I remember watching the Freo game and thinking that Latrelle looked no where near ready.

Since then, he's grown in confidence every week and looks a seriously exciting player.

I think he's going to seriously rip a game to shreds at some point.

as expected, he's learned a lot more playing seniors footy than he will kicking the dew at casey

he offers something that we need

People talk about X factor now we have 2 Picketts with X Factor, it great to watch when they have the ball and their disposal is excellent most times and helps our forwards with the delivery.

The "experts" told us we didn't need to waste such a high draft pick on Kozzy.

They said the same thing about Trelly, some even being so disparaging as to describe him as a stable pony, a sop to keep his cousin happy.

In Jason Taylor We Trust. I look forward to the Pickett Partnership for many years to come.

45 minutes ago, poita said:

It has been great to see Latrelle looking more composed and comfortable with ball in hand over the past few weeks. That extra time to make a good decision is making a world of difference to his effectiveness.

His defensive work, or lack thereof, is a massive concern for me. I watched him very closely at the ground on Sunday and he is completely disinterested in being accountable for an opponent, even when he pushes up the ground.

When Latrelle does have an opportunity to apply pressure, he is happy to hang a couple of metres back, rather than making a tackle. Four of six games to date with zero tackles is not good enough for his role. I know they are not the same player, but Kozzie had 16 tackles in his first 6 games, Latrelle has 4.

I suspect he would be refining his game at Casey by now if we had better depth in that position.

He should have more tackles, but he had as many ‘pressure acts’ as Chandler on the weekend. We probably are playing him early but that’s because we are not a great team.

But in terms of what he does when we don’t have it - they are obviously playing a deep ‘Demon Web’ across centre wing back to the D50 to get the long kick and then close hands to give time for forwards to get up the ground, and spread from that contest to then kick goals through counter attack. In that plan, a forward doesn’t ’defend an opponent’ they guard space and then collapse on footy in contest. So I disregard that criticism wholly and with prejudice.

The kids doing OK and makes us a better faster and unpredictable team, Go Latrelle.

‘Excitement machine’ absolutely! ……… but he has the tools to be much more. Building, building, that’s what I’m loving!

afl.com.au

The 'massive' decision that changed Latrelle Pickett's fo...

Josh Gabelich tracks Latrelle Pickett's incredible journey from Glenelg reserves to the No.12 pick in last year's draft

Great article. Interesting to note that we wanted to take him in the mid-season draft last year (along with Freo 🤬) but he was ineligible.

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

afl.com.au

The 'massive' decision that changed Latrelle Pickett's fo...

Josh Gabelich tracks Latrelle Pickett's incredible journey from Glenelg reserves to the No.12 pick in last year's draft

What a superb article. 😭❤️💙

38 minutes ago, Greg Schneider said:

Great article. Interesting to note that we wanted to take him in the mid-season draft last year (along with Freo 🤬) but he was ineligible.

Makes me curious who we might go for this mid-season if those 2 slots open

Latrelle has certainly performed better than many had anticipated. Having Koz alongside him is no doubt a huge positive.

He is by no means the finished product and I think it is fair to say he should only get more damaging over time.

I'm sure the coaching staff have identified areas to work on (left hand pass, tackling/strength) but he has time on his side to work on these things

Just like Koz he is a reason people want to watch the mighty Dees play - a clever piece of recruiting