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Re: Rank your top 6 draftees
I'm not a big draft watcher but I managed to catch a bit of junior footy this year :
1. Reid
2. McKercher
3. Curtin
4. Duursma
5. Walter
6. Sanders
It's probably because I haven't seen enough of him but I watched the Champs and really, really wanted to like Walter because huge full-forwards who take clunks and chase down half-backs make footy fun, but I didn't love him as a prospect. He felt to me like he could be a Boyd/Patton/Hogan very well-built key forward who doesn't consistently translate to AFL level. Some of his kicking looks awkward, I'm not that sold on his ball handling at ground level and when the prototype key forward is starting to get up to 200cm, is he tall enough?
Looks like a ripper athlete and he's done it all at under-18 level, but I just had a few ahead on what I saw (and you could probably point some of those same criticisms at Reid too).Last edited by lemmon; 11-10-2023, 11:29 AM.Comment
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Re: Rank your top 6 draftees
[QUOTE=kruder;871897]MJP is there any chance Curtin becomes a mid at AFL level?[/QUOTE
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Re: Rank your top 6 draftees
A ruckman at #1?
Holy Hell. Josh Fraser, c'mon down!
When the best rucks of the past 20 years are Dean Cox and (probably) Max Gawn who were both rookie selections, I just can't see anyone biting on this.
The best ruck out of this years draft...no-one knows his name yet. The best forward...that's Walter!What should I tell her? She's going to ask.Comment
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Re: Rank your top 6 draftees
HUN (Jay Clark):
North linked to McKercher & Duursma,
Hawks linked to Watson,
Dogs linked to Sanders.Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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I worry about this part. For what we gave up I'd want something a little more exciting than Jack Macrae, or Brad Crouch7. Ryley Sanders (7)
Sandringham Dragons/Allies
MID, 186cm, 85kg
Talent League: 9 games, 30.6 disposals, 7.0 clearances
A brilliant accumulator with an appetite for the contest, Sanders has steadily risen up boards through the year and will be heavily considered in the top five come draft night. His resum? is bursting at the seams with a talent league premiership to go with his Larke Medal as the best player in the state championships. Questions remain on his ball use and he lacks elite burst from stoppage, but Sanders is the best contested midfielder in the pool.
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I can only assume that given we traded up to where we did we were comfortable taking any of the 6 kids we rate highest. Sanders at this stage feels a bit vanilla so I hope he can beat those allegations of we get him (and not if we don't)Sanders has been the most consistent player in the draft crop, continuing to show up every week and dominate. His ball-winning, strength, work in tight, capacity to hit the scoreboard and not just accumulate but hurt with his touches is a big factor in his place inside the top 10. He's also simply just ready for the next level. The Larke medallist from the Allies' carnival has dominated the end of Sandringham's season, including a 38-disposal and 11-clearance game against the Western Jets to lift his average to 32 touches in the Coates Talent League this year.
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