Ok guys! looking at the mids in this year's draft crop, give me a Strike and Engine mid in the comments! disruptors are a little harder to find but go for it!
This is full footy nerd stuff and I love it. You’re a gun Dylan, you probably know more than some people working in clubs. But I’m glad you’re making videos for us 👍🏻
@@DylanAlexanderFollowsDraft 100%. No one wants to be an anchor, but better an achor in the AFL than a strike in the WAFL. Allan has some strike characteristics, needs to improve ball-winning and use though.
1. I have split midfielders in this exact same category, and so I'm proud of this since you clearly know what you are taking about. 2. Can you break forwards and defenders into the same branches please? I have four categories for both. 3. I have these traits: - ex full-forward / state sprinter so very quick off the mark (negative: dont have much if a tank) - 184cm / 96kg so stocky but quick (negative: this contributes to bad endurance) - perfectly ambidexterous so can kick 100% with both feet (negative: very bad handballer) - not so aggressive / talented at tackling, but try to rack up high numbers of tackles - can be used off half back due to kicking ability What type of midfielder do you think I am?
Are you planning on going through each club's draft hand and seeing what they could possibly be doing whether it'll be trading to move up or slide down or identify which player could land with their picks? Very interested in seeing who Port could draft with their picks after the *_a-ahem_* very interesting trade period for them. If West Coast somehow skips on Bo Allan, would he be a good selection for Port at pick 13; pick 16 after all the F/S and academy bids? He would be my ideal choice for Port's first pick, but then again, if Harry Armstrong is still on the board, you would be crazy not to select him. If not him, would Kayle Gerreyn be a good option as a KPP with Port's pick 29?
Hi Dylan , how would you classify the north mids? LDU should really be a strike mid. But is often deployed more like an engine with high time on ground and centre bounce attendances. Hopefully this changes when our younger mids take more of the load. Wardlaw I am not sure on. He is deployed more like a strike due to his fitness and durability being reduced at this time. He has components of strike, engine and disruptor. Sheezel and Simpkin clearly engine. Thoughts?
Engine - Jagga smith Levi ash Harvey Langford Josh Smillie Strike - Sam Lalor FOS Leo Lombard Cooper Hynes Taj Hotton Disruptor - Sid Draper Murphy Reid Wing/half back - Bo Allan Xavier Lindsay
@@jyebianchi2780 love it! I reckon disruptor is harder to find in the upper echelons of a draft though! Some may become disruptors at AFL level. I’d put Draper and Reid in Engine, maybe Draper in Strike. Love it though!
@@jarrodmartin-k5p thanks mate! Yeah, when I say it’s compromised, I mean there’s a number of players tied to academies. Zeke Uwland, Beau Addinsall and Daniel Annable just to name a few are all academy products for Gold Coast and Brisbane and look set to be top 10. Means clubs with top picks will be entering the draft later.
Taj Hotton would make a good strike duo alongside Bolton, what do you think is the next footy trend in terms of position and body type. for example we've seen Rucks get smaller and more agile, we see midfielders getting taller.
@@_Murky_ yeah Taj is all strike! I think a trend we’ve seen is a greater number of small fwds but I think when recruiting players, guys that are hybrid athletes and hybrid positional qualities are important. Rather than doing one thing really well, being able to adapt and fit different positions to create overloads.
Curious how this relates to the Kangaroos midfield mix in the coming years. LDU & Sheezel seem like engine / strike hybrids and Wardlaw very capable with the more defensive stuff
@@fmahaha yeah Wardlaw definitely plays the strike role! Probably an argument that LDU and Wardlaw are both strike physiologically with their burst but LDU playing a more extractor role atm hopefully Parker can come in and assist with that.
disruptor, cody Anderson? engine, sid draper strike, Bo Allan disruptor is probably the hardest to pick because they don't stand out in the draft year, who pays attention to the guy who tags the other teams star. only tag I can think of this year was oliver hannaford on Murphy Reid
@@anappropriatehandle you’ve nailed this! Yeah 100% there’s no doubt disruptors amongst the draft crop but they’ll become disruptors once they’re not seen as having the quality at afl level. Cody Anderson has played that role as has Nathaniel Sulzberger and Noah Yze.
@DylanAlexanderFollowsDraft definitely, when I was typing I wanted to put him in strike because of the speed, probably how he plays at afl level, he kind of had to be an engine because the SA midfield lacked other engines.
Yeah he’d definitely be an engine when he plays inside, plays more wing as a general rule but he’s that exact type. His point of difference as an engine would be he kicks more than he handballs due to being elite in that area!
@@lukemate2783 never heard an Aussie rules player be called a CAM 😂. Disruptor can be a tagger, but not always in the modern game. They’re still pretty Important for ball movement and ball winning.
Ok guys! looking at the mids in this year's draft crop, give me a Strike and Engine mid in the comments! disruptors are a little harder to find but go for it!
This is full footy nerd stuff and I love it. You’re a gun Dylan, you probably know more than some people working in clubs. But I’m glad you’re making videos for us 👍🏻
Footy nerd is exactly what I'm going for 😂 Appreciate the kind words! glad you're getting something out of it!
Nice, Dylan. This is exactly how clubs look at it.
Strike: FOS, Lalor, Draper, Smillie, Lombard, Hotton
Engine: Ashcroft, Jagga, Langford, Lindsay, Reid, Marshall, Camporeale, Davis
Anchor: Allan, Gross, Ough, Boxshall, Ivisic
@@mister_football9017 yeah! Love the shouts of anchor too! Some unique ones there! I also think Anchors can come from failed engines and strikes
@@DylanAlexanderFollowsDraft 100%. No one wants to be an anchor, but better an achor in the AFL than a strike in the WAFL. Allan has some strike characteristics, needs to improve ball-winning and use though.
@ haha yeah that’s a great shout 😂😂 I’m using that in the future “better an anchor in the AFL than a strike in the WAFL”
Bloke is quickly becoming the off season king 👑 unreal content man
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This is the type of content we don't get with channel 7 and fox footy - great stuff Dylan 👏
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed
1. I have split midfielders in this exact same category, and so I'm proud of this since you clearly know what you are taking about.
2. Can you break forwards and defenders into the same branches please? I have four categories for both.
3. I have these traits:
- ex full-forward / state sprinter so very quick off the mark (negative: dont have much if a tank)
- 184cm / 96kg so stocky but quick (negative: this contributes to bad endurance)
- perfectly ambidexterous so can kick 100% with both feet (negative: very bad handballer)
- not so aggressive / talented at tackling, but try to rack up high numbers of tackles
- can be used off half back due to kicking ability
What type of midfielder do you think I am?
Great vid! Could argue Zak butters could fit the strike archetype even
Totally agree, he's on the offensive end of engine for sure!
Are you planning on going through each club's draft hand and seeing what they could possibly be doing whether it'll be trading to move up or slide down or identify which player could land with their picks? Very interested in seeing who Port could draft with their picks after the *_a-ahem_* very interesting trade period for them.
If West Coast somehow skips on Bo Allan, would he be a good selection for Port at pick 13; pick 16 after all the F/S and academy bids? He would be my ideal choice for Port's first pick, but then again, if Harry Armstrong is still on the board, you would be crazy not to select him. If not him, would Kayle Gerreyn be a good option as a KPP with Port's pick 29?
Hi Dylan , how would you classify the north mids?
LDU should really be a strike mid. But is often deployed more like an engine with high time on ground and centre bounce attendances. Hopefully this changes when our younger mids take more of the load.
Wardlaw I am not sure on. He is deployed more like a strike due to his fitness and durability being reduced at this time. He has components of strike, engine and disruptor.
Sheezel and Simpkin clearly engine.
Thoughts?
I really enjoyed this vid buddy!
Glad you enjoyed it 🙏
Engine -
Jagga smith
Levi ash
Harvey Langford
Josh Smillie
Strike -
Sam Lalor
FOS
Leo Lombard
Cooper Hynes
Taj Hotton
Disruptor -
Sid Draper
Murphy Reid
Wing/half back -
Bo Allan
Xavier Lindsay
@@jyebianchi2780 love it! I reckon disruptor is harder to find in the upper echelons of a draft though! Some may become disruptors at AFL level. I’d put Draper and Reid in Engine, maybe Draper in Strike. Love it though!
@@jyebianchi2780 Cody Anderson a bit of an example of Disruptor and Noah Yze when he’s played midfield!
@@DylanAlexanderFollowsDraft yeah agree but going to AFL level I think those two will transition into the disruptor type
@@DylanAlexanderFollowsDraft is Noah Yze getting drafted? I haven’t rated what I’ve seen from him at all tbh
@jyebianchi2780 interesting! Love that shout! Getting in early 😀
Dylan your killing it. You say next years draft is compromised can you elaborate more
@@jarrodmartin-k5p thanks mate! Yeah, when I say it’s compromised, I mean there’s a number of players tied to academies. Zeke Uwland, Beau Addinsall and Daniel Annable just to name a few are all academy products for Gold Coast and Brisbane and look set to be top 10. Means clubs with top picks will be entering the draft later.
Couple more for strike Cripps and bontempelli
Taj Hotton would make a good strike duo alongside Bolton, what do you think is the next footy trend in terms of position and body type. for example we've seen Rucks get smaller and more agile, we see midfielders getting taller.
@@_Murky_ yeah Taj is all strike! I think a trend we’ve seen is a greater number of small fwds but I think when recruiting players, guys that are hybrid athletes and hybrid positional qualities are important. Rather than doing one thing really well, being able to adapt and fit different positions to create overloads.
This draft consists of pure midfielders (Draper, Smith, Reid, Moraes) and hybrid mids (O'Sullivan, Lalor, Smillie).
great stuff
I love this content! Could you potentially do backs and forwards as well?
Thanks 🙏 yeah 100%, will be cool to research especially with how teams have been going smaller in recent years!
Absolutely, you’re spot on! Teams seem to be going smaller. If you ever need a hand with the research, I’d love to help out!
Curious how this relates to the Kangaroos midfield mix in the coming years. LDU & Sheezel seem like engine / strike hybrids and Wardlaw very capable with the more defensive stuff
@@fmahaha yeah Wardlaw definitely plays the strike role! Probably an argument that LDU and Wardlaw are both strike physiologically with their burst but LDU playing a more extractor role atm hopefully Parker can come in and assist with that.
disruptor, cody Anderson?
engine, sid draper
strike, Bo Allan
disruptor is probably the hardest to pick because they don't stand out in the draft year, who pays attention to the guy who tags the other teams star.
only tag I can think of this year was oliver hannaford on Murphy Reid
@@anappropriatehandle you’ve nailed this! Yeah 100% there’s no doubt disruptors amongst the draft crop but they’ll become disruptors once they’re not seen as having the quality at afl level. Cody Anderson has played that role as has Nathaniel Sulzberger and Noah Yze.
@@anappropriatehandle Sid Draper arguably a strike with his burst and tackle breaking ability but he’s very borderline.
@DylanAlexanderFollowsDraft definitely, when I was typing I wanted to put him in strike because of the speed, probably how he plays at afl level, he kind of had to be an engine because the SA midfield lacked other engines.
@@anappropriatehandle 100% he’s also more of that smaller guy, so more like the body type of an engine.
@DylanAlexanderFollowsDraft I hope he is a strike mid and the crows get him, we do need one.
i like harley reid he is very talented the goal against melbourne i wish we had him at richmond
I’d love him at North too! Absolute gun
A disruptor from the saints would probably be Windhager
@@Bwardi1990 correct ☝️
How do you rate Mattaes Phillipou he seems like a strike mid but not quite?
@@StMaanco yeah I’d say he’s got the attributes to be a strike mid! Just gotta see his ceiling at AFL level.
@@DylanAlexanderFollowsDrafthe showed a ton of talent, in his last 4 games averaging 22.5 disposals, 1 goal and 6.5 tackles a game.
Ace thanks
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Mate you are everywhere😂
Haha been doing a fair few appearances lately 😂
Gulden as an engine mid?
Yeah he’d definitely be an engine when he plays inside, plays more wing as a general rule but he’s that exact type. His point of difference as an engine would be he kicks more than he handballs due to being elite in that area!
These roles already exist. CAM= central attacking mid. CDM = central defensive mid. Then you’ve just described a tagger with disruptor mid
@@lukemate2783 never heard an Aussie rules player be called a CAM 😂. Disruptor can be a tagger, but not always in the modern game. They’re still pretty
Important for ball movement and ball winning.
@@DylanAlexanderFollowsDraft all
I’ve done is improve on the names you’ve chosen with already existing names for these roles in other sports