2010 draft talk (continuation thread)

[Nico]

Looks like we are going to load up on rookies.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Jed Lamb the next Steve Johnson...
The next Stevie Johnson | Herald Sun

Sounds like he may already be the best kick in the club!

what a classic question from our proud club

"Sydney asked me if they picked me up and asked me to change my boots and my hair, would I?," he said. "I told them I'd be more than happy to do that. AFL is something I have aspired to since I was a kid."

[ernie koala]

First 3 picks look good.....but Spangher has shown little in 4 seasons, will be a journeyman at best....A waste of a pick IMO

[laughingnome]

First 3 picks look good.....but Spangher has shown little in 4 seasons, will be a journeyman at best....A waste of a pick IMO

Depth pick to cover Bolton, I'd say. But yeah...

[giant]

First 3 picks look good.....but Spangher has shown little in 4 seasons, will be a journeyman at best....A waste of a pick IMO

In all honesty, one of the least talented AFL footballers I've ever seen. This is a bungle of Chambersesque proportions. If we turn this bloke into a footballer, then we are truly the football alchemists.

[RogueSwan]

what a classic question from our proud club

"Sydney asked me if they picked me up and asked me to change my boots and my hair, would I?," he said. "I told them I'd be more than happy to do that. AFL is something I have aspired to since I was a kid."

Does he have to change it from black to blonde? it'll help to confuse the commentators to pick between Pebbles, Kizza, Hanners, Bevo and now Baaa

[aardvark]

You'd be a heppy man now then!

LOL. Yarram is your typical country footy club. They continually battle against the bigger clubs in their league and usually punch above their weight. Jed is a typical Yarram kid with a huge tank and and an amazing level of pure skill. Every time i've seen him play he has cut us to pieces with his pace and endurance. He has an even temperament and always fought out games to the end even when Yarram suffered heavy losses. I am really rapt he made it to us, he has all the qualities to be a terrific "Swan". Welcome Jed.

Oh and Yarram wear red and white too......

[dimelb]

reasonably happy although maybe McCarthy should have been in the picture at 21 a CHB although Lamb probably a replacement for Kirk and Parker maybe a replacement of JB in the next couple of years. Johnson considers himself a chf something I dont believe we need and surely there must have been someone better than Spanger. How many games did he play for the weagles and what height is he?

According to this season's Age footy guide, Spangher is 195 cm and 95 kg.

[AnnieH]

Well, me and the recruiters are happy with Spangher.

I'll even go so far to say that he should start in the seniors.

[707]

Still not happy with Spangher, even if CBolts doesn't come up I reckon Spangher is a poor replacement but I hope I'm proved wrong. We must have done due dilligence.

Would really have liked to see us try local boy Trent Stubbs, think Collingwood may have pinched something there.

[DLBIA14]

Still not happy with Spangher, even if CBolts doesn't come up I reckon Spangher is a poor replacement but I hope I'm proved wrong. We must have done due dilligence.

Would really have liked to see us try local boy Trent Stubbs, think Collingwood may have pinched something there.

Indeed. By all reports he is quality. However, Hawthorn wouldn't have given up on him for no reason. Perhaps a personality or temperament issue instead, I'm not sure.

[Swanner]

"It was a list management issue," Beatson said. "Obviously some of our key defenders are getting a bit older and we had some problems towards the end of the year with injuries to Bolts (Craig Bolton)and Lewis Roberts-Thomson so we could have selected another 18 year old but history will tell you that those key position players are incapable of playing for at least two years.

"We need someone who can play now and Matt has shown he is able to play as that centre half back who can run with the Riewoldts and those sorts of players. We weren't going to be able to service that through drafting another kid."

Good enough for me. Tick

[ernie koala]

Well, me and the recruiters are happy with Spangher.

I'll even go so far to say that he should start in the seniors.

What makes you think that......a spate of injuries...a dose of the flu to the entire squad...a tsunami perhaps ? Who's place is he taking?
It reeks of a Playfair type selection.

[robamiee]

dont know about Spangher..would ahve preffered Gamble or even Polo, Eddy etc...
just not sure about his football smarts, but maybe the weagles ahve been playing him in the wrong position, they dont exactly ahve the best tactical/ development coaches in the league, maybe he would be best suited to a forward roll, he has size on his side...

oh well i guess we will wait and see

[Ratna]

I would have preferred them take a gamble on a kid, but given last years effort and the other three its probably worth giving the recruiters the benefit of the doubt.