You can't be serious listing Travis Cloke in that bracket when he was rated in top 5 if open draft.
T.Cloke was being hyped so far in advance of when we recruited Jason...
But other then that good post.
...to temper our expectations when it comes to any KPF prospects taken in our selection range.
Sure it's not impossible to find the next NickLarkey but if you were to count up all the KPF prospects taken outside say the top 15 over the last decade we'd see how improbable it is to find such a...
Dustin fletcher and the Watson’s ?
Great players slip through until rookie recruitment and early picks are busts all of the time in the NFL, which channels incredible resources into the caper. No reason it can’t happen in this draft for the Pies, he says hopefully
Lachie Neale was ALSO pick #58, like Swanny, in 2011. NickLarkey went #73 in 2016. There's still regular examples where top talents slip through.
It doesn't mean it's a guarantee, but it wasn't then either. But there's no evidence to suggest that drafting has gotten so airtight that no high...
Assume you're genuinely asking a fellow posters take - I am relatively comfortable with this. And traditionally I rate early picks close to untradeable.
A few random musings, not all original:
We needed more KPP bets on the list, they're the most speculative but crucial player type
Sometimes...
i don't think people are disputing the fact that you can find genuine superstars with late round selections, it's just that they are sceptical of collingwood being able to correctly identify a talented player in our pick range.
...(R6); Jack Henry (R16); Zach Guthrie (R33); Gyran Miers (57); Liam Baker (R18); Brody Mihocek (R22); Noah Answerth (55); Darcy Fort (65); Tom Adkins (R11); Bradley Close (R14); Harrison Petty (37); Nathan Murphy (39) won a flag
Dylan Moore (67); NickLarkey (73); Jake Waterman (77) All...
...experience not officially required back until next Monday.
But co-captains Jy Simpkin and Luke McDonald, ruck Tristan Xerri and forward NickLarkey led the way.
Simpkin clearly looked to set the tone, leading from the front in all running drills after a 2024 season in which he was at times...
...in this range of the first round, with the trade expected to give the Kangaroos access to at least one exciting target who can mix with NickLarkey and Zane Duursma in the near future.
Faull managed to overcome a back injury in the first half of the year to be one of the more dominant...
It must be dreary sometimes in one of these jobs - having to stand in front of people to state the obvious and make it sound as though its the equivalent of cracking the atom
...forward in this year’s draft, Viney said the club wasn’t prepared to go away from its draft order in a desperate bid to find support for NickLarkey.
“It’s important you don’t try to overreach and look for the needs. We did go pretty heavy last year with those picks and we went early to get...
...forward in this year’s draft, Viney said the club wasn’t prepared to go away from its draft order in a desperate bid to find support for NickLarkey.
“It’s important you don’t try to overreach and look for the needs. We did go pretty heavy last year with those picks and we went early to get...
huge question marks over both these payers durability. Fawcett sick all year & Bauer is very injury prone. Qn marks over Lynch's ability after 2 horrendous seasons for him and the club.
Qn marks over Gibcus, Lefau post injury & over Ryan & Kosi's form.
we spooned. Got the draft hand to...
No-ones dumping on them, everyone is saying that if it’s down to probability it’s highly unlikely there’s guys will get through 50 games let alone 100.
We all hope they do and develop into solid AFL standard KPFs but when you go by our past it’s not that likely.
How many KPFs have we seen come...
NickLarkey was pick 73 in 2016 and Josh Treacy was pick 7 in the 2021 rookie draft. Two pretty handy kpf. Let’s not dump Fawcett and Bauer just because they were late picks.
That's why you need to draft 20 of them over a span of 10 years, so that you get the NickLarkey or Jeremy McGovern one time.
The solution to the problem is persistence and patience, not to ignore the need completely and try to exclusively solve it through overpaying for free agents and pulling...
Stumpf reminds me of Nathan Thompson and Nicklarkey back in the day.
He shows just flashes.
He could flop really easily but geez he at least as afl athleticism which a lot of essendon players do not have.
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