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True, but does Judd strike you as the overly emotional type ? Apparently, he only met with Melbourne due to Connors respect for CAC.

Of course, he'll have knocks on him. All of the mooted top 10 picks do too. So did Simon Black (pick 31), Dan Hannebery (30) and Rory Sloane (44), as well as countless others. Unlike (some) others, I'd take the best player for our third pick and not decide to go for ''local''.

Admittedly, I've only seen one video of him, but if we kept this pick I liked the look of midfielder Fred Rodriguez. I wonder what @Pennant St Dee thinks of him.

Davo-27 on BF, a supposed draft expert, rates him top 5 in his top 50 list. But yes, I've edited and changed it to top 10. EDIT: Apologies to PM Bangers, not that they'll ever read this. It was Davo-27.

I thought I better watch Schubert again after these positive prognostications. So, I checked out his really good 4 goal 14 mark game. I also watched the SA VM highlights of him. My goodness, the amount of non completed marks in contested situations was over double figures. The awkward kicking and regular fumbling a highlight too. If this bloke is top 10 worthy it must be one of the worst drafts in history.

I don't agree with you, but why would an opinion offend anyone ?

Ah yes. But normally rhetorical questions make a point.

Pick 26, which was after Port Adelaide bid pick 7 on him, as he was highly rated by many clubs in that draft. This information is pretty freely available, but I hope that helps.

And they should be corrected every single time.

I couldn't care less about the romance. If he was Pickett's Brother I couldn't care less. Is he any good is the only thing that should matter.

That seems a lot to give up considering next year's draft is supposedly better.

I don't see the Sparrow comparison, but Dazzle could be right, as I haven't seen enough of him. Cumming strikes me as having a much higher ceiling with a lot higher onfield production than Sparrow, who never got much of the footy, even in juniors. If Grlj and other likely types are gone, then Cumming and Dovaston appeal to me as a great combination.

Unless you're inside the club you wouldn't know. But you don't win a flag with a captain who isn't a good leader.

Unless you're inside the club you wouldn't know. But you don't win a flag with a captain who isn't a good leader.

Unless you're inside the club you wouldn't know. But you don't win a flag with a captain who isn't a good leader.

You don't win a flag unless your captain is a good leader. They're too hard to win. You don't win in spite of your captain.

If you didn't make such definitive declarations on players and their abilities, or lack thereof, I wouldn't bother quizzing you. But you do. Every time.

I know you're a self-appointed expert, but I was wondering how many times you've seen these guys play live ?

I'm talking plural.

He's a beautiful kick, but if he's not capable of becoming an effective midfielder then he's not worth one of our early picks. If he is then no problem, get him. I haven't seen enough to know. We need to be drafting an elite mid from one of our 2 top 10 live picks.

Indeed.

And that's exactly what we lack. His kicking is fine for what we need.

Lowlights don't tend to get their own videos.

I was disparaging of Robey after watching only one video, where he was super ordinary (round 19 Talent League). I've since watched and learnt more, so I now get the hype. He's a great size and has some impressive dynamic movement around contests. I've also learnt that he's very bottom age (October) and grew 20cm in a pretty short period. So, he's a great size, moves well around the contest and is a good mark. There's things I don't like, such as his kicking and he falls to ground way too often, but I do get the potential upside and power to his game.

I never get tired of posting ESPN's Knightmare's 2019 Report Card: Collingwood Improved their draft hand slightly in the latter half of the draft to increase their involvement without losing a lot. Jay Rantall represents strong value as a basketball convert with elite endurance who does his best work inside winning the contested ball, distributing by hand and moving through traffic. Oakleigh premiership captain Trent Bianco is a second selection who represents strong value as one of the best kicks in the draft and the most advanced outside player in the pool. Trey Ruscoe at 192cm with his versatility to play defence, midfield or forward, is a third solid selection with his skills, mobility, ball winning capabilities and the way he reads the ball in flight and takes marks. Though the question of whether Collingwood should have retained pick 51 to draft key forward Jake Riccardi rather than trade it to GWS who used the pick to draft the VFL's Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal is a question that will be asked given Collingwood's lacking key position stocks. Grade: A Most footy followers would never have heard of their selections in 2025. Here's his view on Melbourne's draft haul. Melbourne Traded wisely and secured value in their trade with Fremantle. The move back allowed Melbourne to add pick 28 and a future fourth round pick without a meaningful move back down the order from pick 8 to 10. While Melbourne's trade looks on paper like value was acquired, their first two picks of ruckman Luke Jackson and small forward pressure specialist Kysaiah Pickett are arguably reaches. Jackson, a sub 200cm ruckman is athletic, plays with aggression and follows up well but was arguably not the best available player. Similarly, Pickett while the forward pressure he applies is of a best in draft standard and he has speed and is damaging with ball in hand, his low scoreboard impact and product makes him a difficult sell so early on. Trent Rivers, who Melbourne secured thanks to their trade with Fremantle represents strong value at what after bidding became pick 32. Rivers is a classy ball user off half-back who moves well and can push through the midfield as a ball winner. Grade: C