Player Watch Sid Draper

[mcleod at 50 lines it up]

A lot of those guys did their learning well before Bright got there.

Robert Shaw put a lot of games into young players too, good point, even if you didn't mean to make it

 

[Cromulant]

Robert Shaw put a lot of games into young players too, good point, even if you didn't mean to make it

Yeah i did

Shaw wasnt a good coach, but he knew we had too many older types

 

[mcleod at 50 lines it up]

Yeah i did

Shaw wasnt a good coach, but he knew we had too many older types

Not really saying anything new there are ya. Post blight we seemed to enjoy making guys earn it in the sanfl but wasn't always the way was the point.

 

[Apsaalooke]

A bit disappointing that pick 3 Jagga Smith is playing regular games in the A's despite an ACL tear last year while pick 4 Sid Draper is still languishing in the B's.

Jagga does need to put on some weight though!

 

[Stephen2]

A bit disappointing that pick 3 Jagga Smith is playing regular games in the A's despite an ACL tear last year while pick 4 Sid Draper is still languishing in the B's.

Jagga does need to put on some weight though!

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seems cheating to be massless and therefore capable of speed of light travel!!

 

[Cromulant]

A bit disappointing that pick 3 Jagga Smith is playing regular games in the A's despite an ACL tear last year while pick 4 Sid Draper is still languishing in the B's.

Jagga does need to put on some weight though!

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Jagga started well this year, but he'd be close to a spell I reckon.

Very lightly framed, though weightless is a bit of a stretch !!!

 

[hippyhippy]

A bit disappointing that pick 3 Jagga Smith is playing regular games in the A's despite an ACL tear last year while pick 4 Sid Draper is still languishing in the B's.

Jagga does need to put on some weight though!

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This is afc though... we don't invest in our juniors. We play the good guys.

 

[Cromulant]

This is afc though... we don't invest in our juniors. We play the good guys.

Sid is both.

He'll play when we deem him fit enough

 

[GameofSloanes]

Sid is both.

He'll play when we deem him fit enough

Yeah, hard to criticise them not giving Sid a game this year when he has either been injured or underdone so far.

And to be honest, his form when selected hasn't demanded he be picked anyway

Needs a good run at it to get fit, show some good form, then into the AFL side. Hopefully he can put it together, am starting to get a bit concerned

 

[cmndstab]

Can't complain about him not getting selected yet after the preseason he had. If we're still not picking him once he's fully fit, then we can complain.

 

[1990crow]

Can't complain about him not getting selected yet after the preseason he had. If we're still not picking him once he's fully fit, then we can complain.

Real worry is whether he can actually get to full fitness.

 

[Golumless]

Yeah, hard to criticise them not giving Sid a game this year when he has either been injured or underdone so far.

And to be honest, his form when selected hasn't demanded he be picked anyway

Needs a good run at it to get fit, show some good form, then into the AFL side. Hopefully he can put it together, am starting to get a bit concerned

Eh, not the first to get hit with the injury bug in the early part of his career. The good sign that he will is his body has filled out a lot in the last 8 months, which should hopefully help with durability in the mid-to-long term.

We did miss a trick last year however, as Draper was really how we should have used that last half forward slot instead of the merry-go-round between Murphy, Taylor and Pedlar.

 

[Rogue77]

Very well rounded stat line by Sid yesterday in the SANFL

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Post in thread 'Adelaide Crows - Stats, Data, Trends & Observations'

Apr 26, 2026

Sid Draper

Well rounded stat line by Sid yesterday in the SANFL:

• 5 inside 50's
• 4 rebound 50's
• 5 clearances
• 4 tackles

Suggests two things to me - versatility (ability to impact across different areas of the game), and work rate (effort to get to different parts of the ground, tackle, etc.)

Source/s

Matches - SANFL

sanfl.com.au

• Rogue77

 

[fossilllCrow]

Just okay Draper instead is Taylor not going to change another then we get games into Taylor

 

[TBM]

Stat line of only 13 touches, 3 tackles and 48 Fantasy points in the SANFL tonight

Did he get midfield time?

What's going on here, should we be starting to worry?

 

[Cromulant]

Stat line of only 13 touches, 3 tackles and 48 Fantasy points in the SANFL tonight

Did he get midfield time?

What's going on here, should we be starting to worry?

Im worried because we look like we want to turn a kid with attacking weapons we lack, into a more defensive minded footballer.

That worries me, the player himself does not.

 

[ABAB]

Draper's 2nd half a few weeks ago was what you expect from him, he isn't confident with his body to do this week after week yet.

 

[1990crow]

Stat line of only 13 touches, 3 tackles and 48 Fantasy points in the SANFL tonight

Did he get midfield time?

What's going on here, should we be starting to worry?

The worried alarms went off last year.

 

[Cromulant]

The worried alarms went off last year.

You're in a perpetual state of worry

 

[adelaidecrows]

You're in a perpetual state of worry

Im worried he doesnt seem to be playing at the level that got him drafted in the exact same competition. There are so many variables though. Playing out of position, being forced to concentrate on specific areas of his game and defensive running patterns etc, who knows. But he looks like he is getting further away from selection at this stage.

 

[TBM]

Im worried he doesnt seem to be playing at the level that got him drafted in the exact same competition. There are so many variables though. Playing out of position, being forced to concentrate on specific areas of his game and defensive running patterns etc, who knows. But he looks like he is getting further away from selection at this stage.

A consistent trend with many of our young talent.. development at the club a massive concern

Assuming he's fit - Draper needs to be playing 1s now, staying in the 2s doesn't seem to be helping him

 

[spenze]

At what stage do you feel we have chayce jonesed him

 

[Cromulant]

At what stage do you feel we have chayce jonesed him

Not yet.

If the senior coaching group are lucky enough to hold onto their jobs at years end.... then we worry.

 

[spenze]

Not yet.

If the senior coaching group are lucky enough to hold onto their jobs at years end.... then we worry.

We seriously need to spend decent money on a coaching group for our seconds, going the cheap route is killing us

 

[Cromulant]

We seriously need to spend decent money on a coaching group for our seconds, going the cheap route is killing us

Across the board really.

Im not sure its necessarily Wright's fault or Panos' fault or whoever else, theyre only coaching to the plan.