2014 AFL Draft

[S.S. Bleeder]

I agree. I can only assume that they have full confidence in at least two out of Richards, Aliir and Davis to make it in the next couple of years. There were players selected after Rose who I thought might have been more appealing; Clem Smith, Teia Miles, Caleb Daniel and Jack Lonie.

[Jewels]

agree with others WHY not McDonald. We need a fwd like a hole in the head. Hopefully we can pick up some DEFENCE (key) in rookie draft. We need to plan for the future.

Maybe because Kinnear Beatson has a fair idea of what he's doing and he decided on Rose

[liz]

In the blurb on the Swans' website they note they flew James up to Sydney earlier this week, which suggests he was high on their list of probables.

[Auntie.Gerald]

from his video highlights James Rose appears to play quite a bit like a Jed Lamb and in the strangest way he reminded me a little of Jude up at HFF

BUT who knows what possie James will play in the future as we we have Harry, Towers, BJack that can all easily play as small to Medium forwards

Rohan and Zac appear to be our replacements for Shaw and Mal ?? but a medium to small forward can certainly end up in the back line like a Daniel Pearse........ we also had Harry C in the backs learning his craft first year

[wolftone57]

Sounds like a direct Membrey replacement.

Membrey was a medium forward. He was basically the old fashioned FF. I think there is still a place in the game for that sort of forward but obviously Longmire doesn't. This bloke is 186cm not 189. I think he might just be a good crumber and specialist forward. We have been lacking that lately.

I just watched his highlights reel. I must say I was disappointed by that. He gets the ball a bit but seems to be very much an outside player without any great speed. He seems to also be quite crap in disposal. In the reel he was bloody terrible in hitting up targets. I thought we were after players who knew how to hit up a target not crap deliverers. Sorry but I think Kinear got this one wrong. Bloody bad choice as far as I can see. If you are in SA and think differently please inform.

his highlights reel reminded of Matty Dick. Bloody poor!

[Auntie.Gerald]

James Rose - 2014 AFL Draft Prospect Highlights - YouTube

this footage is much better

[Auntie.Gerald]

tell you what it aint bad if we just picked up the next Joel Selwood in Heeney !

[dimelb]

Nickname - what about Sir James?

Steeleye Span - Sir James Rose - YouTube

[ernie koala]

James Rose - 2014 AFL Draft Prospect Highlights - YouTube

this footage is much better

From those highlights, his kicking is really poor and his decision making under pressure was also poor.....High floaters that were rarely to his intended target's advantage.

I can't see him playing as a halfback, without dramatic improvement in his kicking and decision making.

On the upside, he certainly plays with attacking intent, seemed to have pretty good acceleration off the mark, has good strong hands...And leads, jumps and marks well.

So plenty to work with....Over to you Crouchy and co.

[The Big Cat]

According to the Sturt Football Manager in Inside Football: "One of those kids that can do the unexpected and turn a game with miraculous play purely through his athleticism. Needs to work on the defensive side of his game. Has a lot of untapped ability."

[robamiee]

wasnt goodsey pick 37??? a kid with untapped ability.. so who knows he is only 18 and there to fill a void... we werent looking for a ready made senior list player... as much as year in year out we always go wtf?? kinnear what are you doing... he doesnt have a bad strike rate...

[robamiee]

just watched heeney highlight reel.. impressive, how about the long bomb outside 50.. or the 2 dont argue's followed by a nice lace out delivery..

[Cosmic Wizard]

According to the Sturt Football Manager in Inside Football: "One of those kids that can do the unexpected and turn a game with miraculous play purely through his athleticism. Needs to work on the defensive side of his game. Has a lot of untapped ability."

Every draftee has the same praise from a coach, manager, etc.
I mean no one says this player is totally crap with a liking for going on the turps!!
We need defenders, not forwards, and this may be the case.
Still we already have the players we need.

[robamiee]

Tom Harley said they see him as more a versatile player prob from HBF through to wing and midfield type role... so maybe they view him as a take the game on approach out of th half back line

[swans]

I think this year we drafted from within with no real plan to fill any keys backs.

We needed a ruck , and key backman, two mids
This draft was loaded with talent we were told and swans pick 37,38 would not push out any of the swans current mids that can play their roles. We gave away player that were in thous roles.
Gf backs were smashed and ruck not much better.
We need a master stroke in the rookie draft for an key backman or ruckman. The ruck is the position we can,t replace if pike go down all this year. The Hawks picked up the only real ruckman in the draft as a late pick for nothing amazing . Appears we are not going to need any more backman maybe coach has idea to fill the roles with reid , rohan and Alex coming back with xavier in the wing . The ban on the draft has killed any hopes of a ready made replacement for mel this year would appear done. With dunks son, and another mid already with Isaac Heeney. And Callum next year key backman replacement is the highest priority looking forward more likey now we ran out of time its going to come from within or another club to fill any needs we may have in coming years and we have some salary room to buy if needed if draft ban is worked out. Looks like we will go into next year with a strong list to play for the flag with bit of luck of no real ruck issues we given a chance again. We need to see more players like Zak , tom getting a runs with maybe a few games for Xavier then all is not lost. We see what rookie draft may unearthing a few gems. Welcome to all the new swans and we wish them all the best .