2 hours ago, Colm said:

Here Bigfoot’s Davo’s top 30 for next year. Has Ah-Mu at 19
 

 

 

Top 30 update 2025

1. Archie Ludowyke - Sand - 195cm
2. Dyson Sharp - Cent Dist - 188cm
3. Oliver Greeves - Eastern - 191cm
4. Fred Rodriguez - Sth Freo - 185cm
5. Blake Kelly - Swan Dist - 182cm
6. Riley Onley - Murray - 194cm
7. Louis Emmett - Oakleigh - 198cm
8. Lachlan Dovaston - Eastern - 176cm
9. Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier - Nth Adel - 182cm
10. Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves - Dand - 185cm
11. Basil Hart - Peel - 185cm
12. Zeke Uwland - Gold Coast A - 177cm
13. Cody Curtin - Clarem - 197cm
14. Daniel Annable - Brisbane A - 183cm
15. Thomas McGuane - Western - 177cm
16. Noah Roberts-Thompson - Sturt - 180cm
17. Jack Dalton - Sand - 177cm
18. Cooper Duff-Tytler - Cald - 199cm
19. Tairon Ah-Mu - Dand - 198cm
20. Willem Duursma - Gipps - 191cm
21. Marcus Cassidy - East Perth - 187cm
22. Xavier Bamert - Sand - 184cm
23. Dylan Patterson - Gold Coast A - 183cm
24. Jadd Hill - Perth - 178cm
25. Jobe Scapin - Gipps - 186cm
26. Sam Grij - Oakleigh - 182cm
27. Toby Whan - Sth Freo - 182cm
28. Zach O'Keefe - Gipps - 177cm
29. Raphael Geesu - Bris A - 175cm
30. Harry Morphett - Geel - 180cm

 

 

 

Of those WA boys Rodriguez is a really good player but I’m not certain there’s a lot more upside. Will be a player but not sure on tools to separate him from other mids, currently a big bodied player for his age

Blake Kelly is a serious player with huge upside super clean hands, good awareness, vision and decision making in congestion 

Toby Whan I expect him to climb, smooth mover, reads the play well beautiful left foot penetrating kick, plays midfield but at next level I see a really good half back who can be really damaging 

Basil Hart - haven’t seen a lot of Basil, but he’s a typical skilled medium forward with clean hands, good lateral movement and goal sense. Had some injury issues but I don’t see a lot of real X factor 

Cody Curtin - he’s close to 200cm now and will be sought after next year. Didn’t play development or Futures footy and only got serious about footy this year. Really raw but developing quickly. Different player to brother Dan, less skilled but has more athleticism and really good closing speed to be a strong key defender. He will be taken next year and with some work put into him will be a really good 1 v 1 KPD

Marcus Cassidy - haven’t seen a lot of Marcus as he’s playing PSA at Trinity, but he’s a skilled big mid who can play forward and impact the scoreboard. Query on him is he’s is an absolute gun underager but is there more upside 

Jadd Hill - tough as teak midfielder, country boy who has played against bigger and senior players for a long time. Clean hands, good awareness and skills are ok. I think he needs to develop another string to the bow, whether it’s scoreboard impact, playing off halfback or become an endurance beast because there’s an overload of players this size

Charlie Banfield and Wes Walley from this years squad aren’t mentioned but both will come into contention 

Banfield is a big bodied mid who can play forward around the 6ft 2 mark and not yet 17. Great endurance, strong mark and strong in congestion.

Walley can be hot and cold but has plenty of X factor. Pace, lateral movement, quick feet and a fantastic leap. Has the ability to gather ground balls at pace inside F50, chase down defenders and create headaches for opposition sides. Consistency and mindset are the biggest focus points for him.

Edited July 25, 2024Jul 25 by Pennant St Dee

5 hours ago, Colm said:

Here Bigfoot’s Davo’s top 30 for next year. Has Ah-Mu at 19

Top 30 update 2025

19. Tairon Ah-Mu - Dand - 198cm
 

 

There's a good write up on his performance for his school team in the Herald Sun online edition.

Getting back to the 2024 draft 

@Whispering_Jack 👏👏👏 Langford trained with the Dees over the summer. Definitely would have impressed the club given his strong work ethic and talent.  Let’s hope he’s one of the available young midfielders at our pick on draft night. 

VIC COUNTRY

THE STAR: HARVEY LANGFORD

A powerful midfielder from the Dandenong Stingrays, Langford finished the tournament not only as Vic Country's MVP but also as a joint winner of the Larke Medal.

A hardworking contest star, Langford also has a booming kick when he finds space on the outside and can take a strong mark.

He averaged 25.5 disposals, 6.3 clearances and 7.5 score involvements across his four games for Vic Country.

"He was superb from the first game against SA,"

Vic Country coach Paul Corrigan said.

"He just carried that form through for us. He pretty much played the whole time in the middle. He was exceptional around stoppages and clearances.

"He also found a lot of ball on the outside, but also proved on the weekend he's got that aerial prowess to go forward and mark the footy and hit the scoreboard as well. I just thought his whole campaign was super consistent and really impressive for us."

Just read through this thread in full and it’s interesting in light of our selections.

Well worth a read.

On 14/07/2024 at 22:03, spirit of norm smith said:

This draft is very strong and I’d like to see the Dees find room for 4 or even perhaps 5 draft picks this year. 
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@Whispering_Jack Langford is definitely a player that would be on JTs list.  There is a lot of quality midfielders going down to picks in the second round and even early third round. I’ll look to do a top 50 by next weekend.  

I’d even by open to trade our 2025 1st round to get another 2024 first round pick. I’d call the GC suns to discuss.  

It was a prediction …