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Big lad...

Great get for this club. Big physical 195cm 88kg key forward who has also played down back. Had some insane numbers in the back end of the year in the colts level as a noted goal kicker. Welcome Jacob.

Great get for this club. Big physical 195cm 88kg key forward who has also played down back. Had some insane numbers in the back end of the year in the colts level as a noted goal kicker. Welcome Jacob.

Well done Tommy Brown.

In fact I'll quote this myself. Congratulations to Mac Andrew in getting drafted. Obviously clubs saw fit to rate him in the top 10 draft. Who would have thought huh.. All the best to his career and will watch with interest.

As a footballer he's a beautifully balanced player who reads the game really well and uses speed off half back to really provide that dash and carry. He's also a great link up player who'll give off a hand ball and then spread hard to the next contest to provide as an extra option. Bit like what Ed Langdon does. Not only is his able to provide dash off half back, but is also able to lock down when needed, so already has good defensive mindset in his game For someone of his height and weight 186cm 71kg I don't think i have seen a more impressive player of his size that is able to take intercept contested marks down back. Has amazing reading of the game and just times himself in going for those intercept marks. It really does remind me of Jake Lever with this part of his game. The way I'm looking at this pick is its pretty much an apprentice role to Michael Hibberd or to release River/Bowey to a future midfield role. Off field he's a really driven kid who comes from a ripper family. Mooroopna boy who i can't speak highly enough.

Pretty sure we are trying to get West Coast pick 12 as they are happy to move back a few spots if it means they get Chesser.

The club have ramped up several meetings with Murray Bushranger prospect Tom Brown in the past fortnight. This has also included his family being part of the process as welll. In the past week our senior Bushies coach and footy manager have been asked once again for a reference background check on his character and off field behavior's. The feeling we have is that Tom is under serious consideration for our pick now, as they have pretty big wraps on him. My personal opinion is that we have Darcy Wilmot as our number 1 target, followed by Brown if Wilmot does not last to our pick.

There's more to come.

Hes contracted and I hope GWS ask for two 1st rounders. Give Dodoro a dose of his own medicine.

Off to the bummers.

Just read the draft is spread out over 2 nights. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure last year it took nearly 2 hours to get to our 1st pick? I think it's written somewhere that Jason Taylor and the recruiting team did not expect Petty to last to that pick as they rated him extremely highly. So when he was still on the board they quickly had no hesitations drafting him. Petty selection is really an underrated pick considering what he was able to achieve this year. Remember watching some Casey games in 2018 and was just clunking every ball that was coming his way down in defence. Came away from each time thinking we had an absolute better of a player.

Smalls forwards aren't big possession winners.. you do realise that right? I mean sure If you're going off low possession count then how do you judge the likes of Spargo and Pickett who at times have had low possession games this year? And just FYI I'm not saying we should chase him as we're pretty well stocked and have limited space on our list. Just think we're quick to write off young players so quickly. Spargo and Nibbler are perfect examples of this.

I find this comment strange. Hes 21 years old who was from the same draft as Tom Sparrow and James Jordon. He's played 30 games which is more then Jordon and Sparrow as well. He was also a pick 24, so wasn't like he was a top 10 pick who some expect to come in and make an immediate impact. This year alone he played 17 games and kicked 15 goals. That's just under a goal a game. For a young small forward that's not too bad, especially playing one of the hardest positions on the ground. Amazing how quickly some are to write young players off immediately. Has ample amount of development left in his game.

Hard to believe he spent 8 years at Gold Coast. Honestly feel like he's been a demon for life.

Stop talking sense. I'd rather listen to the recruiters on here.

One of my good friends is a Cats supporter and he cannot stand Scott. He's wanted him sacked since the 2019 preliminary final. Really surprised they re-signed him.

Yeah cool story bro.. You're only completely missing the point of this whole thread. Keep trying rookie.

Take your pick out of @old dee and @Sir Why You Little

Was a fan of him in his draft year but haven't really paid attention to his career much. The tightness for our list spots suggest we probably don't have the room to fit him in.

Yes it's the same Mick Malthouse who's a 3× premiership coach. He's way out of fashion with the game now so I do get that. But at the time his comment was pretty relevant. Yes Jack I've known your opinion on him for a while now. I'm reminded of it because it's constantly brought up by you. It's like you're barracking for him to not get selected in the first round. Spot on. GWS have the luxury of letting him develop in the 2's and not feel that he needs to rush in. And this again.

I'm pretty Mick Malthouse has admitted in the past that they threw him amongst wolves and felt that this stifled his development.

Yeah and it's not about who's right and wrong. I just think recruiters are putting more premium on talented ruckman more then we've seen before. We've seen how popular ruckman were in the mid season draft, but now even with the ruck merry go around thats been talked up in this year's draft period. You look at the way the Gawn/Jackson worked. This would have opened a fair few recruiters eyes about the way this can work. Have a solid senior ruckman ruck for about 70-80% of the game with the younger apprentice spend majority up forward but also pinch hit that 20-30% during the game. If it's GWS that are looking at Mac Andrew then they already have Pruess, Flynn and Briggs who are all solid enough at least to hold down the number one role for a few a years while Andrew developes under them.

Of course we drafted him on talent as well. All players have talent. But as Jason Taylor said, you're drafting him to be the next best ruckman for the next 10 years. So you're always looking at what he can become when they start to hit their peak in 5 years time. You'll get the occasional jack in the box like Grundy, Jackson, Naitanui who just come in and make a sudden impact. They're rare breeds. Just remember Jackson was still tossing up whether to focus on on football or basketball full time in his under 16's year so there was still some uncertainty on him. Most ruckman are a slow burn, hence why they tend to last longer on a list compared to a stock standard midfielder. Clubs aren't drafting Mac Andrew based on what he can do in his 2nd or 3rd year but what he can produce as a full time ruckman when he hits 24. All they want to do is see gradual improvement each year his on the list. Could go the other way and he impacts in his 2nd year like Jackson? No one saw that coming..

Felt like an hour