BigFooty Official 2024 BIGFOOTY OFFICIAL PHANTOM DRAFT

[PMBangers]

Round 1
Pick 1 - Richmond - Sam Lalor (GWV Rebels/ VIC C)
Pick 2 - North Melbourne - Finn O'Sullivan (Oakeigh Chargers/ VIC C)
Pick 3 - Brisbane - Levi Ashcroft (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M) [Matched Bid, used Picks 27, 34,42 and 43, receive Pick 3 and 230 points for Marshall bid)
Pick 4 - Carlton - Sid Draper (South Adelaide/ SA)
Pick 5 - Adelaide - Jagga Smith (Oakleigh Chargers/ VIC M)
Pick 6 - Melbourne - Harvey Langford (Dandenong Stingrays/ VIC C)
Pick 7 - Richmond - Alix Tauru (Gippsland Power/ VIC C)
Pick 8 - St Kilda - Josh Smillie (Eastern Ranges / VIC M)
Pick 9 - St Kilda - Harry Armstrong ( Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)
Pick 10 - Melbourne - Murphy Reid (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)
Pick 11 - Richmond - Bo Allan (Peel Thunder/ WA)
Pick 12 - Essendon - Isaac Kako (Calder Cannons/ VIC M) [Matched Bid, used Picks 28 and 31, receive Pick 12]
Pick 13 - Richmond - Tobie Travaglia (Bendigo Pioneers/ VIC C)
Pick 14 - Gold Coast Suns - Leonardo Lombard (Gold Coast Academy, VFL/ QLD) [Matched Bid, used Picks 37 and 39, receive Pick 14]
Pick 15 - West Coast - Xavier Lindsay (Gippsland Power/ VIC C)
Pick 16 - Port Adelaide - Taj Hotton (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)
Pick 17 - Fremantle - Joe Berry (Murray Bushrangers/ VIC C)
Pick 18 - GWS - Harrison Oliver (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)
Pick 19 - GWS - Jack Whitlock (Murray Bushrangers/ VIC C)
Pick 20 - Western Bulldogs - Ollie Hannaford (GWV Rebels/ VIC C)
Pick 21 - Richmond - Cooper Hynes (Dandenong Stingrays/ VIC C)
Pick 22 - Sydney - Jobe Shanahan (Bendigo Pioneers/ NSW)
Pick 23 - Richmond - Alex Dodson (Sturt/ SA)
Pick 24 - GWS - Tom Gross (Oakleigh Chargers/ VIC M)
Pick 25 - Brisbane - Sam Marshall (Sandringham Dragons/ QLD) [Matched Bid, Used Picks 44 and 55]
Pick 26 - Sydney - Luke Trainor (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)
Pick 27 - Richmond - Jonty Faull (GWV Rebels/ VIC C)

Round 2
Pick 28 - Richmond - Thomas Sims (Northern Knights/ VIC M)
Pick 29 - Western Bulldogs - Hamish Davis (Claremont/ WA)
Pick 30 - West Coast - Christian Moraes (Eastern Ranges/ VIC M)
Pick 31 - Port Adelaide - Jesse Dattoli (Northern Knights/ VIC M)
Pick 32 - Fremantle - Angus Clarke (Glenelg/ SA)
Pick 33 - St Kilda - Matt Whitlock (Murray Bushrangers/ VIC C)
Pick 34 - Hawthorn - Hugh Boxshall (Claremont/ WA)
Pick 35 - Carlton - Ben Camporeale (Glenelg/SA) [Matched Bid, used Pick 38)
Pick 36 - Western Bulldogs - Jasper Alger (Oakleigh Chargers/ VIC C)
Pick 37 - Hawthorn - Cody Anderson (Eastern Ranges) [Matched bid, used picks 65 & 71)
Pick 38 - Port Adelaide -Will Hayes

40

Will Hayes

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

8.6

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.3

5star

CL

0.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

15.8

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.4

3star

(Claremont/ WA)
Pick 39 - GWS - Jack Ough (GWV Rebels / VIC C)
Pick 40 - Essendon - James Barrat (Bendigo Pioneers/ VIC C)

Round 3
Pick 41 - Sydney - Luke Urquhart (East Fremantle/ WA)
Pick 42 - Geelong - Lachie Jacques (Geelong Falcons/ VIC C)
Pick 43 - Essendon - Lennox Hofman (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M) [St Kilda elected not to match]
Pick 44 - St Kilda - Kayle Gerreyn (West Perth/ WA)
Pick 45 - Western Bulldogs - Harry O'Farrell (Calder Cannons/ VIC M)
Pick 46 - Port Adelaide - Noah Mraz (Dandenong Stingrays/ VIC C)
Pick 47 - Gold Coast - Archer Day-Wicks (Bendigo Pioneers/ VIC C)
Pick 48 - Collingwood - Charlie Nicholls (Central Districts/ SA)
Pick 49 - Essendon - Sam Davidson (Richmond VFL)
Pick 50 - Essendon - Charlie West (WWT Eagles/ SA)
Pick 51 - GWS - Logan Smith (GWS Academy/ ACT) [Matched Bid, Used pick 52 to match)
Pick 52 - Collingwood - Josh Dolan (Sandringham Dragons/Vic M)
Pick 53 - Geelong - Clancy Dennis (Claremont/WA)
Pick 54 - Adelaide - Tyler Welsh (WWT Eagles/ SA) [Matched Bid, using pick 59]
Pick 55 Collingwood - Floyd Burmeister (GWV Rebels/VIC C)
Pick 56 - Sydney - Zak Johnson (Northern Knights/ VIC M)

Round 4
Pick 57 - Gold Coast - Rhys Unwin (GWV Rebels/ VIC C)
Pick 58 - West Coast - Malakai Champion (Subiaco/ WA) [Matched Bid, used pick 67]
Pick 59 - North Melbourne - Gabriel Stumpf (Northern Knights/ VIC M)
Pick 60 - Carlton - Jaxon Artemis (South Fremantle/ WA)
Pick 61 - Essendon - Jacob Newton (Norwood/ SA)
Pick 62 - Brisbane - Harry Charlson (GWV Rebels/ VIC C)
Pick 63 - Fremantle - Bailey McKenzie (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)
Pick 64 - Carlton - Tom Bell

Tom Bell

Age

33

Ht

188cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

10.4

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.5

5star

G

0.8

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

0.6

3star

(South Fremantle/ WA)
Pick 65 - Carlton - Lucas Camporaele (Glenelg/ SA)
Pick 66 - Gold Coast - Phoenix Hargrave (South Adelaide/ SA)
Pick 67 - Carlton - Adrian Cole (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M) [Saints no more picks]
Pick 68 - GWS - Cody Angove (Claremont/ WA)
Pick 69 - Geelong
Pick 70 - Gold Coast
Pick 71 - Gold Coast
Pick 72 - Hawthorn

 

[Monocle]

Sorry but I think thatJosh Dolan would be an unlikely selection as we really do not need short & lightweight outside runners. I would prefer a player such as Hugh Boxshall given his height & size. Alternatively, Jack Ough would be a desirable selection but I doubt that he will be available at our 1st selection. Two other mid-fielders who could come under consideration - from my research - with our picks could be Nathan Sulzbergergiven (from Tasmania) with his size & height and/or Luke Urquhart being a fairly powerful & bullocking mid-fielder from WA. OK. Personally, I think that our our 1st & 2nd picks will be directed towards securing a tall key-position forward & a tall key-position defender, respectively, as they are our clear priorities in this draft given the post Grand Final comments of McRae & Leppitsch. The choice of a mid-fielder would also be determined by height & size & potential power given the clear trend towards tall & strong mid-fielders in the fashion of Cripps & Bontompelli amongst others in recent years. Anyway, goodnight & good luck.

Mods ..... WTF is this ?

 

[greening22]

Mods ..... WTF is this ?

Hi Mate

I like to give a comprehensive & timely response. OK. C'est la vie!

 

[PMBangers]

Mods ..... WTF is this ?

Someone who read the RMC draft guide and is now a draft expert if I had to guess

 

[PMBangers]

Also why are people so obsessed with needs in the draft, do you really want your club to take a spud just because they're 195cm instead of a decent small player

 

[ModernArtillery]

Bid I guess Adrian Cole ModernArtillery

I don’t have any picks left I don’t think.

 

[Futbolista]

Well, that was a fantastic phantom draft. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

It looks accurate too. Thanks to all who contributed to it.

While I think of it, were their any players who were a bit unlucky to miss out?

 

[LemmingMaster]

I don’t have any picks left I don’t think.

PMBangers guess it's your pick

 

[LemmingMaster]

Well, that was a fantastic phantom draft. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

It looks accurate too. Thanks to all who contributed to it.

While I think of it, were their any players who were a bit unlucky to miss out?

Picks 29-46 to me is a goldmine of potential. So many interesting prospects that could make it or flop.

 

[blueiris]

Also why are people so obsessed with needs in the draft, do you really want your club to take a spud just because they're 195cm instead of a decent small player

Drafters actually need to take needs into account like ModernArtillery who drafted a running defender when the lions have plenty on the list already

 

[Monocle]

Drafters actually need to take needs into account like ModernArtillery who drafted a running defender when the lions have plenty on the list already

Thats easy fixed, next year you can put your hand up to do the drafting for Brisbane .

 

[PMBangers]

Drafters actually need to take needs into account like ModernArtillery who drafted a running defender when the lions have plenty on the list already

Again, did you want a 195cm potato with legs as opposed to an actually decent player?

 

[PMBangers]

Pick 68 - Cody Angove
182 cm Small Forward

I don't get to watch WA footy as much as I'd like but Angove is one that impressed me every time I got to see him, with his forward craft, footy smarts and disposal all appealing traits that make him a high score involvement player. It's a position we're ridiculously well stocked in obviously, but you can never have TOO many dangerous smalls

Monocle

 

[Monocle]

Pick 68 - Cody Angove
182 cm Small Forward

I don't get to watch WA footy as much as I'd like but Angove is one that impressed me every time I got to see him, with his forward craft, footy smarts and disposal all appealing traits that make him a high score involvement player. It's a position we're ridiculously well stocked in obviously, but you can never have TOO many dangerous smalls

Monocle

Great pick, thats one of my list.

 

[Monocle]

Pick 69. Geelong - Sam Toner - 186 - Forward - Dandenong Stingrays.

Write up latter.

 

[Monocle]

Pick 70. Gold Coast - Nathanial Sulzberger - 187cm - Midfielder/Forward - Sandringham Dragons.

Write up latter.

 

[Monocle]

Pick 71. Gold Coast - Lucas Ravenhill - 199cm - Key Forward - Claremont.

Write up latter.

Chris25 to close the draft out.

 

[Chris25]

Pick 72 Hawthorn - Rome Burgoyne

Without knowing exactly how many list spots Port Adelaide has, I assume they’ll have given themselves enough flexibility to match a late bid. But not in this draft, so I’ll do a sneaky bid and steal.

182cm half back, everything he does with the ball in hand is what you’d expect from the name. Foot skills and decision making is all quality. He just hasn’t quite put it all together yet and general fitness has been a big weak point to this point - but an improving one.

I reckon after a couple of years in an AFL set up, he’ll be well worth the pick here.

 

[Futbolista]

Pick 71. Gold Coast - Lucas Ravenhill - 199cm - Key Forward - Claremont.

Write up latter.

Chris25 to close the draft out.

Whoa! Wasn't expecting that. Great get mate.

 

[LemmingMaster]

Drafters actually need to take needs into account like ModernArtillery who drafted a running defender when the lions have plenty on the list already

First pick is Ashcroft - Did you want him to not match the bid?
Second pick is Marshall - Did you want him to not match the bid?

Pick 62 - Brisbane - Harry Charlson (GWV Rebels/ VIC C)

I am assuming this is your first issue with his draft. Let's be honest, at this point in the draft it is a lottery and getting upset by this selection is a little noval. Feel free to suggest an option you would have preferred. We can look back with hindsight and see if Modern's selections was better than yours?

 

[LemmingMaster]

Pick 68 - Cody Angove
182 cm Small Forward

I don't get to watch WA footy as much as I'd like but Angove is one that impressed me every time I got to see him, with his forward craft, footy smarts and disposal all appealing traits that make him a high score involvement player. It's a position we're ridiculously well stocked in obviously, but you can never have TOO many dangerous smalls

Monocle

I literally thought he was taken...

 

[eDPS]

Essendon Summary

Pick 12 - Essendon - Isaac Kako (Calder Cannons/ VIC M) [Matched Bid, used Picks 28 and 31, receive Pick 12]

Pick 40 - Essendon - James Barrat (Bendigo Pioneers/ VIC C)


Pick 43 - Essendon - Lennox Hofman (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M) [St Kilda elected not to match]

Pick 49 - Essendon - Sam Davidson (Richmond VFL)

Pick 50 - Essendon - Charlie West (WWT Eagles/ SA)

Pick 61 - Essendon - Jacob Newton (Norwood/ SA)


I expect Essendon won’t have all these picks during the draft with the club likely to trade back into the top 30 and likely not take this many players but if nothing was traded I’d be very happy with this outcome.

I was able to nail down the holes I feel needed feeling. A gun small forward, key tall at both ends, medium sizes at both ends and a silky skilled half forward. Nguyen likely fills the need for more dash from half back in the rookie draft aswell.

 

[eDPS]

Port Adelaide Summary

Pick 16 - Port Adelaide - Taj Hotton (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)

Pick 31 - Port Adelaide - Jesse Dattoli (Northern Knights/ VIC M)

Pick 38 - Port Adelaide -Will Hayes

40

Will Hayes

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

8.6

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.3

5star

CL

0.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

15.8

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.4

3star

(Claremont/ WA)

Pick 46 - Port Adelaide - Noah Mraz (Dandenong Stingrays/ VIC C)


I went in with a plan for Port Adelaide, midfield depth is an area of improvement for Port who do have a very strong starting midfield crop but there isn’t much quality coming from the SANFL but knowing the current midfield is strong I also wanted midfielders who could play high end footy in other positions to start with aswell.

Port have a fair few talls on their list but not enough are ones you would consider potential stars of the competition, with a list build you don’t want to have too many talls on the list though. I’ve gone with Mraz as I feel he was too good to pass up and has potential to leapfrog BZT/Ratugolea pretty quickly.

I’ll happily take Montgomery and Barrett in the rookie draft

 

[PMBangers]

Pick 69. Geelong - Sam Toner - 186 - Forward - Dandenong Stingrays.

Write up latter.

The other one I was considering, huge upside

 

[briztoon]

Also why are people so obsessed with needs in the draft, do you really want your club to take a spud just because they're 195cm instead of a decent small player

Yes.

 

[blueiris]

Again, did you want a 195cm potato with legs as opposed to an actually decent player?

Yeah I have no problem with that sometimes the late Key forwards turn out great