If you take a look back at the phantom drafts from that time, you'll see that the guys like Knightmare etc rated Apeness as more a KPF and Lobb as more a ruckman. That's why we took Apeness over Lobb imo.
Lobb was generally considered a ruck prospect rather than a KPF.
If only we rated Greg Harding's opinion (September 2013)...
"He can kick really nicely, he takes contested marks, but physically he is really still a real baby, because the kid has no real footy development over the last five or six years. He has not done one preseason," Harding said.
"But in two or three pre-seasons, he is going to be an absolute beast of an athlete. At 205cm he could be one of best athletes going around and he is a wonderful kid.
"So, if there's a kid with more upside (in this year's draft) I'd be really surprised."
"His ability to take contested marks is fantastic. In time, at AFL level, he will be a really, really good contested mark."
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Given his lack of previous football experience, Lobb's emergence has staggered talent-watchers, who have flocked to Perth to gauge his performance in the past two months.
Lobb's endurance is elite for a tall, having clocked 3km in less than 11 minutes.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...b/news-story/ecc31bcdf197f831b989cb421c9bf41e