I remember reading somewhere an interview with the manager of recruitment for hawthorn i cant remember much of it atm but i remember him saying he felt premiership contenders needed 5 a grade players (top 50 players in the comp) i think it was 10 b graders very good players and then a combination of c (being players who could hold there own but not outstanding) and D being to young to tell or making up the numbers. I am intrested to see how every1 rates our current list and also who the see developing into a and b grade players
IMO atm
Heath shaw and T Cloke Fraser, Clement(while his coming towards the end his still the best versatile defender in the comp) are A
Tarkz,swan,burnsy,Didak(should be an a if he gets form and head right) r.shaw Presti as B+
b. johnson, daisy, pendles, o brian, o bree goldsack as b grade
licca maxwell davis clarke(atm) reid rusling as c grade
d grade holland lonie davies medhurst bryan richards egan iles cox toovey stanly dawes anthony cook brown dick
i think the encouraging thing is most our d grade players bar holland medhurst lonie bryan are very young not much afl experince and large room for improvment
I think its far to say that h. shaw t.cloke and fraser will remain a graders
i think that one of o brain or goldsack has a possibility of stepping up into that a grade versatile defender and rebounder role but that is a large amount of specualtion
Didak should get everything right and put that on the park to develop into the a grader he was last year and we know he can be
i feel daisy has shown enough to suggest a grade status is on the cards for him i see him developing into a nathan brown type midfielder spark down foward type (i want to say hird but that is to big a rap)
i think pendles atm would only develop into a b plus player embly/dal santo type very versatile can play taller good hands i just feel to be able to be a grade and a player that wins you games he needs to be a bit harder at the ball but that hopefully will come with time
tarks swanny and rhyce i think will stay in that b plus role while swanny is still young at 23 dun see him improving to much
johnno i think will maintain b b plus
Maxwell is the intresting one for mine as i just can't figure out where he would fit into our line up, i heard mike sheean compare his development to that of clements but i just cant see him been giving that role with harry o playing so well as the versatile rebounding defender and goldsack also playing it very well. For that reason i am keeping maxwell as a C i dun think he is ever gonna be hopeless i just cant see him being given a role important enough for him to improve his status
Clarke has the ability to be anything i think his shown enough to be a definant b of the future wif a capabilities
Reid Rusling and Dawes are also intresting We know trav cloke has chf to himself for the next 10 years and its a matter of how we want our foward structure around him. I was really impressed with reid's ability to take contested marks at his age and I am much more excited about him then rusling. I see Reid being a B grader at least in our foward line. Unfortunatly i dont see rusling being a big time player in our long term structure. Dawes havent seen any of him cant say
As much flack as we give him i think richards can be a c grader over his whole career has struggled to string games together i think at least i hope if he can string a few together get some self belief that he can be some kind of a second option in the ruck
Have not seen enough to comment on brown or anthony as long term prosepects same goes with cook
Cox is a definant a-b prospect IMO moves well seems to have time with the ball when he gets a run in a non defensive roll i think he will be pretty impressive and hard to match up on moves so well for his height
Toovs i see as a c prospect as well good honest hard player possible b player if he develops a little like liccuria did and learns how to play midfield via tagging the top mids
Egan another one who could be anything but really testing peoples patients now with cox a similar skillful athletic type player and pendles etc is starting to fall to far behind in the list would need to really start working hard and putting the potential on the park to maintain his spot on the list long term
Iles is an intresting one seems to have good disposal and decision making when he is given time but crumbles under pressure and seems to have a good top pace but not as impressive of the mark speed could be anywhere from a b+-c grade midfielder if he improves as he settles and adjust to the pace of it at senior level if he can not adjust that he really doesn offer much
Dick has shown flare in his senior games but the problem for him is with the small fowards crumbers who rotate in midfield stints that we already have being thomas didak l davies is there room for him i doubt it three others offer a lot more versatility that said they all also have more senior footy experince
By my calculations that gives us 6 long term a graders with 3 others with a grade capablities and 6 b graders so assuming the 3 with a grade capability just develop into b grade players that gives us 9 b graders hopefully we can get something from our young hopefulls who i was unable to judge in brown anthony and dawes too
IMO atm
Heath shaw and T Cloke Fraser, Clement(while his coming towards the end his still the best versatile defender in the comp) are A
Tarkz,swan,burnsy,Didak(should be an a if he gets form and head right) r.shaw Presti as B+
b. johnson, daisy, pendles, o brian, o bree goldsack as b grade
licca maxwell davis clarke(atm) reid rusling as c grade
d grade holland lonie davies medhurst bryan richards egan iles cox toovey stanly dawes anthony cook brown dick
i think the encouraging thing is most our d grade players bar holland medhurst lonie bryan are very young not much afl experince and large room for improvment
I think its far to say that h. shaw t.cloke and fraser will remain a graders
i think that one of o brain or goldsack has a possibility of stepping up into that a grade versatile defender and rebounder role but that is a large amount of specualtion
Didak should get everything right and put that on the park to develop into the a grader he was last year and we know he can be
i feel daisy has shown enough to suggest a grade status is on the cards for him i see him developing into a nathan brown type midfielder spark down foward type (i want to say hird but that is to big a rap)
i think pendles atm would only develop into a b plus player embly/dal santo type very versatile can play taller good hands i just feel to be able to be a grade and a player that wins you games he needs to be a bit harder at the ball but that hopefully will come with time
tarks swanny and rhyce i think will stay in that b plus role while swanny is still young at 23 dun see him improving to much
johnno i think will maintain b b plus
Maxwell is the intresting one for mine as i just can't figure out where he would fit into our line up, i heard mike sheean compare his development to that of clements but i just cant see him been giving that role with harry o playing so well as the versatile rebounding defender and goldsack also playing it very well. For that reason i am keeping maxwell as a C i dun think he is ever gonna be hopeless i just cant see him being given a role important enough for him to improve his status
Clarke has the ability to be anything i think his shown enough to be a definant b of the future wif a capabilities
Reid Rusling and Dawes are also intresting We know trav cloke has chf to himself for the next 10 years and its a matter of how we want our foward structure around him. I was really impressed with reid's ability to take contested marks at his age and I am much more excited about him then rusling. I see Reid being a B grader at least in our foward line. Unfortunatly i dont see rusling being a big time player in our long term structure. Dawes havent seen any of him cant say
As much flack as we give him i think richards can be a c grader over his whole career has struggled to string games together i think at least i hope if he can string a few together get some self belief that he can be some kind of a second option in the ruck
Have not seen enough to comment on brown or anthony as long term prosepects same goes with cook
Cox is a definant a-b prospect IMO moves well seems to have time with the ball when he gets a run in a non defensive roll i think he will be pretty impressive and hard to match up on moves so well for his height
Toovs i see as a c prospect as well good honest hard player possible b player if he develops a little like liccuria did and learns how to play midfield via tagging the top mids
Egan another one who could be anything but really testing peoples patients now with cox a similar skillful athletic type player and pendles etc is starting to fall to far behind in the list would need to really start working hard and putting the potential on the park to maintain his spot on the list long term
Iles is an intresting one seems to have good disposal and decision making when he is given time but crumbles under pressure and seems to have a good top pace but not as impressive of the mark speed could be anywhere from a b+-c grade midfielder if he improves as he settles and adjust to the pace of it at senior level if he can not adjust that he really doesn offer much
Dick has shown flare in his senior games but the problem for him is with the small fowards crumbers who rotate in midfield stints that we already have being thomas didak l davies is there room for him i doubt it three others offer a lot more versatility that said they all also have more senior footy experince
By my calculations that gives us 6 long term a graders with 3 others with a grade capablities and 6 b graders so assuming the 3 with a grade capability just develop into b grade players that gives us 9 b graders hopefully we can get something from our young hopefulls who i was unable to judge in brown anthony and dawes too
