spirit of norm smith

Wow. Thats a different direction. Smith and Lindsay … of course if they were available. Both with elite skills but are lightly built and would be physically challenged to play a midfield role in their first year (whereas bigger mids such as players like Lalor, Langford, Smillie could step in round 1 in 2025) . I still prefer Langford at 5 but it would be a tough decision if Smith was available 🤔🤔🤔

Of the 2022 team, 5/6 Casey listed premiership players are gone from the club, and 3/4 Casey listed emergencies are gone. Only Valentine and Bell remain and they hardly played in ‘24.

Agreed. Get ready for Saturday 4:35pm games, Sunday 1.10pm and Sunday 3:20pm. Very few Friday or Saturday night games. It’s the interstate scheduling and short turnaround games that will probably be the horror show for us.

JT might go with a youngster who shows definite AFL qualities in his footy IQ, goal sense, pace and run as well as his ability to produce the special. I’d recommend Ned Bowman might fit the mould. Definitely has some X factor. His classic “screamer” mark certainly showed his talent. He’s not laconic but hard working and talented. Draft combine results also impressed. Ran flat 3.0secs in 20 metre sprint to show his pace (top 20 ranked) and I think he did a 6:35 in the 2km trial. Ned Bowman shapes as a potential available later draft pick and could appeal for the Dees.

Not sure if this got posted from the Age https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/pick-a-winner-who-your-team-will-target-in-the-afl-draft-20241021-p5kjy5.html Melbourne may not place a bid on Essendon’s NGA prospect Isaac Kako after trading for the Bombers’ pick nine. Midfielders Harvey Langford, Sid Draper and Josh Smillie could get through to their first selection, while key forward Harry Armstrong, defenders Alix Tauru and Luke Trainor, and classy midfielder Xavier Lindsay might be in the mix at their second pick

Thanks @Pennant St Dee Twomey must be looking through the combine results in more detail too !!!

FFS. If he kicks a bag against MFC on Kings birthday… then [censored], another MFC [censored] up

Do we bid on Lombard at our pick? He’s a talent and Suns need to pay up. Assume Suns (guaranteed) to match it and would cost them a decent points bounty. Not sure why clubs delay in bids… surely Ashcroft gets bid at 2 or 3, Lombard at 5 or 6, Kako at 10 or 11, Marshall at 13 or 14 and Camporeale at 15 or 16. Make the clubs pay the right rate or higher to get these “prioritized” youngsters.

It wouldn’t surprise if we picked Bo Allan at 9. He’s got lots of very good AFL qualities. It would certainly cause an outcry by the Eagles fans who all think they perfectly traded out “3” to get Baker and then steal Allan back at “12” . If he’s gone, there is no other home grown talent out of the West at this level.

Sorry …

https://t.co/i4JOO2tqPi a good read on Langford as well as Stingrays teammate Cooper Hynes

That was a knee to the head. Umpiring is so bad (and it’s regularly very poor) they didn’t even pay a free kick. In the AFL, that’s clearly paid. The ump is as right there. Sure it’s accidental, but still a free kick. Losing Goldrick was a blow. She’s had a good night and a very good season.

Unfortunately Narrm is on a winless streak across both the AFL and AFLW competitions.

We lost because overhandballing lack of composure with the footy umpires hawks are a solid team goldrick injury playing in humid cairns in late October and … CAPTAIN Kate Hore is one of two Demons who have been withdrawn from Narrm's clash against Hawthorn in Cairns on Thursday night. The important midfielder/forward pulled up sore on Thursday morning, and has been withdrawn from the Demons' side as a precaution. Defender Gabby Colvin, who was named to make her return from concussion against the Hawks, is also a late out after suffering a head knock at training and re-entering concussion protocols.

STOP OVERHANDBALLING STOP OVERHANDBALLING We win by getting territory and winning the next contest Stop going back to what lost us games !!!

Agreed @Ted Lasso this years top group is so strong and so even. I went Sam Lalor as number 1 in my phantom draft due to his Dustin Martin like qualities and I reckon he has so much more to excel once he concentrates purely on footy. His skills are elite and his strength will be an asset. Though many many others could be number 1. O’Sullivan, Smith, Draper or Langford would be worthy number 1 picks. Even Trainor and Smillie were once considered as the potential number 1. Murphy Reid has also been mentioned by Twomey as good enough for pick 1. Dees at 5 get to see who is available. Strangely pick 5 is nearly on par as having the 1,2,3 or 4 pick in some terms this year.

Jayden Nguyen is a pacy running half back who is under Essendon NGA. He will highly likely get a rookie list spot with the Bombers.

Going through the current list changes with traded in/out players, retirements and delisting. It looks like around 62-64 new players will be drafted in the senior list national draft this year. After the 3rd round, there might be a very sparse 4th round selection group. Then with rookie upgrades and rookie retentions (plus others promised to be redrafted as a rookie) there’s only likely to be 12-16 new players drafted in the rookie draft. Dees might be able to have JT use a 3rd pick and find an available diamond in the rough. Like Judd McVee, not all young talented players are top 25 draftees.

@Pennant St Dee Hugh Boxshall was impressive in some of grabs from WA action. He tested extremely well at the State combine. If somehow the Dees could get a 3rd pick in this draft, he’d have to be seriously looked at AFL STATE DRAFT COMBINE RESULTS BOYS 2km Time trial (min:sec) Patrick Retschko VIC M Oakleigh Chargers Caulfield Grammarians 6:07 Hugh Boxshall WA Claremont Swanbourne 6:08 Luke Kennedy VIC M Sandringham Dragons Ormond 6:08 Sam Davidson VIC M Richmond (VFL) St Kevin’s 6:12 Nathaniel Sulzberger TAS Sandringham Dragons North Hobart 6:17 20m sprint - Time (sec) Lennox Hofmann VIC M Sandringham Dragons Old Brighton Grammarians 2.861 Blake Leidler VIC M Oakleigh Chargers Surrey Park 2.887 Jayden Nguyen VIC M Calder Cannons 2.897 Benny Barrett SA South Adelaide Happy Valley 2.913 Jacob Molier SA Sturt 2.920 Agility test - Time (sec) Oliver Hannaford VIC C GWV Rebels 7.922 Lucca Grego VIC M Western Jets 7.961 Hugh Boxshall WA Claremont Swanbourne 7.980 Loch Mactaggart WA Perth Northam Saints 8.075 Jayden Nguyen VIC M Calder Cannons 8.126 Standing vertical jump - Height (cm) Josh Murphy Murray Bushrangers North Albury 74 Hugh Boxshall WA Claremont Swanbourne 73 Jayden Nguyen VIC M Calder Cannons 73 Keighton Matofai-Forbes VIC M Western Jets Keilor 70 Loch Mactaggart WA Perth Northam Saints 70 Sam Toner VIC C Dandenong Stingrays 70 Running vertical jump - Height (cm) Ajang Kuol Mun VIC C Geelong Cats (VFL) 90 Loch Mactaggart WA Perth Northam Saints 89 Luke Quaynor VIC M Oakleigh Chargers Doncaster East 89 Hugh Boxshall WA Claremont Swanbourne 86 Oliver Hannaford VIC C GWV Rebels 86 Jayden Nguyen VIC M Calder Cannons 86

I’m still in therapy after his absolute BS in these sessions.

Go with JVR and Jeffo. The midfield needs the injection of two quality youngsters. Midfield lost Brayshaw, faces potential instability with Trac and Clarry and JV7 can only battle on for so long. Need two quality young midfielders.

Given the Tigers might like to grab Jagga Smith, if he was available at our pick, it would be worth a cheeky quick call to them to ask Tigers to see if they’d be interested in a swap of MFC 5 for their 6 and 24… but if the choice was between Smith and Tauru, I’d take Smith.

Yes that would be a tough call … perhaps … Smillie 😊😊😊😊😊

Best guesses and estimates imv. I have the Dees holding at picks 5 & 9. There’s likely to be some pick swaps throughout but the first round predictions as is are: 1. Richmond. Sam Lalor. GWV 2.****Lions father son. Levi Ashcroft. Sandringham 3. North Melbourne. Alix Tauru. Gippsland 4. Carlton (via West Coast). Finn O’Sullivan . Oakleigh 5. Adelaide. Sid Draper. SA Sth Adelaide 6. Melbourne . Harvey Langford. Dandenong. 7. Richmond (via Gold Coast). Jagga Smith. Oakleigh. 8. ****Suns academy. Leonardo Lombard 9. St Kilda. Josh Smillie. Eastern 10. St Kilda (via Josh Battle compensation pick). Harry Armstrong . Sandringham 11. Melbourne (via Essendon). Xavier Lindsay. Gippsland 12. Richmond (via Fremantle) Tobie Travaglia. Bendigo 13.Richmond (via Fremantle, Collingwood) Luke Trainor. Sandringham 14. West Coast (via Carlton) Bo Allan. WA Peel. 15. **** Ess NGA. Isaac Kako. Calder 16. Port Adelaide (via Gold Coast, Western Bulldogs). Joe Berry. Murray 17. Fremantle (via Richmond, Hawthorn, Carlton). Taj Hotton. Sandringham 18. Greater Western Sydney. Jobe Shanahan. Bendigo 19. Greater Western Sydney (via Harry Perryman compensation pick). Murphy Reid. Sandringham 20. Western Bulldogs (via Geelong). Cooper Hynes . Dandenong 21. **** Lions academy. Sam Marshall 22. Richmond (via Fremantle, Port Adelaide). Jack Whitlock. Murray . 23.****Blues father son. Ben Camporeale. SA. 24. Sydney. Harrison Oliver. Sandringham 25. Richmond (via Brisbane). Alex Dodson. SA Sturt 26. Greater Western Sydney (via Isaac Cumming compensation pick). Hamish Davis. WA Claremont 27. Sydney (via North Melbourne). Matt Whitlock. Murray 28. Richmond (via Gold Coast, North Melbourne). Ollie Hannaford. GWV predicting the longest first round ever!! Some likely 2nd rounders: Tom Gross - Oakleigh. Christian Moraes - Eastern. Kayle Gerryn - WA West Perth. Thomas Sims - Northern. Jonty Faull - GWV. Jesse Dattoli - Northern. Harry O'Farrell - Calder. Lachie Jacques - Geelong. Nathaniel Sulzberger - Sandringham/ Tassie. Jack Ough - GWV. Angus Clarke - SA Glenelg. Josh Murphy - Murray. *** GWS Academy - Logan Smith Charlie Nicholls - Central District SA. *** Crows. Tyler Welsh SA WWT eagles. James Barrat - Bendigo. *** Sydney academy. Joel Cochran. Archer Day-Wicks - Bendigo. HFF. Likely 3rd rounders: Riley Bice - Werribee VFL. *** Crows father son . Luke Camporeale. Glenelg Sam Davidson. RICHMOND VFL Noah Mraz - Dandenong. Hugh Boxshall. WA Claremont Zane Cochrane - Oakleigh. Clancy Dennis - WA Claremont *** Stk NGA. Adrian Cole. Sandringham. Dom Brew. Mid. Werribee VFL Jasper Alger. Oakleigh Bailey McKenzie. Sandringham ***Port father son Louis Montgomery. SA Nth Adel. Oliver Warburton. Murray. Xavier Ivisic Geelong *** West Coast NGA Malakai Champion. WA Subiaco. Floyd Burmeister. GWV Will Hayes. WA Claremont. after this it’s seeing who might have draft picks available, or will pickup rookie opportunities or SSP train on spots. As with every year, there will be some very talented young footy players will miss out on getting on an AFL senior or rookie list. Potential for 4th round or likely rookies: Josh Dolan. Sandringham Phoenix Hargrave. SA Sth Adel Cody Anderson. Eastern. Jack Henderson. Werribee VFL. Luke Kennedy . Sandringham. Patrick Retschko. Oakleigh Oliver Depaoli-Kubank. Tassie Lucca Grego. Western. Kade Herbert. SA WWT eagles. *** Port Adel NGA. Benny Barrett.Sth Adel. SA Ned Bowman. Norwood SA Cody Angove. WA Claremont Zak Johnson. Northern. Jaxon Artemis- WA Sth Frem *** GWS academy. Cooper Bell. Nash King. Mid. Calder Aiden Riddle - WA. Claremont Riak Andrew. Dandenong. Harry Charlson. GWV Luke Urquhart. WA East Frem Damon Hollow. Calder *** Saints NGA. Lennox Hoffman. Sandringham. Rhys Unwin. GWV. Jett Hasting. SA WWT eagles. Mitch Kirkwood-Scott. Sandringham Blake Leidler. Oakleigh. Keighton Matofai-Forbes. Fwd. Western. ** Ess NGA Jayden Nguyen Calder . ** Stk father son. Elwood Peckett ** Dees Father son Noah Yze. Oakleigh. **Dees NGA Ricky Mentha Gippsland

2024 squad = 45. Minus😭ANB, BBB, 😭Gus, KFW, Schache, Tomlinson & JS29 likely to go. Plus Campbell and Sharp. So now 40 on the list. Dees likely to look at drafting 3 players in the draft and either a rookie or one spot for a SSP train in player over the summer.