List Mgmt. Pick 9

[windows1]

If stephens and young are gone, I would rather stretch for a player that fills a need than pick Serong. I am not seeing it with Serong at pick 9. He looks an 18 to 25 pick. Height, disposal, pace, what is his elite quality?

Hands

Marking

Toughness

Tackling

All elite

 

[GT619]

Hands

Marking

Toughness

Tackling

All elite

I say he’s a good kick, not an elite. He makes things happen when he gets it or when he’s bulldozing someone into the ground. He’s a tough bastard.

 

[J-dog]

If stephens and young are gone, I would rather stretch for a player that fills a need than pick Serong. I am not seeing it with Serong at pick 9. He looks an 18 to 25 pick. Height, disposal, pace, what is his elite quality?

Seems like it would be "footy".
The kid can really football.

Plenty of premiership players without an "elite" quality other than can football.
Pendlebury, Hodge, Swan, Barry, that West Coast bloke that kicked the winning goal, Ellis, Butler... Grigg even. Half the Bulldogs list.
And hard to believe that players like Ablett Snr an d Buckley never won a flag.

Anyway here's hoping that whoever we end up with helps bring us that next premiership as a Carlton player

 

[windows1]

I say he’s a good kick, not an elite. He makes things happen when he gets it or when he’s bulldozing someone into the ground. He’s a tough bastard.

I say he’s a rubbish kick. Made worse by his inability to make space for himself and make it easier.

 

[thylacine60]

Relax, pane my boy. Stephens is our man. I have willed it to happen.

same - thy's will be done.........hee hee.........

 

[Stamos]

Buckenara described Serong as having ‘uncanny goal sense’. Fills a need 100%

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Relax, pane my boy. Stephens is our man. I have willed it to happen.

Serong is our man, heck even Billy Joel made a song about him

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

Who the analysts have us picking at #9....

Herald Sun - Stephens
AFL.COM (Cal Twomey) - Stephens
The Age - Stephens
FoxSports - Serong
Draft Central - Serong (although Stephen still available)
Knightmare (ESPN) - Ash (although Young still available)

Bamboo Harvester - Jack Daniels (think I'll need one tomorrow nite)

 

[GT619]

I say he’s a rubbish kick. Made worse by his inability to make space for himself and make it easier.

I give up

 

[TerryWallet]

Underwhelmed by our apparent potential picks at 9. Not Boekhorst levels of under whelm by any means, but underwhelmed nevertheless.

Guess i'm left to hoping McAsey slips and Cats or GC come with 14 and 17/24 or 15 and 20. Apparently we've already knocked back 15 and 20 but that might change on the night if our preferred picks have gone before 9.

Think at this stage i'd like 2 picks at the cherry rather than 9 alone, considering at this stage i'd probably prefer who's left at 14/15 than who we're likely to spend 9 on. Serong and Stephens don't grab me. Not as Top 10's anyways.

 

[slashin_velvet]

If Green is on the board, we should bid on him.

 

[Stamos]

It would seem perhaps more likely that if we do trade down it will be for one pick this year and a future pick.

 

[windows1]

I give up

Sorry. I’ll stop!

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

Underwhelmed by our apparent potential picks at 9. Not Boekhorst levels of under whelm by any means, but underwhelmed nevertheless.

Do you realise Boekhorst has nominated for the draft this year....true dinks.

I've got the list of the 800 odd players who have nominated for this year's draft....some interesting names there

 

[TerryWallet]

Do you realise Boekhorst has nominated for the draft this year....true dinks.

I've got the list of the 800 odd players who have nominated for this year's draft....some interesting names there

Well Rogers is a pro scout for Brissy. Guess Blaine thought he'd try for miracle No.2.

 

[Eiffel 65]

Underwhelmed by our apparent potential picks at 9. Not Boekhorst levels of under whelm by any means, but underwhelmed nevertheless.

Guess i'm left to hoping McAsey slips and Cats or GC come with 14 and 17/24 or 15 and 20. Apparently we've already knocked back 15 and 20 but that might change on the night if our preferred picks have gone before 9.

Think at this stage i'd like 2 picks at the cherry rather than 9 alone, considering at this stage i'd probably prefer who's left at 14/15 than who we're likely to spend 9 on. Serong and Stephens don't grab me. Not as Top 10's anyways.

Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle are all considering him from picks 5-8 so he must be somewhere in that range on their boards.

Still can't believe that Kemp could slide to Geelong or Gold Coast with picks 14 & 15.

 

[ESKIE]

It's still broke and I slide down a rope.

Like Tarzan, go man go

 

[ParapMarkets]

Cal Twomey's late mail: McAsey the wildcard in top 10

AFL.com.au's guru provides his latest update ahead of the NAB AFL Draft

m.afl.com.au

Interesting.
If Adelaide take Stephens then it looks like we will end up trading pick 9 and possibly land Kemp and another pick.

 

[murphster]

I will be praying for Young.
I really want Stephens
I will be happy with Serong
I quite like Robertson.

But I am secretly hoping for some final SOS shenanigans that throws the draft into disarray, letting us profit from other teams' desperation....

McAsey gets through to 9 we will see some big offers come our way and I suspect we will take one of them, would be a great result for us in terms of maximising our draft hand. Can’t wait

 

[murphster]

I’m tipping:

Trade up with Sydney.

Boom.

You really are desperate for Stephens aren’t you Windows.

 

[murphster]

Once Dow builds his body and tank (which should come in time), he'll be able to dominate contests without even kicking the football.

Problem is his greatest asset is his break away speed from the contest so really needs to tidy up his kicking, can’t burst from the contest and then handball inside 50, although Danger just kicks it long from his breakaways to mask his poor disposal.

 

[murphster]

Killing me Cal. Killing me.

Now seems to have evidence Freo want Serong ahead of Stephens.

This is going to be the longest 22 hours of my life.

GWS are looking to trade back down now Windows, seems a bid on Green isn’t coming until later.

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

GWS are looking to trade back down now Windows, seems a bid on Green isn’t coming until later.

Interesting.....if there isn't a bid for Green before pick 5, would GWS be looking at trading back down.....pick 5 was really just an insurance policy.

 

[Cripptonite]

Sounds like we are basically locked into either Stephens or Serong based on what Adelaide and Freo do. Either way we will have great pick and will be ready to go next year.

Leaning slightly towards Stephens due to his athleticism, pure speed, decision making and clean disposal. Has proven himself against senior bodies. Definitely in the Josh Kelly/Stephen Hill mould.

Serong however would bring a real presence and some mongrel to our forward line. I feel he oozes leadership, hits the scoreboard regularly and knows how to find the ball. I see elements of his game that remind me of Robbie Gray and Toby Greene.

Tough decisions to be made by the recruiting team. Either way Ill be stoked to see one of them pull on the navy blue tomorrow night!

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

So if we select Serong or Stephens tomorrow nite....and we happen to jag Jack M in the psd...the additions to our list from last year could be...

Serong/Stephens
Martin
Newnes
Eddie
Pitto
Webb

Throw Doc in with these, and all could potentially be in our starting line up in round 1...with the exception of big Pitto and Webb.

Again, we salute you SOS....now just make sure you get the lower picks right this year