2024 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch

[Nascent 9,283]

3 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

I think he might, I’d have money on them taking Draper at 3

Reid, Ginbey, Hewett (if he can get on the park consistently), Draper and Allen have the potential makings of a damn good midfield in 3-5 years.

[Pennant St Dee 13,304]

4 minutes ago, ChaserJ said:

That’s about his range, which probably explains why WC are one of the clubs going after GC’s pick 12. Probably crazy enough to give up their future 1st to land p12, which could blow other bidders out of the water.

They have Charlie Banfield next year as FS and likely younger brother Harper in 26. They will also be across Harley Reid and whether he chooses to commit further 

[old55 23,687]

It would be good if we rate Dodson, we should be able to position to draft him. It's the perfect timing for us to draft a ruck with Max having 3 more years. 

I think Verrall can play but at 200cm max he's going to struggle to be #1 ruck. With Campbell coming and B.Brown and Schache exiting maybe he can trial as ruck-forward at Casey.

[manny100 1,595]

Hopefully JT nails a mid that turns up a gun with pick 6.

We should roll the dice and go for the GC pick 12 with our future 1st.

Hopefully we can draft Dodson with our pick 25 from Adelaide. We may even be able to trade that up a bit??

No doubt Riv and MCVee will train with the mids this pre season.

 

 

[Supreme_Demon 3,899]

On 30/09/2024 at 20:34, Whispering_Jack said:

Wow! Alot of exciting young talent there.

With pick #5 in the 2024 AFL we could take one of the following:

● Harvey Langford

● Sid Draper

● Sam Lalor

● Finn O'Sullivan

● Josh Smillie

Imagine if we could be fortunate enough to grab two of these players?

I would be willing to trade away our future 1st round pick (in 2025) so we could manage to snaffle another pick in the top 15 to 20 in this year's draft.

Would definitely be inquiring about Brisbane's and Gold Coast's first round picks due to points required for Father-Son pick (Levi Ashcroft) and NGA player picks (Sam Marshall for Brisbane and Leonardo Lombard for Gold Coast).

Possibly GWS too if they have any points needed for NGA player picks?

Richmond will have ALOT of early draft picks with so many of their players moving to Fremantle and West Coast. So we might be able to do a deal with them if they are willing to take a future 1st round pick from us for one of their early picks and they'll "death ride" us in 2025.

Anyway, I am sure Jason Taylor is looking at all those sorts of possible scenarios.

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[spirit of norm smith 16,587]

@manny100 No doubt Riv and MCVee will train with the mids this pre season.

I agree they have midfield potential but both played junior footy in the national championships as defenders … running half backs.  Both have been very very good as Rivers rebounding defender with spirit and heart and McVee with composure and defensive smarts against small forwards.  We have to be careful not to rob our backline as we lack a replacement rebounding half back or a steady composure mid-small back pocket.  I’m happy with trialling but prefer them in their current roles. Draft 2 or possibly 3 young specialist mids in this draft.   They are there across many draft rounds.  

[Lord Travis 10,763]

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

@manny100 No doubt Riv and MCVee will train with the mids this pre season.

I agree they have midfield potential but both played junior footy in the national championships as defenders … running half backs.  Both have been very very good as Rivers rebounding defender with spirit and heart and McVee with composure and defensive smarts against small forwards.  We have to be careful not to rob our backline as we lack a replacement rebounding half back or a steady composure mid-small back pocket.  I’m happy with trialling but prefer them in their current roles. Draft 2 or possibly 3 young specialist mids in this draft.   They are there across many draft rounds.  

Not every good defender or forward needs to be turned into a midfielder.

Rivers looked quite good as a mid, and we have plenty of half backs who can fill his mid sized role. Mcvee though didn't look great in the admittedly short time in the midfielder, and we don't have any other competent small defenders. Moving him away from a position he excels at without a competent replacement would move us backwards IMO.

Agree we should draft pure midfielders with our high pick/s and leave Mcvee down back. And also Kozzie should remain forward. Without his goal scoring power and defensive pressure, our forward line is a limp mess.

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[dazzledavey36 55,317]

6 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

 

Can you post full article please?

[Demongirl35 1,060]

Hopefully we can get Gold Coast’s pick 12 and Nab Joe Berry. Kids a gun 

[Greg Schneider 987]

3 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Can you post full article please?

Am hoping someone will. Apparently we are looking at bidding on Kako at 5. Richmond zeroing in on Lalor and O’Sullivan 

[adonski 12,425]

14 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

Am hoping someone will. Apparently we are looking at bidding on Kako at 5. Richmond zeroing in on Lalor and O’Sullivan 

Edit, nvm confused him with the Suns NGA

Edited October 4 by adonski

[layzie 33,991]

I've got it but it's a bit big to post. Happy to PM

[spirit of norm smith 16,587]

1. Sam Lalor
GWV Rebels/Vic Country
Midfielder/forward, 187cm, 30/8/2006
Talent League stats (avg): 23 disposals, 6.3 clearances, 6 inside 50s
The Age’s August top 30: No.5
The next Dustin Martin could be on his way to Tigerland. Most recruiters who spoke to this masthead believe Richmond are weighing up Lalor or Finn O’Sullivan at No.1. Many non-Richmond talent scouts also rank Lalor that highly despite a serious hamstring injury ending his season amid a severely interrupted campaign. They are confident he will get on top of his physical issues in a full-time AFL environment, and with improved fitness. Lalor’s combination of power, physicality, kicking skills, game-changing ability and penchant for impacting the game as a midfielder and forward make him a closer projection to Martin than Christian Petracca.

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[spirit of norm smith 16,587]

6. Isaac Kako
Calder Cannons/Vic Metro
Forward, 175cm, 7/3/2006
Talent League stats (avg): 18.7 disposals, 1.7 goals, 7.7 score involvements
The Age’s August top 30: 12
Essendon may need to match a high opposition bid on their NGA prospect, with Melbourne strongly considering the dangerous small forward – or are they playing games with the Bombers? Either way, Kako, whose parents were born in Iraq, is considered a top-10 lock after a brilliant national under-18 championships. There should be no hesitation taking a sub-180cm goalsneak with Kako’s ability this high after Nick Watson’s impressive debut season. Kako is powerful, and has a knack for creating scoring opportunities and kicking audacious goals from seemingly hopeless situations. He can improve defensively, but can impact the game beyond the forward 50.

[spirit of norm smith 16,587]

Basically it’s another jigsaw puzzle jumble.  Lalor at 1, Ashcroft at 2, big mover Tauru at 3, Smith at 4, Langford at 5, Kako at 6, O’Sullivan at 7, Smillie 8, Lombard 9, Draper at 10.   Armstrong at 11 and noted they have Reid falling to 18.  It’s such an even group possessing all variety of footy skills, athleticism and strengths. The combine interviews to work through the Character and Fit will be keys to which clubs pick these young stars.  
 

footnote. If Lalor is gone by our pick , if we get either Langford or Draper or O'Sullivan than it’s still happy days.  

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[dazzledavey36 55,317]

15 minutes ago, layzie said:

I've got it but it's a bit big to post. Happy to PM

Can you PM mate?

[layzie 33,991]

14 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Can you PM mate?

Sure thing Daz

[Supreme_Demon 3,899]

St. Kilda getting pick 8# in Free Agent compensation for losing Josh Battle is massive for them.

They'll have picks 7# and 8# in this year's AFL Draft. This gives them an opportunity to draft 2 young guns or be a major player during the trade period.

It would be funny if they offered both picks to Port Adelaide for Dan Houston or even to us at the Demons for Clayton Oliver.

I don't think the Saints are that dumb though. Plus their supporters might burn down Moorabbin if they did that.

[Davos 923]

2 hours ago, Jeremy said:

 

Gonna be pretty flat if that how it ends up panning out - was hoping Lalor would be available at our pick. Makes sense that he wouldn't be though.

Not keen on O'Sullivan. 

A lot of water to go under the bridge yet. 

[dazzledavey36 55,317]

 

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,408]

For those who follow this closely what your thoughts on Harry Armstrong? Would he be worth pick 13 if we got our hands on it?

Thanks

[Supreme_Demon 3,899]

34 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

 

Fingers crossed the Demons can get this deal sorted with Gold Coast. 🤞

[Nascent 9,283]

59 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

For those who follow this closely what your thoughts on Harry Armstrong? Would he be worth pick 13 if we got our hands on it?

Thanks

I'd be surprised if he lasted that long.

[dazzledavey36 55,317]

59 minutes ago, Supreme_Demon said:

Fingers crossed the Demons can get this deal sorted with Gold Coast. 🤞

Some heavy competition, and unfortunately probably some are in a better position to offer more then what we can.