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Here is his pic:

I wonder what the philosophy behind this choice was?

I spoke with Jayden Hunt’s dad last week and he told me that Jayden was buoyed by the fact that Goodwin told him in his Exit interview that he was a required player and they would not entertain any trade discussions about him. His Dad mentioned that Jayden is really targeting the Wing position as his best chance of breaking in.

Jack Watts is disappointed he's left the club.

Apart from the weather, it was a really good solid session again, went for over hour and half Got a closer look at skills in wet, apart from some dropped ball because it was wet for first time, skills were good Guy Walker the new B class rookie didn't look out of place, neat and tidy skills Austin Bradtke looks ok as well, moves like a basketballer, skills ok, can kick Joked with Steven May at the end about the weather, he looked frozen, even after all the work Jayden Hunt is right on track to be ready fro Rd 1, he said, like others, no contact so just lap after lap of running until after Xmas Jake Lever was out pounding around the fence, 9 and 1/2 K of running today No Jones Salem and JKH off around the tan again after 3/4 of session 3rd day in and quick ball movement drill on again Any questions feel free, will post some pics on Insta and here later

As for "not being a great night" ? No-one will know for a number of years how good it was or wasn't.

Apparently the AFL medical commission ruled out running the draft in only one session on health and safety grounds, taking into account the potential danger to Gillon’s vocal chords. Next year’s Brownlow Medal count is going to be held over four evenings on consecutive Monday nights during the finals and players will be able to trade future votes.

Isn't it great to be able to develop picks at Casey rather than "Great White Hoping" them.

Don't worry about Jordan, he came into the Chargers system late and hoped he'd get to us late, reckon he's among the best kicks in the pool and a very good decision maker. Surprised he went this high, but happy we brought him in.

Pick 27 after the Dees put a bid on Rhylee West, son of Bulldogs Legend Scott West, and the Bulldogs matched the bid. Player bio Former club: South Adelaide Age: 18 Height: 183cm Weight: 83kg Position: Forward 2018 U18 Stats Games: 4 Goals: - Avg Kicks: 7.5 Avg Marks: 2.8 Avg Hballs: 3.8 A medium forward/midfielder who is a super competitive with his ability to win the contested ball. He also has the knack of staying in the contest with his excellent recovery skills and agility. His leadership traits were constantly on show for South Australia in their 2018 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships victory. Averaged 21.9 disposals at Under-18 level in the SANFL. https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/how-tom-sparrow-rose-from-unwanted-to-bluechip-afl-draft-prospect/news-story/1c7898da027c13ec771a9c3857a0553b “HARD work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard’’. That is the famous quote from US high school basketball coach Tim Notke that is inspiring South Adelaide draft bolter Tom Sparrow’s insatiable appetite to prove his doubters wrong. Shattered at missing out on State under-16 selection two years ago and by again being overlooked for last year’s under-17 SANFL futures game, the powerful midfielder is starting to reap the rewards for his manic work ethic by surging up AFL draft boards. From the small Adelaide Hills town of Scott Creek, Sparrow’s standout second half of the season at school and SANFL under-18 level has seen him draw comparisons to explosive Brownlow Medallist Patrick Dangerfield and emerge as a first-round draft smoky. “I was pretty devastated at missing that under-16 team because making that side was one of my main goals for the year,’’ Sparrow told The Advertiser. South Adelaide’s Tom Sparrow during the U-18s preliminary final between South and Norwood. Picture: AAP Image/Mark Brake “I was cut from it late and ended up being an emergency but I didn’t play, which was really challenging. “It really motivated me to work even harder to prove to everyone that I am good and dedicated enough to keep pursuing my dream of playing footy at a high level. “In a funny sort of way it has probably helped me moving forward, rather than hinder me. “It made me try to prove a point that I wasn’t just going to go away or shy away from a challenge. “I used my favourite quote, ‘hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard’, as inspiration to keep working hard. “I did a lot of extras and I think the only official training sessions I have missed since were when I was on a school camp to Cambodia last year.’’ While SA’s top 2018 draft prospects Jack Lukosius, Izak Rankine and Connor Rozee starred in the under-16 championships two years ago to lead the Croweaters to the national crown, Sparrow was at home thinking what might have been. He was pleased his home State “won the chockies’’ but immediately set his sights on training even harder and turning his strengths — speed and power — into assets that would help him stand out from the pack. Now he is doing just that. Tom Sparrow takes a strong mark for Prince Alfred College. “He’s become an animal, an absolute ripper,’’ said SA under-18 coach Tony Bamford, who had no hesitation in selecting Sparrow, 182cm and 81kg, in his AFL under-18 championship-winning side this year. “Tom’s got that rare combination that every club wants — speed, power and endurance. “He’s the type of player who wins the ball on the inside but is so powerful he can get on the outside and really hurt the opposition there. “He is very driven, motivated, diligent and professional. He’ll not only make it as a long-term AFL player but he’ll stand out in his first month of training because of his workrate and toughness.’’ Bamford said he remembers Sparrow, who this year captained Prince Alfred College’s First XVIII team, being “really, really flat’’ when he missed State under-16 selection in the team coached by dual North Adelaide premiership player and former Crow Darel Hart. “I recall having a conversation with him and his parents and saying the only thing you can do from here is to prove the selectors wrong when you are 18,’’ Bamford said. “He’s gone whack and done that.’’ While some recruiting scouts have compared Sparrow’s qualities to those of former Crow and current Cat Dangerfield, Bamford says he reminds him of Collingwood’s Levi Greenwood at the same age. “I coached Levi at Port Adelaide (Magpies) and the similarities between the two are striking,’’ Bamford said. “They are both tough, strong and combative, they look for body contact and are explosive speed and endurance athletes. “But as well as Levi has done, Tom will be better.’’ Sparrow has heard the comparisons but says he is modelling his style on star Sydney midfielder Luke Parker. “He's an inside mid who loves winning contested ball but can go forward and kick goals, which is what I like doing,’’ he said. Sparrow, who was denied a SANFL league debut with the Panthers this year because of school commitments, has been interviewed by 14 AFL clubs. And his phone has run hot with player managers wanting to sign him. “To come from where I have, missing the under-16s and 17s (State teams), and to get drafted would mean a lot to me,’’ said Sparrow, who is an A-grade student eyeing an ATAR score of 90. “I want to make all my friends and family proud and prove to them that I am good enough. “I know they are already proud of me but to go one step further would be the cherry on top.’’

Good, another German.

Just spoke to my mate who coaches at CGS and Oakleigh. Asked him about Jordan. Said he's a ripper kid, clean ball use, more contested than outside. Reckons he'll get better over the next few years as a late developer. Not much new info, but good to hear we've got a clean user who is more contested than outside too.

A goodwin special: ‘hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard'. He will fit right in. Welcome and good luck.

Sounds like the type we have built our team on hard working , tough like that he has speed.

It's fitting that someone named Neitschke has nothing. ??

Peter Hore remind you of anyone???

out pedo, in hore..........uncle will approve

"Dirty"

You can just imagine the marketing guys, cant you? Marketing Man 1 : 'You know what people like? The grand final. That is the most watched game of the year' Marketing Man 2: 'Yeah, you know what would be better? 3 grand finals!' Marketing Man 1: 'Whoa! that would be so awesome! What do you think Gill?' Gill: 'I dont give a [censored] about the game. Do what you want.' Marketing Man 2: 'You know what sucks? The offseason. Why don't we expand the draft over 2 nights!' Marketing Man 1: 'Yeah! Sick idea bro'

Great prospect who the dees have been tracking for 3 years now. They were so close to selecting him last year but had no rookie spots.

Seems to have very good vision and a desire to set up passages of play with his kicks. Can see him developing his game running out from the half backline.

Isn't he the guy that does the form at morphettville?

https://www.afldraftcentral.com.au/player/tom-sparrow/ OVERVIEW Tom Sparrow is a midfielder that can also play in defence and slide forward and kick goals. He played in every game of South Australia’s National Under 18 Championships winning team, mainly as a midfielder but also across half-back. Sparrow has the ability and courage to put his head over the football, burrow into the pack, get the ball and then explode out to break the line. He has pace and can use this to get to contests and importantly get away from them. When he does not have it, his tackling is fierce and intimidating. As captain of the Prince Alfred College First XVIII, he has leadership qualities and in the State Knockout Championships tried to carry his team to victory against the talent laden Henley team. With College footy, his time at South Adelaide has been limited but has played both Reserves and Under 18s this year and was on the verge of a League call-up. He does have areas of improvement, which surrounds his kicking efficiency and his decision making, which is the next step for Sparrow to take in order to progress to the next level. STRENGTHS Contested work Size Explosive pace Competitiveness Team first Without fear, Sparrow can find the footy in traffic and around the feet of the ruckman, with his ferocious competitive streak, Sparrow will fight hard in the contest to win the footy and when he doesn’t to not let it out. With a tank as well he runs hard and fast and often darts away from those packs, ball in hand to drive the footy forward opening up opportunities for his forwards down the field. A no-nonsense footballer with a team first approach, he will also provide blocks and shepherd for teammates whilst working hard defensively. It is this aggressive team first approach that earned him a place in the South Australian team, and his willingness to put his body on the line when required. He does not take a backwards step, and uses his frame to impact the contest at the coalface. The other aspect that helps Sparrow stand out from the crowd is his explosive pace and athletic weapons that can hurt opposition sides. He can burst away from a stoppage, by both acceleration and sheer strength, meaning it is hard to restrict him once he has possession and space. His contested work and ability to extract himself from his opponents has some clubs looking at him as a value get late given his athletic traits and inside abilities. IMPROVEMENTS Kicking Efficiency Decision Making With Sparrow’s contested ball winning ability, sometimes those clearance kicks do not always find the target, which is to be expected, and so to keep improving requires Sparrow to develop this further to enhance his impact on the game. His kicking under pressure also makes his decision making decision making an area he can improve upon. Sparrow can definitely make some better decisions by foot with some development, and where he lands at a club, those areas will be something that coaches will look to address. DRAFT PROJECTION: 50+ SUMMARY Tom Sparrow is one of those players that you want in your team every week. Tough, team based, explosive pace with contested ball winning ability, wrapped in a humble exterior. Sparrow would be a smart pick for a club looking to boost hardness and speed. He has clear deficiencies in the game with regards to his disposal by foot and decision making, which is what has him slipping in the draft to a late draft selection or rookie selection. Some clubs might decide to take the punt earlier in the draft based on his athletic traits, but at the least, Sparrow has put himself into draft contention with a good year.

Welcome Rhylee West .... Farewell Rhylee West.

As things stand, we have the fourth and ninth picks after they start proceedings:- END OF ROUND ONE 23 . West Coast ROUND TWO 24. Adelaide 25. Sydney 26. Melbourne 27. Gold Coast 28. Greater Western Sydney 29. West Coast 30. Western Bulldogs 31. Melbourne The three clubs ahead of us are non-Victorians. The Eagles could take Hill or Foley or maybe Stack. The Crows might be interested in Valente or McLennan. Not sure where Sydney would be looking. Perhaps they might go for a Victorian in Bytel. There’s still plenty of talent there for us with our two next selections. Also interesting was Knightmare’s views on O’Halloran - he didn’t have him (or Hill) in his top 50 power rankings albeit, he was a bit vague as to the reason.

What a ridiculous and torturous idea to put it over two nights, idiotic idea just get the thing done.

Not including f/s or academy picks Tom Berry Jack Bytel Luke Foley Damon Grieves Riley Grundy Will Hamill Ian Hill Tom Joyce Jacob Kennerley Jacob Koschitzke Jez McLennan Tom McKenzie James Rowbottom Tom Sparrow Charlie Sprague Curtis Taylor Fraser Turner Luke Valente Bailey Williams Boyd Woodcock

While I am not stupid enough to challenge JT, just on the look of him, I agree, I also would have liked to get Williams.

I hope one day the AFL realise the draft is only followed by footy tragics. There's never going to be a big audience. Maybe then they'll give up on these lame attempts to trick it up. The coverage was excruciating and compounded by the laughable technology that resulted in a whopping time lag between submitting pick selection and said pick appearing on the screen.

A sparrow that walks like a swan? Doesn't even sound possible.

When will the annual "nicknames for the new draftees" thread be up and running? Hope mods will have their censor fingers ready, especially when the likes of uncle @Bitter but optimistic gets amongst it.

Thus spake Zarathustra.

He should be good for some memorable quotes and philosophy.

No the penny has dropped, we have players returning in top nick, still doing the ks but footy out as well

We have Superman.

'...super competitive, win the contested ball, stays in the contest, excellent recovery...' A typical Goodwin player! Good get!

Nah, he is fit, getting through the sessions without any issues, still going in the running at the end After the Gold Coast, may be just below the standard of MFC, KK found the going a bit tougher today as well, need a game at Casey in middle of July obviously

I remember when I was a kid, the only way to find out the results of the draft for most meer mortals was the paper the next day. Use to love going through it in The Age at grandma's place when I went around on the weekend. Then few years back when they first started televising the draft it was a day time production and I recalled making sure I was home from work early so I could watch it all live on TV (those also being the days when the MFC had numerous picks in the first round). Soon realized that the more old school way of finding out who we picked was much more entertaining.

We might as well just delist him now based on Chazz’s appraisal. Obviously has no future. I understand the position, by the way; the evidence supports his assertion that players who get spat out don’t usually make it. I reject it though. I don’t see how he’s any different to any other ‘mature’ player, such as Michael Barlow, Aaron Vandenberg, Tim Kelly and so forth, who mature later and continue to develop as players in to their 20s and have successful AFL careers. The fact that he’s been on an AFL list before is irrelevant - not ready then doesn’t equal not ready now. As a 21 year old recruit, he’s clearly been picked due to his potential for development to be more than just a depth player. I am far more open minded about his prospects.

LOL Spargo is nicknamed 'Chuck'... I've always had the thought of this lookalike.

Aside from Peter Bell everyone handled this really well and I am once again impressed with how Mahoney handles the exit of a previous ‘messiah’ with honesty (to a degree) and lack of fuss. The posters that would have said ‘no deal’ for 8 places in the draft displayed pointless pedantry that would achieved nothing but get in the way of short, medium, and long term planning of the list and the club. Mahoney. Gets. [censored]. Done.

Carlton are still rubbish. No defenders and no midfield depth. Cripps or Kreuzer get injured and Adelaide is getting Pick 1 next year.

Taylor feels like another Ben Lennon. Don’t think we need an under-sized marking forward that can only be a part-time mid at junior level. I’d roll the dice with Bytel’s injuries at this point, but I don’t really have a clue. The important thing is the right cultural fit.

For names alone I’d like to see Sparrow or Woodcock drafted to us.

Winners were Tigers getting Collier-Dawkins. He is a top 7-10 rated player in my opinion. Can play straight away. I can compare him to the Bont. and Blues getting Walsh & Stocker. Add them to Cripps, Dow and O’Brien and I see a strong young midfield to base the climb up the ladder. Get it to Curnow and McGovern.

Surely WC take Ian Hill?

So did Sydney trade that pick in AFTER they used later picks to match the bid on Blakey? If so that should definitely not be allowed. You shouldn't be able to trade in picks before any of the picks used for matching. The AFL is just too stupid to have foreseen this and created a rule to prevent it.

Um, soooooooo... apparently I've been living under a "don't care much about the draft" shaped rock, but... why the heck is it going over multiple days?

Another good session Standouts today in the running sessions apart from the usual suspects were Harry Petty who has put on some size and the Weid Goodwin, who didn't take the session, Pert and Mahoney in attendance Austin Bradtke did most of the session same with Guy Walker, neither missed a kick which was encouraging Couldn't take the smile from Bradtke's face during the session as you can see from the photo, said he is loving it, told him I will ask same question in February Preuss has the weirdest kicking action I have seen, and have seen some doozies in last 10 years of MFC training, but is accurate passing over all distances