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Which realistically available player SHOULD we pick at #4?

  • Sid Draper

  • Jagga Smith

  • Harvey Langford

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Draper's been giving Brad Ebert "of course they're going to take him/how could you not take him" draft vibes of late
 
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Jeffcrowe said:
He’s slow but the highest metres gained player in the draft , not as slow as crouch

Not my first choice but he’s a gun
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High metres gained from both long kicking and running with the footy. Would have to average more running bounces than the the other top 4.

He certainly doesn’t play a “slow” style of footy

Incidentally he’d also have as good a marking highlight real from u18 footy as Dursma did last year
 
Jeffcrowe said:
With Travaglia - he’s just a star wherever he plays , his game screams afl player . I reckon he’s terribly underrated by draft media , I expect some clubs to have him rated top 6 or 7
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Another speed anomaly imo. Like Langford, Travaglia tested poorly over 20m, but you wouldn’t say he lacks speed in any capacity. Loves to run with the footy and whereas Langford sort of lopes along Travaglia seems to eat the space infront of him quickly.

Reminds me of Mckercher’s 20m time last year. Slower than Dursma over 20m and it wasn’t really close.

But on a footy field he’s a running bounce machine l.
 
bigman said:
The age (marc mcgowan) has us taken Langford ahead of Draper, with Sid falling to the saints picks.

FWIW his top 40:

1. Rich - Lalor
2. BL - Ashcroft
3. NM - Tauru
4. Carl - FOS
5. Adel - Langford
6. Melb - Smith
7. Rich - Smillie
8. GCS - Lombard
9. Ess - Kako
10. STK - Draper
11. STK - Lindsay
12. Melb - Armstrong
13. Rich - Travaglia
14. Rich - Shanahan
15. WCE - Allan
16. Port - J Whitlock
17. Freo - Berry
18. GWS - Hotton
19. GWS - Hannaford
20. WB - Reid
21. Rich - Trainor
22. BL - Marshall
23. Syd - Dattoli
24. Rich - Alger
25. GWS - Faull
26. Syd - M Whitlock
27. Rich - Dodson
28. Rich - Hynes
29. WB - Gross
30. WCE - Mraz
31. Port - Barrat
32. Freo - Davis
33. Carl - B Camporeale
34. STK - Sims
35. Ess - West
36. Haw - Oliver
37. WB - Moraes
38. Port - Clarke
39. GWS - Unwin
40. Syd - Nicholls
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Draper at 10!!! oh my god, he needs to see a priest
 
Mutineer said:
Aren't you?

Other than ruck stocks into the future I don't think there's too many holes in our list and some pretty reasonable depth. Peatling, Cumming and ANB certainly strengthens our list. Other than a developing ruck and perhaps another decent young small forward for the future allowing Rankine and Rachele more to concentrate on midfield where else do you see us needing to strengthen through this draft with the picks we originally held?

We really just need to get the best out of what we already have, that's down to the coach and his assistants.

I think we have a Finals contending list with our additions already plus pick 4 and Welsh?
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I don't think we have anywhere near enough high end players, particularly in the midfield, to be genuinely contending around the top few for multiple years. But as I said seasons ago, our version of a rebuild was not to contend in the top few, but rather around the bottom of the 8 as soon as possible. And that's where we are.
 

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