Prediction 2021 Draft Predictions

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For those who aren’t quite in a position to do a full phantom draft, but who would still like to have a go at predicting the draft, please use this thread to post your predictions

The current draft order is available in the pinned thread, here:

Resource - 2021 AFL Draft Order

Every trade as it happens!

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In accordance with board rules, phantom drafts which do not fulfil the requirements of a full first round using the current draft order (at time of posting), and preferably with a bit of explanation and willingness to explain your decisions, may also be merged into this thread.

Following the Trade Period, the current order for the first round of the draft is:

1. North Melbourne
2. GWS Giants
3. Gold Coast Suns
4. Adelaide
5. Hawthorn
6. Fremantle
7. Richmond
8. Fremantle
9. St Kilda
10. West Coast Eagles
11. Essendon
12. Port Adelaide
13. GWS Giants
14. Brisbane Lions
15. Richmond
16. Sydney Swans
17. Melbourne
18. Brisbane Lions

 

[Sharpsh00ter]

Hi all,

New here……
But wanted to post my early predictions!

1. Jason Horne-Francis - North Melbourne
2. Nick Daicos (bid) - Collingwood
3. Neil Erasmus - GWS
4. Sam Darcy (bid) - Western Bulldogs
5. Josh Goater - Gold Coast
6. Tyler Sonsie - Adelaide
7. Jye Amiss - Hawthorn
8. Josh Fahey (bid not matched) - Fremantle
9. Finn Callaghan - Richmond
10. Matt Johnson - Fremantle
11. NWM - St. Kilda
12. Arlo Draper - West Coast
13. Mitch Knevitt - Essendon
14. Sam Butler - Port Adelaide
15. Brady Hough - GWS
16. Mitch Knevitt - Brisbane
17. Ben Hobbs - Richmond
18. Sam Butler - Sydney
19. Mac Andrew - Melbourne
20. Rhett Bazzo - Brisbane
21. Toby Conway - Fremantle
22. Matthew Roberts - North Melbourne
23. Judson Clarke - Hawthorn
24. Jack Williams - Geelong
25. Connor MacDonald - Western Bulldogs
26. Campbell Chesser - Hawthorn
27. Jacob Van Rooyen - Carlton
28. Josh Gibcus - Richmond
29. Josh Ward - Richmond
30. Josh Sinn - Richmond
31. Josh Rachele (richmond trade their F2 to WC for pick 29) - Richmond
32. Leek Alleer - Geelong
33. Zac Taylor - Sydney
34. Alastair Lord - Geelong
35. Charlie Dean - Adelaide

Good to see you put some thought into it and didn't copy Cal Twomeys selections like some posters have. Not everyone will agree with your selections, but I am glad to see some orignality. I don't mind the Hawthorn selections.

 

[GWS Goose]

Good to see you put some thought into it and didn't copy Cal Twomeys selections like some posters have. Not everyone will agree with your selections, but I am glad to see some orignality. I don't mind the Hawthorn selections.

He was taking the piss, have a look at who he supports and who Richmond ends up with, especially in the 20's

 

[Sharpsh00ter]

He was taking the piss, have a look at who he supports and who Richmond ends up with, especially in the 20's

Disagree. Have you spoke to him and do you know this as a fact. Everybody is entitled to an opinion.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Bit out of the box. Without knowing the draft night live trades it's a bit difficult.

1. NM --- JHF
2. Coll --- Daicos
3. WB --- Darcy
4. GWS --- Andrew
5. Suns --- Callaghan
6. Adel -- Josh Rachelle
7. Hawks --- Johnson
8. Freo --- Hobbs
9. Rich --- Erasmus
10. Freo --- NWM
11. Stk --- Gibcus
12. WCE --- Sinn
13. Ess --- Goater
14. Port --- Ward
15. GWS --- Draper
16. Lions --- Amiss
17. Rich --- Howes
18. Syd --- Sheldrick
19. Dees --- Tom Brown
20- Lions --- JVR
21. Freo --- Warner
22. NM --- Motlop
23. Hawks --- Sonsie
24. Cats --- Knevitt
25. Hawks --- Butler
26. Blues --- MacDonald
27. Rich --- Wilmot
28. Rich --- Chesser
29. Rich --- Bazzo
30. WCE --- Arthur Jones
31. Cats --- Alleer
32. Syd --- Taylor
33. Cats --- Long
34. Adel --- Roberts
35. Cats --- Hough

The next Few are Dean, Conway, Long, Stretch, Dittmar,

Think Jack Williams ends up a rookie pick.

Sorry if the order is wrong. I stole it off someone else

I like it. While i think cal linking brown and knevitt to us is lazy journalism in a way i really rate them. In your scenario id take taylor at our 3rd pick and risk alleer getting to our 4th at 33. If sydney take him inbetween id take dean instead. I like hough though and im surprised more people dont ratw him top 30.

 

[GWS Goose]

Disagree. Have you spoke to him and do you know this as a fact. Everybody is entitled to an opinion.

I have not spoke to him, but it is (or at the time of posting) his only post. He has is own club getting 5 huge sliders and one moderate slider with its 6 picks.

Most have Ward, Gibcus and Rachele in or around the top 10. He has them at 28,29 and 31 all to his club.

Pretty confident he was having some fun with a burner account exaggerating how many of us have a good player we want making it to our clubs selection in our drafts.

 

[Sharpsh00ter]

I have not spoke to him, but it is (or at the time of posting) his only post. He has is own club getting 5 huge sliders and one moderate slider with its 6 picks.

Most have Ward, Gibcus and Rachele in or around the top 10. He has them at 28,29 and 31 all to his club.

Pretty confident he was having some fun with a burner account exaggerating how many of us have a good player we want making it to our clubs selection in our drafts.

Point taken. But it could also be a first time poster. I do agree that some of the selections were left-field.

 

[Smythe]

Point taken. But it could also be a first time poster. I do agree that some of the selections were left-field.

They were mostly left field with Richmond taking the cake with joke picks, he was taking the piss beyond a joke

 

[Sharpsh00ter]

They were mostly left field with Richmond taking the cake with joke picks, he was taking the piss beyond a joke

Well thats the thing. You can't tell if someone is taking the piss, or if it is a poster with limited knowledge, or a poster making radical predictions.
People will believe what they want to believe

 

[Smythe]

Well thats the thing. You can't tell if someone is taking the piss, or if it is a poster with limited knowledge, or a poster making radical predictions.
People will believe what they want to believe

You could quite possibly be the only person who didn’t see it

 

[woohoo_footy]

Look in all seriousness, here’s my top 30:

1. JFH - NM
2. Nick Daicos - Collingwood
3. Finn Callaghan - GWS
4. Sam Darcy - WB
5. Josh Gibcus - GC
6. Josh Rachele - Adelaide
7. Josh Ward - Hawthorn
8. Jye Amiss - Fremantle
9. Ben Hobbs - Richmond
10. Matthew Johnson - Fremantle
11. Josh Sinn - St. Kilda
12. Neil Erasmus - WCE
13. Arlo Draper - Essendon
14. Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera - Port Adelaide
15. Mac Andrew - GWS (honestly can’t see another suitor, considered him at the Saints but couldn’t pass up on Sinn)
16. Josh Goater - Brisbane
17. Jacob Van Rooyen - Richmond
18. Darcy Wilmot - Sydney
19. Sam Butler - Melbourne
20. Zac Taylor - Brisbane
21. Fremantle - Jesse Motlop
22. Tom Brown - NM
23. Blake Howes - Hawthorn
24. Mitch Knevitt - Geelong
25. Rhett Bazzo - WB
26. Tyler Sonsie - Hawthorn
27. Leek Alleer - Carlton
28. Judson Clarke - Richmond
29. Angus Sheldrick - Richmond
30. Charlie Dean - Richmond

 

[GWS Goose]

Look in all seriousness, here’s my top 30:

1. JFH - NM
2. Nick Daicos - Collingwood
3. Finn Callaghan - GWS
4. Sam Darcy - WB
5. Josh Gibcus - GC
6. Josh Rachele - Adelaide
7. Josh Ward - Hawthorn
8. Jye Amiss - Fremantle
9. Ben Hobbs - Richmond
10. Matthew Johnson - Fremantle
11. Josh Sinn - St. Kilda
12. Neil Erasmus - WCE
13. Arlo Draper - Essendon
14. Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera - Port Adelaide
15. Mac Andrew - GWS (honestly can’t see another suitor, considered him at the Saints but couldn’t pass up on Sinn)
16. Josh Goater - Brisbane
17. Jacob Van Rooyen - Richmond
18. Darcy Wilmot - Sydney
19. Sam Butler - Melbourne
20. Zac Taylor - Brisbane
21. Fremantle - Jesse Motlop
22. Tom Brown - NM
23. Blake Howes - Hawthorn
24. Mitch Knevitt - Geelong
25. Rhett Bazzo - WB
26. Tyler Sonsie - Hawthorn
27. Leek Alleer - Carlton
28. Judson Clarke - Richmond
29. Angus Sheldrick - Richmond
30. Charlie Dean - Richmond

Pretty good draft. Id be ecstatic with that.
Sonsie at 26 could end up being the steal of the draft

 

[woohoo_footy]

Pretty good draft. Id be ecstatic with that.
Sonsie at 26 could end up being the steal of the draft

Definitely rate him and agree there, feel like he’ll be a gun! Just somehow see him as a slider

 

[GWS Goose]

Definitely rate him and agree there, feel like he’ll be a gun! Just somehow see him as a slider

Feels he'll slide.

 

[chopflop]

I like it. While i think cal linking brown and knevitt to us is lazy journalism in a way i really rate them. In your scenario id take taylor at our 3rd pick and risk alleer getting to our 4th at 33. If sydney take him inbetween id take dean instead. I like hough though and im surprised more people dont ratw him top 30.

I really wanted to get Hough in the Top 30, but just don't think he goes that high. I would personally have him before a lot of the bigger names. Think he has an AFL game

 

[GoTigers2015]

1 North Melbourne - JHF
2 Collingwood - Daicos
3 Western Bulldogs - Darcy
4 GWS Giants - Callaghan
5 Gold Coast - Andrew
6 Adelaide - Rachele
7 Hawthorn - Ward
8 Fremantle - Amiss
9 Richmond - Hobbs
10 Fremantle - Gibcus
11 StKilda - Sinn
12 West Coast - Erasmus
13 Essendon - NWM
14 Port Adelaide - Goater
15 GWS Giants - Butler
16 Brisbane Lions - Wilmot
17 Richmond - Johnson
18 Sydney Swans - Knevitt
19 Melbourne - JVR
20 Brisbane Lions - Sonsie

 

[PaythePerryman]

1 North Melbourne - JHF
2 Collingwood - Daicos
3 Western Bulldogs - Darcy
4 GWS Giants - Callaghan
5 Gold Coast - Andrew
6 Adelaide - Rachele
7 Hawthorn - Ward
8 Fremantle - Amiss
9 Richmond - Hobbs
10 Fremantle - Gibcus
11 StKilda - Sinn
12 West Coast - Erasmus
13 Essendon - NWM
14 Port Adelaide - Goater
15 GWS Giants - Butler
16 Brisbane Lions - Wilmot
17 Richmond - Johnson
18 Sydney Swans - Knevitt
19 Melbourne - JVR
20 Brisbane Lions - Sonsie

Looks pretty good to me. Can't see Freo taking Gibcus though. Their backline is STACKED!
I think Freo take Hobbs/Johnson and NWM.
Good list.
I'd never thought about taking Butler from a Giants perspective...but I don't hate it.

 

[Swiggy]

1 North Melbourne - JHF
2 Collingwood - Daicos
3 Western Bulldogs - Darcy
4 GWS Giants - Callaghan
5 Gold Coast - Andrew
6 Adelaide - Rachele
7 Hawthorn - Ward
8 Fremantle - Amiss
9 Richmond - Hobbs
10 Fremantle - Gibcus
11 StKilda - Sinn
12 West Coast - Erasmus
13 Essendon - NWM
14 Port Adelaide - Goater
15 GWS Giants - Butler
16 Brisbane Lions - Wilmot
17 Richmond - Johnson
18 Sydney Swans - Knevitt
19 Melbourne - JVR
20 Brisbane Lions - Sonsie

Can’t see freo taking 2 talls

 

[BigSchlong9]

1. North Melbourne – Jason Horne-Francis
2. Collingwood BID – Nick Daicos
3. Western Bulldogs BID – Sam Darcy
4. GWS Giants – Finn Callaghan
5. Gold Coast Suns – Mac Andrew
6. Adelaide Crows – Josh Rachele
7. Hawthorn – Josh Ward
8. Fremantle – Jye Amiss
9. Richmond – Ben Hobbs
10. Fremantle – Matthew Johnson
11. St Kilda – Josh Gibcus
12. West Coast Eagles – Neil Erasmus
13. Essendon – Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera
14. Port Adelaide – Josh Sinn
15. GWS Giants – Jesse Motlop
16. Brisbane Lions – Darcy Wilmot
17. Richmond – Tyler Sonsie
18. Sydney Swans- Josh Goater
19. Melbourne – Sam Butler

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20. Brisbane Lions – Campbell Chesser

 

[GoTigers2015]

Looks pretty good to me. Can't see Freo taking Gibcus though. Their backline is STACKED!
I think Freo take Hobbs/Johnson and NWM.
Good list.
I'd never thought about taking Butler from a Giants perspective...but I don't hate it.

Butler seems a natural fit at pick 15, especially with Bobby Hill likely to want to leave at the end of 22. Adrian Curoso on Road to the Draft suggested forward pressure as a need.

At pick 10, Fox Sport had linked Freo Gibcus at pick 10, so I went with that. Johnson or NWM would be definitely in the frame though.

 

[GWS Goose]

Looks pretty good to me. Can't see Freo taking Gibcus though. Their backline is STACKED!
I think Freo take Hobbs/Johnson and NWM.
Good list.
I'd never thought about taking Butler from a Giants perspective...but I don't hate it.

Agree, it already has depth before they picked Chapman last year

 

[theGav56]

Disagree. Have you spoke to him and do you know this as a fact. Everybody is entitled to an opinion.

So Fremantle would pass on Callaghan to bid on Fahey (when we could bid on him 2 picks later and have both)?

By the way I enjoyed his post.

 

[theGav56]

Looks pretty good to me. Can't see Freo taking Gibcus though. Their backline is STACKED!
I think Freo take Hobbs/Johnson and NWM.
Good list.
I'd never thought about taking Butler from a Giants perspective...but I don't hate it.

Always interesting to look at who the posters club takes at their next pick after an unusual pick. In this example Richmond need Fremantle to take Gibcus, leaving Erasmus for WC, and Johnson for Richmond.

Of course Gibcus makes no sense at all for Fremantle, but are interested in both of the others.

 

[pK75]

1. North Melbourne – Jason Horne-Francis
2. Collingwood BID – Nick Daicos
3. Western Bulldogs BID – Sam Darcy
4. GWS Giants – Finn Callaghan
5. Gold Coast Suns – Mac Andrew
6. Adelaide Crows – Josh Rachele
7. Hawthorn – Josh Ward
8. Fremantle – Jye Amiss
9. Richmond – Ben Hobbs
10. Fremantle – Matthew Johnson
11. St Kilda – Josh Gibcus
12. West Coast Eagles – Neil Erasmus
13. Essendon – Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera
14. Port Adelaide – Josh Sinn
15. GWS Giants – Jesse Motlop
16. Brisbane Lions – Darcy Wilmot
17. Richmond – Tyler Sonsie
18. Sydney Swans- Josh Goater
19. Melbourne – Sam Butler
20. Brisbane Lions – Campbell Chesser

Like this one, just need to add:
21. Fremantle - JVR
Perfect from our point of view, WC would be happy with Erasmus sliding to their pick.

 

[Chris_6678]

Seems like Erasmus has been sliding a bit in peoples drafts. Good result for WC though and would be stoked if he he fell to us.

 

[FAITH]

Seems like Erasmus has been sliding a bit in peoples drafts. Good result for WC though and would be stoked if he he fell to us.

People's fantasies.
He is top 10 every day of the week.