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[lemon chicken]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Was Grant Weeks invited to the state combine ?

Dont think so. Read an article on him that quoted him as saying not one afl club has spoken to him but plenty of state league teams have. I dont understand it considering how slim the chances are of any footballer being able to kick 150 goals in a season at any level.

 

[Slattery_20]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Happens everywhere. Most leagues, anyway. They're often big fat buggers paid by the goal who aren't interested in the slightest in pushing themselves to a higher level.

 

[lemon chicken]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Maybe a few fat blokes around kicking around 100 but not 150. Weeks isnt a fat lazy bloke anyway, was selected for Vic Country U/18 two years in a row but got a stress fracture in his foot before the second years games.

 

[Slattery_20]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Swap 'fat lazy bloke' for 'bloke entirely happy with kicking bags in a lower league'.
If they don't want to test themselves, you're pushing it uphill to start with.

 

[lemon chicken]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Or a country kid who i think has a share in the family farm. He was in the system was poorly coached from a junior level and told he would only make it if he played on ball and half fwd. Bendigo was a basketcase when he was there, not much incentive.

 

[Slattery_20]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Are you seriously suggesting we draft a kid who sounds about 1% interested???

 

[Kong]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Agree with S20.

 

[Burzum]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Bring Goosey out of retirement.

 

[Fin ice Smuggler]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Bring Goosey out of retirement.

Well now this thread is getting silly, but seriously i hope we stick to the cause and draft a couple of midfielders with our first 2 picks, it wont be great if Neagle gets picked up by someone else, especially if it's carlton and he kicks a bag against us.

With Gumby's injury I hope for our sake that Neagle doesnt get drafted and instead picked up by us in the rookie draft when he has done the hardwork to improve himself....

 

[lemon chicken]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Are you seriously suggesting we draft a kid who sounds about 1% interested???

What are you basing the 1% interested on? Same place you got the he's fat and lazy? Shane Mumford would not be playing AFL if Geelong didnt take a risk, Isaac Smith played 6-7 games of VFL and is being talked up as a top 30 pick. Im suggesting he would be last pick of ND or rookie selction IF somebody else choses to pick up Neagle considering we would be left with a lack of FF options if this was the case. I'd say none of the 18 year olds available with that pick would ever kick 150 goals in a season in any backwater league let alone one of the stronger country leagues in Vic. How many goals did Serhat Temel kick this season?

 

[Rack Watts]

Re: National Draft / Rookie Draft Strategy (No Trade Talk)

It's hardly an anal-retentive thing when one word means a completely different thing to another.

My favourite type of peoples.

 

[Dunn - Well Done]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

How about this

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...rget-jared-polec/story-e6frf9jf-1225954635956

 

[Slattery_20]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

What are you basing the 1% interested on? Same place you got the he's fat and lazy? Shane Mumford would not be playing AFL if Geelong didnt take a risk, Isaac Smith played 6-7 games of VFL and is being talked up as a top 30 pick. Im suggesting he would be last pick of ND or rookie selction IF somebody else choses to pick up Neagle considering we would be left with a lack of FF options if this was the case. I'd say none of the 18 year olds available with that pick would ever kick 150 goals in a season in any backwater league let alone one of the stronger country leagues in Vic. How many goals did Serhat Temel kick this season?

Shane Mumford got himself to Geelong VFL, did well there & lost 20kg odd before being rookied.
If Weeks comes back to VFL, shows he can get fit enough he'd be worth a look.
FWIW I think we should look at Duscher who (AFAIK) was playing country footy last year, then VFL this year.
Big difference between guys who went to, and a guys who just left, VFL.
Upwards curve v downwards curve.

 

[Godzke]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

How about this

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...rget-jared-polec/story-e6frf9jf-1225954635956

Heppell sliding? Hmmm, don't think he's what we need. Would be an upgrade on Dempsey perhaps but I prefer an in and under player to a rebounding HBFer.

 

[eth-dog]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

How about this

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...rget-jared-polec/story-e6frf9jf-1225954635956

If Brizzy take Polec, and Richmond take that guy, Heppell will be taken by GC and we'd get Atley. So it doesn't affect us at all

 

[Dunn - Well Done]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

If Brizzy take Polec, and Richmond take that guy, Heppell will be taken by GC and we'd get Atley. So it doesn't affect us at all

Brisbane seem almost certain to take Polec now. I still think Richmond will take Heppell at 6 instead of Conca, although he is being linked with richmond at 6 alot. Definitly not worth a pick 6. Richmond also need more outside/HBF players than inside hard nuts like Conca. They already have (Cotchin, Martin, Foley) who are all hard nosed inside mids who are quite young.

GC not to keen on Heppell but maybe they just thought that he would never be an option.

 

[Dunn - Well Done]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Daffeys mock draft has us getting

8 - Atley
31 - A.Young
48 - S.Crockey
64 - L.Mitchell
80 - Isiah Stevens

That would be a magical draft for us. I think Bipolarbear must know something in regards to Atley and Gutherie who seem our most likely to be picked for the first 2 rounds.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Yuck, pick 31 is terrible. Nothing against Young BUT surely we would take Parker who is better in most aspects!

 

[Dunn - Well Done]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

Yuck, pick 31 is terrible. Nothing against Young BUT surely we would take Parker who is better in most aspects!

Yeah id prefer Parker, but Young is also rated quite nicely. Hes probably picked around where he should go.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

I really doubt we would not pick Parker considering we were massively into Koby Stevens last year and they are very similar. Nothing has changed in 12 months.

 

[anf06]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

If we are able to land Mitchell at 60, I'll be a monkey's uncle. A very happy uncle, at that.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

I actually can understand Mitchell sliding. If he isn't taken by WC as the priority pick I can see him sliding into the 50's.

 

[Dunn - Well Done]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

I would be stoked if Mitchell got to us, good to know we are keen on him. Give me

Atley, Gutherie, Crocker, Mitchell and a small forward type (Cooyou or I.Stevens maybe) and i would be very happy.

We might have to take Neagle at 64 if we really want to keep him, the saints are really keen on him.

 

[Slattery_20]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

If someone wants to take Neagle before the PSD/rookies, let 'em I say. He's waived all rights for us to "need" or chase him.
Means we don't have to pay all of his contract for one thing.

 

[7zark7]

Re: NAB AFL Draft: Thursday, 18th November @5pm

I cannot believe that Tim Milera isn't even in the Mock Draft....loks an absoloute gem!!

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tab...47/default.aspx