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2021 Draft Thread
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so ring up your bro in law and tell him to overturn the roulette wheel in crown casino and then vomit on himself asap
I was trying to compile a top 10 based on how much they look like a footballer in a footy card scenario,
and drew a pretty strong correlation between the top 3 on footy card footballer look,
and ability.
Jason Horne
Ben Hobbs
Finn Callahan
look the most like footballers, even if they were playing golf,
and they are probably the best 3 footballers in the open draft.
what is it? a bit of a man-child effect? confirmation bias? or do good footballers look like footballers?
and drew a pretty strong correlation between the top 3 on footy card footballer look,
and ability.
Jason Horne
Ben Hobbs
Finn Callahan
look the most like footballers, even if they were playing golf,
and they are probably the best 3 footballers in the open draft.
what is it? a bit of a man-child effect? confirmation bias? or do good footballers look like footballers?
Yeah amateurish was a bit tough, I'm more to your thinking. JVR has performed as well as any player has in the last three months. One of the few with actual production. I'm still taking at 15 if he's there.
I am with you Ezy.
Thats why I want Hobbs in a Richmond jumper next year. He is a footballer plain and simple. I think sometimes we over think things and go looking for a players weakness. Yes this kid might not be Usain Bolt but *smile* he knows how to find the footy.
PS: Same goes with Horne and Callaghan but they will be long gone by our pick.
Greene makes any side he plays in better, regardless of game plan. (Not saying Rachele becomes the next Greene).
Geez I reckon superstar gets used too liberally. How many superstars can there be? Naughton is not a superstar. He's an elite mark with real athleticism at this stage and not much else. Doesn't do much when the ball hits the ground. IIRC he kicked one goal from general play during the year, every other goal from a mark and set shot. His kicking is inconsistent, almost poor. Capable of improvement - no doubt. Superstar. Not yet.
Would we want him - sure.
It's good,his biggest issue which is minor is he tries to play on all the time,and it makes him rush a few of his kicks.
Marcus Herbert has had a big season. Been overlooked for the higher profile Hobbs but he’s been an on ball mainstay as much as Hobbs has in that team. Did well in a VFL game Geelong asked him to play in.
Figuring Geelong will take him in the Draft.
Figuring Geelong will take him in the Draft.
Cue the word “young” superstar.
Implies he’s in development stages.
Definitely not bona fide yet.
Would we want him - bloody oath
No chance to slide.
It seems PRE is the only place he’s not rated.
Not by me. He can play. Couple of things to clean up, but what kid doesn’t ?
Yes, I like Delacey.
I saw him live at the Colts GF, was very impressive. I just googled his stats, it's his first year at Claremont, he has done very done well in his first year in the WAFL system.
Sheldrick will go a lot higher than a lot of people think, a very good clearance player, deceptive pace and can run all day.
My fear is we reach for too many talls in this draft.
So many capable midfielders that are gettable
Pick 7 I reckon we will take a tall for sure Gibcus/JVR
15, If JVR is still there, even if we take Gibcus at 7, I reckon we may pull the trigger.
Then the rest of the picks we take the midfielders that are left,
Butler, Hough, Knevitt, Sheldrick, Roberts, Macdonald, Chesser
We are desperate for talented, elite young talls.
So many capable midfielders that are gettable
Pick 7 I reckon we will take a tall for sure Gibcus/JVR
15, If JVR is still there, even if we take Gibcus at 7, I reckon we may pull the trigger.
Then the rest of the picks we take the midfielders that are left,
Butler, Hough, Knevitt, Sheldrick, Roberts, Macdonald, Chesser
We are desperate for talented, elite young talls.
What are you talking about, we would not do that. It's not like we've drafted players such as Jayden Post, Cleve Hughes, Ty Vickery, Todd Elton or Ben Griffiths with early picks!
Here's a quote from the article I posted -
"The decision to put Bazzo on Van Rooyen was brilliant, as he completely locked the key to the Tigers."
So after quarter time Bazzo complletely nullified him, until late in that third quarter when he bobbed up for a goal. Three goals in the first, not a huge influence after that. And that's my point, how much weight are you putting into Colts when the opposition has been substandard, Bazzo beat Van Rooyen on the day, from my perspective he did, maybe not your own, but plenty of other judges felt the same way.
And I'm not suggesting he's not draftable, I just think there's better options at 15.
It’s interesting how people’s opinions vary from game to game, week to week.
There was lots of chatter here about Amiss being a top 10 pick a couple of weeks ago, especially after his first game against SA.
He then gets injured in the return game and haven’t heard his name mentioned since.
Where does he get drafted?
There was lots of chatter here about Amiss being a top 10 pick a couple of weeks ago, especially after his first game against SA.
He then gets injured in the return game and haven’t heard his name mentioned since.
Where does he get drafted?
I think we all agree we need more talls but unfortunately this probably isn't the ideal draft to do that. If we can get one good one, get three talented mids and improve our draft position further for next year that would be a pretty good outcome. Hopefully then we can have a real crack at getting a couple of good talls next year when the talent is supposed to be much stronger in that area.
