Colm

Now the positives- Is ready to go straight away, He's one of the best contested marks in the draft this year. Leadership which I think we were a bit lacking in our younger group. Thumping left peg but often lowers his eyes-will be a better inside 50 kick than any of our current mids. Like a goal, stands up in big games. Has great versatility. Tom Sparrow will probably looking over his shoulder more than anyone but I see him starting more as a mobile half forward, similar role to Jeremy Cameron. Would also dovetail very well with Trac. If required could also cover for Fritter. As you can see I'm quite the fan. Welcome Harvey

Delighted with this pick. I would have taken him with pick one if we had it. Yes Lalor has a higher ceiling but Harvey is a safer bet and ready to go. Not at all as concerned as some about his 20 sprint time. I heard him interviewed earlier in the year and he said it’s the thing he has to work on the most. His 2km time trail is very good so he has good running ability. Putting too much time into speed in his draft year may have compromised his running ability and his performances. I expect it’s something that will improve once he has a couple of preseason under his belt.

Takes Rivers spot in the backline for me. Will be interesting to see if we try Bowser in a different roll this year as I think Xavier and Judd will be our two preferred distributors out of defence.

Interesting that he’s been linked along with the Berry. Seems a small forward is on our wish list. Starting to look like we will go with two mids, a tall and a small forward with our pick in draft and rookies

This would clearly be the outcome that our recruitment would value the most as they must rate those two above everybody else that would be available to us at 5.

😂 that will learn me. Really hope we land him if just to give @Demonstone another player name he always has to correct.

Fair enough Daz, I have read recently that you would be better than most recruiters anyways😂. I’ve tried not to get too hung up on any player this year after really wanting Curtain last year. Still I’m really hoping Langford is on the board for our first pick.

Also stood up to be BOG in the biggest game of the year that had the vast majority of this years top ranked players playing in it.

Lots of posters getting a bit nervous about the quality of the kids we have been linked with. Got to remember folks they are just kids and will improve in every facet of the game when they come into the system. JTs selection over the years especially with mids and flankers has been excellent, with 2 top 10 picks in a strong draft I have no doubt he will pick two crackers. Im just hoping Langford is still on the board at 5. I’d pick him if we had the number one pick( although I’ve come around to Smith a lot more too). Then if one or more of Tauru, Lindsay or Allen is left we really can’t lose.

Good post and agree there’s nothing linking to us taking Allen at 5/6. But if Langford and Smith are off the board and Draper is still there, if we rate Tauru and Allen as the next two best players it might make sense to grab Allen first if we think it’s the best strategy to land both. 5- Allen 6-Smiley/Draper 7- Smiley/Draper 8- Travagila 9- Tauru GWS did it last year to get two players they wanted later in the first round.

My take on it was we are not interest in Draper and would take Tauru before him. I assume we would take Smith if he was there and Langford was gone. I just assume Cal is off the belief that Carlton will take Smith.

Can’t say I followed him in his draft year but RMC seemed to think there was room for improvement in his kicking consistency and it was put down as an area he needed to improve on. Lindsay is probably rated as the best kick in this draft or at least top 5. He will also go much earlier than Houston and Gulden. He’s ball use an excellent.

I wonder how the club rates each player coming through each draft. Do we mark them out of a maximum score?! With a certain amount of points being available for different abilities and attributes. Say skill level, athletic ability, character and so on. I’m sure we must and we will never find out exactly but I’d love to know. Maybe a question for JT if he does the podcast again this year.