I'm calling it now. If b and m crouch stay free of injury til end of next year, I think Sloane can win the Brownlow next year unless brad goes up another gear in which he will take votes of Sloane.
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I love Brad as much as anyone, but that's a step too far. Roo is with McLeod easily the 1st or 2nd best player ever for the Crows (take your pick who comes first, but no one would put anyone else 1 or 2), a Hall of Famer and has a fricken stand at the Adelaide Oval named after him!Will be better than Roo when he's done.
Gun.
I was going to comment mentioning how dangerous he is running forward. I love his ability to change direction quickly and force the running defender into a mistake. It's a weapon we only saw in glimpses in his first season so it's great to see him use it consistently this year. He's looked super quick this finals series too and reckon he'll be a huge factor toward us winning on Saturday. He was still working into some kind of form in Round 6 and didn't have much impact. Can't wait!have to put my hand up and apologise. i thought brad would be nothing more than an average player but as the year has gone on, he has changed my mind. he looks so dangerous running forward from a contest whereas in the past he has looked sideways and backwards. his kicking has improved significantly as has his confidence. smokey for the norm smith if we win on saturday.
O'Meara and Brad went 1,2 in the 17 year old mini draft in 2011. First off - does anyone know how that worked. Could they choose *any* 17 year olds, or did they have to nominate for it as well?
Given we were kicked out of the 2012 draft that was a bloody good choice given a) Brad would not have been available by the time we had a pick in 2012 and b) even if he did slip to where we would have been, we weren't there to have that pick!
What was the consensus for where Brad would have gone in the 2012 draft? A reminder of that draft (a pretty dud first 4)
Round Pick Player Recruited from League Drafted to Notes
1 Lachie Whitfield - Greater Western Sydney
2 Jonathan O'Rourke - Greater Western Sydney (Traded from Gold Coast)
3 Lachie Plowman - Greater Western Sydney (Traded from Melbourne)
4 Jimmy Toumpas - Melbourne (uncontracted player compensation pick (Scully)
5 Jake Stringer - Western Bulldogs
6 Jack Macrae - Western Bulldogs (uncontracted player compensation pick (Ward)
7 Ollie Wines - Port Adelaide
8 Sam Mayes - Brisbane Lions
9 Nick Vlastuin - Richmond
10 Joe Daniher - Essendon (Father-son selection)
11 Troy Menzel - Carlton
12 Kristian Jaksch - Greater Western Sydney
13 Jesse Lonergan - Gold Coast
14 Aidan Corr - Greater Western Sydney
15 Taylor Garner - North Melbourne
16 Jackson Thurlow - Geelong
17 Josh Simpson - Fremantle
18 Brodie Grundy - Collingwood
19 Ben Kennedy - Collingwood
20 Would have been us.
The players who nominated by this week’s deadline were: Chase Bower (Norwood, SA), Adam Carter (South Fremantle, WA), Brad Crouch (North Ballarat Rebels, Vic), Dayle Garlett (Swan Districts, WA), Brodie Grundy (Sturt, SA), Matthew Haynes (Northern Knights, Vic), Riley Hutchinson (East Perth, WA), Emmanuel Irra (South Adelaide, SA), Ben Kennedy (Glenelg, SA), Aaron Loccon (Norwood, SA), Sean Lynch (South Fremantle, WA), Todd McKay (South Adelaide, SA), Jaeger O’Meara (Dongara/ Railways, WA), Jonathan O’Rourke (Calder Cannons, Vic), Jason Pongracic (Dandenong Stingrays, Vic), Mason Shaw (South Fremantle, WA), Josh Simpson (North Adelaide, SA), Jake Stringer (Bendigo Pioneers, Vic), Shannon Taylor (Claremont, WA), Jimmy Toumpas (Woodville West Torrens, SA), Nick Vlastuin (Northern Knights, Vic), Matt Wallis (Norwood, SA), Laine Wilkins (Peel Thunder, WA), Daniel Williamson (Norwood, SA), Christopher Yarran (Perth, WA).
It is why our "No Top 10 draft pick" line always does have an asterisk.Had to nominate,notable names not drafted include Ben Kennedy, Dayle Gartlett, Chris Yarran, Brodie Grundy and Jake Stringer.
A hell of a lot of them were never drafted.
Nobody would know for sure but Hamish is on record as saying if they couldn't have got Brad in the Mini Draft they were not interested in taking part as we would be giving up too much otherwise......I think that was with the knowledge the GCS had 1st dibs on Jaeger O'Meara in the mini draft.That likely indicates O'Meara would have gone 1 and Brad 2. Luke Brown was the sweetener and the real reason he's on our list is we wanted Brad badly.O'Meara and Brad went 1,2 in the 17 year old mini draft in 2011. First off - does anyone know how that worked. Could they choose *any* 17 year olds, or did they have to nominate for it as well?
Given we were kicked out of the 2012 draft that was a bloody good choice given a) Brad would not have been available by the time we had a pick in 2012 and b) even if he did slip to where we would have been, we weren't there to have that pick!
What was the consensus for where Brad would have gone in the 2012 draft? A reminder of that draft (a pretty dud first 4)
Round Pick Player Recruited from League Drafted to Notes
1 Lachie Whitfield - Greater Western Sydney
2 Jonathan O'Rourke - Greater Western Sydney (Traded from Gold Coast)
3 Lachie Plowman - Greater Western Sydney (Traded from Melbourne)
4 Jimmy Toumpas - Melbourne (uncontracted player compensation pick (Scully)
5 Jake Stringer - Western Bulldogs
6 Jack Macrae - Western Bulldogs (uncontracted player compensation pick (Ward)
7 Ollie Wines - Port Adelaide
8 Sam Mayes - Brisbane Lions
9 Nick Vlastuin - Richmond
10 Joe Daniher - Essendon (Father-son selection)
11 Troy Menzel - Carlton
12 Kristian Jaksch - Greater Western Sydney
13 Jesse Lonergan - Gold Coast
14 Aidan Corr - Greater Western Sydney
15 Taylor Garner - North Melbourne
16 Jackson Thurlow - Geelong
17 Josh Simpson - Fremantle
18 Brodie Grundy - Collingwood
19 Ben Kennedy - Collingwood
20 Would have been us.
Brouch + Brown > Davis (+ was it pick 10?).Nobody would know for sure but Hamish is on record as saying if they couldn't have got Brad in the Mini Draft they were not interested in taking part as we would be giving up too much otherwise......I think that was with the knowledge the GCS had 1st dibs on Jaeger O'Meara in the mini draft.That likely indicates O'Meara would have gone 1 and Brad 2. Luke Brown was the sweetener and the real reason he's on our list is we wanted Brad badly.
Hamish also said Brown would have been long gone by our pick in the 2012 draft as he'd played some good SANFL footy for Norwood as an over ager. Hamish and Rendell were actually kicking themselves they didn't draft Luke the year before after getting some real good intel from one of the Norwood coaches whose name escapes me at the moment.
What a s**t draft.What was the consensus for where Brad would have gone in the 2012 draft? A reminder of that draft (a pretty dud first 4)
Also bullet dodged:
"Crouch apparently is the better player but they seriously considered Toumpas given he's a local lad"
But there was "Christ I hope we get Toumpas next year"
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/brad-crouch-and-luke-brown.881897/
Nup. soft as....The thing with Toumpas is the talent was/is there, but he's been on the list of two rabbles, and clubs that are appaling at developing talent. Considering our track record, he may have been able to eke out a decent career if he had become a Crow.
We set the bar very high for Brad, unfairly so IMO. He had a great year and can get much better tooAnyone saying that Brad did not have a good year and a great second half od 2017 season has no business commenting on football. Brad had a very good season and built on the games he played the year before.
Given a good preseason and a natural development, he will be in for a bigger and better 2018. Some of his inside work especially in the 2nd half of the year has been elite.
Anyone saying that?Anyone saying that Brad did not have a good year and a great second half od 2017 season has no business commenting on football. Brad had a very good season and built on the games he played the year before.
Given a good preseason and a natural development, he will be in for a bigger and better 2018. Some of his inside work especially in the 2nd half of the year has been elite.
And Brad was kicking the ball more at last ....rather than instinctively handballingAnyone saying that Brad did not have a good year and a great second half od 2017 season has no business commenting on football. Brad had a very good season and built on the games he played the year before.
Given a good preseason and a natural development, he will be in for a bigger and better 2018. Some of his inside work especially in the 2nd half of the year has been elite.
Looking in good shape now .....finally has a hardened AFL Body
Imo, Brouch is more likely to be our best midfielder rather than 4th string next year... but it is a far better looking team when we have 4 quality midfielders as going to be hard to shut them all down!He should, in 2018, be the beneficiary of;
1. The acquisition of Gibbs; and
2. The rise and rise of his brother.
Being our 4th string mid should open up a host of opportunity to carve out an elite season.