Draft night - How it may work out?

[kurtneverdied 233]

I wish we could play mind games with North and Tigers and say we are targeting a 'utility' at 5. Green has already come out and said we are prioritising the midfield.

Could still try...

[The Jackson FIX 3,025]

On 03/11/2024 at 12:23, Oxdee said:

You do realise the kid played most of his matches whilst still 18? 
 

He averaged 12 possession and almost a goal a game. Your expectations are delusional 

I never shared any expectation I had of him. You are making that up.

I thought his first year was probably in line with what they wanted for him.  I just said I don’t understand how people are declaring him a star/150 game player off the back of that first year. I hope he makes it but I think some are overrating his first year. 

[The Taciturn Demon 421]

6 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

I just said I don’t understand how people are declaring him a star/150 game player off the back of that first year.

I'm with you. Either a lot of people on here have an exceptionally good eye for talent, and are able to glean something meaningful from the most subtle acts on the field, or they're thinking wishfully. 

Nothing wrong with the latter - we all do it to some degree - but some of the extrapolation seems a bit over-the-top. 

The thing that most makes me optimistic about Tholstrup is that Jason Taylor chose him. Not too many catastrophic failures on his resume.

[layzie 33,722]

1 hour ago, The Jackson FIX said:

I never shared any expectation I had of him. You are making that up.

I thought his first year was probably in line with what they wanted for him.  I just said I don’t understand how people are declaring him a star/150 game player off the back of that first year. I hope he makes it but I think some are overrating his first year. 

In baseball terms he's probably a base hit at this stage rather than a homerun.

[DeeSpencer 25,361]

12 hours ago, kurtneverdied said:

I wish we could play mind games with North and Tigers and say we are targeting a 'utility' at 5. Green has already come out and said we are prioritising the midfield.

Could still try...

I’m not sure Brad suggesting we’ll add new players to the midfield is tipping our draft hand - there’s players on the list who are going in to the midfield already, and we’ve long been linked with Tauru.

Either North don’t care or they’re willing to call our bluff.

For all we know North’s real target might be Armstrong and they’re crying out for us to pick Tauru.