Farewell #19 Arlo Draper

MatthewBoydFanClub · Post by **MatthewBoydFanClub** » Tue Mar 15, 2022 4:40 pm

You can speculate as much as you like, we don't know how players like Draper are going to go until they're subjected to match conditions of VFL/AFL football. They can look a million dollars on the training track and not perform at all on match day. You can also argue that in order to win games of AFL football you need to play your most experienced team, but the reality is we are nowhere near the performances of the teams above us. The only way our club is going to go forward as a team is by playing guys like Draper, who looks likes a big bodied mid to me with more pace than Lipinski. I'd be looking to playing him in the second half of the season with guys like Harrison, McMahon and Johnson, who all look like having the goods to play AFL footy, but don't quite have the preparation yet to play immediately.

neil · Post by **neil** » Tue Mar 15, 2022 4:49 pm

Four&twenty · Post by **Four&twenty** » Tue Mar 15, 2022 5:15 pm

Chris judd had dicky shoulder see how that turned out wasn’t picked at 1

Dave The Man · Post by **Dave The Man** » Tue Mar 15, 2022 11:12 pm

Pre-season Highlights

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbFHk0QJAGT ... =copy_link

Post by **LaurieHolden** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 1:01 pm

Track watchers have reported that he's clearly put on some size after an AC injury limited his preperation since arriving.
Hopefully we'll him debut, could be a bolter in 2023. Can see him slotting into a HFF role.

Worth a read / re-cap ~

https://www.afl.com.au/news/686606/wher ... er-setback

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/10/26/ ... e-ability/

Pebbles Rocks · Post by **Pebbles Rocks** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 9:47 am

Not sure we can judge him on his first season. Missed most of pre-season.

inxs88 · Post by **inxs88** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:49 am

Looks like 2023 shall be similarly compromised however if he can make it and add to a post Sidey, pendles midfield, it would be a huge coup.

lazzadesilva · Post by **lazzadesilva** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 11:47 am

Pebbles Rocks wrote:Not sure we can judge him on his first season. Missed most of pre-season.

Yeah, more unknowns than knowns at the moment. The proof will be in the pudding. A case of wait, watch and wonder about how he goes.

Pebbles Rocks · Post by **Pebbles Rocks** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:20 pm

inxs88 wrote:Looks like 2023 shall be similarly compromised however if he can make it and add to a post Sidey, pendles midfield, it would be a huge coup.

Why will 2023 be compromised?

dalyc · Post by **dalyc** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:25 pm

lazzadesilva wrote:
Pebbles Rocks wrote:Not sure we can judge him on his first season. Missed most of pre-season.
Yeah, more unknowns than knowns at the moment. The proof will be in the pudding. A case of wait, watch and wonder about how he goes.

No. It’s in the eating.

Presti35 · Post by **Presti35** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:43 pm

Im excited for Draper. I've had a good feeling about him since being drafted.

watt price tully · Post by **watt price tully** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 6:15 pm

lazzadesilva wrote:
Pebbles Rocks wrote:Not sure we can judge him on his first season. Missed most of pre-season.
Yeah, more unknowns than knowns at the moment. The proof will be in the pudding. A case of wait, watch and wonder about how he goes.

Are these known unknowns or unknown unknowns? What does Rumsfeld think about how the lad will go?

Post by **LaurieHolden** » Sun Jan 22, 2023 11:45 am

MatthewBoydFanClub wrote:You can speculate as much as you like, we don't know how players like Draper are going to go until they're subjected to match conditions of VFL/AFL football. They can look a million dollars on the training track and not perform at all on match day. You can also argue that in order to win games of AFL football you need to play your most experienced team, but the reality is we are nowhere near the performances of the teams above us. The only way our club is going to go forward as a team is by playing guys like Draper, who looks likes a big bodied mid to me with more pace than Lipinski. I'd be looking to playing him in the second half of the season with guys like Harrison, McMahon and Johnson, who all look like having the goods to play AFL footy, but don't quite have the preparation yet to play immediately.

A succinct summary.
Given the prospect of having Draper, McInnes, Macrae, Allan, Harrison and Dean banging on the door of senior selection by the 2nd half, it'll ensure the VFL team is going to be a good to watch this season.
I'd expect the Nicks VFL Magpies sub to have plenty of stories for supporters to lean into, and get excited over.

Draper for the Joseph Wren Memorial Trophy in '23.

Post by **Pies2016** » Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:56 pm

Going ok but not as well as his younger brother, Sam.
He’s been ripping it up as a bottom ager for SA in U18 championships.
He can’t be selected this year and we have no rights to him at the draft but he looks a super talent in the 2024 draft.

uuuuu..... The LoneSTAR · Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:35 pm

^The introduction of a sibling can work wonders for the first brother drafted

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Farewell #19 Arlo Draper

THE SA DRAFT PROSPECT WITH “MERCURIAL-TYPE ABILITY”