Colm

Norths list manager said they believe pick one is down to 2 at this stage. I assumed it Lalor and FOS he was talking about. At start of this thread I went for 5- Langford 9-Lindsay I’ll stick with those two and think we will match a bid late on for Andrew. I did notice Lindsay got a couple of mentions on gettable today. Cal said he’s one of a few in the mix at 9 and JT mentioned he had been very good at looking after Ricky Mentha down at Gippsland.

Saints list manager suggested they are happy enough with the young talks they have and mentioned they would go best available but would be pretty happy to get mids. If both Langford and Tauru are on the board at 5 and we pick Langford there’s a chance Tauru gets to 9.

They did an interview with Draper and he said he would be super excited to move interstate. I think he slides to Saints. Cal also said we won’t be doing any pick trades.

Cal has been keen to put it out there that he’s not as confident with his phantom this year. To be expected with how even it is I guess.

Jt just been on Gettable. Said we will go best available rather than pick for needs as we did last year. Having listened to Norths list manager as well I think Tauru will still be on the board at 5. If Langford is gone Tauru is our man I think.

On Gettable this morning

Cal did mention that both Richmond at 6 and Saints at 7 are a chance to pick him.

Gettable has just started. There may be a bit of a wait for Cals phantom.

I have seen it reported that Allan is very similar player to Ginbey at WC so they may not be keen to double up. Also Freo will want to hold onto future draft picks to have a crack at Chad Warner next year.

Id rather we take a mid at our second pick as well. But there’s definitely too much smoke around Armstrong now to deny that we have a strong interest in him. Im assuming if we pick him it would mean we see Turner and Petty as defenders ling term. If we pick him given the other options that would be available JT must think he will be a gun.

I’d prefer Langford but what would I know. Goody has always liked being a contested team first and although he has a slight frame Jagga does seem to win a lot of his own footy and is very efficient(maybe not super damaging) with it when he gets it.

This is a great draw. We can’t have any complaints. If we had played a more attractive brand of footy and had bigger crowds we may have got more prime time slots. Only one 5 day break against Richmond who also have a 5 day break is a big win. If we play well before the bye then we will probably get more prime time games. Does anybody know if there will be Thursday night games after the bye? We play GC after that. I’m hoping we don’t have a Thursday night game then as it will shorten our bye as we play on the Sunday before the bye.

I haven’t looked at FOS much the past while as I didn’t thing there was much chance he’d get to our pick. I did have a good look at him during the champs and wasn’t impressed. Feels like if we pick him it would be another one in the Trac and Clarry basket- hoping next years performances will be better than this years.

Bugger. I’m all in on Langford

Well we all saw that coming. One year off every 15 years or so seem fair.

It’s unlikely we trade I agree. We haven’t been linked to anybody further back in the draft. They may however jump in front of us if they trade for pick 8 which the Saints have put on the table. Hope not as Caruso is a very good operator and always seems to be targeting same players as us.

Cal’s latest form guide mentioned GWS are interested in Travagila. Very unlikely he gets to their pick so they would have to trade up if they want him.

I’d be keener for Trav or Allan. Not a knock on Reid but I would like someone that would compliment pick 5 a bit better. Apart from Tauru all our pick 5 prospects are likely to play forward of the ball. I’d like our pick 9 to be able to play defence. Interesting he didn’t rule out Labor being available at 5.

Bit of info in that for us. Unless we haven kept our cards very close to our chest the amount of players we are interested in at pick 9 is fairly small. Tauru, Travagila,Reid, Allen and Armstrong

You wouldn’t be concerned that both of the lack leg speed? I’m locked in on Langford too but not sure we can pick up two players who have question marks about their pace.

Just over a week to the big night. Really looking forward to seeing who JT goes for. If anybody that doesn’t follow the under age stuff to much but wants to have a good look at the players linked to our picks I fully recommend watching the Vic Country V Metro game from earlier in the year. It was the Champs decider and therefore the biggest game most of them had played in. Most of the players around are picks played. It was at Marvel so the camera work is pretty decent too. It’s a cracking game if anybody has a couple of hours to kill or needs a sports fix. https://www.afl.com.au/video/1173111

100% agree with where are needs are Binners. If we are asking Santa for everything we want with two players I’d probably add in contested marking and leadership. We have a few who can clunk them but not enough IMO. We still rely on Max for most of our contested marks and he won’t be around for much longer. Having someone on the middle of the park who can take a good grab would hopefully stop us turning it over as much. I said in another thread but after JVR and maybe the Kolt I’m not sure we have many natural leaders in our younger group. Luckily if the draft goes the right way for us I think we can get everything we need over our two picks. In JT we trust

As others have stated I can see leadership in JVR and wouldn’t mind if he was brought into the leadership group as early as this season. He leads by example and brings a great positive energy. Would be great for him to learn of our current leaders and provide a good link to the younger players. Beyond that I’m not too sure what’s there. I could see the Kolt standing up once he goes up a level or two but I’m not sure we have many younger player that are born leaders. I think that leadership qualities is something we should be looking for with our top 10 picks this year.

I’ll also assume Tauru is gone by our first pick. Pick 5- Langford. Good left peg and great contested mark. I think we will draft for right now as much as the future and I think Langford makes most sense to have an impact next year. Very versatile, could interchange with trac, play mobile half forward or take Sparrows spot. Could even play a game or two instead of fritter if he refuses to work hard enough again this year. Pick 9- Lindsay will play half back and is a great kick of the ball. Can play outside mid in few years. There’s heaps of others I like but I think these two would improve us significantly next year. If not them I’d still like a pair that combine ability to play forward and back as well as in the middle with contested marking and kicking skills.

Agree, has improved since 2021. I really thought after that finals series he would really kick on. Unfortunately if anything he’s gone backwards. Hopefully being dropped at the end of the season and some new mids coming in via the draft might give him the motivation to kick in a little bit. Might pay to ten down a bit as he doesn’t really used his size.