Mid season draft 2024

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Growapair said:
Some VFL players putting their hand up for MSD selection

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FIVE of the top VFL prospects for the AFL Mid-Season Draft

These are some of the top prospects out of the VFL in 2024.
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Max Hall at 22 and Gentile at 21 is the right age for our list but will he be able to step up to AFL?

With Taranto, Hopper, Ross, Dow Sonsie and MacAuliffe drafting a midfielder, whilst definitely helping to put ... out VFL program back on track this year ... would any other VFL midfielder be ahead of them.
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Reckon hall would be a good get for us but not first , take Howe , if avail then get him
 
Bojangles17 said:
Reckon hall would be a good get for us but not first , take Howe , if avail then get him
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Game Review from Max Hall's U18 season - 2021 - inside/outside - speed, smarts - tough- skilled

Also included review of Will Bravo from same game

DANDENONG STINGRAYS 9.10 (64) def. by EASTERN RANGES 13.13 (91)
By: Eli Duxson
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Eastern Ranges:
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#35 Max Hall
Perhaps Eastern’s most impactful player through the midfield amassing a goal, 25 disposals, eight marks, and seven inside 50’s as he continues his string of good form at the back end of the season. Hall’s pace spreading from stoppages was impressive, as was his ability to get to good spots to find and receive the footy. His ball use was stable and was highlighted with a good step and well-weighted hit to a teammate streaming forward who did not have to break stride. His outside work was good, but it was balanced with some inside grunt work showing strength to handball out of tackles, as well as earning himself a free kick for the holding the ball.


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#14 Will Bravo
Probably Dandenong’s best player on the day as he accumulated 28 disposals, five inside 50’s, and a goal in the final quarter to top off his day. Showed strong poise and composure over the ball in traffic rarely going to ground while also being active around stoppages to hunt the footy. He showed a high work rate running both ways and found the ball in every single third of the ground. His disposal was generally reliable with pinpoint short passes as he lowered his eyes on many occasions moving forward. One of the inside midfielder’s most well-rounded games for the season
 

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Confirmation from the club that Naismith has done his ACL, which could very well mean a 3rd pick next Wednesday night.
 
SA_Tiger11 said:
Feel like Joe Pike is our guy.

Put him on an 18 month contract and then extend it by a year or two if he’s showing a bit.

203cm and 95kg +
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Looking more and more likely Howes goes pick #1 with north not even talking to Blight
if that does occur then Pike would be the player we should be looking at as a long term Ruck tp develop
 
SA_Tiger11 said:
Feel like Joe Pike is our guy.

Put him on an 18 month contract and then extend it by a year or two if he’s showing a bit.

203cm and 95kg +
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Hmmm looks a bit of a big lug to me , much prefer a key forward ,,,I’d be ok with our 3rd pic a kid from Eastern remy is going alright too
 
Growapair said:
Game Review from Max Hall's U18 season - 2021 - inside/outside - speed, smarts - tough- skilled

Also included review of Will Bravo from same game

DANDENONG STINGRAYS 9.10 (64) def. by EASTERN RANGES 13.13 (91)
By: Eli Duxson
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Eastern Ranges:
~.
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#35 Max Hall
Perhaps Eastern’s most impactful player through the midfield amassing a goal, 25 disposals, eight marks, and seven inside 50’s as he continues his string of good form at the back end of the season. Hall’s pace spreading from stoppages was impressive, as was his ability to get to good spots to find and receive the footy. His ball use was stable and was highlighted with a good step and well-weighted hit to a teammate streaming forward who did not have to break stride. His outside work was good, but it was balanced with some inside grunt work showing strength to handball out of tackles, as well as earning himself a free kick for the holding the ball.


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#14 Will Bravo
Probably Dandenong’s best player on the day as he accumulated 28 disposals, five inside 50’s, and a goal in the final quarter to top off his day. Showed strong poise and composure over the ball in traffic rarely going to ground while also being active around stoppages to hunt the footy. He showed a high work rate running both ways and found the ball in every single third of the ground. His disposal was generally reliable with pinpoint short passes as he lowered his eyes on many occasions moving forward. One of the inside midfielder’s most well-rounded games for the season
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Shame bravo did his knee
He would have been a great
Addition to our senior list
 
smurfin said:
A few issues with this years MSD:
Pickett was ready to go and we were in our window - completely different situation to now.
Bauer has been on our list for 2 years and we still haven't seen enough to know if he'll be an AFL regular.
Tresize and Coulthard been on the list for 12 months and also haven't seen enough.

So, whoever we pick up, it is unlikely we are ready to make a keep or delist call within 6 months.

We also have our best national draft hand in years, with trades and dealing still to come - could be something like 5 picks in the top 30.
If that's the plan - then any MSD picks need to be able to replace our 6th, 7th, 8th likeliest trade/retire/delist players or else they're gone at the end of the season without getting much of a chance.

In my mind - maybe a ruck? I don't know that it's worth using high draft picks on them in the national draft.
OR
We just pick experienced but fairly average big midfielders and forwards who can provide some protection and support for our youngsters for the rest of 2024 to make the most of the rest of the season as a development year.
Brad Miller and Matt Thomas, for example, were actually very good for us at the time. I'd happily have them back in the team next week and likely for the rest of the year if I could.
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I thought Pickett had a broken finger at the time, which is why he slid to us.


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THE_GUN said:
Looking more and more likely Howes goes pick #1 with north not even talking to Blight
if that does occur then Pike would be the player we should be looking at as a long term Ruck tp develop
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It is possible we have Pick 1.We are 3% ahead of North who are hosting Port in Hobart who got 41 points down to Hawthorn at home
 

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Barnard said:
We are keen on Jack Hutchinson from Collingwood VFL. Have a family member that played with him at Wonthaggi last year.
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I really hope not , I’d accept the geelong falcon kid who looks a talent but this bloke at best is a Sammy Lloyd , at best
Get a flipping tall in u dopey cnts
 
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The booming kick set to be top pick in the mid-season draft

Meet Jasper Scaife, the forward with a famous work ethic whose WAFL coach thinks has such a booming kick he could be a punter in the NFL if he doesn’t make it in Australian rules footy. Plus, check out the list of players who will undertake medical testing at clubs’ request ahead of next week’s...
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The booming kick set to be top pick in the mid-season draft​

ByMarc McGowan​


North Melbourne look set to prioritise finding Nick Larkey a key forward sidekick with what will likely be the No.1 pick in next week’s mid-season draft.
Two rival recruiters, who spoke anonymously to this masthead because they were discussing another club’s plans, believe West Perth’s Jasper Scaife, a 197-centimetre forward who turns 20 in September, is in the Roos’ sights.

Scaife’s coach, Jason Salecic, told this masthead he was confident Scaife would be a hit at AFL level if he landed in the right environment, after significant physical development and maturation as a person.

Many recruiting queries have centred on his social interactions, given he was once extremely shy and introverted, but Salecic credited teammates Shane Nelson and Zak Patterson with bringing him out of his shell.
“Jasper’s got a physical presence now, he’s got the height, he’s an elite kick on his left and right foot – and that includes his field kicking – and he is a good overhead mark,” Salecic said.
“He’s not a real pack mark, as such, but that’s an area he continues to work on … I have no doubt he will succeed if he gets to the right club – but if he doesn’t, he can go play in the NFL [as a punter]. He was playing in the ruck in a pre-season game, and he kicked one from behind the centre circle, and it landed in the goal square.”

Scaife’s work ethic is also famed at the Falcons. He arrived early to training on the Monday after kicking four goals against Perth in round two to take shots from the spot where he had a rare miss.


He will play this weekend for West Perth ahead of the mid-season draft, which will be held next Wednesday night, May 29, with ladder positions to determine the order clubs will pick.
Teams must have at least one list vacancy to take part, with the injury-hit Brisbane Lions to make at least three and up to four selections. There were 13 players picked in last year’s draft, and recruiters expect a similar number this year.
Jai Newcombe, John Noble, Marlion Pickett, Sam Durham and Ryan Gardner are among the success stories to arrive at AFL clubs via the mid-season draft.

North are winless through 10 rounds, so another defeat on Saturday to Port Adelaide in Hobart – the venue where they won in round 24 last year to hand West Coast the rights to Harley Reid – would guarantee them the top selection, ahead of Richmond, who have just one victory in 2024.

The Kangaroos previously took Jacob Edwards at No.1 in the 2021 mid-season draft, but he did not come close to playing a senior game despite plenty of hype initially.
Scaife, a Fremantle Next Generation Academy member who was overlooked in last year’s drafts, has not been as prolific in his past three games but boasts separate bags of four and three goals this season in the WAFL.
He is one of 24 players, including fellow top prospects Jack Hutchinson, Jacob Blight and Joe Pike, plus ex-AFL pair Brynn Teakle and Matt Ling, who will undergo medical testing ahead of the draft, at AFL clubs’ request.

The Tigers are considered a strong chance to pick in-form Peel Thunder key defender Blight, in part because Josh Gibcus (knee) is out for the season and Dylan Grimes may retire at season’s end.

North Melbourne have not spoken to Blight despite also having a need for key defenders. They selected Wil Dawson for his AFL debut at the weekend and are awaiting Griffin Logue’s return from an ACL rupture.
Their interest in Scaife coincides with coach Alastair Clarkson revealing after Sunday’s defeat to Essendon that the long-term plan was still for Charlie Comben, who has excelled down back this year, to be a forward-ruck.
The Roos played usual-defender Toby Pink alongside Larkey in attack against the Bombers, and have lost Callum Coleman-Jones (Achilles) for the rest of the season.

Collingwood’s 190-centimetre VFL forward Hutchinson is in the mix to be one of the first names read out, too, but is similar in height to North trio Cam Zurhaar, Zane Duursma and Jaidyn Stephenson.

Others rated a good chance of finding an AFL home next week include Woodville-West Torrens defender Luke Beecken, North Adelaide pressure forward Kelsey Rypstra, South Adelaide key forward Noah Howes, and South Australia’s under-18 captain from last year, Will Patton.
Forwards Oskar Smartt and Will McLachlan are two of Victoria’s leading candidates.
Hawthorn NGA ruckman Iliro Smit has also caught the eye playing for Eastern Ranges, while 200-centimetre ruck-forward Toby Murray could become the third member of his family to play in the AFL, behind Crow Nick and ex-Pie and Swan Sam.
St Kilda are committed to drafting a player from VFL affiliate Sandringham each year. This time around it could be 190-centimetre utility Max Benier, who played the past two matches for the Zebras after starting the season at Old Brighton.

Geelong and Melbourne are among the clubs interested in 200-centimetre Sandringham Dragons and Port Melbourne Colts defender Lachie Voss, sources told this masthead.

Mid-season draft medical testing list​

Ajang Kuol Mun (Geelong VFL) 15/7/2001
Ben Hopkins (Dandenong Stingrays) 1/7/2005
Brynn Teakle (East Fremantle) 16/10/1999
Caleb Ernst (Coburg) 12/10/2002
Corey Ellison (Williamstown) 24/8/2000
Dayten Uerata (Bendigo Pioneers) 28/10/2005
Geordie Payne (Tasmania) 6/11/2005
Iliro Smit (Eastern Ranges) 9/8/2005
Jack Hutchinson (Collingwood VFL) 10/11/2001
Jacob Blight (Peel Thunder) 14/12/2001
Jasper Scaife (West Perth) 30/9/2004
Joe Pike (Geelong Falcons) 17/5/2005
Kelsey Rypstra (North Adelaide) 2/5/2004
Lachlan Voss (Sandringham) 19/4/2005
Luke Beecken (WWT Eagles) 18/4/2001
Matthew Ling (Norwood) 21/4/1999
Max Hall (Box Hill) 15/4/2002
Noah Howes (South Adelaide) 28/10/2005
Oskar Smartt (Essendon VFL) 26/10/2005
Remy Maclean (Eastern Ranges) 14/10/2005
Toby Murray (Adelaide Crows SANFL) 3/11/2003
Tobyn Murray (Geelong VFL) 5/5/2005
Will McLachlan (Geelong Falcons) 13/4/2005
Will Patton (West Adelaide) 4/01/2005
 
No issue if we take a KPD, reality, we need a bit of everything so he's the best available its an easy decision.

I remember when the Roos took Jacob Edwards who considered an unbelievable get and he never played a game. I reckon you are far more likely to be able to get a KPD who can impact AFL level than you are a KPF which is so much harder IMO.
 
If being asked to be medically cleared is any indication to go by, you'd think that the players listed above are more likely than not to be picked. From that list I'd be happy with any of the following

Jacob Blight KPD
Joe Pike Ruck
Will McLachlan Medium Forward
Ben Hopkins Medium Defender

I'd be happy for the club to give them 18 month deals to get a good look at them.
 
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