Won't make it....
thats a big and ballsy call on a player who only just got drafted.
seems he has all the physical attributes needed to play afl. so i take it your talking about smarts and skill set.would be interesting to hear why you think this way.
i have already voiced concerns about foot skills even though he tested well at the draft camp with them. just doesnt seem to consistently hit a target.
in fact im not too sure how much we should read into his camp results with him being older. but he did test well probably as he should have so wont hold that against him.
the other concern is it seems against the better players he has struggled to get his hands on the ball. how they perform against their peers is a box that should be ticked.
Has the physical attributes but no real stand out footballing attributes IMO. Apart from footage, saw him live last year when he played for the reserves and didn't really impress me all that much.
Put it this way - as a general rule the likelihood of all 5 of our national draft picks from across 5 rounds of the national draft making it is slim - and to me he is by far the least likely at this stage - even put him behind Butler who probably has worse skills but real pace, is a ferocious tackler and can kick goals.
Drummond is faster than Butler and just as manic defensively. Also has better skills, but that doesn't make them great - Butler's are pretty poor at this stage. Drummond has also shown more ability through the midfield and around stoppages.
ive only seen footage of butler. footskills aside and i have to admit i havent seen anything to really concern me with them how does he rate against blokes like lloyd macdonough as far as playing a sml fwd role goes.
the thing i like is the pace and the defensive attributes he can bring to that role and has shown he can kick a goal. with 200cm fwds and jack who is not quick theres a big need for genuine pace in the fwd half. i dont think either macdonough or lloyd suit the structure with their attributes. drummond would also suit the structure because of his attributes.
gordon is another good size good pace but at 25yrs im not so sure about his ceiling he doesnt find much balland seems to go missing for large chunks of games like many of our players do.
look at the hawks they play roughead, hale, gunston and rotate ceglar thru there. shoenmakers also played thru there with sphanger. what they always have is puopolo, bruest, and rioli they are all quick, they all can kick a goal and they all chase tackle and defend well. with the tall fwd set up the hawks need these types.
