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Talking about Snadden, Here is an interesting phantom draft appraisal below. Suprised he was that tall and looks to have a fair bit of upside as a Rookie selection
49. Jordan Snadden
Ht – 189 Wt – 78
Snadden had a lot of issues this year with groin and hip injuries and it is fair to say that we did not see him at his best. He is a big inside mid who made the AFL Academy this year and has the tools to be a very good player if he could put it all together.
If I was going to compare Snadden to anyone it would be to Michael Barlow. Barlow is a bit taller but Snadden certainly has nice height and bulk for a midfielder. He does not throw his weight around too much in the contest but he does clear the way nicely and has good strength over the ball. He is difficult to tackle and does get through a lot of tackles where you expect him to be gone. On the inside he finds his way to the ball okay but he does tend to collect it a bit too much when he is stationary and this can inhibit his ability to get out and clear the ball. His hands are also slower than is ideal for an inside mid. Still there is a bit to work with on the inside albeit, like Barlow, it might take him a little time to develop his inside game to AFL level.
In addition to his height, Snadden has superior athleticism. He had a great combine winning the 2 foot vertical and right foot jumps and doing very well in the speed testing. He did a 2.94 in the 20m and was the second fastest over the first 5 metres. I am sure coaches would have loved that last result in particular. Having explosive pace can be a huge advantage for an inside mid as shown by Judd and Dangerfield. The beep test was quite poor but interestingly he was in the top 30% of the 3km. Endurance is one area where Snadden needs to improve but the 3km time does show that there is a bit to work with I think. At the moment I think his gut running ability is lacking and that is holding him back both in regards to his game and his ability to fully utilise his pace. If he can get his groin and hip issues sorted though I think a team might find him make sudden jumps in his game generally.
Snadden is a left footer whose DE% is bolstered by his going long as much as he does. Personally I think he goes long to a contest too much and he needs to work on assessing and hitting the intermediate targets better than he currently does. He is a left footer and has a nice easy style and it may be that his injuries have hindered his kicking this year. When he kicks it it looks so good that you expect it to be finding the target but it too often doesn’t.
On the outside Snadden looks pretty good but can be a bit slow to cycle through his options and hit the targets. He moves well but does not have a great feel for where to run to receive. At the Champs he played onball a lot and only managed to average 13 disposals a game. In the WAFL Colts he averaged 20 disposals a game although it is worth noting that he averaged 21 disposals a game last year as a bottom ager. He was tried up forward a bit in the Colts this year but was not very effective. At the champs he did a bit of work behind centre and if he was going to play on a flank I would be looking at playing him as a back flanker. His size and pace could make him a good defensive option back there.
