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    Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    It's very early. Very!

    But how did you think we went?
    Did we cover our positional needs?
    Any player excite you more than any others?
    What's your initial impression? How do you think we went out of 10?
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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    Small.

    Look like good users, some run, goal kicking nouse. All good things. But if our window is 4 or 5 years then we needed to invest in a tall now. Otherwise, we will have to look at trade and FA to get them. I thought we may have gone a ruck, perhaps Cripps in the rookie draft unless he's like his brother with home sickness. I hope we don't regret Foster.

    I think 7.5/10.
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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    I give it a 8.5.

    Compliments our list and needs nicely.

    Well done Simon and his team.

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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    Without any disrespect to our draftees, whom I wish nothing but success with us, I just don't get why we've gone so small. Hope we are not getting ourselves in a bind in terms of list balance down the track.
    I hope we missed on Foster because we really didn't rate him, as opposed to being too smart for our own good thinking he would fall to us in the rookie draft.

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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    Yes it is early and hard to say but my understanding is that our approach to this draft was best available talent so hopefully we have achieved this as needs has not worked for us in the past. I also have a hunch that we will rookie list Jayden Foster, watch this space..

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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    I've previously mentioned we needed a bit of a mixture and I'm a bit surprised we didn't add a tall given the profile of the playing list before tonight.

    I can't rate our effort yet but I think we followed the game plan we went into the night with.
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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    Like the first 3 picks, not sure about the second two. Not due to their ability but the lack of variety in terms of positional styles. Would have likes a kp or a ruckman at least
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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    Quote Originally Posted by jaxson42 View Post
    Yes it is early and hard to say but my understanding that our approach to this draft was best available talent so hopefully we have achieved this as needs has not worked for us in the past. I also have a hunch that we will rookie list Jayden Foster, watch this space..
    Foster is a Carlton player now.
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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    Quote Originally Posted by jaxson42 View Post
    Yes it is early and hard to say but my understanding is that our approach to this draft was best available talent so hopefully we have achieved this as needs has not worked for us in the past. I also have a hunch that we will rookie list Jayden Foster, watch this space..
    Carlton won't delist him before the season starts.

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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    Hard to say.

    7.5 seems about right given the picks that we had. No notable slider got to 27/28 but I like both McLean and Webb. Hamilton and Dale look like good selections. Daniel can play but there's obvious height concerns.

    We still have massive issues in defense.
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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    Quote Originally Posted by bulldogtragic View Post
    Foster is a Carlton player now.
    Scheisse, I missed that. Got chatting on fb halfway through. Cheers Bulldogtragic, now I am pissed..

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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    Have to take into perspective Griff, Cooney, Tutt and Higgins are all going out, we're losing a fair bit of outside run there. In saying that I would've liked a Blakely inside type and a key position player. I'm looking forward to our kicking improving rather rapidly

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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    I can't rate it. I know very little about most of the players drafted tonight just what I read. Am I happy? Not really? I think we're putting far to much faith in guys like Roberts, Talia and a delisted player in Hamling to cover our horrid back line. I'd be lying if I said I was not concerned.

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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    Seems as though we've taken two small live wires in Caleb Daniel and Toby McLean, then three clever, composed ball users in Bailey Dale, Declan Hamilton and Lukas Webb. The kicking skills stand out with all five. It would be nice to get a bit of tall timber in there to balance things out, but then again how does a mosquito fleet of Dahlhaus, Hrovat, Honeychurch, Hunter, McLean and Daniel sound? I like that Dalrymple isn't afraid to pick the smaller guys if they're the best available.
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    Re: Draft Day 2014: First Impressions.

    Simon has form rating the smaller blokes.

    The fact is, we're likely to have an early pick next year which is where we'll be best poised to add a genuine key defender.

    We have need some run and skill for a while, and this draft should hold us in good stead.

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