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2024 Draft Thread
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He was better than him as a 16 year oldAs good as Kane McCaullife?
But Mcauliffe is on our list ,SO l hope he turns out to be very good.He doesn't turn 18 until the end of August ,most of the stuff he did last year was as a 16 year old,,very very impressive ,and this is his first full year of just concentrating on football,he was part of the Vic u19 cricket academy .
I don't think he was any slower than Vlas,Pat was a excellent reader of the play,would have broken records for intercept disposals.
He was a bit unaccountable though .
Very strong cricket to footballer vast improvement in three years pipeline, Caleb Serong & Jordan Clark spring to mind.
Spoke to someone in clubland today, Charlie Harrop who didn't get drafted this year has been doing a preseason at Norf. Has absolutely burnt up the track and has stared in match sims and intra-club. Would've played already if on the list. Clubs are on to him.
AFL site vid says Jack Hutchinson No1 mid-season target? We look like we might have pick 1.
Almost fell over when Meehan said he’s never seen Prestia so determined in rehab to overcome his injury.
He’s obviously still in denial.
Must retire and say goodbye with dignity. Will retire a champion so not sure what’s left to achieve
As is the entire freaking club. Opted for sentimentality rather than pragmatism. Personally think there should have been a balance between the two.
This is/will bite the club until there is a shift which I hope will happen sooner rather than later.
Moves better than Green and Cripps combined. Hits it at pace. Leap. woohoooo. Fin last Tiges IDNGAF.
I don’t understand this post, sorry
Dion Prestia is a contracted player who is being paid to play football this season. Why would you expect him not to be determined to overcome this injury?
He is a footballer, he wants to play. What happens when his contract ends is another subject.
Maybe I was harsh. No doubt he's a talent and size plus athleticism is appealing. But he's nowhere near as physical as those two. He also fumbles, drops an easy chest mark and goes to ground too easily in that clip.
Not saying he's not a good prospect, clearly he is, but not sure he screams #1 (at this very early stage).
Here's Finn O'Sullivan from the same game. Only 15 disposals but six of them are clearances and he showed last year that production is not usually an issue. He's harder at it, cleaner and more creative than Smillie.
Edit: fractured his thumb in the first quarter and will miss several weeks, puts 15 touches in perspective. We can mark this one down as tough.
Edit: fractured his thumb in the first quarter and will miss several weeks, puts 15 touches in perspective. We can mark this one down as tough.
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Yeah I'm just getting excited at the prospect of having the oppo to draft a blue chip!
