THE 2024 AFL • NATIONAL DRAFT - DAY TWO

[Heart Beats True 1,211]

Aidan Johnson…. Come on down. Key forward.

Edited 4 hours ago by Heart Beats True

[DeeZone 9,798]

At pick 68 Aidan Johnson? Anyone got any info on him?

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 5,109]

2 minutes ago, Heart Beats True said:

Aidan Johnson…. Come on down. Key forward.

...and ruck, pinch hit.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 5,109]

2 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

At pick 68 Aidan Johnson? Anyone got any info on him?

'Instrumental' in Werribee flag.

[picket fence 17,126]

Whooʻ the Fuuurg is Aiden Johnson???

[spirit of norm smith 16,418]

Aidan Johnson.  Wow.  Thats a Smokey.  Saw him in the VFL GF.  Forward.  About 6”4.  Workhorse type.  Strong battler who have 100%.  A huge surprise!!! Bloke you’d see in the country footy league.  Not sure if his history prior to VFL. 

NO HENDERSON OR BREW!!! the two obvious Werribee likely draftees 

[Davos 881]

Wow. Didn't see that coming - we were linked with 2 other Werribee players, and wound up picking the bloke no one expected to be picked up. 

Work horse. Massive heart. "Absolute wild card" is the message I just received from one of my Werribee contacts.

[mo64 5,872]

Statistically he's a key forward / ruckman who doesn't kick many goals, low possessions and seems too short to be a genuine ruckman. At 24, it's hard to get enthused by the pick. 

I'd rather we picked Henderson.

[SPC 3,549]

Cam Pederson type. Set to play next year

[bing181 9,203]

With Jeffo (hopefully) moving up to AFL, and the loss of Brown, Schache, Tomlinson and even Farris-White, we need some tall/key position depth and protection for the Casey boys. Hard to see this as much more than that. Can pinch hit to cover Verrall, provide a target up forward. Not particularly inspiring, but perhaps necessary.

Edited 4 hours ago by bing181

[binman 42,839]

5 minutes ago, bing181 said:

With Jeffo (hopefully) moving up to AFL, and the loss of Brown, Schache, Tomlinson and even Farris-White, we need some depth and protection for the Casey boys. Hard to see this as much more than that. Can pinch hit to cover Verrall, provide a target up forward. Not particularly inspiring, but perhaps necessary.

Darcy Fort was at the lions for much the same reason.

[picket fence 17,126]

6 minutes ago, bing181 said:

With Jeffo (hopefully) moving up to AFL, and the loss of Brown, Schache, Tomlinson and even Farris-White, we need some tall/key position depth and protection for the Casey boys. Hard to see this as much more than that. Can pinch hit to cover Verrall, provide a target up forward. Not particularly inspiring, but perhaps necessary.

CAAARYST SURELY HERMAN MUNSTER WAS AVAILABLE??

[Demonstone 22,454]

10 minutes ago, SPC said:

Cam Pederson type. Set to play next year

The two players that I immediately thought of were Pedersen and Podsiadly.  Hope he does as well as they did.

[Diamond_Jim 12,566]

23 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Statistically he's a key forward / ruckman who doesn't kick many goals, low possessions and seems too short to be a genuine ruckman. At 24, it's hard to get enthused by the pick. 

I'd rather we picked Henderson.

mmmmm

We seem to have a pattern with picks of this nature

Good luck to the young man but.............

[Whispering_Jack 29,925]

Odd spot:

The first player who Melbourne ever drafted was A. Johnson who was the first pick in the first ever national draft in 1981 … AND … the last player Melbourne drafted was A. Johnson at Pick 68 in this year’s national draft.

[Supreme_Demon 3,815]

Surprised that an under 18 All Australian tall defender in Clancy Dennis missed out?

I guess he could be a rookie draft selection?

Edited 3 hours ago by Supreme_Demon

[Deestar9 1,609]

27 minutes ago, bing181 said:

With Jeffo (hopefully) moving up to AFL, and the loss of Brown, Schache, Tomlinson and even Farris-White, we need some tall/key position depth and protection for the Casey boys. Hard to see this as much more than that. Can pinch hit to cover Verrall, provide a target up forward. Not particularly inspiring, but perhaps necessary.

Given that he’s a premiership player from Werribee .. I assume he’s been told he will get an AFL opportunity if he’s good enough. Why would he come just to play for Casey ? 

[adonski 12,036]

24 minutes ago, picket fence said:

CAAARYST SURELY HERMAN MUNSTER WAS AVAILABLE??

I wish I could play an audio version of your comments PF!!!

[Where Demons Dare 206]

10 minutes ago, Supreme_Demon said:

Surprised that an under 18 All Australian tall defender in Clancy Dennis missed out?

I guess he could be a rookie draft selection?

He was the one I wanted. I'm disappointed we didn't take him. But there's hope for us yet in the rookie draft but that would mean we miss out on Noah Yze I think? not sure how many rookie picks we have available?

[spirit of norm smith 16,418]

This is me … 

ALL AUSTRALIAN CENTRE HALF BACK 

CLANCY DENNIS 

NOT DRAFTED 

he must have really insulted the recruiting teams during his interviews 

Would have been a good addition to the Dees young rebuild refresh 

 

 

[Supreme_Demon 3,815]

There's always a few players that miss out.

Surprised we didn't match a bid for Riak Andrew...but oh well.

Jason Taylor and the Melbourne Football Club recruiting team are the professionals and we can only speculate.

 

[red and blue forever 1,007]

36 minutes ago, Where Demons Dare said:

He was the one I wanted. I'm disappointed we didn't take him. But there's hope for us yet in the rookie draft but that would mean we miss out on Noah Yze I think? not sure how many rookie picks we have available?

One A rookie, 1 B rookie