Has he got much of a leap?

On 16/11/2025 at 02:05, gawnbeatsnerds said:

we pray he has a massive 2026 (and we still get to take him)

What an incredibly unneccessary thread bump!

13 hours ago, Dee Boys said:

What an incredibly unneccessary thread bump!

just thinking about our lack of small forwards and something to keep an eye on for 2026

his year is going to go one of two ways next year, he'll either drift into the abyss and maybe crop up at casey in '27 as a 23rd man whilst playing overage CTL or he'll shoot up boards into mid second round contention as one of teh most dangerous smalls his age

If he kicks on next year Prasad will shape up to be our 3rd small forward drafted in 2 years. Fingers crossed he will land in the 2nd round so our two firsts can remain untouched.

11 hours ago, Random Task said:

If he kicks on next year Prasad will shape up to be our 3rd small forward drafted in 2 years. Fingers crossed he will land in the 2nd round so our two firsts can remain untouched.

or, alternatively, his under 18s season is so good that we're looking for ways to manipulate the draft as we're premiers, gc17 finish wherever they finish, and we're accumulating enough points to match the expected top 5 bid on prasad

I would be surprised if Prasad comes for training in December and January.

14 minutes ago, Langers15 said:

I would be surprised if Prasad comes for training in December and January.

do you mean you WOULDN'T be surprised?

i expect he'll have some 'train on' experiences with the mfc given that he's in our academy

4 minutes ago, adonski said:

based on this he might be small but his craft, skill, and speed may make up for it

looks good from both an attacking and defensive mindset

Looks good, but after drafting Trelly and Tommy Matthews, our small stocks are looking pretty healthy.

If the coaches rate him though, I'm sure we'll find a spot for him.

You can never have enough small forward depth - let’s hope he’s a gun and he can light it up with Trelly and Matthews for years to come

Marcus played for the Dandenong Stingrays this weekend, had 20 possessions, 3 tackles and kicked 2 goals.

One to track.

Another one to watch is Corey Ah-Mu (2027 draft) who, unlike his brother, will be eligible for our club as an NGA. 16rs old and 193cm, kicked 2 goals and had 11 disposals.

7 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Another one to watch is Corey Ah-Mu (2027 draft) who, unlike his brother, will be eligible for our club as an NGA. 16rs old and 193cm, kicked 2 goals and had 11 disposals.

He’s the one to definitely target.

42 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Another one to watch is Corey Ah-Mu (2027 draft) who, unlike his brother, will be eligible for our club as an NGA. 16rs old and 193cm, kicked 2 goals and had 11 disposals.

And the AFL changes the rules again in 3...2...1....

On 22/03/2026 at 22:03, Vineytime said:

Marcus played for the Dandenong Stingrays this weekend, had 20 possessions, 3 tackles and kicked 2 goals.

One to track.

with Mentha switching to HB this preseason and our heavy investment in forwards in the most recent draft we may end up with a free catb spot come november

1 hour ago, Greg Schneider said:

Great goal from the pocket, goal of the year contender.

2 hours ago, Greg Schneider said:

appears to be a smart footballer

Nice goal for the boundary but not a heap to get excited about from that footage imo

18 minutes ago, adonski said:

Nice goal for the boundary but not a heap to get excited about from that footage imo

Agree, aside from a great snap the only positives I see is he gets to good crumbing spots and is a left footer. However he is small and seems to lack the speed, step or clean take you need to be special at that size. He also seems to go to ground quite a bit. Small 3 minute sample size but nothing there that has me too excited.

2 minutes ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

Agree, aside from a great snap the only positives I see is he gets to good crumbing spots and is a left footer. However he is small and seems to lack the speed, step or clean take you need to be special at that size. He also seems to go to ground quite a bit. Small 3 minute sample size but nothing there that has me too excited.

2 minutes ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

Agree, aside from a great snap the only positives I see is he gets to good crumbing spots and is a left footer. However he is small and seems to lack the speed, step or clean take you need to be special at that size. He also seems to go to ground quite a bit. Small 3 minute sample size but nothing there that has me too excited.

Yeah I didnt see a great deal of speed and zip for someone so small.

Has good footy IQ and smarts but I feel like when you're that small you need something that really just blow people away in terms of strength and I dont see it with Prasad.

31 minutes ago, adonski said:

Nice goal for the boundary but not a heap to get excited about from that footage imo

Heaps of disposals but most of them were poor use.

26 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Heaps of disposals but most of them were poor use.

Would fit in then!