The Steven May Thread from 2008

[Chook 15,013]

This is not a Steven May thread. This is a Cale Morton, Patrick Dangerfield, Melbourne drafting thread, in that order.

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,839]

On 10/19/2008 at 10:45 AM, Yencks said:

thats the one

i am at school with him

and yes, i rate him higher than jack watts (probably a bit of a bias opinion)

but i dont think he can go into next years draft with the new rules someone was telling me

so will probably be one of those underage players that the gold coast can pick up

il find out on monday

but he is a superstar...BOG for a schoolboy match on the MCG and did not look lost

good at finding space

can take a very strong contested mark

good solid body

booming kick

indegenous heritage

and very competitive...really bleeds for the jumper

What a ripper of a thread.

I wouldn't quite go along with the Buddy Franklin call made somewhere else, but all the above is pretty spot on assessment from @Yencks.

Good find @Whispering_Jack

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

On 12/4/2019 at 9:31 PM, Chook said:

This is not a Steven May thread. This is a Cale Morton, Patrick Dangerfield, Melbourne drafting thread, in that order.

I know there's plenty of misses with the draft but you have to wonder how the hell someone selects a Cale Morton over pretty much anyone, especially up against a Danger type.

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

On 12/4/2019 at 11:11 PM, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

What a ripper of a thread.

I wouldn't quite go along with the Buddy Franklin call made somewhere else, but all the above is pretty spot on assessment from @Yencks.

Good find @Whispering_Jack

Good find by both!  Anyone know the whereabouts of Yencks?  Got his man in the end....11 years later

[Red and Blue realist 2,051]

1 hour ago, Rusty Nails said:

I know there's plenty of misses with the draft but you have to wonder how the hell someone selects a Cale Morton over pretty much anyone, especially up against a Danger type.

Not to derail a great historic thread - but at the end of their first 3 years it was seen that we'd gotten a great pick in Morton and that Danger might not ever come on as a midfielder, by that stage Danger had only 3 or 4 games with more than 20 disposals, while Morton had around 30, and had multiple games where he had over 30 disposals. Of course he had a few injury issues from that point and never got going, while Danger became Danger. You can argue development/injuries/maturity/desire etc. but based on their first 2/3 years and supposed improvement from their you can't blame the recruiters for picking Morton.