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What to do with what is now Pick 32?


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1 hour ago, Colm said:

Yeah agree with this, surprised there hasn’t been more talk linking him with us as on paper he sounds like just what we need and has been rated higher than Pickett in all the draft articles. Might go a bit earlier than 28 though. 

Anybody got any info on him?

More a medium sized half forward vs the likes of Weightman & Henry.  A bit like Jeffy build wise so possibly more options in the air and playing off a wing at some stage down the track with a tank behind him.

Has some tricks and major evasive skills / agility (2nd in the combine just behind Young) and LOVES a goal either side with little time or space when given the ball.  6 goals in 4 matches in the Nats is probably right up there with the best outputs in the carnival.

Downsides:  Not as consistent at this point (off the ball outside of goal scoring where he seems elite) as say a Henry or Weightman and the attack/pressure/2nd effort side appears to need a fair amount of work to get to the likes of those two.  The good is very very good when going though and i reckon he could end up being Jeffy (cat) like around goals even with limited opportunites.

Would happily take him from 15ish onwards on a needs basis and he is exactly what we need.  Fits the potential ideal Jeffy replacement 'project player' bill perfectly.

https://m.afl.com.au/draft/prospects

https://afl.draftcentral.com.au/player/elijah-taylor/

According to Twomey the Hawks are supposedly attempting to trade up their 2nd pick somehow to try and snag him, interviewing him last week...(tweet from Twomey below)...

..."Elijah Taylor one of the mysteries of the draft. Hawthorn has shown real interest recently, interviewing him last week. The hugely talented forward is not for pick No.11 but their next picks get used on Finn Maginness. Is Taylor in their sights if they get another top-20 pick?"...

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43 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

More a medium sized half forward vs the likes of Weightman & Henry.  A bit like Jeffy build wise so possibly more options in the air and playing off a wing at some stage down the track with a tank behind him.

Has some tricks and major evasive skills / agility (2nd in the combine just behind Young) and LOVES a goal either side with little time or space when given the ball.  6 goals in 4 matches in the Nats is probably right up there with the best outputs in the carnival.

Downsides:  Not as consistent at this point (off the ball outside of goal scoring where he seems elite) as say a Henry or Weightman and the attack/pressure/2nd effort side appears to need a fair amount of work to get to the likes of those two.  The good is very very good when going though and i reckon he could end up being Jeffy (cat) like around goals even with limited opportunites.

Would happily take him from 15ish onwards on a needs basis and he is exactly what we need.  Fits the potential ideal Jeffy replacement 'project player' bill perfectly.

https://m.afl.com.au/draft/prospects

https://afl.draftcentral.com.au/player/elijah-taylor/

According to Twomey the Hawks are supposedly attempting to trade up their 2nd pick somehow to try and snag him, interviewing him last week...(tweet from Twomey below)...

..."Elijah Taylor one of the mysteries of the draft. Hawthorn has shown real interest recently, interviewing him last week. The hugely talented forward is not for pick No.11 but their next picks get used on Finn Maginness. Is Taylor in their sights if they get another top-20 pick?"...

Thanks RN great summary and sounds like a very good option for us if we miss out Pickett and Weightman but we may still need to do some sort of split that improves pick 28 to do it. I heard yesterday that Adelaide has been approached for their picks in the early 20s. Perhaps the Hawks. 

Jeez I hope hawks don’t get a gun at 11, Maginness as f/s and Taylor on top of that. 

I didn’t fancy a split with Gold Coast all along but 15&20 are starting to look very tempting. Going of recent phantoms that would get us Kemp or Robertson at 15 and then get one of Picket, Weightman or Taylor at 20. 

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45 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

More a medium sized half forward vs the likes of Weightman & Henry.  A bit like Jeffy build wise so possibly more options in the air and playing off a wing at some stage down the track with a tank behind him.

Has some tricks and major evasive skills / agility (2nd in the combine just behind Young) and LOVES a goal either side with little time or space when given the ball.  6 goals in 4 matches in the Nats is probably right up there with the best outputs in the carnival.

Downsides:  Not as consistent at this point (off the ball outside of goal scoring where he seems elite) as say a Henry or Weightman and the attack/pressure/2nd effort side appears to need a fair amount of work to get to the likes of those two.  The good is very very good when going though and i reckon he could end up being Jeffy (cat) like around goals even with limited opportunites.

Would happily take him from 15ish onwards on a needs basis and he is exactly what we need.  Fits the potential ideal Jeffy replacement 'project player' bill perfectly.

https://m.afl.com.au/draft/prospects

https://afl.draftcentral.com.au/player/elijah-taylor/

According to Twomey the Hawks are supposedly attempting to trade up their 2nd pick somehow to try and snag him, interviewing him last week...(tweet from Twomey below)...

..."Elijah Taylor one of the mysteries of the draft. Hawthorn has shown real interest recently, interviewing him last week. The hugely talented forward is not for pick No.11 but their next picks get used on Finn Maginness. Is Taylor in their sights if they get another top-20 pick?"...

i wonder if that means that the hawks have locked in that we are taking Pickett. and if we did trade 10 and 28 for a few picks in the teens that they'd take Pickett over Taylor..?

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11 hours ago, Colm said:

Thanks RN great summary and sounds like a very good option for us if we miss out Pickett and Weightman but we may still need to do some sort of split that improves pick 28 to do it. I heard yesterday that Adelaide has been approached for their picks in the early 20s. Perhaps the Hawks. 

Jeez I hope hawks don’t get a gun at 11, Maginness as f/s and Taylor on top of that. 

I didn’t fancy a split with Gold Coast all along but 15&20 are starting to look very tempting. Going of recent phantoms that would get us Kemp or Robertson at 15 and then get one of Picket, Weightman or Taylor at 20. 

Still a slim chance for Roberston or Taylor at 28 Colm!

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11 hours ago, Rocky said:

i wonder if that means that the hawks have locked in that we are taking Pickett. and if we did trade 10 and 28 for a few picks in the teens that they'd take Pickett over Taylor..?

Well Kozzy is ours Rocky.  We are still in the mix to land plenty of talent that will go in the 20s.

Roberston, Schoenburg, Taylor, Williams etc

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16 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

Still a slim chance for Roberston at 28 Colm!

There’s been a few bolters so hopefully this gives us a crack at a player we really want. Think Robertson will be gone way before then( prob next pick) but more confident know that we can still pick up a really handy player at 28. Fingers crossed Taylor still there  

 

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Oh [censored] Bianco, Worrel and Sharp all still there too!

That’s Robertson, Taylor, Gould, Rivers, Sharp, Bianco, Worrel, Schoenberg, Williams all still there. Pick 28 could turn out to be a ripper for us! Exciting!!!

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Now pick 30, probably moves to 31 and effectively pick 9 of the second night.

10 names:

Mids: Robertson, Sharp, Schoenberg, Ralphsmith, Rantall

Backs: Worrell, Bianco, Rivers, Gould, Perez

Forwards: Taylor, Williams, Mahoney

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2 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Oh [censored] Bianco, Worrel and Sharp all still there too!

That’s Robertson, Taylor, Gould, Rivers, Sharp, Bianco, Worrel, Schoenberg, Williams all still there. Pick 28 could turn out to be a ripper for us! Exciting!!!

7 picks before us yeah?! That is an exciting list to pick from and going by the couple of bolters at end of round 1 you would think there will be another few bolters before our pick. 

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15 hours ago, Skuit said:

We need an Elijah Taylor thread. Although Taylor picking Taylor might be a bit too Inception for some. 

Inception?  Incestuous? 

14 hours ago, JakovichScissorKick said:

I just checked AFL.com to see what time the draft starts and  apparently its held over 2  [censored] nights  ....  only Round 1 is tonight FFS

The AFL is run by complete lunatics

Just too true ..... absolute morons.

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17 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

Are there options for us to trade up the order overnight?

 

I think the only thing we are allowed to do is trade a future 4th round pick to move up. 30 and a future 4th to Sydney for 27 - gives them some bonus academy picks for next year? I don't think they are accepting that.

30 and a future 4th to North for 28? If they know who we are taking they'll do that given they have 29. But probably isn't worth it.

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38 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Now pick 30, probably moves to 31 and effectively pick 9 of the second night.

10 names:

Mids: Robertson, Sharp, Schoenberg, Ralphsmith, Rantall

Backs: Worrell, Bianco, Rivers, Gould, Perez

Forwards: Taylor, Williams, Mahoney

As long as we don’t do anything outrageous, we are in a very good spot. Could tick off a bunch of needs in one draft. One of Rivers, Gould, Sharp, Taylor, Bianco or Williams would make me very happy.

And not an unrealistic chance that we’ll get to choose one either.

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39 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Oh [censored] Bianco, Worrel and Sharp all still there too!

That’s Robertson, Taylor, Gould, Rivers, Sharp, Bianco, Worrel, Schoenberg, Williams all still there. Pick 28 could turn out to be a ripper for us! Exciting!!!

 

37 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Now pick 30, probably moves to 31 and effectively pick 9 of the second night.

10 names:

Mids: Robertson, Sharp, Schoenberg, Ralphsmith, Rantall

Backs: Worrell, Bianco, Rivers, Gould, Perez

Forwards: Taylor, Williams, Mahoney

 

34 minutes ago, nacnud said:

Honestly keen for us to draft Cahill just cause he is a mate of mine hahaha

Don't laugh he does some very solid work.... most of it at.ground level but i guess that's what many small forwards do.

Forgot about the likes of Gould & Bianco also.  Looks like a nice bonus ahead...fingers crossed.

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2 minutes ago, ChaserJ said:

As long as we don’t do anything outrageous, we are in a very good spot. Could tick off a bunch of needs in one draft. One of Rivers, Gould, Sharp, Taylor, Bianco or Williams would make me very happy.

And not an unrealistic chance that we’ll get to choose one either.

I'm a Rivers fan, just seems so solid and I think our backline needs versatile that all round quality type who can play any of about 5 roles back there. I'm also interested in the idea of taking Williams and making him play half back to light a fire under him, very Sicily/Hardwick at Hawthorn like.

Otherwise if they want to go Taylor that's fine by me. Same with Sharp, Gould, Bianco, although those 3 are kind of positives and negatives with attributes, less versatile.

The only one who I haven't seen but I'm just fascinated by is the idea of Perez. A junior soccer star with elite kicking skills. Have you seen much of him J? 

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A potential mock could be 

22 Port - Trent Bianco

23 Lions - Josh Worrell

24 Crows Deven Robertson 
25 Crows Will Gould 

26 Cats  Trent Rivers

27 Swans Elijah Taylor 

28 kangas Jay Rantall 

29 kangas Hugo Ralphsmith 

30 Dees Jeremy Sharp 

 

 

 

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