Welcome!
(Just getting in early to focus the convo)
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Welcome!
(Just getting in early to focus the convo)
Darcy? Maybe? Cmon.
Aaron Naughton come on down
Naughton - welcome aboard.
Welcome to the Dogs Aaron.
Happy to have got a defender. It is a need for us.
Great stuff. Welcome Aaron.
Tomorrow's Heroes - Aaron Naughton
https://youtu.be/nHkxUJO8ZEw
Welcome Naughton. He's now one of us.
Aaron Naughton v Vic Country | 2017 NAB U18 Championships
https://youtu.be/K-wqbCnsKaY
Aaron Naughton highlights - 2017 draft prospect
https://youtu.be/fweo0J5L3VU
Great. Finally we get a top end key defender.
Some might doubt the logic behind a KPP but he's a good selection. Looking forward to hearing Dal and the team enlighten us on Naughton's ability
Pretty disappointed to be honest
How does Naughton compare to Lever?
Gee way to take the jam out of the donut .Kid hasn’t played a game yet
Key Stats
Height: 194cm
Weight: 85kg
DOB: 30 November, 1999
Position: Defender
Club: Peel Thunder
http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%2...-Naughton-.jpg
wrong thread
I guarantee we have a player who rolls up the sleeves and comes to work each day.
The playing positions will sort themselves out but Naughton will do what he can to make it.
Apparently Lloyd on 3AW having a go at him already about his kicking. The guy is such a goose to bag him already.
Simon Dalrymple: "We went for the best player available. Aaron (Naughton) is someone who we see as a hybrid defender who can play on all types and take an intercept mark"
Top 10 pick on a defender. When did we last do this? Good choice.
Naughton is ours and as such I'll back him in, but i do find it odd given our problems both moving the ball into our forward line efficiently and kicking goals not to mention the loss of X factor in our forward line with Stringer's demise that we'd overlook Darcy Fogarty for a key defender with poor kicking skills.
Having said that I hope Aaron has a wonderful career with us and I'll back him 100% to succeed.
He's going to win people over quickly. There are some rough spots in his game but once he gets on top of them we potentially have our next Brian Lake.
Welcome to the Kennel Aaron.
Lloyd's still a rolled gold knob but oof, that kicking action.
Priority one has to be eliminating that indiscriminate roost from his repertoire.
It's no worse than Josh Dunkley's dad.
The selection of Naughton says something about Collins, Young, Cordy and Roberts.
Luke Penny was a number ten pick I think so nearly 20 years ago.
I think it just says that we went for best available. His presence on the list may have implications at the end of the season if we decide we have a glut of tall defenders but there's a whole season to go and Collins, Young, Cordy and Roberts might play in different parts of the ground and tie for the Brownlow next season the way things turn out.
Anyway I like Naughton's intercept marking. For a KPP it's excellent. It looks like it might be a good thing we missed out on Lever. He might have just been keeping Aaron out of the side.
I think it says something about Morris and Roberts, yes, and Collins maybe. But, we expect a ridiculous amount of output from draftees these days, perhaps because of our effort the two years prior to 2017, and I think Collins is a victim of that. If Collins doesn't take a reasonable step forward this coming year I'll start to be concerned, I'm not expecting him to really flourish until the year after if he ever does.
Naughton looks to be a genuinely built and talented marking defender, who may have a couple of cm's of growth in him yet. Happy with the selection even though it's clear his kicking needs some work. What I do like about his kicking is that it seems proactive, I hope we don't coach that out of him rather than improving his technique as a priority.
Watching 3 minutes of highlights, Naughton seems to be a very good judge of the ball in the air. That's not too common.
I like that.
Very happy with this selection. The kid averaged 14 disposals and 7 marks in the WAFL as a 17 year old kid. Massive upside and looks so much like Lever except might even be more athletic and determined to succeed.
He appears to be a bit more physical in his play than Lever but Lever is the better kick. Both are excellent readers of the play backed up by their intercept marking abilities.
It's a good point you raise, he doesn't turn 18 until next week and yet he has already played some senior football. This will be a great base to build from.
At the combine his running vertical jump was in the top 10% at 86cm. He was about mid range for the 3 sprint tests which is good for a 194cm player and his agility and yo-yo tests were very good as well which to me highlights that he can be very competitive when the ball hits the ground. His kicking was the only issue with his testing.