 95kg
Key Defender
DR: Late

Strengths
Size
Composure
Tackling
Strength
Reading the play
Skills


Queries
Athleticism
Upside

- Johnston is already a good size and uses it well, his athleticism is hard to judge but he doesn’t loo overly quick or have a good leap and those are two things that would be his biggest drawback.

Aiden Fyfe (AH)
189cm 78kg
Wingman
DR: Late

Strengths
Skills
Size
Upside
Clean hands
Positioning

Queries
Consistency
Speed

- Fyfe is a neat player and a good size aswell, could potentially play forward and back and wouldn’t mind seeing him at stoppages aswell. As a wingman he doesn’t kick enough or run with the ball enough to be overly damaging in that role so will need to work on that.


Max Pescud
183cm 66kg
Small Utility
DR: 25-45

Strengths
Balance
Skills
Composure
Scoreboard impact
Marking
Runs and Carry
Upside
Consistency

Queries
Size

- How the hell did this kid miss out on academy selection? Really caught my eye in a futures game playing against Vic Metro where he had 16 disposals and kicked 2 goals, doesn’t play like his weight as he goes in hard and is surprisingly strong in the contests for someone of 66kg and was 60kg last year aswell. Honestly not sure what academy selectors where thinking kid has something about him

 

[Heaps of fun]

Joel Jeffrey (AH) NT
189cm 74kg
Medium Utility
DR: 20-40

Strengths
Clean hands
Production
Versatility
Composure
Marking
Skills
Athleticism
Upside
Awareness

Queries
Laconic
Best position?

- Jeffrey has plenty of traits scouts look for and is almost a complete package for a utility, would love to see how he would go playing more midfield and as much as his composure is great he can be a bit too laconic at times.

You know laconic means "of using very few words"?

 

[eDPS]

You know laconic means "of using very few words"?

It’s been used in footy terms before as someone who can seem like they aren’t going full on and kind of just breasing through.

I know it’s not the exact term but the meaning works somewhat, have you not heard of a player described as laconic before?

 

[Heaps of fun]

It’s been used in footy terms before as someone who can seem like they aren’t going full on and kind of just breasing through.

I know it’s not the exact term but the meaning works somewhat, have you not heard of a player described as laconic before?

I've seen it used on BF a lot but always assumed it was by people that think the word has a different meaning.

 

[eDPS]

I've seen it used on BF a lot but always assumed it was by people that think the word has a different meaning.

It’s been used in commentary aswell that’s where I heard it, your not wrong though that it’s origins aren’t really the same

 

[briztoon]

I've seen it used on BF a lot but always assumed it was by people that think the word has a different meaning.

It’s been used to refer to mannerisms, attitude and behaviour for a couple of decades now, both in literature and sports commentary.

 

[Heaps of fun]

It’s been used to refer to mannerisms, attitude and behaviour for a couple of decades now, both in literature and sports commentary.

Source for this claim?

 

[Smythe]

Source for this claim?

Quite the laconic post

 

[briztoon]

Source for this claim?

Gees, I don’t have time to search through all my fiction novels.

 

[andleanback]

It’s been used to refer to mannerisms, attitude and behaviour for a couple of decades now, both in literature and sports commentary.

It used to afl terms to describe players that aren’t lazy at such but seem at times to not have urgency in the way they move around the ground.