Preview 2024 AFL Draft General Discussion

[Jen2310]

Ah cool, thanks Jen. I saw a tweet about it today and assumed that the news was sharing something current.

They tend to rehash old stuff to make them appear new for clicks lol

 

[Johnny Bananas]

I keep hearing Taj Hotton would be a top 5 pick if not for injury. Doesn't that mean a club should go after him in the top 10 unless they believe his body is made of Swiss cheese? Particularly clubs with multiple picks like Melbourne and Richmond. Yet I keep seeing him fall to GWS in phantom drafts.

 

[Dr Tigris]

I keep hearing Taj Hotton would be a top 5 pick if not for injury. Doesn't that mean a club should go after him in the top 10 unless they believe his body is made of Swiss cheese? Particularly clubs with multiple picks like Melbourne and Richmond. Yet I keep seeing him fall to GWS in phantom drafts.

Super fast talented player - i.e. Shai Bolton. But has been injured and hasn't proved himself is what I've heard. I'd like us to take a risk on him. Seems a good shot to be valuable. But then we are building a list almost from scratch, and maybe hsi type isn't such a priority. he's one I'm really wanting to see where he will end up.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

Super fast talented player - i.e. Shai Bolton. But has been injured and hasn't proved himself is what I've heard. I'd like us to take a risk on him. Seems a good shot to be valuable. But then we are building a list almost from scratch, and maybe hsi type isn't such a priority. he's one I'm really wanting to see where he will end up.

Good talent is always a priority though. Even if a player is more of a cherry on top rather than a piece of the actual cake, I think teams would rather have a good cherry than a mediocre piece of cake..

 

[RUNVS]

I must admit this is the first time in years I have not really followed this draft as I knew Sydney would be getting some pretty bad picks late in the first round and it wasn't worth following too closely since at that point it would be impossible to predict who Beatson was going to call with picks 23 and 25 or something like that.

In saying that though, to get a bit informed, when is Twomey and Kevin Sheehan doing their mock draft they do every year?

 

[pK75]

I must admit this is the first time in years I have not really followed this draft as I knew Sydney would be getting some pretty bad picks late in the first round and it wasn't worth following too closely since at that point it would be impossible to predict who Beatson was going to call with picks 23 and 25 or something like that.

In saying that though, to get a bit informed, when is Twomey and Kevin Sheehan doing their mock draft they do every year?

Clearly you haven’t been keeping up, this is the super draft and the next Judd or Hodge will still be available at pick 27 (1st pick of the second round) and bottom 6 teams will be falling over themselves to offer a F1 to get back into this years draft.
Sydney’s picks look like being Buddy & Parker replacements.

 

[RUNVS]

Clearly you haven’t been keeping up, this is the super draft and the next Judd or Hodge will still be available at pick 27 (1st pick of the second round) and bottom 6 teams will be falling over themselves to offer a F1 to get back into this years draft.
Sydney’s picks look like being Buddy & Parker replacements.

Buddy and Lockett I am thinking. I think their replacements would work well together in the forward line.

I have heard that while there is not a lot of super top end talent in the Harley Reid mold, the draft does go deep, so the player you get at 5 isn't that much better than the player you get at 20. The drop off isn't as high as most drafts.

 

[RUNVS]

Another important question. How early in the draft will bigfooty completely crash?

 

[year of the cat]

Another important question. How early in the draft will bigfooty completely crash?

Well it’s bigger than the Paul v Tyson fight so if it’s anything like Netflix today then before the first pick is read out..

 

[Dr Tigris]

Good talent is always a priority though. Even if a player is more of a cherry on top rather than a piece of the actual cake, I think teams would rather have a good cherry than a mediocre piece of cake..

Now that is a quotable quote "would rather have a good cherry than a mediocre piece of cake". In our case I reckon you are right. But sometimes the decent role player is worth a lot to the list. Right now we need pieces to build around, so go talent.

 

[Futbolista]

I did enjoy how these guys did a live mock draft on the fly. Very slick and some interesting picks. Well done Pom and crew!

 

[Mutineer]

I understand what you are saying, but that has nothing to do with my reply to the OP.

He was saying something to the effect, that the Northern clubs do sfa for providing a pathway for kids, and their development.

I was saying that is not correct.

This is the system the AFL put in to place, we’re just playing by its rules.

Strange how the Ashcroft's and Marshall have done most of their development playing in the CTL for the Dragons, Vic's APS system and Vic Metro, I get it that the Ashcroft's are F/S but Marshall sure isn't.

 

[Jack Richards]

Wonder how concerning Trainor and his brain injuries and concussions are for clubs who draft him.

 

[dinnaz]

Should draftees be honest in interviews or not?

If a kid is dead keen to remain in his home state, for whatever reason, would you rather he be up front about it, or lie in the interview, and then request to be traded back home as his initial contract is up?

Clubs have interviews for a reason - to flag potential issues. Sure, ideally all kids would be fine moving interstate... but IRL some of them just wont be.

Dominos.
For the dogs specifically:
You could go from getting Naughton to selecting from Lochie O'Brien, Aiden Bonar, Jarrod Brander, Matthew Ling.

Imagine if Bontempelli didn't want to stay in vic so you were fored to bypass him.

You can't take players from other states either for the same reason, and you want a midfielder. So in the top 20 you only have 3 options. Reach for flanker type in Salem/Jones or take Freeman at #4.

TAS	Kade Kolodjashnij
SA	Matthew Scharenberg
SA	James Aish
Father Son	Luke McDonald F
	Christian Salem
	Nathan Freeman

WA	Dominic Sheed
Fwd	Ben Lennon
WA	Patrick Cripps
WA	Cameron McCarthy
	Zak Jones
Fwd	Darcy Lang
Tall	Michael Apeness
SA	Luke Dunstan
WA	Blake Acres

 

[Lingsface]

2024 FAN-TOM draft

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[Lingsface]

I think this is the most exciting unpredictable draft since I can remember!
So many potential top 15 picks of clubs decide to go certain directions.