Been mentioned in the sun we have interest in him

KEY FORWARD NOT FORGOTTEN

A knee injury meant Sandringham Dragons key forward Archie Ludowyke played limited football this year, but he remains in the frame as a top-15 pick.

Ludowyke is understood to have been included on an initial invite list to attend the first night of the draft on November 19, indicating strong interest from clubs with top-12 selections.

Rival clubs have linked Ludowyke to Melbourne (picks seven and eight), while there is also late mail around Greater Western Sydney (pick 12) being very keen on the athletic forward who flies for his marks and has high footy IQ.

Always feels like it's us or GWS or am I imagining things.

40 minutes ago, Petracca said:

Been mentioned in the sun we have interest in him

KEY FORWARD NOT FORGOTTEN

A knee injury meant Sandringham Dragons key forward Archie Ludowyke played limited football this year, but he remains in the frame as a top-15 pick.

Ludowyke is understood to have been included on an initial invite list to attend the first night of the draft on November 19, indicating strong interest from clubs with top-12 selections.

Rival clubs have linked Ludowyke to Melbourne (picks seven and eight), while there is also late mail around Greater Western Sydney (pick 12) being very keen on the athletic forward who flies for his marks and has high footy IQ.

Interesting that we are now starting to be linked to a couple of players a bit further back in the pool. I wonder will we split 8.

Also although Schubert links seemed mainly from random phantom drafts this link to a big key forward if from other clubs. Wonder if King want a big Gorilla as part of his set up.

Love the name but I've sworn off drafting high pick key forwards for life

If they believe he's a contest mark beast then go for it.

Otherwise we keep going for another pure midfielder and a small forward type both with elite kicking skills.

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by YesitwasaWin4theAges

This constant linking Melbourne with Key Forwards is lazy journalism. Do some research.

He’s a more natural forward than Schubert, much better set shot action too.

Missed a lot with injuries and somewhat underperformed after a strong bottom age year and being the star of under 16’s.

At times you see the talent, at other times he looks like a chest marker who doesn’t always launch and isn’t a huge threat on the deck.

The interview and off the field stuff is always super important (as with every player) for a talented APS kid to work out if they really have the competitive juices for afl footy. And a medical too to see that he’s over his injuries.

But I’m not surprised the recruiters aren’t scared away by a down year. Certainly GWS who have a super list and a lot of other talent in reserve makes a lot of sense.

We don’t need to draft another young key forward but we better be kicking the tyres on every option because we do need a star key forward and the drafts the best place to look.

6 hours ago, Petracca said:

Been mentioned in the sun we have interest in him

KEY FORWARD NOT FORGOTTEN

A knee injury meant Sandringham Dragons key forward Archie Ludowyke played limited football this year, but he remains in the frame as a top-15 pick.

Ludowyke is understood to have been included on an initial invite list to attend the first night of the draft on November 19, indicating strong interest from clubs with top-12 selections.

Rival clubs have linked Ludowyke to Melbourne (picks seven and eight), while there is also late mail around Greater Western Sydney (pick 12) being very keen on the athletic forward who flies for his marks and has high footy IQ.

With Hogan, Cadman, Riccardi, Gruzewski, Stringer and Brown, that would surprise me if the Giants were looking at another big forward.

What does it mean when 'rival clubs link' a player with us?

I can't think there's a positive, supportive motive?!

25 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

What does it mean when 'rival clubs link' a player with us?

I can't think there's a positive, supportive motive?!

They've bugged our interview rooms!

2 hours ago, Redleg said:

With Hogan, Cadman, Riccardi, Gruzewski, Stringer and Brown, that would surprise me if the Giants were looking at another big forward.

Hogan will be 31 soon and aside from Cadman those other guys are all 3rd tall options at best.

Would be an ideal time to get a Hogan replacement

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

What does it mean when 'rival clubs link' a player with us?

I can't think there's a positive, supportive motive?

Journos probably into them everyday. Probably throwing them a bone rather than give away their own position. They'd be chatting to players and managers regularly gauging other clubs interest. Would explain why Twomey is generally so accurate with Phantom

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by shakeandbake