Ted Lasso

Sid Draper is very much in the Zak Butters style as well in my opinion

I think if anyone in this draft potentially presents as a Jimmy Toumpas in my mind it's Murphy Reid. Lindsay is a very very underrated contested ball winner which only compliments him being one of the most damaging outside players in the draft. I am honestly very surprised he's not in serious consideration for the top 5 selections.

The thing i was really surprised with about Lindsay is i kinda wrongly categorized him as a bit of a soft outside player, but he can definitely win his own ball, i feel it's an incredibly underrated part of his game, his outside weapons are just so good people don't seem to notice his ball winning. I am not sure what others see with Langford, but a mate of mine called him "Left footed David Mundy" and i've really been seeing that, he's got the height, a real weapon up forward and such a good ball winner who can get on the outside and be really dangerous

i'm more and more feeling like it'll be Langford and Lindsay joining the Dees

I would guess we'd start Langford as a half forward with bursts in the middle and let him build his tank over 2-3 years sort of how we did with Trac early on?

Langford and Lindsay fill these requests and SHOULD be available at both our picks. both beautiful left foot kicks. I love the fact Langford can contribute goals and be a good target forward with bursts through the middle early in his career, it just adds to the appeal given we also need help forward. I really like Lindsay, he just oozes class and it's something we just haven't really had

My rough guess which will probably be different by tomorrow is. 1. Sam Lalor (Richmond) 2. Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane) 3. Alix Tauru (North Melbourne) 4. Finn O'Sullivan (Carlton) 5. Sid Draper (Adelaide) 6. Jagga Smith (Melbourne) 7. Leo Lombard (Gold Coast) 8. Harvey Langford (Richmond) 9. Josh Smillie (St Kilda) 10. Harry Armstrong (St Kilda) 11. Murphy Reid (Melbourne) 12. Issac Kako (Essendon) 13. Jobe Shanahan (Richmond) 14. Luke Trainor (Richmond) 15. Bo Allen (West Coast)

I probably still take Langford over Smillie, but i definitely see the appeal. He's definitely one that makes us better in 2025 and would have to be a favourite for the rising star next year given how ready to go he is.

Surely lets just send Petty back and back in Van Rooyen, Turner and Jefferson in the front half.

If he was from Vic i'd tip him to go pick 1. kid is a freak

I am amazed Langford isn't more linked to pick 1, given he's a bigger body mid who can go forward and grew up a mad Tigers fan.

Who would you take between Lalor and Langford? I've liked Langford for a long time personally, but it's really hard to not be excited by just about all of these guys. I also love Draper and feel he'd be a great fit but would be shocked if the Crows didn't snap him up.

Do you think we'd pass on Smith if he's available at 5? Surely he's just about exactly what we're after?

Taj Hotton is really interesting given he's missed so much footy with injury, but when he has played he's looked incredible. I think he's one that would definitely be top 10, if not top 5 if not for his injury, but likely to slide into the teens instead, could be a bargain pick up.

Just get the feeling he's going to play on a wing and Langdon might move into the ANB high half forward role

Lindsay to me looks like some sort of combination of Josh Kelly and prime Jordan Lewis. i'd be very happy if we bring him in at pick 9. There are so many good players it feels like it'll be hard to stuff the pick up. I wonder if the Giants would be open to splitting that pick 9 into picks 15 and 16 and we could perhaps get Lindsay and Hynes to go with whoever we take at pick 5?

The thing with the Houston debate that i really think should become a norm in the AFL is the clubs power to trade contracted players. I have a view the players should be able to nominate a state, but beyond that if they're contracted and request a trade it'd effectively be consent to go to whichever club in that state can facilitate the best deal. Why should Port have to accept a lesser deal because of a players preference to get to Collingwood or Carlton? Players have far too much power in my opinion and it's working directly against the agenda of equalization.

Fitness nerd Ted looks at this and immediately what jumps out is considering he's had an extended period of essentially limited activity and low heart rate for his health reasons, his body weight % is still clearly extremely low which shows that Trac is absolutely elite, even among elite company for discipline, diet and sticking to his off field aspects of being a professional athlete. maintaining a body shape like he has is an extremely difficult task for 99.9% of people unless you have ridiculous genetics.

West Coast are obviously thinking potentially Bo Allen, Liam Baker and Matt Owies > Pick 3. It's not a ridiculous notion but i wouldn't have done this trade personally.

It's probably the first time in their careers that Trac and Clarry have had high end midfield talent at their own level come into the club through the draft, i suspect they'll quickly become big brother figures and mentors for these young guys.

Pick 5 will in theory be an A grade mid, essentially a Gus replacement, any of Smith, O'Sullivan, Langford, Lalor, Draiper, Smillie would make an immediate impact for us next year. Pick 9 is interesting, we could go tall and grab someone like Armstrong or Tauru or another mid like Reid, Lindsay, Travaglia

The top 10 in this draft just became even more interesting. Expectation is the Saints will take 2 mids with 7/8 North could look to swap their pick potentially. would the Saints swap 7/8 for 2 and something else? North would then get Armstrong and Tauru and the Saints get a top end midfield talent in the door. So much to play out between now and the draft

Langford and Travaglia or Reid would be an incredible result. If Armstrong made it to 9, which he won't i'd probably snap him up.

I think it's worth noting that 13 in THIS draft is seen by most experts as being the quality of a top 5-6 pick in some other drafts, which is why we would be willing to give up what potentially looks like overs on the surface. 5 and 13 will very likely be two very very handy players for a long time, and we already have a nice little core of young talent building. Jason Taylor is consistently the best asset this club has had for the last number of years.

Our offer is clearly the best on the table, they get a strong second round pick now, and a future first that could be as high as 4-5 Of those offers, ours is the best by a distance in my opinion