Demon 16

Max Gawn.

Will breakout this year.

How does 100 x 100 work? How long do you rest between sprints?

They are certainly sprints - they are usually timed so you need to keep at a certain rate as you go along.

Usually you would do them in blocks of 5, whilst jogging slowly back to the start. So you don't actually stop moving until you've run 1km (50% of which is sprinted). Then you get around 2 minutes to stop and recouperate before doing another block of 5.

It's a very tough running session for any player - particularly fast players who have high sprint speeds and lower endurance.

As much as I admire Angus' dedication and commitment in running 100 100's I'm not sure why he is singled out as being someone special when I would expect the whole list not in rehab to be putting in the same work. What I am impressed with now is that it appears that we have players that are far more focused on being the best that they can possibly be. This is a big change from the Bailey years. I give a small thanks to Mark Neeld in starting to change that mind shift.

It's a good sign that the young fella has done some additional running on Christmas Day - but I think more the point, is that he did 100 x 100.

Not sure if you've ever tried it - but that is one heck of a session for an 18 year old on Christmas Day.

Expecting the whole list to do that is just ridiculous. There probably isn't another player in the AFL that did 100 x 100m sprints on Xmas day.

This will be the pick where our recruiting department earn their money.

If ANB (and/or McDonald) turns out a player, it will be a huge coup for us.

Interesting...no room for Dawes in our best 22. Off season journalism...sigh....

Dawes is suspended for round 1.

It's actually not a bad effort considering it's from the HUN.

The word potentially..

You never know!

I am starting to get a really good feeling this potentially could become another Dayne Beams, Daniel Hannerbery and Luke Parker pick.

Jesus Christ..

Anyone know if any of the strong runners such as N Jones, TMac or Bail were missing?

That's quite an effort from Grimes in any case.

Could also be because he is 22 ?

Oscar Mc and Billy Stretch are hardly what you called developed.

Our problem has not been that the players drafted were stick insects. They were stick insects who couldn't get a kick. ( we drafted some big bodied footballers and they couldn't get a kick either)

If you can't see the big bodied midfielders theme in this trade period and draft you must be blind. Billy Stretch won't be huge but he won't be Cale Morton thin. Oscar McDonald will be a big body when he's his brothers age - bookmark it.

Paul Roos has said many times, that his ideal is a big bodied midfield - in the same vein as Fremantle.

Great cause - terrible video.

I'm sure we'll have a slider or 2 available at 40, but with picks 2 & 3 confirmed I would expect that outside speed will be looked upon very favourably here.

Petracca and Brayshaw will certainly have a bigger short term impact than McCartin and Brayshaw.

I actually don't mind which combo we take to be honest, although I do think Brayshaw is the type we need to start with.

Quite revealing about why we have been so poor in the last few years.

Our hopeless drafting from 2001 to 2004 means that only Jamar and Dunn are players drafted then that still remain.

Our disastrous efforts from 2007 to 2011 means that we have only 11 players aged 22-26 that we drafted - that is a crucial 5 year age range for AFL clubs. The most promising 5 players of those 11 are McDonald, Jetta, Watts, Howe, and Grimes. Another 6 of that 11 may not be on the list for much longer: Trengove, Fitz, Gawn, McKenzie, Spencer, and Bail.

Prime years of a football career and we don't have many and we don't have much quality.

Gawn will be on the list for a while yet - but your point still stands.

More damning, is the number of high drafts picks in that period that aren't at the club anymore. Unprecedented.

I'd be pretty surprised if we move any further than 1 or 2 spots up the ladder, at the most.

I hope that the following year will see some movement up the ladder.

I'd be surprised if we didn't throw our top draft picks at a trade next year (GWS should be vulnerable), plus a huge contract at a free agent.

That should balance it up a little.

At least our youth is looking a little more talented this time around (not assuming anything..).

David King is a good pundit, but I would have liked a little more opinion on what he thinks is required, and how we will go next year.

There no way 2015 will define Roos' impact at the club either, 2016/17 will be when we start to see what we've got.

I wonder if we might use pick 53 to upgrade Harmes?

If we are playing at riddles, I've been told to keep mum as this is really really close, but try this....

Ronald who looks after the fries, is currently cooking us up a Mac-lin

Alex McDonald working on Ben McGlynn coming to Melbourne?

Can we change the thread title to 'DONT stop the Jack Watts trade'?

Electric Clock - Electricity? ...Watts?

Black Mouse - Black Sheep? ...Dangermouse?

I have no problem trading Jack Watts.

I'm hoping Blease is included in the Garlett deal, and that we won't need to use #23.

This would be the worst decision the AFL have made in a very long time.

It would an utter disgrace if it comes about.

I really hope we don't use pick 23 on Lumumba.

Pick 33 would be fine.

Whose son is Heeny?

Mr and Mrs Heeny.