Game Day 2019 AFL Draft

[LukeParkerno1]

Uuhhhhhh.... huuhhhhhh....

Had my list yesterday was Flanders, Kemp, Stephens. I had Jackson and Green ahead but they were no chance. Liked Ash as well.

I’m just happy we took one of them. Needed midfield help, got it.

 

[mikey_san]

The interview than will be crucial as long as the home visit.....also has connection to Buddy Franklin so might be a good role model....but yeah we don’t want another Byron Sumner....who had a lot of talent but not the drive..

The nature of the game these days, the player just absolutely HAS TO have that drive. Rare to find someone like Eddie Betts who has both the talent and the drive to get there to show it. Still AFL site (thus Twoomey I guess) says we are linked to him so...

Hope we land Schoe and then Biggie Nyuon or Brock Smith with the next two. Not a forward alive that is beating Biggie on the lead if he develops his craft. Smith can be the next...Smith for us down back by the look - had glandular fever so missed the combine, might drop him a bit to our 3rd pick.

 

[Opts]

We had until 10.45am to try to lodge Bartholomaues as a Category B rookie. Does anyone know if this has been done or if we've even shown interest in him? He's an inside mid and has been training with us.

 

[Opts]

No, just trying a bit of fun. Although I was serious about it being an issue.

 

[Angry Red Bull]

We had until 10.45am to try to lodge Bartholomaues as a Category B rookie. Does anyone know if this has been done or if we've even shown interest in him? He's an inside mid and has been training with us.

Can’t seem to find anything as yet. From what I’ve read he was MVP in NEAFL last year. That’s promising.

 

[Wayne Swan]

Not understanding all the "shock and surprise" around our selection with Stephens at 5 Adelaide was going to take him at 6 right so??

Number five draft pick Dylan Stephens may be in for a culture shock after being drafted to the Sydney Swans.

AFL: Sydney to be a shock for Stephens

Sydney has pulled off the first shock of the 2019 draft
Sydney Swans throw first major AFL draft curveball to snatch star SA prospect Dylan Stephens

Thats the headlines from multiple articles i have found its weird and bizaree

Meaning that because we run a watertight ship the VFL centric media didn't see it coming, all of them were on the Flanders train and that got derailed out of the top 10, stupid journo's!

 

[Tedeski]

Can't believe how they can talk up & glorify what Carlton have done so far in the draft.

How Carlton turned pick 4 into three first round selections

"SOS was just buying time with these disruption tactics."

www.sen.com.au

 

[mtooler]

Would like us to take mids with our next two picks and hope 2 out of the three become A graders.

 

[Punts]

Still need kicking skills but unlikely at this point

 

[mtooler]

Hope we get Deven Robertson. Despite everyone deriding Roberton for his kicking efficiency, it was slightly higher than Stephens at the U18 carnival.

Imagine we could have 3 Florents in our side. The front row at the SCG should be given helmets to mitigate WHS risks for the members of the public from misplaced kicks.

 

[mtooler]

Still need kicking skills but unlikely at this point

Yeah they are gone now.

 

[Tesla Tenet]

It is always interesting for the best 6 in a game.

Article states that Dylan Stephens stars with 33 possessions, 9 clearances and 6 tackles and NOT in the best 6 or any other U18s National games.

 

[tombomb]

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Every year, Carlton win the trade period and pillage the draft making fools of everyone.

Every year, Carlton is still awful.

There was a brief period where Mick Malthouse got involved where the vic media was like the dog who caught the car. They knew instinctively to write that Carlton had won the offseason again, but all the evidence said otherwise. They had no idea what to do ...

 

[The King!]

Hope we get Deven Robertson. Despite everyone deriding Roberton for his kicking efficiency, it was slightly higher than Stephens at the U18 carnival.

Imagine we could have 3 Florents in our side. The front row at the SCG should be given helmets to mitigate WHS risks for the members of the public from misplaced kicks.

id trade up tonight to ensure we get robertson

 

[Ticky009]

id trade up tonight to ensure we get robertson

What would you offer and to who?

 

[caesar88]

No Schoe? Rivers video indicates he's a defender - and looks bloody good, but still.... Smith for our 3rd pick would be good.

Not a Schoenberg fan as much as I am of Rivers, Robertson and the defenders. Rivers did play a fair bit of footy in defence in the WAFL in a similar sort of role to Gould, but unlike Gould, he looks born to play in the guts and looked best when he was on the ball IMO.

 

[caesar88]

Don't really get the Ash hate. He's the 2nd best player in the draft if you ask me, havn't seen that kind of explosiveness and stregth in the draft since dusty and danger. And a disposal efficiency of 80+% i think he was one of the most reliable kicks if not the best. I think we would've nabbed him if GWS didn't, i rekn stephens was 2nd choice.

Either way i'm happy with the Stephens pick, about time we start moving away from the bump and grind slow type mids. And with the academy kids coming in next year i don't think we need anymore mids. Next step should be nabbing a few of these silky indigenous kids that have proven to be the difference over the last few years. That Pickett that melbourne picked up looks the goods. Was shattered we missed out on Ian Hill last year. Have a feeling GWS pantsed us 2 years in a row trading for the pick ahead of us and taking our 1st choice. Taylor needs to be our pick 27, fingers crossed.

Not hate, Ash is a good player and deserving top 10 prospect but his kicking was not good. Stuff the DE%, he was a long-bomb-hack-kick culprit and that automatically puts him on my sh*t-list.

Agree with your point re moving away from slow mids.

 

[Jimbo OZ]

Every year the Swans spring a “surprise.” It just means that we leak nothing and so the journos guess. The same is likely to happen with our next picks too. A lot of phantom drafts have us linked to Elijah Taylor but that is also just a guess because we probably met with him a couple of times.

We’ve also obviously met with Gould too because he was told by us to lose some kilos. I’d be happy if we selected him for two reasons. 1. He’s obviously a damn good footballer. 2. If we have selected him, he has knuckled down and done what was asked of him.

Either way, interesting night coming up.

 

[tombomb]

id trade up tonight to ensure we get robertson

i like the way bianco moves to either foot like akermanis. id be happy for us to just hold our next 2 picks.

 

[SwansProudly]

Brisbane now have pick 22

 

[SwansProudly]

Swans now have pick 61 from Port for Swans 65 and 68

 

[caesar88]

Hope there is a key defender we can draft and develop

Brock Smith's your best bet. Best defender in this year's draft pool by a mile IMO.

(In terms of actual defending)

 

[RUNVS]

Swans now have pick 61 from Port for Swans 65 and 68

Swans are going for the big moves there

 

[ScottBo]

Swans now have pick 61 from Port for Swans 65 and 68

Didn't Beatson say in one of the interviews we'd be finished by pick 45? Maybe this deal means we will now use pick 61 and intend to package up a couple of our earlier picks to move up? Or pick 61 has a more attractive or specific resale value on its own to another team?

 

[The King!]

What would you offer and to who?

tim tams to brisbane