DeeSpencer

Didn’t miss with the elbow on the way down!

As perplexing as a I find it I do like former fat blokes, bald guys, and Bull Smith and Vanders were two of my favourites and we’ve missed having a hard country lad who isn’t afraid to crack a few private school heads. Maybe we can sort out the log jam on the list after this year and get some value from this pick.

Casey has a list for Casey players. I noticed this guy watching Werribee finals, he’s a heck of a vfl player given he had only played one game before this year. He has a red hot go in the ruck but he won’t be able to do that at afl level. We overload our list with tall forwards because they all get injured because we force them to play murder ball because we don’t have enough skill and run to play any other way. It might be Jefferson, Melk, Fullarton, Kentfield, Johnson all at Casey with no midfield to kick it to them!

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For the love of god please stop pissing away list spots on undersized forward/rucks because they’re tough. It’s not 1985

He’s an awkward unusual player and those half forwards can sometimes fail but that’s great value in Davis for the Eagles, reckon there’s a big winger who can stretch opponents forward with that profile

We don’t have the list spots, our third pick is all we have and clearly they wanted other players. Its not like we don’t have young kids developing but we do seem to hang on to guys as well as paying the price for top ups that so far haven’t worked. Im not even sure if we wanted Riak as cat B which does seem wild because he has more upside than Mentha IMO.

Not a surprise, club never were really linked with him. A fraction undersized and doesn’t kick well. That said, cost was basically the last pick in the draft. But we don’t seem to be a club that turns over the list these days.

I’ve changed my mind again. This draft was excellent with the talls to about 40 then got weird in a hurry with clubs going for all sorts of randos. Still would’ve loved one of those top 40 talls but the mids especially but even the flankers seem to run out quickly. The Freo trade down might’ve been the option.

With the academy kids dominating the top of the draft every side up until 20 was probably right to pass. Sydney and GWS passing with their 2nd and 3rd picks is very strange

Last year he clearly was a mile off his best, nasty arm break so couldn’t do weights for months, in to ankle and other stuff. He’s not playing Jetta’s position. We need to find a Hibbo replacement but if Judd can’t stay there it will be Hore, Howes or AMW based on the current list. Most sides have half back flankers who can’t defend a lick. Lindsay has ok height but isn’t much of an aerial player, I’d back Bowey over him to defend most half forwards. But both can be excellent rebounding half backs.

I disagree, he’s super clever in the air for his size and doesn’t need to win 1 on 1 contests in d 50, he should always have 2-3 defenders behind him. He didn’t give Bailey Smith an inch in the grand final.

Can’t help but feel like we went way too hard to get the extra first rather than try to maximise picks and list turnover by 3-4 picks in this middle range of the draft. Essendon might’ve cooked us here

With Lindsay probably starting half back and Langford likely starting out as a medium forward/rotational mid I still think the list balance would be well served with a running forward/mid. Especially if we get Riak through to the Cat B list.

Chews up more of their 3rd round picks. Right now they’ve got 46, 47, 49, a bid at pick 1 would’ve wiped them out. And earlier Marshall bid would’ve wiped out 56 and 59 too. They’re effectively still live with solid 3rd rounders because of the nonsense teams at 1-4.