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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #465 on: October 07, 2024, 09:37:40 PM »
Jagga Smith no where to be seen. FOS looks the goods


...and is also Reid's best mate ..... :shh
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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #466 on: October 07, 2024, 09:58:09 PM »
Jagga Smith no where to be seen. FOS looks the goods


...and is also Reid's best mate ..... :shh

Also if true that JAS is a comparison to Sam Walsh then pass for me.

im also sick of hearing the line we have a guaranteed 200 gamer here. There has been some really average players play 200.

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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #467 on: October 07, 2024, 10:04:44 PM »
Jagga Smith no where to be seen. FOS looks the goods


...and is also Reid's best mate ..... :shh

Also if true that JAS is a comparison to Sam Walsh then pass for me.

im also sick of hearing the line we have a guaranteed 200 gamer here. There has been some really average players play 200.

I know little to nothing about the draftees, but to me at pick 1, you’re looking for a sure thing. A player that might not have the ceiling that others potentially have but no doubt have a higher floor, so the risk of a bust is much much lower.

We will likely have multiple other first round picks were larger gambles can be made, no need to potentially blow pick 1 on a player that ‘could be anything’ but fizzles out quickly, or worse yet stays on the list for a decade on the hope that they finally break through.

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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #468 on: October 08, 2024, 12:22:54 AM »
Guarantee you Smith will win the rising star next year if we overlook him - because the media flogs who vote for it will make a point of it. :shh
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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #469 on: October 08, 2024, 02:30:36 AM »

I know little to nothing about the draftees, but to me at pick 1, you’re looking for a sure thing. A player that might not have the ceiling that others potentially have but no doubt have a higher floor, so the risk of a bust is much much lower.


Pretty sure that was Melbourne's thinking (thank god) when they left Dusty for us at pick 3.

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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #470 on: October 08, 2024, 07:34:04 AM »
Pick 25 compo for JG 😉😎 :shh
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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #471 on: October 08, 2024, 08:01:20 AM »
Jagga Smith no where to be seen. FOS looks the goods


...and is also Reid's best mate ..... :shh

Also if true that JAS is a comparison to Sam Walsh then pass for me.

im also sick of hearing the line we have a guaranteed 200 gamer here. There has been some really average players play 200.

If he’s going to be as good as Sam Walsh with his back issues then it’s a buy for me. Walsh was huge in last year’s final series, won the Gary Ayres and then had problems with his back. Seems like Blues rushed him back this year and he’s not been able to get back to his 2023 year.
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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #472 on: October 08, 2024, 08:47:11 AM »
Walsh is a gun player

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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #473 on: October 08, 2024, 09:47:42 AM »
walsh is a very good safe player, that is all walsh is.

they have 1 more year to win a flag with Cripps. Without Cripps they are cooked.



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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #474 on: October 08, 2024, 11:19:40 AM »
Guarantee you Smith will win the rising star next year if we overlook him - because the media flogs who vote for it will make a point of it. :shh

Quite possibly but you make a reasonable point in that we shouldn't be drafting who we think k is going to win the rising star. We want the next Brownlow and Norm Smith medalist ceiling player and the rest is down to development. Been plenty of Rising star flops.
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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #475 on: October 08, 2024, 12:00:35 PM »
FOS has been described as like Walsh but with very good aerial skills.


Fos has a far higher ceiling than Jagga.

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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #476 on: October 08, 2024, 09:32:44 PM »
Pick 25 compo for JG 😉😎 :shh

Umm... you got that very wrong  ;D
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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #477 on: October 08, 2024, 09:51:17 PM »
Pick 25 compo for JG 😉😎 :shh

Umm... you got that very wrong  ;D

Won’t be the first time this week  :lol :lol :lol

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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #478 on: October 09, 2024, 07:19:24 AM »
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Re: 2024 AFL draft
« Reply #479 on: October 09, 2024, 08:05:10 AM »
Pick 25 compo for JG 😉😎 :shh

Umm... you got that very wrong  ;D

Won’t be the first time this week  :lol :lol :lol

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