Proactive Poaching

[1eyedog]

Choc isn't a black fella. I posted last week about the coach-level approach. Xavier Clarke is in a good system and is highly respected. We need some new ideas and while his focus might be solely on football he could certainly advise on the digi program and be used to encourage / meet with / provide mentorship for koorie talent.

[Mofra]

Interesting rumours that we are interested in Lachie Fogarty from Geelong.

Makes perfect sense to me, he was a tackling machine as a junior and is a Jets boy, played for Spotwood as a junior IIRC. 180cm, could really fill a pressure forward role for us or play a run-with role at a pinch too.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Interesting rumours that we are interested in Lacie Fogarty from Geelong.

Makes perfect sense to me, he was a tackling machine as a junior and is a Jets boy, played for Spotwood as a junior IIRC. 180cm, could really fill a pressure forward role for us or play a run-with role at a pinch too.

Think he was a Bulldog's supporter too?

[bulldogtragic]

Think he was a Bulldog's supporter too?

Pretty sure he was. A lot on here wanted him, I think GVGjr was leading the call from memory.

[Twodogs]

Interesting rumours that we are interested in Lacie Fogarty from Geelong.

Makes perfect sense to me, he was a tackling machine as a junior and is a Jets boy, played for Spotwood as a junior IIRC. 180cm, could really fill a pressure forward role for us or play a run-with role at a pinch too.

Be great to attract a local back from the beaches of Barwon to the delights of life in the west of Melbourne the way Geelong does with local kids from Geelong at other clubs.

[1eyedog]

Interesting rumours that we are interested in Lachie Fogarty from Geelong.

Makes perfect sense to me, he was a tackling machine as a junior and is a Jets boy, played for Spotwood as a junior IIRC. 180cm, could really fill a pressure forward role for us or play a run-with role at a pinch too.

I don't mind this. Has he been injured this year or just on the outer? Played 15 games in his first year. Highish draft pick and a strong body perhaps he'd like more opportunity.

[bulldogtragic]

I don't mind this. Has he been injured this year or just on the outer? Played 15 games in his first year. Highish draft pick and a strong body perhaps he'd like more opportunity.

11 VFL games this year. 2 AFEL games.

Edit: 5.12 in his AFEL career to date. Assuming he missed a few all together, that's 25% accuracy...

[Mofra]

I don't mind this. Has he been injured this year or just on the outer? Played 15 games in his first year. Highish draft pick and a strong body perhaps he'd like more opportunity.

I'd imagine Geeelong's recruiting of pressure forwards (Dahlhaus, Atkins, Rohan) last year is the issue. He's now behind a few in the pecking order.
You'd have to think he's 'gettable' based on Geelong's list, plus the obvious local links.

[Bulldog Joe]

11 VFL games this year. 2 AFEL games.

Edit: 5.12 in his AFEL career to date. Assuming he missed a few all together, that's 25% accuracy...

Good.

We won't need to do anything with his goalkicking as he is already primed for our normal system.

[Happy Days]

No to Fogarty. His strengths at the junior level have been badly mitigated by a lack of size and athleticism in the top tier.

[jeemak]

No to Fogarty. His strengths at the junior level have been badly mitigated by a lack of size and athleticism in the top tier.

Well I think at 20 years of age he's probably going to get bigger, and you know, develop his game.

What's his speed like?

[1eyedog]

No to Fogarty. His strengths at the junior level have been badly mitigated by a lack of size and athleticism in the top tier.

How big do you need to be to play as a pressure forward / tagger? He looks strong enough and is 19.

Highlights are inherently bias but speed doesn't look like a problem.

[bulldogtragic]

When you type into Google "Alex Keath..." In the top 5 spots it predicts "Bulldogs". So I went with that and read a piece on SEN that in as early as July of this year we were heavily into Keath and looking at acquiring him. The 'list manager' was quoted in the piece as saying he was the perfect fit/type of defender for our club (if you take him seriously).

[Happy Days]

Well I think at 20 years of age he's probably going to get bigger, and you know, develop his game.

What's his speed like?

Possibly, but what has he actually *done* in his two years in the AFL to pique any interest? I've been pretty unimpressed with what I've seen and don't see the upside to warrant the chase.

[jeemak]

Possibly, but what has he actually *done* in his two years in the AFL to pique any interest? I've been pretty unimpressed with what I've seen and don't see the upside to warrant the chase.

Here's a comparison with Rhylee West, who has only played a few games but might have numbers either positively or negatively affected by that.

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/...t1=2018&fid2=S

How do we rate Rhylee?