The 2015 U18/Draft Thread

[King Cripps]

What are people's thoughts on Clarke and Cunningham who is better?

[Pkbaldy]

What are people's thoughts on Clarke and Cunningham who is better?

Well the fact that Clarke is probably better by foot and cleaner in the hands, say i'd rather him. But Cuningham (It's only 1 N by the way), is a touch quicker, so unless you see him working on his foot skills a lot more, i'd prefer to take Clarke.

[Nige]

Another as good as signed, sealed and delivered to the Lions - Ben Keays

[Mat0369]

Be carlscum if they do. I say let the kid continue his dads legacy!!

I didn't know 29 games counts as a legacy. If that was the case Lloyd would have been wearing Navy Blue

[fanTCfool]

There's a competition on the AFL website giving away cash for getting the Top 10 Draft Picks correct.

[powersuperkents]

There's a competition on the AFL website giving away cash for getting the Top 10 Draft Picks correct.

Yeah, I'm awaiting my payday now  :P Just worried GCS might flower me over  :P The bids make it tougher as well

[Bully]

This kid can really play and has an amazing inside game - Rhys Mathieson.

Will be the big slider in my opinion, word is the scouts were pretty underwhelmed with his athletic testing. Recorded a 12.4 beep test which is an incredibly low base to work with. Remembering Clem Smith copped an ear bashing for his 11.12 beep test last year and he's a back flanker. Rhys will get picked but I'm tipping in the 15-25 range.

[Bill Manspeaker]

This kid can really play and has an amazing inside game - Rhys Mathieson.

Will be the big slider in my opinion, word is the scouts were pretty underwhelmed with his athletic testing. Recorded a 12.4 beep test which is an incredibly low base to work with. Remembering Clem Smith copped an ear bashing for his 11.12 beep test last year and he's a back flanker. Rhys will get picked but I'm tipping in the 15-25 range.

hopefully his dream comes to reality and is in the RW&B next year  8)

[Bully]

This kid can really play and has an amazing inside game - Rhys Mathieson.

Will be the big slider in my opinion, word is the scouts were pretty underwhelmed with his athletic testing. Recorded a 12.4 beep test which is an incredibly low base to work with. Remembering Clem Smith copped an ear bashing for his 11.12 beep test last year and he's a back flanker. Rhys will get picked but I'm tipping in the 15-25 range.

hopefully his dream comes to reality and is in the RW&B next year  8)

I think he's right in the draft sweet spot for the Saints, think they can have him if they want him. The key here is several preseasons before he's ready to run out matches, just to put things into some perspective, 12.4 has been run by some top level u/12's, he's got a truckload of work to do. Fantastic attitude however and I'd back him in to get the best out of himself.

[Nige]

Someone has to be the slider every season it seems. Matho seems to be one of those guys who could potential be the one. Burton might be another, purely because it depends on how the clubs rate his injury (seen several places mention this fact, I somewhat agree).

Matho was floated as a top 10 pick early on, but it is possible that he could go in the early 20s, which would be considered a slide, because the kid can play.

[Nige]

This guy is a no fuss footballer that doesn't have too many flaws in his game. Probably a second round pick that might even crack the 22 he gets drafted to with how hard he works - Ryan Clarke

[Pkbaldy]

Be carlscum if they do. I say let the kid continue his dads legacy!!

I didn't know 29 games counts as a legacy. If that was the case Lloyd would have been wearing Navy Blue

Well he's Dad died when he was 5, grew up knowing his dad was an AFL player. So wouldn't you want to continue where he left off up at Brisbane?

[Bully]

This guy is a no fuss footballer that doesn't have too many flaws in his game. Probably a second round pick that might even crack the 22 he gets drafted to with how hard he works - Ryan Clarke

Second rounder I think, nothing overly flashy about him and has racked up some excellent numbers over the year. Probably a good fit at the Doggies to compliment their A listers.

So far my top 10 excluding the academy guys is -

1. Weitering
2. Schache
3. Francis
4. Parish
5. Milera
6. Oliver
7. Weideman
8. Curnow
9. Balic
10. Ah Chee

For late bargains the two I really rate are Kerbatieh & Stuart Donnelly, would love to see either or both at Richmond. I also like Markov as a bit of a project, there's a touch of Isaac Smith in the way he goes about it, a fine athlete too.

[Pkbaldy]

This kid can really play and has an amazing inside game - Rhys Mathieson.

Will be the big slider in my opinion, word is the scouts were pretty underwhelmed with his athletic testing. Recorded a 12.4 beep test which is an incredibly low base to work with. Remembering Clem Smith copped an ear bashing for his 11.12 beep test last year and he's a back flanker. Rhys will get picked but I'm tipping in the 15-25 range.

hopefully his dream comes to reality and is in the RW&B next year  8)

I think he's right in the draft sweet spot for the Saints, think they can have him if they want him. The key here is several preseasons before he's ready to run out matches, just to put things into some perspective, 12.4 has been run by some top level u/12's, he's got a truckload of work to do. Fantastic attitude however and I'd back him in to get the best out of himself.

When was the last time you played football? Because the Beep test isn't the best indicator of how well you can 'run out matches', I've seen people who probably couldn't run a 12.4 in a beep test, but can run out an entire game of football. It all has to do with stamina recovery, some people are better than others with it. If Matho's recovery is good (Which by looking at his games this year he has above good recovery), he'll be able to do short bursts on the inside and then recover quickly before his next contest.

[Nige]

Almost certainly your number one pick for 2015 unless the Blues want to flower with everyone or are just plain stupid - Jacob Weitering