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could develop like tomlinson did and become somewhat of a swingman and some versatility and depth across a long period of time, a player of his size once at afl competent fitness and strength can have multiple careers, 4 years as a big bodied mid, 5 as a key defender

and someone we bid on in his draft year too

I was just gonna go with Atom, theyre small and zip around or something dont they, science wasnt my strong suit. Tom Matt --> Matt Tom --> Atom or thirsty coz hes got two first names so theyll just call him firsty and then that just morphs into thirsty same way thilthorpe is filthy

are you my dad @Go Ds im just greatful we didnt end up with a sparrow and a farrow to go with our langford and lagdon

i think we all misread exactly why we were ok to let Clarry and Trac leave, it was to change our midfield mix, so it makes perfect sense we havent topped up on the inside Viney, Steele, Langford, Rivers with Langdon capable of pinch-hitting KPickett, Windsor as genuine class with Salem capable Tholstrup, Chandler, Sparrow, Culley ?? all looking for time up the ground either pinch hitting or coming off a wing it's not like we don't have options and we've been crying out for a small forward for years, hopefully we're onto two winners and we can focus elsewhere again next year

We aren't rookie-ing an inside mid, we just didn't rate the mids this year, next year might be different NHH, BOB, Wright maybe in the picture tomorrow We've been absolutely robbed on Allen but sounds like we also didn't really like him Hetherton, Krasnadamskis surely get picked by someone tomorrow

all that changes is he's paid outside the cap and a 1yr deal instead of 2 and yes DL has overhyped him, hes tall and athletic but has plenty to work on to get to the next start line (afl debut)

think its just an agreed thing that he's off to the roos first up tonight

interestingly if we do go the Taj Hayes path it does actually circle back to JT and co not rating this draft, 4 picks 2 overagers and 1 FS meaning only 1 maybe a second as a rookie live pick

add Sam Allen to the list

since when was a small forward graded on their number of disposals, he needs to be invovled in scoring chains, goals, defensive intent. you can make some argument about spargo here, but he didnt do the goals/pressure part either. picketts do, its in their blood.

Won't be Byrne given the Pickett selection RookieMe linked us to Brodie Atkins, similar mould to Allen and Rory Wright Definitely put the Ison bid on, then Allen, NHH, Swadling, Wright for mine, depth through the guts but also with scope to play across HF/HB Sharkie, Bridge, Jackson Voss, Fergus McFadyen I still like for rookie picks, Flynn Riley too the Blues VFL ruckman 206cm Thredgold you might snap up if available too given May, McDonald in final months even with the Petty move back

midfielder seems the likely play here given how we selected early, Sam Allen top of my list LeRay, Swadling, Fincher, Hibbins-Hargreaves, Wright would be other names in the mix, don't think we'd go for Greaves or Onley Maybe Thredgold if he got to us or an Ison bid would be possibilities too

great pick, he moves the ball forward with leg speed or by foot, hes strong in the air and he doesn't shirk a defensive contest. perfect McVee replacement, perfect Lever replacement, perfect Rivers replacement, perfect Salem replacement, i dont think he needs or will become a midfielder he will just be the most dependable 200 gamer down back for a decade which is exactly what we needed

wrapped with this, some players just have it, latrelle is one of them, a defenders nightmare, will excite the faithful for a long time and will be a genuine difference maker in games. the price of that is better than any bog standard 22 disposal game sometimes. on his own merit he wsa selected and i think he should be aiming for 15-20 games of senior footy next year i see no reason why he couldn't play a full year deep inside 50

on gettable now, basically all but confirmed we will be taking him, we are the earliest interest, so will certainly be becoming a dee

there'd be some hope still that this is kolt also this is similar to my arguments against sharp, there are inside mids every year, we were sure on langford last year and looks the goods, if we have any doubts on sharp we are rightly holding out for next year when there could be a stack of better options we still ahve enormous depth through the middle across all age brackets on our list too so we have time to pick the right types to place in there whilst also fleshing out elsewhere across the ground too

his year is going to go one of two ways next year, he'll either drift into the abyss and maybe crop up at casey in '27 as a 23rd man whilst playing overage CTL or he'll shoot up boards into mid second round contention as one of teh most dangerous smalls his age

what do we do in this sitution? "ignore duffield i broke it and had to go back so thats CDT" sharp? grjl? lindsay? dovaston? pickett? trade?

oskar ainsworth linked to us and also the tigers at 38, can;t find much on him but seems to be a really similar type and build to nairn, having also gone tholstrup recently i hope we look at someone with a bit more POD even a smaller mid like a sam allen or addinsall if we dont go for a true small like byrne just to sort of round out the list. theres something about a side of 18 186-189cm blokes that just appears to vanilla even if they are all slightly different somewhat, you need that game changing player to really spark your side sometimes

surely if the tigers live grjl and he is going to be on the board at our pick then we can do a deal to get ahead of essendon and get a run at robey or taylor and even have a sniff of cdt you just know he becomes a star and allows weddle to go inside or just dominates for them once impey/amon finish up wed, the wiz and siz: hawks need for speed headline when he has 20 and kicks one on the run on debut

both players have shown form in multiple roles, i think that is a must for JT at the top of the draft as it gives them a second wind in their careers and less chance at failing, if you take dovaston you might be able to tell in 15 games if he's going to make it or not, its just the nature of the role, whereas you can find a 188cm player and they can play a variety of roles, look at sparrow, didnt hit his ceiling of burst inside mid but has still eeked out a role, windsor, lindsay tholstrup also all have that same capability even langford has shown some craft forward

taylor byrne i think has enough, leon kickett and latrelle pickett i think do too other smaller players bob, dalton, mcguane, kneipp, im less sure on as they arent natural crafty small fwds and dont necessarily have either the goal nous or the agility to really show up bigger stronger or even quicker opponents

“The Demons haven't nominated Next Generation Academy prospect Toby Sinnema, with the Dandenong Stingray a chance to be a train-on option after the draft if not selected”. From Cal Twomey’s Phantom Draft

pick 7 - fwd/mid (nairn) pick 8 - back/mid (farrow/lindsay/sharp/xtaylor) pick 37 - this pick will surely be to add another mid type, i can't see us going tall whilst we still have a stack on the list and defensively theres none in this range so rules out hetherton also can't see us taking a ruck so its small fwd or mid, Sam Allen, Matt LeRay Rory Wright Sam Swadling are the names that excite me the most, and Beau Addinsall if we can put a bid down we've obviously seen a heap of him whilst watching KW this year FS white - tall rookie - small fwd or best available, Taylor Byrne, Aaron Sharkie, Tom Burton, Jackson Voss?, Felix Kneipp