Game Day 2024 AFL Draft - Nights 1 & 2, from 7pm AEST

[Ticky009]

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Each of those players were drafted at a similar range to the selections we had tonight it's the number, not the round I am going off here (in previous years these were two second round picks)

Dean Towers was drafted in 2012 to a vastly different recruiting team to a team that has just won a flag and was looking for mature selections to make an immediate impact. Very different situation to now.

Stephens I admit was a failure of a selection, same with a few others, but all clubs have failures honestly we do a great job building our list, so am going to back us in.

Highly generous just shouldn’t get as many first rounders wrong- we try and be too cute too often

 

[RUNVS]

Ok.
No kid tonight would take McCartins place in 25 or 26...

and what if McCartin is injured, or even Melican? The fact none of us have a real answer for who could come in instead is concerning.

 

[Ticky009]

Mod Notice:

If you have an issue with the either selection have the curtesy to not stink up the kids first AFL thread. That's what this thread is for.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

and what if McCartin is injured, or even Melican? The fact none of us have a real answer for who could come in instead is concerning.

Well that’s why Hamling is being re rookied. Edwards and Snell both were emergencies last season too.

 

[MightyBloods]

But we didn't pick Micky O with a first round pick.

26 v 40 Not a huge gap.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

We addressed one need, with a player from the "Late/Rookie" section.

Two needs badly needed a small fwd

 

[RUNVS]

and I am upset we have done nothing to address our clearance issues. Make the Grand Final again and the same thing will happen again.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Ok.
No kid tonight would take McCartins place in 25 or 26...

What? why wouldnt he? are you saying a 19-20yr old defender cant show promise

 

[LukeParkerno1]

and I am upset we have done nothing to address our clearance issues. Make the Grand Final again and the same thing will happen again.

Can always play Sheldrick and Adams…

Just an idea

 

[Donza]

and what if McCartin is injured, or even Melican? The fact none of us have a real answer for who could come in instead is concerning.

You pick players like that up in Rookie drafts, trades etc.

Unless you have a absolute peach as a defender still on the board. You rarely go in.

For the record. I think Logan will end up as a defender.

 

[Kbroome]

I don't mind the Bowman selection on the role he plays i just think we could have gotten that role later in the draft and Shanahan was there for the taking.

Thinking about it for a second they must have real high hopes for Chamberlain and King if they aren't going for a key forward

 

[Membling]

All of those are either very late selections or junk pick trades. We are clearly not serious with our KPD depth issues doing things like that.

Unless my memory fails me, I cannot remember a successful top 20 KPD pick for swans since 2000

 

[Bandicoot]

Ned was 30 in Twomey’s rankings.

Why is everyone melting that he was a reach?

Personally, I’m quite pleased with our selections - we’ve been whinging all year about not having a pressure small forward and a Lohmann-style exciting medium forward.

We could have just found both.

It's not so much that he was a reach but more the fact of who we could have picked and chose not to.

 

[WillHayward]

Were truly ****ed.

Our club grossly over rates our talls and simply refuse to invest in a tall defender.

Same story every year.

McCartin is only a 3rd tall.
Rampe undersized and totally cooked.
Melican a good honest toiler.

McLean and Amartey aren't good.
No back up Ruck.

 

[Kbroome]

We did address two needs- I got my small forward and you got your medium lol

So close to Hynes but still got my Day-Wicks type in Bowman.

Shake hands on a draw?

 

[Millky95]

I disagree with this. As a collective, the Lions forwards slaughtered us in the GF. But I'd say it was their small-medium forwards capable of contested marks in Rayner, Ah Chee and Lohmann that especially troubled us.

Fritsch kicked 6 in a GF a few years ago. It's been small and medium forwards that have been especially damaging in Grand Finals in recent times.

I'd argue it was their supply to the forwards that was elite and basically uncontested that did it

 

[Donza]

What? why wouldnt he? are you saying a 19-20yr old defender cant show promise

Well 19/20 is 2 years from draft.

 

[Bloods86]

Two needs badly needed a small fwd

Not even close, maybe 6th most needed, just refuse to play guys there

 

[RUNVS]

Unless my memory fails me, I cannot remember a successful top 20 KPD pick for swans since 2000

We paid something like pick 12 for Ted Richards.

 

[Cadsky]

**** i love this thread right now.

 

[Bloods86]

You pick players like that up in Rookie drafts, trades etc.

Unless you have a absolute peach as a defender still on the board. You rarely go in.

For the record. I think Logan will end up as a defender.

Logan looked nowhere near it down back

 

[ShireSwan]

Boo to Bowman

 

[Bandicoot]

Swapped picks which included Richmond's first 2025.

I think it was Richmonds F2

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Well 19/20 is 2 years from draft.

No we draft a 18yr old defender tonight develops well and takes his place in 2026 at 20yrs old.

 

[Ticky009]

Unless my memory fails me, I cannot remember a successful top 20 KPD pick for swans since 2000

I can't either to be honest. We usually convert a forward.