If he can build his tank then he could be a very damaging player.Rachele is more speed than endurance. Doubt his 2km TT would be anything to get excited about. His speed especially the first few steps in traffic is electric.
If he can build his tank then he could be a very damaging player.Rachele is more speed than endurance. Doubt his 2km TT would be anything to get excited about. His speed especially the first few steps in traffic is electric.
So lock him in as a Tiger then.I looked at Johnson at the combine on the Afl website ,and he was doing the running jump,the Tiger recruiter in the back ground wasn't even watching,he was too busy yakking.
I looked at Johnson at the combine on the Afl website ,and he was doing the running jump,the Tiger recruiter in the back ground wasn't even watching,he was too busy yakking.
If you are looking at this situation in terms of securing three core players then bundling picks is definitely a viable strategy. I would perhaps do this if we have secured our two midfielders with 7 & 15 and really want to muscle in on a silky wingman, I don't think Sinn or Wanganeen-Milera will be there at 26. So if it's 27 & 28 for 19 & one of those guys is sitting there I would probably go for it. Not really interested in bundling 7 & 15 unless it's for Ward, I think Hobbs vs Rachele/Johnson isn't worth it, but if Hobbs is there at 7 then fair weight.I'll put a question out, do we go in and pick 5 young guns at 7, 15, 26, 27, 28 OR do some believe we'll only pick 4 players, thus packaging up some picks to try and get into the top 10. The thing is who wants to deal? or will things open up more on draft night?
Where not picking up Boxo, Amiss and Rachel.Is Rachel ok though ?
Sam Lloyd with more speed, that's exactly the impression I get too!Watching him I was thinking Sam Lloyd but quicker. But I will take the Heeney comparisons.
Just telling the Bombers and Bullfrogs recruiters that we're picking Erasmus knowing they'll tell Freo who'll then trump us with 6! Leaving the actual player we want.I looked at Johnson at the combine on the Afl website ,and he was doing the running jump,the Tiger recruiter in the back ground wasn't even watching,he was too busy yakking.
Re point 2, no you’re not listening to what I’m saying Turk. More, not equivalent or less. We couldn’t/wouldn’t do that and get the value to them. So it falls over. We get outbid in other words. Getting outbid can have positive or negative ramifications. I’m saying that in this case it presented a negative outcome visa v what we tendered on and paid for elsewhere.
Point 3 Huh ? How is giving up for example a 546 point payout from our Draft capital for 17 “worse or even bigger mistake“ v 522 for 27 ? It’s the other way around. And to be honest, if you can’t get that, then there’s no point continuing you’re right.
The fact remains, and history will show, that using the DVI (which is an index to assign some sort of value on picks as opposed to ambit or argued values) it was 499 to get 17 and 522 to get 27.
There has been some robust discussion about whether we paid too much to the pies or whether we should've gone harder to get pick 17.
Safe to say dees came hard as did the crows to get involved in a deal done with the dogs, a multi-club deal. Most of us kept putting up 38, 42, 47 for 17 (if 28 was thrown in I guess that still wouldn't get it done), hence why we were out of the race for pick 17.
Dees gave up their future first pick and Crows an early 20's pick, how on earth could we top that without giving both 26 & 28, great for dogs not so for us.
Pick 17 will that become 19 after bids? Second-round picks remain as is 26, 27, 28 (happy to stand corrected on that).
TRADE SUMMARY
Melbourne
In: 17, 37, 49
Out: Future first, 33, 45
Western Bulldogs
In: 23, 44, 45
Out: 17, 75
Adelaide
In: Future first (Melbourne), 33, 75
Out: 23, 37, 44, 62, 66, future fourth
On CCJ all I was hearing here and on BF stop thinking about pick 20 its pick 40 or PSD, in the end, and to the surprise of many (mostly lol north fans), we got what we wanted not only pick 40 but a future second, likely to be early 20's.
Now, trading 38 & 40 for pick 27 is what most expected, a fair deal but I dare say if it wasn't for the 3rd rounder next year thrown in, I bet we wouldn't be having this discussion but that 3rd will hopefully be 50+
Overall it's been a good trading period for us, but if a future 3rd is the only handout the club shouldn't have done, I can live with that.
I'll put a question out, do we go in and pick 5 young guns at 7, 15, 26, 27, 28 OR do some believe we'll only pick 4 players, thus packaging up some picks to try and get into the top 10. The thing is who wants to deal? or will things open up more on draft night?
Just to remind people that Goater has the highest standing vertical jump of 80cm, this was recorded in early season testing.TOP FIVE NATIONAL COMBINE RESULTS
Vertical jump (cm)
Corey Warner 76
William Bella 75
Leek Alleer 75
Noah Pegoraro 75
Lochlan Paton 73
Corey Warner tests in the vertical leap during the 2021 NAB AFL Western Australia draft combine. Picture: AFL Photos
Running vertical jump (cm)
Leek Alleer 107
Corey Warner 100
Josh Gibcus 95
Jahmal Stretch 93
Noah Pegoraro 92
20m sprint (sec)
Harvey Harrison 2.845
Taj Woewodin 2.898
Luke Polson 2.900
Hugh Stagg 2.910
Noah Pegoraro 2.926
Agility (sec)
Alastair Lord 7.940
Bryce Watson 8.006
Matt Johnson 8.061
Cooper Beecken 8.070
Ronald Fejo Jnr 8.080
2km time trial (minutes:seconds)
Cooper Hamilton 5:48
Hamish Sinnott 5:58
Mitchell Knevitt 6:18
Kai Lohmann 6:19
Jamieson Ballantyne 6:19
2km Time Trial on Strava - an app where athletes track runs and rides (minutes:seconds)
Josh Ward 5:57
Josh Fahey 5:59
Ned Long 6:05
Karl Worner 6:07
Blake Howes 6:08
Connor MacDonald 6:08
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Now let’s focus on having some fun using all of these picks.
I'll put a question out, do we go in and pick 5 young guns at 7, 15, 26, 27, 28 OR do some believe we'll only pick 4 players, thus packaging up some picks to try and get into the top 10
If you are looking at this situation in terms of securing three core players then bundling picks is definitely a viable strategy. I would perhaps do this if we have secured our two midfielders with 7 & 15
I've felt from the get-go that five picks in a draft that has been heavily affected by public health orders is a massive risk.Personally still think we only pick 4, but I could be wrong.
Pretty sure Adelaide having missed out on a crack at Horne-Francis have refocused and identified a target at 6 that they could not guarantee at 9, why would you risk it.?Personally still think we only pick 4, but I could be wrong. Adelaide might be willing (depends on who they are after) to swap 4 and 33 for 7 and 26, and then we use 33 to move one of the others up on draft night. We might need to sweeten that deal though. Maybe even Pick 4 and a future 3rd for 7 and 28. Gets us back to 4 picks next year (and likely a stronger 3rd than our own) and nails us either Ward or Hobbs. Likely gives us 4 inside the top 40 next year. 4 inside the top 27 this year and 4 inside the top 40 next is a nice haul.
Which reminds me: splitting the first and second rounds over two nights. Sucks.
It doesn't suck actually, with the invites going out a few days prior to the draft you can get a real sense of who will slide. Makes planning much easier and with a draft so even you can start targeting for needs knowing you stand a good chance to secure a particular player in the second round.Which reminds me: splitting the first and second rounds over two nights. Sucks.
It doesn't suck actually, with the invites going out a few days prior to the draft you can get a real sense of who will slide. Makes planning much easier and with a draft so even you can start targeting for needs knowing you stand a good chance to secure a particular player in the second round.
The invites have always gone out in the week preceding the Draft - before they started splitting the rounds. For the tv viewer it means sitting there for 2 days knowing who’s in the first and who’s not and then waiting for it to drag out. The clubs know 4 or 5 days out, and are ready as well.It doesn't suck actually, with the invites going out a few days prior to the draft you can get a real sense of who will slide. Makes planning much easier and with a draft so even you can start targeting for needs knowing you stand a good chance to secure a particular player in the second round.