Draft Behind The Scenes - First 15 Hours as a Draftee

[adonski 12,427]

 

[dazzledavey36 55,318]

The kind of content I've been pleading for..

Great stuff.

[Adam The God 30,407]

Yep, finally, some great content there. Well done, MFC.

[MurDoc516 1,529]

Some great content, hopefully more of this going forward. 

[Deeoldfart 8,061]

3 hours ago, adonski said:

 

Those boys are genuinely excited!  So am I!

[Beetle 4,673]

Probably just me but geez I find Goodwin awkward in this clip. Anyway who cares…

Great to see the excitement from both boys, especially Langford. He’s like a giddy little kid. 

The 11pm post draft footage got had me up and about!

Edited November 23 by Beetle

[DubDee 26,117]

Xav dropped the F bomb a lot so he’s my early favourite

They both seem so genuine, it was a great watch. 

Anything could happen but i’m getting Gus/Trac type positive vibes

[old55 23,687]

So it looks like we had the 6 Langford and 11 Lindsay jumpers ready to go. That's pretty interesting, we must have had good intel on what other clubs were planning to do. 

Pick 6 for Langford was probably predictable since we were the ones to bid Ashcroft. We must have known the Crows would take Draper. Cal Twomey was rock solid on this before they made the pick.

11 for Lindsay is a bigger get, we must have known the Saints would bid Lombard and take Travaglia and Tauru. And that Richmond would take Smilie. 

All probably predictable but interesting nevertheless.

Edited November 23 by old55

[Sideshow Bob 2,410]

2 deadset Rippers by the looks.

The cameo from Smillie and the little cuddle with Tauru (thr 2 gippsland boys)  - they look like great blokes as well. Hope our 2 can get them across as well in a couple of 😉

[dazzledavey36 55,318]

22 minutes ago, old55 said:

So it looks like we had the 6 Langford and 11 Lindsay jumpers ready to go. That's pretty interesting, we must have had good intel on what other clubs were planning to do. 

Pick 6 for Langford was probably predictable since we were the ones to bid Ashcroft. We must have known the Crows would take Draper. Cal Twomey was rock solid on this before they made the pick.

11 for Lindsay is a bigger get, we must have known the Saints would bid Lombard and take Travaglia and Tauru. And that Richmond would take Smilie. 

All probably predictable but interesting nevertheless.

No, they do print on the spot the moment their names are dropped. I've seen first hand the machine they work with.

It's a pretty easy and quick process.which doesn't take them that long to get their names a pick on these. 

[speed demon 818]

So much more engaging seeing players be themselves rather than trying to concoct answers to statements-masquerading-as-questions like "you must be excited to be drafted to the Demons"!

[Redleg 41,421]

That was great vision and you can actually feel part of their excitement.

[Go the Biff 3,440]

That was brilliant. 

Or as XL might say,  that was [censored] brilliant 

[biggestred 5,138]

Just quietly, to have a pick 11 jumper with the names on so fast... either we had a machine ready to go on site,  they had  a bit of a guess and did 5 or 6 jumpers or the drafting team knows absolutely down to a t what they are doing!!!

[gs77 4,444]

Fantastic content and access. Fell off my chair when Langford listed Braveheart as his favourite film. I probably would have said the same at his age, but that was nearly 30 years ago! 🤣

[Winter Dan 470]

Gee XL comes across as a mature lad. Good sign. Looks like a leader. 

[Palace Dees 2,340]

Loved it. Had to watch it twice. Good to see a lighter side to Harvey, too. They seem great kids. Everything about the Dees seems new and improved. The last couple of years I've just wanted the season to start to stop the noise. This time I'm hanging to start the noise. What a different vibe it is. 

As HL said, bring on 2025!

 

[The Taciturn Demon 578]

10 hours ago, speed demon said:

So much more engaging seeing players be themselves rather than trying to concoct answers to statements-masquerading-as-questions like "you must be excited to be drafted to the Demons"!

Well put. When you show people being themselves and reacting genuinely, rather than saying what they think they need to say, you're halfway to something interesting and worth watching. 

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,510]

Great content!

But it’s now clear, as someone who doesn’t like being touched, I never would have made it in the AFL.

 

[Supreme_Demon 3,899]

On 23/11/2024 at 17:21, adonski said:

 

A wonderful video!

Now THIS is the type of Social Media we want to see from the Melbourne Football Club.

Well done! 😎👍🏻

[whatwhat say what 22,933]

excellent content

could have been split up into multi-eps to stretch the cotent into 3x 3 min stories told over the course of a week as opposed to 1x 9 min story

now the trick is to keep it going - follow these two throughout their 2025 journey and make it regular content to see a week in the life of a rookie sort of thing

[DeeZone 10,100]

As previously mentioned this is the quality and type of social media that we all crave, a look behind the scenes as it is actually happening. I watched it on my phone and loved it, this morning I watched it on Utube and enjoyed it even more. I loved the way they interacted with each other and everyone around them, never phased just so happy to be involved in all activities, they conveyed the excitement they were feeling and great to see all the great people behind the scenes. Loved - what what say what suggested to track these two throughout 2025 adding in the youngsters that are already in the loop as they evolve.

Edited November 25 by DeeZone
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[Wrecker46 3,016]

After reading commentary that Langford would rip someones arm off to get the footy it was pleasing and appropriate to see his favourite movie is Braveheart. 

I  can't wait for all the Richmond ferals to ponder why they didn't take him with the first pick.

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,877]

Agree it was an interesting little clip.  One moment that stood out to me in a bad way was that scene when they take the group photo / 'media op' with all the other 1st round draftees.  "Now have a fake laugh and have a chat to the guy next to you" - comes across so very fake stage managed moment and the way first round draftees are herded through the whole media circus really grated on me.

 

 Conversely that scene between Jason Taylor, Lindsay and Reece Conca in the corridor was a ripper I thought.  Lindsay talking about the call he'd got the day of the draft from JT and then Conca exclaiming "I didn't get a call from you", to which JT sharply replies "because I wasn't picking you!".  Comes across as a bit of a funny quick witted jib/backhander, which I think it is in a sense, but looking back at the 2010 draft, Collingwood didn't get their first pick until 45, so it's probably quite a blunt, honest answer from JT straight off the cuff at the same time.  Speaking of which, the post draft interview with JT as always, is a bit of media put out by the club that is a good listen.

Edited November 25 by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,877]

On the topic of hit and miss media from the MFC, here's a few precious seconds of your life you won't get back:

 

Edited November 25 by Rodney (Balls) Grinter