7 hours ago, Kevin dyson said:

 

Gulden is a gun kick, which Windsor is far from. Hope Windsor can improve on that front. 

 

2 minutes ago, binman said:

Fair call.

Windsor was touted as an elite kick as a draftee. Based on that i was a tad disappointed in his kicking last year.

I think he will be 'bin'...1st year player, his kicking was a bit inconsistent. 

You would expect that with the increase of pressure in the game.

5 hours ago, rjay said:

 

I think he will be 'bin'...1st year player, his kicking was a bit inconsistent. 

You would expect that with the increase of pressure in the game.

Yep, agree. Though his technique is not text book - he has a bit of the tracc high ball drop.

But he is often kicking when running flat out, which makes it harder to nail kicks.

Very coachable and driven, so I agree he'll improve.

Kid is a total gun.

Aside from gis obvious talent, he has something else about him too -at the risk of sounding wanky, he has an elite mindset.

He will make the most of his talent and improve his game year on year.  

There was an example of his focus, and the standards he sets for himself in a game at the g, i can't recall which.

He missed a set shot with a shank. He had another opportunity from a similar spot and was really deliberate in his set up. Nailed it.

The club deserves massive kudos for a rebuild whilst noone was watching.

At some point early next season top end draft talent from the last two drafts in the Duke, Kolt, Langford and XL will play together.

The last time we had that sort of young talent playing together was tracc (but not 'till his second year because of his acl), clarry,  viney and gus a decade ago when we were cellar dwellers.

And unlike those four, the new fantastic four are coming into a side that boasts premiership players,  players with mutiple AA blazers and a raft of 21 -23 year old guns like koz, jvr, mcvee and Turner (who is my tip for our break out player).

Exciting times.

Edited December 3, 20241 yr by binman

2 hours ago, binman said:

Fair call.

Windsor was touted as an elite kick as a draftee. Based on that i was a tad disappointed in his kicking last year.

Really? His kicking looked pretty good to me.

1 hour ago, binman said:

Francis

Could this be your new ‘Swallow’ binners? Repeat for 1 minute on the hour …… “Lindsay….Lindsay….Lindsay…..Lindsay…..”. Guaranteed cure in 2 to 3 days. 😎

3 hours ago, Webber said:

Could this be your new ‘Swallow’ binners? Repeat for 1 minute on the hour …… “Lindsay….Lindsay….Lindsay…..Lindsay…..”. Guaranteed cure in 2 to 3 days. 😎

Brain don't fail me now....

I think i'll stick with the somewhat ironic (given his size) XL

On 01/12/2024 at 01:04, Macca said:

There's a lot of hope involved and I rarely make big projections but if we had a Demonland award for 'Most Promising' then the Duke, the Kolt, XL & Harv's would all be vying for the award

Who would be favourite?  Langford? 

1. Windsor 2. Langford 3. Lindsay 4. Kolt

On 30/11/2024 at 23:10, goodwindees said:

I get given the list of the final rating of all Draftees by an AFL club the morning of the draft. 
This particular club didn’t have a selection on night one, in fact, weren’t particularly active in the Draft this year due to trading players in.

They rated Jagga Smith the best player in the Draft.  In fact, 6 of their 8 analysts who watch Coates league games, rated Smith 1.  
In their “aggregated” ratings list they had Smith 1, Ashcroft 2, Langford 3.  
They had Murphy Reid a lot higher than he went, Taj Hotton a bit higher, and Travaglia a bit lower than he went. 
They rated Xavier Lindsay right about where he got picked. 
They tried to get up the board to get Ollie Hannaford, but couldn’t do a deal. 
Interestingly, they classified Riak Andrew & Ricky Mentha as not Draftable. 
 

 

Spoke to someone high up at the Power and they do not do draft analysis on other top picks.

They said that if it's true Lindsay went where he did, and he's not a top 5 pick, the only explanation would be it's the greatest crop of mids you'll see. He'd be a top 5 mid in any other draft 

20 minutes ago, Deez21 said:

 

Spoke to someone high up at the Power and they do not do draft analysis on other top picks.

They said that if it's true Lindsay went where he did, and he's not a top 5 pick, the only explanation would be it's the greatest crop of mids you'll see. He'd be a top 5 mid in any other draft 

What's this mean?

23 minutes ago, Deez21 said:

 

Spoke to someone high up at the Power and they do not do draft analysis on other top picks.

They said that if it's true Lindsay went where he did, and he's not a top 5 pick, the only explanation would be it's the greatest crop of mids you'll see. He'd be a top 5 mid in any other draft 

Also, what does this mean? Did he not go where he did? 😅

1 minute ago, demoncat said:

Also, what does this mean? Did he not go where he did? 😅

If he goes mid to late 1st round it must be a ripper draft crop for mids is my interpretation, i.e would go higher in weaker midfield drafts

15 hours ago, binman said:

The club deserves massive kudos for a rebuild whilst noone was watching.

Surprised this hasn't been highlighted more. For all the Tim Lamb criticism, he has done a stellar job in this, no doubt with input from others in the FD. I don't know about premierships, but we have the makings of a team that can remain competitive for the next decade.

15 hours ago, binman said:

And unlike those four, the new fantastic four are coming into a side that boasts premiership players,  players with mutiple AA blazers and a raft of 21 -23 year old guns like koz, jvr, mcvee and Turner (who is my tip for our break out player).

Also a raft of players to fill supporting roles. If players like AMW, Brown, Howes and of course Jefferson can consolidate themselves as AFL players, the foundations will have been laid.

On 02/12/2024 at 13:07, layzie said:

Don't want to jump the gun but Duke, Langford and Lindsay should play well over 100 games. 

nostradamus

Edited December 3, 20241 yr by Wizard of Koz

On 02/12/2024 at 17:07, layzie said:

Don't want to jump the gun but Duke, Langford and Lindsay should play well over 100 games. 

That’s going very early, it’s only the 4th December. 

20 hours ago, bing181 said:

Also a raft of players to fill supporting roles. If players like AMW, Brown, Howes and of course Jefferson can consolidate themselves as AFL players, the foundations will have been laid.

Add Chandler, Woey Jnr and Doggy Brown Jnr to that list IMHO.

Sharp is also one that could be in the mix if he can take then next step, secure a regular spot in the team and leverage his great athletisim to fill the ANB role - be it in a younger body, so again more generational rebuild.

For a side with our record in 21-23, bringing in essentially 4 top 10 picks is great work.

The list management and drafting team are terrific at identifying picks they want and dealing to get the draft capital they need. Its very hard to do when you have 17 other teams trying to do the same thing 

1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

For a side with our record in 21-23, bringing in essentially 4 top 10 picks is great work.

The list management and drafting team are terrific at identifying picks they want and dealing to get the draft capital they need. Its very hard to do when you have 17 other teams trying to do the same thing 

We are also somewhat lucky that our nadir years 2019 and 2024 have coincided with years we haven’t traded our top draft pick the year before.

1 minute ago, rpfc said:

We are also somewhat lucky that our nadir years 2019 and 2024 have coincided with years we haven’t traded our top draft pick the year before.

A point that rarely gets mentioned!

We seem to have our better years when we don't own a first round pick funnily enough

Forgive me if this has already been mentioned, but if Langford does indeed get picked round 1 it will be a major early career test of his character. His 19th birthday is the night before, and it is a saturday night.

1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

Forgive me if this has already been mentioned, but if Langford does indeed get picked round 1 it will be a major early career test of his character. His 19th birthday is the night before, and it is a saturday night.

Postponing birthday celebrations for one night isn’t exactly a major test. The big test will be whether he gets a kick in round 2!

1 hour ago, adonski said:

A point that rarely gets mentioned!

We seem to have our better years when we don't own a first round pick funnily enough

Like a good last of contract year!!

Big unit !!

14 hours ago, rpfc said:

We are also somewhat lucky that our nadir years 2019 and 2024 have coincided with years we haven’t traded our top draft pick the year before.

Very good point

21 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Forgive me if this has already been mentioned, but if Langford does indeed get picked round 1 it will be a major early career test of his character. His 19th birthday is the night before, and it is a saturday night.

At 19 you can get toasted and still play well the following afternoon. 😂