Who should we choose with our first draft pick?

[gerkin greg]

Sample size says you are correct

[Judge Roughneck]

birchall 193
smtth 188
burgoyne, hodge, lewis 186

Why do the like of Fortunato Caruso, and other Morrish Medal winners not get drafted to the AFL despite being the best player in the u18s?

If there are two kids of equal skill one 190, one 180 the recruiter is going to lean towards the larger

very hard to get drafted if you are fat or short given the current fetish of afl clubs and the way the rules are going

[gerkin greg]

Birchall lmfao

You're getting shorter...

[Judge Roughneck]

mackie 192
corey 191
murdoch 190
steve johnson 189
smedts 189
menzel 188
bartel 187
dundan 187
enright 187

 

[gerkin greg]

You know what a mid is right?

Jack 177
Bird 180
Mitchell 181
hannebery 182
Parker 183
Mcveigh 184

Poor stuffing Sydney lmao

[tony_montana]

Lol birchall hodge...

Ablett, Cotch, hanners, Martin, jack, Lewis 186.

Are these guys midgets and not as good as bartel, deledio, Barlow, mundy, etc?

You're not even making sense, in one group you are calling those at 183-185cms midgets then putting the likes of Lewis's, deledio bartel in the 6.3 bracket even though they're abt3 cms taller, and names like enright, mackie, hodge and birch aren't mids

Lol yeah poor Sydney...

[Judge Roughneck]

Gentleman

McVeigh = 184 = plus six foot

186 = plus six one


If you draft a mid 5 11 or smaller you taking a risk. Tom Scully (Martin) and Marc Murphy (Pendlebury), even.  Granted those sydney players are excellent. Jack is abit of an out of the box selection as he is a superfreak. RFC should trade for his brother...

. evertitt 194
goodes 191
rampe 189
rohan 189
mattner 188
kennedy 188
malceski 188

etc.

Of course not every short player is bad but you have to be exceptional like Sam Mitchel or an indigenous speed demon preferably.

Hodge plays tall beating ruckman when he plays as the back pocket / quarter back.... One could argue that position is arguably more important than pure midfielder these days.

is birchall a kpp?

You know what a mid is right?

Im not sure. Why dont you give me the definition? IMO the way the game is played now with running, zones, flooding, rugby there is not more mids. Certainly not in the rover, ruck rover sense. For me anything that is not a 'tall' ie. ruckman or chf/chb etc. is a 'runner' or a mid.

Sample size says you are correct

 the top four and we are in the process of discussion - the 5th team. 

[the claw]

Christian Salem is our man

Sandringham Dragons, 183cm, 82kg, 15/7/95
A smooth-moving and classy left-footed midfielder who also played a role for Vic Metro last year as it went on to win the division one title. Has a damaging kick and often sets up play as the linkman through the middle of the ground.

They say damaging kick but this kid is elite on both feet!! The kid will dish it up on a platter to our forwards for many years to come

ive stuck to the wa boys sheed and acres  but what ive seen of others i do like salem.
cant think of his first name but lennon is one we are supposed to be into as awell. i think if lennons there we will take him if not salem is the choice. just what ive heard.

the player im leaning to most is not a mid,  though i reckon he could play as one. jonathon marsh looks like he could be anything.

people talking this draft up as if there is nothing there after the top 10 imo id love 4 picks inside  40.

[gerkin greg]

Claw you want 4 picks inside the top 40 in every draft

Kid in a candy store 

[the claw]

How did Freo go this year?

How tall are the mids there?

are Judd and Deledio any good?

How talls Dusty?

If you are under 6'2 you are fighting an uphill battle, these days.

gotta agree  the trend is clearly towards taller mids.
i reckon though size has to come into it  a big bodied 185 cm mid can compete with a 190cm mid  no problems.
i think if your a small you need some outstanding attributes to play in the midfield now days.
for yrs now ive tended to give any player under 6ft a wide berth unless they are absolute stand outs.

[the claw]

Claw you want 4 picks inside the top 40 in every draft

Kid in a candy store 

yeah im afraid im guilty. have been  a firm believer for awhile now  of trading into picks rather than out of em.

[gerkin greg]

Best way to stuff your list is to follow trends Terry

[Francois Jackson]

barlow 189
crowley 188
munday 192
fyfe 190

royce hart is/was 6'1. Same size as Dusty.

the trend wont be reversing

spot on again bents and coach

[tony_montana]

Gentleman

McVeigh = 184 = plus six foot

186 = plus six one


If you draft a mid 5 11 or smaller you taking a risk. Tom Scully (Martin) and Marc Murphy (Pendlebury), even.  Granted those sydney players are excellent. Jack is abit of an out of the box selection as he is a superfreak. RFC should trade for his brother...

. evertitt 194
goodes 191
rampe 189
rohan 189
mattner 188
kennedy 188
malceski 188

etc.

Of course not every short player is bad but you have to be exceptional like Sam Mitchel or an indigenous speed demon preferably.

Hodge plays tall beating ruckman when he plays as the back pocket / quarter back.... One could argue that position is arguably more important than pure midfielder these days.

is birchall a kpp?

You know what a mid is right?

Im not sure. Why dont you give me the definition? IMO the way the game is played now with running, zones, flooding, rugby there is not more mids. Certainly not in the rover, ruck rover sense. For me anything that is not a 'tall' ie. ruckman or chf/chb etc. is a 'runner' or a mid.

Sample size says you are correct

 the top four and we are in the process of discussion - the 5th team. 

This started bc you called a 183cm mid in the draft a midget, and I said no its not, now you say 184 is ok which is what i said in my original post - 183-185 is not midget territory and that size mid can hold their own against mids 1 or 2 inches taller than them. If you're talking 175-178cm then yes they will struggle against those 4 inches taller.

[tony_montana]

barlow 189
crowley 188
munday 192
fyfe 190

royce hart is/was 6'1. Same size as Dusty.

the trend wont be reversing

spot on again bents and coach

So you guys are saying you won't take a highly skilled mid in the draft bc at 183cms tall he's a midget?