RalphiusMaximus

What he's shown is a massive work ethic. We've all heard how Oliver modeled his behaviour on Stretch as someone who is totally professional in his habits. ANB came from the same place and clearly has the same approach. He's clearly not the explosive talent that you find at the top of the draft, but I suspect Goodwin loves his work ethic and will to succeed.

Those pictures are awesome. So are the tips on your cameras. I keep thinking I need to get a nice camera, but I can't afford to get the sort you're using.

Honestly, the photo's are quite reassuring. Look at the focus on his face when he's kicking. He may not have the body, but that makes me think he might have the mental side covered. Hope I'm not reading too much into a few pictures.

Don't forget sliding knees-first into grounded opponents.

I suspect I'll have issues with our drafting for as long as Goodwin is coach. His philosophy is all about hard-working grunts who will put in the extra effort at training and work hard on-field. He doesn't seem to value skills at all. I on the other hand think that while work ethic is a requirement, so is the ability to hit targets. As long as he keeps the focus on competitive hard-nuts and ignores skills I won't be overly thrilled with the picks we make.

It used to be Richmond. Miller was the only one to get anywhere with them. I wonder who will stick at Port.

You can build a tank, but you can't make them grow half a foot.

The pathway only gets them onto an AFL list. I said nothing about what happens next.

A few people got two out of four. Nice effort.

I think I'm actually most excited by this guy. He has the two things we desperately need in pace and kicking skills. He could be a real bargain.

Casey has been amazing as an AFL pathway. Look at the guys who have been picked up from there. Silvagni, Mohr, McInerney, Smith, Keilty, and now Fritsch. There may be others as well that I've missed. That's a pretty great record for a VFL side. I don't know how many others have produced that many mature-aged recruits.

He looks to be a decent kick and can certainly get his own ball, but I don't see this pace everyone is talking about. He's certainly not even close to Boomer Harvey in that respect. I note that the Fox panel had Moore ranked at 11. We took Spargo instead, presumably because of his reputation for being competitive. I guess time will tell, but I think the Hawks got a bargain.

This one is going to take a few years before we really consider giving him games I would think. The great advantage of having a strong line-up with some depth behind it is that you can take your time with the kids and not play them until they are ready.

Well, he made it to us and we didn't take him. I'm not overly impressed. Could have had Moore as well. Didn't. We could have made up for not having a first round pick with those guys.

Funny. I really rate Gus. There's nothing spectacular in his game, but there are no weaknesses either. His pace is good, he has better skills than the majority of the list, he can win his own ball and he's a very smart player.

Three? Admittedly, there's not a lot there, but Gus has missed basically an entire season while Petracca is inconsistent and not impacting games enough. I'll give you Lever, but the other two aren't any better than guys like De Goey, Cockatoo, Weller or Wright. They would probably feature in the top ten, but I don't necessarily see them going top five.

So from that, he has decent pace, good foot skills and can win his own ball. Sounds like a good prospect to me.

It's worth remembering that this is in no way a definitive list. Even the panelists can't agree with each other. I didn't watch this one but on previous editions they've freely pointed out each others' biases. For me, no way is Nic Nat still number two. He's got freak factor, but I've never rated him that highly. He's more of a wrecking ball than a footballer. I absolutely agree with the above comment that this shows how poor a draft it was though. Aside from a couple of A-grade mids and Hurley, we see a bunch of solid B to B+ players making up the bulk of their top ten. There's certainly nothing like a Dangerfield, Hodge or Martin on the list. Possibly a Goddard and some Headlands.

So basically a lot of the worst rule changes have been made because the standard of umpiring has declined and the AFL are trying to compensate for their ineptitude.

Seriously, if the precious flowers think bouncing the ball is too demanding, bring in a specialist! It wouldn't be difficult to train up a dozen professional ball bouncers whose sole job is to deliver a straight, high bounce after each goal then get off the ground.

Skill.

I want it to, but I think they're missing some key points with their planning.

Get real? We have the worst disposal in the league. We have no forward structure. Our greatest strength is a brigade of tough nut midfielders who can't kick. We have never seen any evidence that our talls are able to work with each other instead of getting in each others' way. The team still falls asleep for large portions of games. Realistically, I think we're a damn good chance to go backwards next year.

Are these clues meant to be cryptic-style like in the crosswords or just straight-up clues to the player? That one for Rohan Bail is obscure, but I don't know if it's a cryptic crossword clue. It also could have been referring to a number of players. I'll take a stab at Brent Moloney for this one.