I think someone in this thread tables the suggestion that we consider Sheed at 3. His video looks good and his CV is very impressive: I think he got the MVP for the U18 carnival and has played senior football in the WAFL. Looks to be the Judd/O'Meara style midfielder who can play inside and out. An...

Kelly is an outside ball winner. He is good with ball in hand, do not expect him to do the grunt work as this is not his game. I think we need more for pick 3. Lots of hype based on his athleticism. Billings is your very clever forward and if this was a priority for us then he could go pick 3. He i...

Kelly is an outside ball winner. He is good with ball in hand, do not expect him to do the grunt work as this is not his game. I think we need more for pick 3. Lots of hype based on his athleticism. Billings is your very clever forward and if this was a priority for us then he could go pick 3. He is...

Kelly is a risk at 3. He is an outside part time mid.

Should be a cracker provided they let us play enough of our players. With all the kids and a new bigger playing surface it will be worth many a trip to TBBO in 2014, unless of course you are someone like BM. <Clear baiting - warning issued> Should they let us play players that we draft that are not...

No point winning five games and missing out on McCartin who is the closest thing to Plugger since the great man gave it away. What a great thing it would be if junior Plugger (they make them work too hard these days so he will play under 100 kilos) joined the Saints as number 1 draft choice. Like Pl...

Ex Saint Local lad Should be a Saints Asst. http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-10-12/two-unsung-hawk-heroes Great call. One of the best coaches going around. What I like is that he is techinically very strong and importantly gets his players to walk over hot coals for him. Speak to any player who has ...

Goddard will not be No.1 pick next year. No. 1 pick next year will be Peter Wright from the Calder Cannons. You can take that to the bank! His form is nowhere near as good as Patrick McCartin's. When you star at the national champs as a 17 year old you are on your way. Have you seen McCartin play a...

Taken from the bigfooty site, written by Chris25: 'A Very Early Look At 2014... Using this year's ladder as a basic order, I thought I'd take a quick look at next year. It's useful, in that a few clubs will likely be eyeing KPPs next year which may help eventually explain some draft picks this year...

I am sure we would be looking at 20 year old Ben Brown from Werribee. 200cm key forward/second ruckman. Made VFL team of the year and tested really well at the national combine. Improving rapidly each year.

ok,like Scheed ? WA seen only on tv when he did his shoulder,from memory had those attributes.Not a top 10 from all reports,but 1 caught my eye WA go home facter,seems more prominent now is a concern but Sheed was BOG by a country mile the day he did his collarbone (last 2 mins of the game) !! Shee...

sax wrote:I'm a Josh Kelly fan. FCUK I hope we get him!

This worries me more than anything. I am pretty sure our recruiters know he is not what we need. The reasons why have already been covered and well documented on various forums.

Are there any stand-outs for Vic Country? Ill get howled down but I always feel a good tough country kid is better than a good city private school kid. (Yes yes Chris Judd I know). Lewis Taylor is the best under 18 after Boyd. His size will see him slip to anywhere between 6-14. Will be a bargain, ...

Just watched videos of billings . Great player but gee he looks little. Is he really 184 ? He's a little guy from what i have seen but it might be that he has a big head so looks little bodied. He could be an Adam Schnieder type in my view so not sure how he would go as a mid. He is supposedly one ...

Mids Mids Mids Mids and more Mids The problem is there are no high end elite mids. This is the draft of the OUTSIDE mids come small forwards. I just hope we don't pick Billings or Kelly. They are finishers and Kelly well the is jury out for me. We will probably take Aish and that's OK but he is not...

There have been a lot of rumours circulating here and elsewhere about all these different fanciful trades in order to secure pick 1 from GWS. Ideas such as giving up picks 3, 17, Fisher. IMO we should not make any attempt to trade for Boyd for the following reasons: 1. Pick 3, notwithstanding a com...

Let's not dress it up. I saw a fair bit of him in the VFL and he wasn't a standout.

Buckets wrote:Dylan Shiels has told GWS he wants back to Victoria. Could we snare 2 giants?

All Vic clubs would be salivating at the prospect. Would take tope 5 draft pick plus a good player to get him.

3. Josh Kelly 21. Billy Hartung 25. Dayle Garlett Kelly is 182cm, Hartung 177cm, Garlett 180cm. Can't we pick up a tall mid like Barlow or Mundy or Isaac Smith or Birchall? It feels like that's the way the game's going. Spot on, we need to keep away from Billings and Kelly. These small forward type...

If we loose NDS, kiss 3x membership for next season goodbye, might be some 'best interest' for the club to keep in mind. NDS is like the heart of the club... I couldn't give a rats ass if we were offered a pick from 10 to 20, not worth it. If you're going to get rid of Dal, take Roo as well, actual...

FQF wrote:Front load a handsome 4 year deal for Adams I say.

He's a good foot soldier who has a crack but not overly quick, not an elite user of the footy and will never be an elite mid. He is not our answer and definitely not worth what you would call a handsome deal. He is no Tomlinson or Treloar.

Quality player, strong body, good by foot and can win his own footy. They can have Milera and TDL - then we'll see how good their supplements program is.

I hope we don't fall into the trap of recruiting these small to mid size forwards who have a good outside game in the under 18 competition. Kelly, Billings etc is not what we need. Other than Boyd there are no talls worth a top 15 pick so we do need to be patient. Better off with a good mid that a p...

He pulled Scott's pants down today. I went and had a look at the game today and Ross continues to get the best out of the players and the discipline Freo show to play within his structures is amazing.

The club won't trade Ben for no 1 pick but GWS want him and Tom Boyd is as good a forward as there has been at under 18 level. Just do it. Leaving aside whether we should or shouldn't trade him, how the hell do you know that GWS want him? And more to the point, how do you know that GWS are prepared...