You should do a poll of everybody in the communities ranking of each prospect! Would give the average fan's ranking of each talent. Could also get an average mock draft by doing a community poll.
Love your work Dylan! Thanks alot for all your hard work & great content on all things draft, I think you & the craft of the draft guys are really raising the bar in content in this area which seems really un tapped historically as far as media coverage! what’s the plan next post draft? will you continue to expand & make more content in 2025 around the under 18’s & 2025 draft?
Thanks for the kind words! Yeah I’d like to build on what I did this season and try to elevate it next year now that I’ve had a season to understand how everything works!
@ good to hear! Will be following keenly, best of luck with the growth of footy media work, I’m pumped for the draft next week! hoping my bombers can start taking some of the players I fancy, seems like for the last 10 plus years we never seem to land the players I’m keen on except last year I thought we absolutely nailed it!
I don't know how they could facilitate it, but aren't Adelaide keen to move from 4 to 2 in order to get Draper before Carlton. Perhaps Norths future pick could be involved with other clubs perhaps Gws in order to get north something decent as 2nd pick.
Reckon Bo Allan could be a sneaky chance for Melbourne with their first pick. They've picked at the WA prospects extensively over the last 3-4 years and have put midfield minutes into the likes of Rivers and McVee over the past year which could lead them to going after Allan to backfill a role off halfback from day 1 given they lack depth there.
I reckon a huge question is regarding the WA kids. There is quite a lot of talent out there and they've really come on leading into the draft. So will be some real gems late in the draft and rookies. It seems to me that AFL develop the juniors in AFL funded programs in squads which ensures the players are well developed by 18. Whereas in WA the development largely occurs through playing U/19s at one of the nine WAFL teams. The country kids can be 400km plus away from Perth and there isn't the same number of players and resourcing. So development is slower, but by the time they hit 23 they would have easily caught up. Interesting that the AFL funds the Vic kids, but the WAFL clubs (assisted through Eagles and Dockers funding) basically fund the WA juniors. But to me its a huge question. How do you see the kids that are going to be stars, but just haven't had the same coaching, programs as juniors.
On the subject of the North's future first. Would it not be best to hold on to this as insurance for LDU. It seems if he chooses to leave, North will match any contract forcing a trade. Does holding the pick reduce the threat of someone like St Kilda walking him to the draft?
Its staggering to me that clubs still largely ignore kids that grow late due to physical maturity being delayed. Furthermore, in most sporting leagues around the world the juniors born at the front end of the age group end up having significant more opportunities and more likely to get drafted. Its amazing in the age of supposed professionalism in recruiting that sides couldn't work out that some kids may be 12 months younger than other draftees, plus possibly 24 months behind in physical maturity... hence explaining why they may not be quite as developed as juniors.
Yeah it’s an interesting discussion and a pretty complicated one! The amount of potential athletes that get left behind because they’re less developed would be huge and it’s mainly due to an arbitrary year that they are placed in. Ultimately in a draft sport, there’s no incentive for AFL clubs to involve themselves in this process anyway because they don’t benefit from improving practices, so unfortunately we’ll continue to have these problems.
If Richmond get a whiff that another club is going to successfully trade up for #2 they might be motivated to outbid them. I think Richmond are keener on #2 than they are letting on. Full control over the top end of the draft should be important to them. The notion that it is very even over the first 5 or 6 is what the fans think, but I'm confident that the clubs would have a clear order of merit.
Can St.Kilda stop another club from taking this Norwood player who can become a top ruckman in the A.F.L. at around draft pick somewhere in the eighies.C.A.B.
@@widesreentv yeah would come down to how much they specifically want Draper. If they were ok with adding Jagga smith I think there’s no reason to come up with
@DylanAlexanderFollowsDraft yeah good point Feel like tauru at 4 isn't a bad spot for north though and they miss the risk of melbourne potentially taking him at 5 1 lalor 2 draper 3 fos 4 tauru Seems like a bit of a win for all involved if NM and adel agreed on the trade but yeah definitely depends if crows are interested in jagga
@widesreentv yeah for sure! If they’re absolutely adamant they want Draper it’s definitely a play! North would get the slight upgrade in 2025 but wouldn’t get the second first round pick this year which I think they want. It’s interesting, I wonder how much Dyson Sharp is on the crows mind too in 2025.
If Richmond don’t pick Sid Draper at 1 It’s beyond redic. You don’t not pick on ceiling height for player at pick 1 Even then if you were going that way it’s FOS. Lalor getting hyped as dusty clearly people haven’t done there research dusty wasn’t like him at his age. Dusty was evasive, burst speed and 2 sided in traffic with elite foot skills. Lalor isn’t that at all. Not got any of that in his game. People need to research also look it up. I’m over people trying to play out what looks good for views. I even remember they doing the same thing with Cam Rayner saying he was the next Dustin Martin. It needs to stop. Draper has been clearly best and is by far best midfielder, proven underaged and against men for couple years. We are being vic biased as it’s not been honest and who is the number 1 pick. Richmond will mess up if his not selected at 1 and they can get there bull smillie/langford or even possibly a jagga smith at 6. But as for pick 1 you take the best player and Sid’s clearly that
@@peterkay3440 it’s funny how they are using Dustin against us here though… just because Lalor grew up idolising Dustin Martin and wears number 4 and goes for Richmond means nothing. Pick 1 is a pick 1 it’s an actual joke and our clubs been fully guttered so i wouldn’t be surprised if we fall for this non sense. His not even close just because later in Dusty’s career he was more slower like this young bulky Lalor doesn’t mean they the same sort of player. Its not even close Dusty at 18 man he was elusive as and had burst mind you the foot skills were elite if these people actually watched a clip of Dusty at 18 they wouldn’t say this. I’ll be absolutely shattered that we blew a pick one and not taken a min 200 plus gamer sid Draper watch we will look at this draft in 5 years time and go yep he was the best.
@@johnfloris6306mate you legitimately have no idea what you are talking about. Sam Lalor be lucky to kick 15 goals in next years whole season.. You’re actually so wrong. We won’t even be able to break up play his to slow mate. You obviously are seeing a man child in under 18s we are talking afl downy John 🤪 Fuck me dumb people that probably never played the sport commenting on here with pure rubbish.
@@ShaneOKeefe-j1k what really annoys me also Carlton will take him at pick 3. Even though everyone on the drafts all say Adelaide just cause his from Adelaide. So again for views which creates non truth about who’s best in draft and doesn’t get any vic hype. Ah delusional people. Thinking what clubs needs. Richmond needs neally every position. So it’s clear as you pick the best. I don’t care one bit if his 1hr plane flight away from home. His brother arlo was at Collingwood? It does not matter one bit. Richmond badly needs a player exactly like him our midfield hasn’t got a burst evasive gut running serging player. His exactly what we build our culture and future with. Our clubs changed. We need leaders! His born leader with great professionalism. I’m shocked how bias we are and how we all need to realise dusty was a once off but his not even close to the same as Sam Lalor I see Sam Lalor more like a Sam Powell Pepper tbh and I’m not joking either man child without top end ability or even Ollie wines.. that’s how badly we will mess up a pick 1 for his quality. If Richmond fall for this non sense with Sam Lalor I say sack the lot of them. Because this picks so clear who’s the best Draper. Who’s got most upside. Which is FOS not Lalor. Best players that are eligible to pick 1 Draper 2 Fos 3 Jagga smith and he’d be higher pick if he could play another position other than on ball. and his got a few flaws. But as a footballer his arguably as good as Draper just not athletically/body shape. If Richmond want pick 2 that’s when you take best upside. If they keep same with pick 6 they need to stick to best. Which by the sounds of it they will have a choice with a smillie/langford which is the big body player or if jagga smith is there you obviously take him. At there pick 10-11 which be 12-14 start to look if can get a key tall or what they think they might need or who has upside then. The depth of draft is fantastic that’s another reason why at pick 1 you take best player. (Sid Draper) his that good he was injured and still getting 22 Averaged disposals in national championships mind you he was all Australian as a bottom ager averaged 24. Cuts games opened but his style is exactly how Richmond play serge. Exactly what you build rebuild with massive bonus of future captain. Hence what we did with Trent Cotchin. Changed our culture which is what we need now as club has transitioned you need young leader that will show what is required.
Who is this guy answering questions, are in with the afl ? and get your info from recruiters or you kinda make this stuff about what other clubs are going to do ? idk thts why im asking
Quickly becoming the absolute go to channel for clear, intelligent and comprehensive AFL draft cover.
Thank you so much!
@@DylanAlexanderFollowsDraft Nah. thank you, great content.
You should do a poll of everybody in the communities ranking of each prospect! Would give the average fan's ranking of each talent. Could also get an average mock draft by doing a community poll.
Love it! I’m on it ☝️
Spring ratings on the new amarok
Really interesting watch mate. You are going places. Well done.
Thank you 🙏
My favorite source for tabloid consensus analysis.
Cheers for reading my questions out mate! Loving the content!
Thanks for asking! glad you're enjoying the content
Thanks so much for answering my question! Love your work :)
Thanks for the great questions!
That is a great deal of work! Appreciated!
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Great video mate. Really great analysis - you’re a leader in this space!
@@marcustanti535 thank you so much mate! 🙏
Cheers for the Q&A, i was trying to think of something a bit different to ask 😅
Loved the question! Thank you 🙏
Awesome video Dylan. Looking forward to season 2025.
Great video,
Is there any chances Murphy Reid slides to the power?
Love your work Dylan! Thanks alot for all your hard work & great content on all things draft, I think you & the craft of the draft guys are really raising the bar in content in this area which seems really un tapped historically as far as media coverage! what’s the plan next post draft? will you continue to expand & make more content in 2025 around the under 18’s & 2025 draft?
Thanks for the kind words! Yeah I’d like to build on what I did this season and try to elevate it next year now that I’ve had a season to understand how everything works!
@ good to hear! Will be following keenly, best of luck with the growth of footy media work, I’m pumped for the draft next week! hoping my bombers can start taking some of the players I fancy, seems like for the last 10 plus years we never seem to land the players I’m keen on except last year I thought we absolutely nailed it!
I don't know how they could facilitate it, but aren't Adelaide keen to move from 4 to 2 in order to get Draper before Carlton. Perhaps Norths future pick could be involved with other clubs perhaps Gws in order to get north something decent as 2nd pick.
Thanks Dylan super appreciated
I agree on West Coast pick Murphy Reid with pick 12 if he is available. He is an accumulator and is different from Yeo and Harley.
yeah! I think if he is one that falls then West Coast should pounce!
19:09 Dylan explains how Vicbias works
Reckon Bo Allan could be a sneaky chance for Melbourne with their first pick. They've picked at the WA prospects extensively over the last 3-4 years and have put midfield minutes into the likes of Rivers and McVee over the past year which could lead them to going after Allan to backfill a role off halfback from day 1 given they lack depth there.
I reckon a huge question is regarding the WA kids. There is quite a lot of talent out there and they've really come on leading into the draft. So will be some real gems late in the draft and rookies. It seems to me that AFL develop the juniors in AFL funded programs in squads which ensures the players are well developed by 18. Whereas in WA the development largely occurs through playing U/19s at one of the nine WAFL teams. The country kids can be 400km plus away from Perth and there isn't the same number of players and resourcing. So development is slower, but by the time they hit 23 they would have easily caught up. Interesting that the AFL funds the Vic kids, but the WAFL clubs (assisted through Eagles and Dockers funding) basically fund the WA juniors. But to me its a huge question. How do you see the kids that are going to be stars, but just haven't had the same coaching, programs as juniors.
If north trades pick 2, what does the mock of the top 5 look like?
On the subject of the North's future first. Would it not be best to hold on to this as insurance for LDU. It seems if he chooses to leave, North will match any contract forcing a trade. Does holding the pick reduce the threat of someone like St Kilda walking him to the draft?
Who do you rate higher Curtin from last draft or Davis from this draft?
Just a note on Gerreyn, its pronounced ger-RHINE, ger like german and rhine like the river.
@@eaglefruit thank you 🙏 I have heard that pronounced correctly actually but I can’t seem make the correcrion in the moment 🤦♂️
Its staggering to me that clubs still largely ignore kids that grow late due to physical maturity being delayed. Furthermore, in most sporting leagues around the world the juniors born at the front end of the age group end up having significant more opportunities and more likely to get drafted. Its amazing in the age of supposed professionalism in recruiting that sides couldn't work out that some kids may be 12 months younger than other draftees, plus possibly 24 months behind in physical maturity... hence explaining why they may not be quite as developed as juniors.
Yeah it’s an interesting discussion and a pretty complicated one! The amount of potential athletes that get left behind because they’re less developed would be huge and it’s mainly due to an arbitrary year that they are placed in. Ultimately in a draft sport, there’s no incentive for AFL clubs to involve themselves in this process anyway because they don’t benefit from improving practices, so unfortunately we’ll continue to have these problems.
If you were offered an AFL recruiters job in the future would you consider it?
Good video.
Thank you 🙏
lol we Richmond where we are getting Maria Rioli in the draft
Doubt Tigers will trade up but Crows are a chance.
If Richmond get a whiff that another club is going to successfully trade up for #2 they might be motivated to outbid them. I think Richmond are keener on #2 than they are letting on. Full control over the top end of the draft should be important to them. The notion that it is very even over the first 5 or 6 is what the fans think, but I'm confident that the clubs would have a clear order of merit.
Can St.Kilda stop another club from taking this Norwood player who can become a top ruckman in the A.F.L. at around draft pick somewhere in the eighies.C.A.B.
I think carlton are looking at draper and crows want him so crows would probably try and trade with north to get in front of carlton and take him at 2
@@widesreentv yeah would come down to how much they specifically want Draper. If they were ok with adding Jagga smith I think there’s no reason to come up with
@DylanAlexanderFollowsDraft yeah good point
Feel like tauru at 4 isn't a bad spot for north though and they miss the risk of melbourne potentially taking him at 5
1 lalor 2 draper 3 fos 4 tauru
Seems like a bit of a win for all involved if NM and adel agreed on the trade but yeah definitely depends if crows are interested in jagga
@widesreentv yeah for sure! If they’re absolutely adamant they want Draper it’s definitely a play! North would get the slight upgrade in 2025 but wouldn’t get the second first round pick this year which I think they want. It’s interesting, I wonder how much Dyson Sharp is on the crows mind too in 2025.
After the season ended Richmond was into Lalor and Faull
A week ago it was a yes but now it won’t happen but Lalor has to be our first pick so Richmond won’t trade with Nth Melb
If Richmond don’t pick Sid Draper at 1
It’s beyond redic.
You don’t not pick on ceiling height for player at pick 1
Even then if you were going that way it’s FOS.
Lalor getting hyped as dusty clearly people haven’t done there research dusty wasn’t like him at his age. Dusty was evasive, burst speed and 2 sided in traffic with elite foot skills.
Lalor isn’t that at all. Not got any of that in his game. People need to research also look it up. I’m over people trying to play out what looks good for views.
I even remember they doing the same thing with Cam Rayner saying he was the next Dustin Martin. It needs to stop.
Draper has been clearly best and is by far best midfielder, proven underaged and against men for couple years. We are being vic biased as it’s not been honest and who is the number 1 pick.
Richmond will mess up if his not selected at 1 and they can get there bull smillie/langford or even possibly a jagga smith at 6.
But as for pick 1 you take the best player and Sid’s clearly that
@@peterkay3440 it’s funny how they are using Dustin against us here though… just because Lalor grew up idolising Dustin Martin and wears number 4 and goes for Richmond means nothing. Pick 1 is a pick 1 it’s an actual joke and our clubs been fully guttered so i wouldn’t be surprised if we fall for this non sense.
His not even close just because later in Dusty’s career he was more slower like this young bulky Lalor doesn’t mean they the same sort of player. Its not even close Dusty at 18 man he was elusive as and had burst mind you the foot skills were elite if these people actually watched a clip of Dusty at 18 they wouldn’t say this.
I’ll be absolutely shattered that we blew a pick one and not taken a min 200 plus gamer sid Draper watch we will look at this draft in 5 years time and go yep he was the best.
@@peterkay3440 I appreciate your opinion mate but go to Sam Lalor season highlights and have a look at it we need goals
@@johnfloris6306mate you legitimately have no idea what you are talking about. Sam Lalor be lucky to kick 15 goals in next years whole season..
You’re actually so wrong. We won’t even be able to break up play his to slow mate. You obviously are seeing a man child in under 18s we are talking afl downy John 🤪
Fuck me dumb people that probably never played the sport commenting on here with pure rubbish.
100% agree.Draper is clear number 1 from what I have seen.and that's alot
@@ShaneOKeefe-j1k what really annoys me also Carlton will take him at pick 3. Even though everyone on the drafts all say Adelaide just cause his from Adelaide. So again for views which creates non truth about who’s best in draft and doesn’t get any vic hype.
Ah delusional people. Thinking what clubs needs. Richmond needs neally every position. So it’s clear as you pick the best.
I don’t care one bit if his 1hr plane flight away from home. His brother arlo was at Collingwood? It does not matter one bit.
Richmond badly needs a player exactly like him our midfield hasn’t got a burst evasive gut running serging player. His exactly what we build our culture and future with.
Our clubs changed. We need leaders! His born leader with great professionalism. I’m shocked how bias we are and how we all need to realise dusty was a once off but his not even close to the same as Sam Lalor
I see Sam Lalor more like a Sam Powell Pepper tbh and I’m not joking either man child without top end ability or even Ollie wines.. that’s how badly we will mess up a pick 1 for his quality.
If Richmond fall for this non sense with Sam Lalor I say sack the lot of them. Because this picks so clear who’s the best Draper. Who’s got most upside. Which is FOS not Lalor.
Best players that are eligible to pick
1 Draper
2 Fos
3 Jagga smith and he’d be higher pick if he could play another position other than on ball. and his got a few flaws. But as a footballer his arguably as good as Draper just not athletically/body shape.
If Richmond want pick 2 that’s when you take best upside.
If they keep same with pick 6 they need to stick to best. Which by the sounds of it they will have a choice with a smillie/langford which is the big body player or if jagga smith is there you obviously take him.
At there pick 10-11 which be 12-14 start to look if can get a key tall or what they think they might need or who has upside then. The depth of draft is fantastic that’s another reason why at pick 1 you take best player. (Sid Draper) his that good he was injured and still getting 22 Averaged disposals in national championships mind you he was all Australian as a bottom ager averaged 24. Cuts games opened but his style is exactly how Richmond play serge. Exactly what you build rebuild with massive bonus of future captain. Hence what we did with Trent Cotchin. Changed our culture which is what we need now as club has transitioned you need young leader that will show what is required.
Who is this guy answering questions, are in with the afl ? and get your info from recruiters or you kinda make this stuff about what other clubs are going to do ? idk thts why im asking