Welcome to Demonland: Harvey Langford

[rjay 25,014]

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.

[binman 43,240]

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 yesterday at 01:13 by binman

[Adam The God 30,321]

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.

[Webber 10,485]

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. 😎

[binman 43,240]

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

[Bowserpower 155]

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

[Deez21 257]

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 

[adonski 12,295]

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?

[demoncat 1,485]

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? 😅

[adonski 12,295]

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

[bing181 9,255]

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.

[bing181 9,255]

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.

[Wizard of Koz 1,112]

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 16 hours ago by Wizard of Koz

[old dee 23,813]

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. 

[Whispering_Jack 30,315]

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,843]

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.