Mid season draft pick Hall

[seano1]

How’s Hall going? Anyone seen him play ? Or was it a pointless exercise

[Devilhead]

13 disposals today for Sandy ... not sure he is being played through the middle where he was for Box Hill

So yeah looking pointless at this stage

[B.M]

Played as a small forward

We are Nick Hind…ing him

[Yorkeys]

Hall has to be a better option than Butler?

[Selhurst Saint]

I haven't seen any reason why we should have drafted him yet. He just looks like an average VFL player. We couldn't have sucked the ability out of him yet, surely.

[Sainter_Dad]

We couldn't have sucked the ability out of him yet, surely.

We are St Kilda - of course we could!!!!

[CURLY]

Won't play until he learns the structures. Receives weekly feedback from Lyon and video footage of various stages he was positioned correctly or vice versa.

Says Lyon has got set goals for the younger players and expects them to all be ready at the start of 2025.

[The_Dud]

There is a reason players aren't drafted...

[Beno88]

There is a reason players aren't drafted...

Not sure Cam Wilkie would agree.

[CURLY]

There is a reason players aren't drafted...

Yep opportunity, location, injury, late bloomer, change of sport. Plenty of reasons.

[Life Long Saint]

There is a reason players aren't drafted...

That's just an astonishing statement.
All three of our AA squad last season were not drafted in the traditional manner.
All were taken in the rookie draft and both Marshall and Wilkie were mature age recruits.
Make of that what you will.

[CURLY]

There is a reason players aren't drafted...

That's just an astonishing statement.
All three of our AA squad last season were not drafted in the traditional manner.
All were taken in the rookie draft and both Marshall and Wilkie were mature age recruits.
Make of that what you will.

They aren't Private school boys from Sandy or Brighton so can't play.

[SaintPav]

Carey

[SteeleSaints]

Im hoping he will be given midfield minutes at some stage in the near future. Given that we recruited him because of his midfield game and we havent tried him there raises questions.

[magnifisaint]

Do you reckon he was pissed off that the Saints picked him up before the Dawks hence his form drop off?

[The_Dud]

There is a reason players aren't drafted...

That's just an astonishing statement.
All three of our AA squad last season were not drafted in the traditional manner.
All were taken in the rookie draft and both Marshall and Wilkie were mature age recruits.
Make of that what you will.

The mid-season draft is another step away from the rookie draft.

[Life Long Saint]

The mid-season draft is another step away from the rookie draft.

Is it though?

Most clubs have been able to pick up useful players in it.
Sharman has been handy for us...Probably better than a lot of players we've picked up the traditional way.

I have said many times that our player development was lacking for many years. Most of our team are either imports or mature age rookies.
That tells me that we have been no good at spotting and developing 18yo players, although we are improving on that front.

[SteeleSaints]

There is a reason players aren't drafted...

That's just an astonishing statement.
All three of our AA squad last season were not drafted in the traditional manner.
All were taken in the rookie draft and both Marshall and Wilkie were mature age recruits.
Make of that what you will.

The mid-season draft is another step away from the rookie draft.

You are kidding right... do you have any idea of the quality of players that have been picked up in previous mid season drafts eg Masimo DAmbrosio (Essendon/Hawthorn), John Noble, Joe Richards and Ash Johnson (Collingwood), Sam Durham (Essendon) and Jai Newcombe (Hawthorn), Ned Moyle (GCS), Cooper Sharman and Max Heath (St Kilda), Jai Culley, Harry Barnett, Jack Hutchinson and Ryan Maric (WCE), and a number of this years draft have already debuted in the AFL.

We would kill to have Newcombe, Durham, Moyle, D'Ambrosio & Maric running around in Saints colours.

[Scollop]

Jai Newcombe goes alright

Also recruited from Box Hill Hawks and also another mid-season draft pick

[The_Dud]

There is a reason players aren't drafted...

That's just an astonishing statement.
All three of our AA squad last season were not drafted in the traditional manner.
All were taken in the rookie draft and both Marshall and Wilkie were mature age recruits.
Make of that what you will.

The mid-season draft is another step away from the rookie draft.

You are kidding right... do you have any idea of the quality of players that have been picked up in previous mid season drafts eg Masimo DAmbrosio (Essendon/Hawthorn), John Noble, Joe Richards and Ash Johnson (Collingwood), Sam Durham (Essendon) and Jai Newcombe (Hawthorn), Ned Moyle (GCS), Cooper Sharman and Max Heath (St Kilda), Jai Culley, Harry Barnett, Jack Hutchinson and Ryan Maric (WCE), and a number of this years draft have already debuted in the AFL.

We would kill to have Newcombe, Durham, Moyle, D'Ambrosio & Maric running around in Saints colours.

Jai Newcombe goes alright, a couple of others above are handy, but a lot have barely played, or not at all.

If that's the hit-rate from mid-season drafts then I'm happy to stick with the opinion that if you get a handy player to temporarily fill a hole you've had a big win.

[SteeleSaints]

There is a reason players aren't drafted...

That's just an astonishing statement.
All three of our AA squad last season were not drafted in the traditional manner.
All were taken in the rookie draft and both Marshall and Wilkie were mature age recruits.
Make of that what you will.

The mid-season draft is another step away from the rookie draft.

You are kidding right... do you have any idea of the quality of players that have been picked up in previous mid season drafts eg Masimo DAmbrosio (Essendon/Hawthorn), John Noble, Joe Richards and Ash Johnson (Collingwood), Sam Durham (Essendon) and Jai Newcombe (Hawthorn), Ned Moyle (GCS), Cooper Sharman and Max Heath (St Kilda), Jai Culley, Harry Barnett, Jack Hutchinson and Ryan Maric (WCE), and a number of this years draft have already debuted in the AFL.

We would kill to have Newcombe, Durham, Moyle, D'Ambrosio & Maric running around in Saints colours.

Jai Newcombe goes alright, a couple of others above are handy, but a lot have barely played, or not at all.

If that's the hit-rate from mid-season drafts then I'm happy to stick with the opinion that if you get a handy player to temporarily fill a hole you've had a big win.

Ignorance is bliss - keep living the dream!

[bobmurray]

Jai Newcombe goes alright

Also recruited from Box Hill Hawks and also another mid-season draft pick

I bet Hawksthorn played a midfield recruit in the midfield when they got him.

[wally]

I think we miss Crouch more than we realise.
I’m guessing Hall was recruited as a replacement maybe it’s time to give him a crack .