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Toast Fremantle's 1st 2018 National Draft Pick: Sam Sturt [Pick #17]
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Sam Sturt is a Vic Country player and played for Dandenong, so whinging about Freo’s record with Melbourne players is irrelevant.
Really more about other things than the picks per se. I'm not going to pretend we did well preferring Pitt to Darling; it was clearly a mis-judgement, and there were other good players taken after Pitt. But Pitt's injury prevents us from knowing what he might have achieved.
Statistically these players would be rated successes at their picks, so not sure what you are meaning. You need to compare average games played by players at their pick (plus factor in the concessions that GWS and GCSs had and the impact that had on the draft, effectively making Sheridan and Crozier second round picks).
Definitely a bust in a concession effected draft, with the club making a move to try and get some of the precocious talent that we were desperately lacking. Not a wonderful group of players taken after this pick (Grundy the standout, but as a ruck not anywhere near a need at the time). Next most likely selections for us I think would have been Paparone, Towers or White. Ew.
Can't really knock this selection. At worst he is on the money for the pick he was taken at. Players sometimes move when they are offered a lot more money, and the only way to deal with it is to get good value in a trade. Tick.
Pretty much.
So Sturt only played TAC cup?
The Dandenong Ranges aren’t exactly far from Melbourne. Dandenong the suburb (where the Stingrays play) is very much outer Melbourne really.
I’m not sure where exactly Sturt is from - could just as easy by Outer Metro or actually in the country.
Late bloomer, played a lot of cricket growing up.
He was a late call up for his TAC team.
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I’m excited by this pick a lot more than I would have been with Hill. The potential looks enormous!
You look at our list and realize we have quite a lot of short people; Ballantyne, Walters, Colyer, Switta, Giro....they can only really fill 2-3 spots in a 22.
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True but Hill is a special short arse
Reckon you're making a pretty sound point when you question our drafting in the late-ish first round (it's literally impossible to argue that it's been good) and this is every bit a high-risk/high-reward pick. He's barely played any AFL and wasn't even a consideration before this year. And that's the reality.
In saying that though I think there's reason enough to be optimistic. I think the Fyfe comparisons are stupid but even if he never develops a midfield game these mid-sized forwards like him with pace/marking ability are invaluable (think the Hoskin-Elliot, Stephenson types).
In saying that though I think there's reason enough to be optimistic. I think the Fyfe comparisons are stupid but even if he never develops a midfield game these mid-sized forwards like him with pace/marking ability are invaluable (think the Hoskin-Elliot, Stephenson types).
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill, Sturt will discover our forwardline.
Check Mr Fyfes (Snr) logbooks, any deliveries into Melbourne back about 17 years ?.
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Watching the highlights, this kid is good. The intercept/spoil and look away handball play is the kind of creativity you want to see.
I don't care who else was available, this kid has it.
I don't care who else was available, this kid has it.
I think I might sit in the middle ground of excited about Sturt, kid has great potential but maybe not jumping to the "he's the next Fyfe" just yet 
He won't need that outrageous expectation on top of taking over the #29 jumper.
He won't need that outrageous expectation on top of taking over the #29 jumper.
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Yeah next Fyfe is ridiculous, but even Fyfe's pre draft highlights weren't as good.I think I might sit in the middle ground of excited about Sturt, kid has great potential but maybe not jumping to the "he's the next Fyfe" just yet
He won't need that outrageous expectation on top of taking over the #29 jumper.
Obviously there is a lot of development required for him to make it, and there is the ever present threat of injury, but he definitely seems like a good get at pick 17.
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He's from Frankston South. Border between metro Melbourne & Mornington Peninsula. Similar distance from CBD, maybe a bit further but point remains the same.
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