Unacceptable. Shares a surname with my high school best friend.

Also his ridiculously attractive sister.

The sister might be more the issue, actually.

I would feel genuinely uncomfortable.

That said... when Adelaide or Carlton comes knocking for one of our early picks to get Sharp or to get ahead of the Dean pick, the list of possible options for the slightly downgraded pick seems to be continually growing.

Just watched highlights, he reminded of Friitta with his movement and left foot. I’d have others before him.

I’d personally pick Grlj over him any day, much more evasive and attacking.

11 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

It was a rhetorical question, I’m familiar with Cal’s articles and the sequence of the leading into the draft. Often if he thinks clubs are sniffing around a bolter (eg Robey) the player shoots up in his rankings so I was more scratching my head why Nairn was still outside top 20

Not to derail another thread talking about Cal's process, his eye for talent or his haircut I'm not sure there's too much to read in to when he does and doesn't boost a player up the rankings.

I think if there's something tangible to go with the mail he gets from recruiters like strong performances late in the year or outstanding test result he'll move a guy. Especially if they're likely to be in the top 10.

But at some stage he has to somewhat stick to his order otherwise he's just robbing the content that will be in his actual phantom draft and discrediting his ranking entirely. He didn't change the order much in his latest update. Dovaston moved up, NHH and Greeves back a bit and Nairn from 29 to 25 which indicates clubs have him earlier.

11 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Will we shout ‘Nairny’ or ‘Nanna’ though?

Or Garlic?

The Media picking the Draft...what a joke....."fools,[censored] and imbeciles"

Nairn has just been added to the list of invitees for the first night of the draft.

He’s coming to the Dees for sure 👏

Now we just need to slot him into our line up ala Murphy Reid at Freo last year

14 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Nairn has just been added to the list of invitees for the first night of the draft.

He’s coming to the Dees for sure 👏

Lock it in Eddie

This is definitely the sort of player you would usually draft late first round but obviously JT rates him highly and believes he won't be there at pick 37.

Will trigger some here but he really reminds me of Jack Watts in the way he moves/kicks. He's got potentially elite disposal and running capacity, a far better mark and pressure looks good already as well.

Every club needs this sort of player that can lead into space, set up goals with good kicking/decision making, decent mark and can certainly get out the back like Fritta does.... I just don't know if this sort of player is worth a top 15 pick.

In JT we trust I guess...

26 minutes ago, Young Blood said:

Will trigger some here but he really reminds me of Jack Watts in the way he moves/kicks

I really don’t see that at all.

Watts had a very fluent kicking style, Nairns’ looks very compact, oddly low ball drop. A bit jarring to my eye (hoping effective/efficient though).

From the highlights I’ve seen he appeared to find himself in space in dangerous spots a lot, which was what Murphy Reid did week in week out this season.

3 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Watts had a very fluent kicking style, Nairns’ looks very compact, oddly low ball drop. A bit jarring to my eye (hoping effective/efficient though).

Tend to agree. Watts' kicking was the thing that made it easy to turn a blind eye to how often he double grabbed in his Under 18 highlights. Fluent - textbook. He was easily capable of dobbing goals from outside 50.

Nairn's ball drop looks jarring to me, but not Schubert/John Butcher/Tom McDonald jarring - not mechanically [censored] jarring. Just unorthodox.

And Watts and Nairn are chalk and cheese when it comes to overhead marking.

I'm borderline ignorant when it comes to judging talent, so this is worth as close to nothing as is possible, but Nairn excites me much more than five or six of the players mentioned as first round certainties.

So Nairn preferred position is mid and wing. He plays forward most of the year and kicks a number of goals which include a bag of 7 in the nationals. Plays mid and wing in the last 2 games of season and racks up 30 touches both times. I can see the appeal. A yes from me.

5 minutes ago, Pulp Fritschon said:

So Nairn preferred position is mid and wing. He plays forward most of the year and kicks a number of goals which include a bag of 7 in the nationals. Plays mid and wing in the last 2 games of season and racks up 30 touches both times. I can see the appeal. A yes from me.

Can run, can mark, can score, can kick. ✅✅✅✅

His highlights don’t look amazing but he certainly ticks a lot of boxes.

3 hours ago, The Jackson FIX said:

I really don’t see that at all.

Watts had a very fluent kicking style, Nairns’ looks very compact, oddly low ball drop. A bit jarring to my eye (hoping effective/efficient though).

From the highlights I’ve seen he appeared to find himself in space in dangerous spots a lot, which was what Murphy Reid did week in week out this season.

Was thinking the same thing. When the report raves about kicking I tend to study the action, especially the set shot action. It's pretty good but there is something happening in that ball drop that I wouldn't call perfect. I hear you on the jarring to the eye thing.

The fact is though it seems to be very darn effective and you just have to go with it till it stops working.

The interesting thing for me was that when I watched his highlights (which yes I know are limited for any player), he seemed to get almost every possession from marks.

That makes me think he has exceptional hands (and tank) to be able to rack up the sort of numbers he does - but equally query his ability to win ground balls. I'm sure others are far more familiar with him and would know.