2018 Draft Watch

[bulldogtragic]

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What on earth does Knightmare mean when he says ‘production’ as a strength or weakness?

Think Andrew Lloyd-Webber. Singing, dancing, sets, costumes.

I assume.

[Bornadog]

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No thanks to the King brothers.

[GVGjr]

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No thanks to the King brothers.

Whats the reason behind that?

[GVGjr]

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Fox Footy

1 - Lukosius
2 - M King
3 - Walsh
4 - Smith
5 - B.King
6 - Rankine
7 - Blakely
8 - Thomas
9 - Hill
10 - Hately
11 - Williams
12 - Taylor
13 - Rozee
14 - McHenry
15 - Collier-Dawkins
16 - Quaynor
17 - Duursma
18 - West
19 - Stocker
10 - Foley

[Bornadog]

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Whats the reason behind that?

Simply height. We are desperate for some classy mids, especially with some pace, and good kicking skills. I want the next Josh Kelly Otherwise a small goal kicker would do.

[Bornadog]

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Fox Footy

1 - Lukosius
2 - M King
3 - Walsh
4 - Smith
5 - B.King
6 - Rankine
7 - Blakely
8 - Thomas
9 - Hill
10 - Hately
11 - Williams
12 - Taylor
13 - Rozee
14 - McHenry
15 - Collier-Dawkins
16 - Quaynor
17 - Duursma
18 - West
19 - Stocker
10 - Foley

If Rankine falls down the list, then I would take him.

[divvydan]

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What on earth does Knightmare mean when he says ‘production’ as a strength or weakness?

Basically production is about how much of the ball you get. So as a strength it's a big ball winner and as a weakness it's not getting much of the ball.

[The Doctor]

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Highlights from the Rankine show v Metro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ITx-GCsaLg

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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The thing that concerns me about Hatley is:
Weaknesses:
Decision making under pressure
Prone to rushing disposal and not lowering his eyes
Lacking hurt-factor

All the things our current mids have as weaknesses.

I'd love Smith, Walsh or Rankine but feel they will be off the board by our pick (which i'm predicting will be 6)

Collier-Dawkins is one i'm keeping an eye on. He's been too inconsistent lately but has all the skills we need. If he can finish strongly he might come into top 10 consideration.

[Mofra]

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Knightmare has come out with his top 20

1 - Lukosius
2 - Smith
3 - Walsh
4 - Rankine
5 - M.King
6 - B.King
7 - Blakely
8 - Hately
9 - West
10 - Collier-Dawkins
11 - Taylor
12 - McFayden
13 - O'Halloran
14 - Rozee
15 - Stack
16 - Thomas
17 - Valente
18 - Cameron
19 - McHenry
20 - Caldwell

Happy to see McFayden right up the order, I really rate him

Good to see O'Halloran up high too, thought he was fantastic.
His inside 50 entries were rolled gold, we could use someone like that. Local boy, highly touted for his leadership qualities.

[chef]

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Simply height. We are desperate for some classy mids, especially with some pace, and good kicking skills. I want the next Josh Kelly Otherwise a small goal kicker would do.

Yep, I'm the same. Hope we don't go tall as we have more pressing areas of need.

[Mofra]

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Yep, I'm the same. Hope we don't go tall as we have more pressing areas of need.

Any mid we get with pick 5 is likely to start forward anyway so we should get an immediate injection of class forward of the ball which we desperately need.

The guys in contention for our pick (Rankine, Smith, Hately, Rozee, Taylor) can all hit the scoreboard.

[DOG GOD]

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I don’t want a KPP, and if we let Rankine slip by our pick I’ll literally throw a brick thru the TV.

Like Bornadog said...either Rankine, a josh Kelly type or a very quick classy fwd.

[ledge]

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These lists are by talent not by club needs, would like to see one that is built on club pick and who that club would pick.

[kruder]

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The thing that concerns me about Hatley is:
Weaknesses:
Decision making under pressure
Prone to rushing disposal and not lowering his eyes
Lacking hurt-factor

All the things our current mids have as weaknesses.

I'd love Smith, Walsh or Rankine but feel they will be off the board by our pick (which i'm predicting will be 6)

Collier-Dawkins is one i'm keeping an eye on. He's been too inconsistent lately but has all the skills we need. If he can finish strongly he might come into top 10 consideration.

I was thinking the same re Hatley. He could become a very good player but we have his typed covered already. We need x factor, we need to take a risk I'm still hopeful Rozee has a solid end to the year and he tests well also. His type is exactly what we need.