2024 Draft Thread.

[Mat Mann]

Draft Period, November 20–21

• Round 1 of the National Draft: Wednesday, November 20
• Round 2–end of the National Draft: Thursday, November 21
• Rookie Promotions: Thursday, November 21, after the National Draft
• Delisted Free Agency Period (3): Thursday, November 21, after the National Draft
• List Lodgement 3*: Friday, November 22, 10am (optional; required for those participating in the PSD)
• Pre-Season Draft: Friday, November 22, 3pm
• Rookie Draft: Friday, November 22, 3.20pm

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

Personally I'm happy with all of our picks aside from 32 for Barrat. Nothing against him, I just thought after our first two picks, we had different areas of need. Obviously a mid would have been nice, but I think Jack Whitlock would have made more sense since we lack height.

Drafting is basically just gambling, so at the end of the day it doesn't really matter, just on paper it's a little confusing.

Barrat for me is the Battle replacement & we want the Viking taking screamers at C.H.F yeah.

 

[L_W_P]

Rekon Cole fell off when we picked up Barrat. Don't think the club expected to land both him and Tauru which shifted things.

Hof was like Biggie a few years back - Probably happy to rookie him but if he got a senior spot we'd let him go. Sounds like we had the Irish lad lined up in the event we didn't get either NGA kid.

Hope Elwood still gets a crack but, realistically, he's Baily Rice 2.0 and if he wasn't a father/son we wouldn't even be thinking about him.

Can't fault the list build overall. We've filled the depth chart across the board so competition for spots is going to be fierce!

 

[stavro#4]

 

[Remboy]

But he is one of those mentioned with regards to freeing up the salary cap

Ross might be jumping the gun a little bit. Like when he retired Steven Baker. I think he is resigned to Crouch not making it back.
Even without him though we’d still be freeing up cap space with Membrey, Ross and Battle leaving.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

This should be more than enough compensation for us not picking a Sandy dud to take up one of our valuable list spots.

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

So, with the recruitment of Eamon Armstrong today, our list of 44 is completed.
Primary list- 38
Cat A rookies-4, Caminiti, Crouch, Hall & McLennan
Cat B rookies-2, Armstrong & O'Connell

 

[BucketsandBanger]

Feel a bit bad for Cole, hope he gets rookied by someone else. Having your dream ripped out from under you after almost being a certainty to be drafted by someone in the lead up must be tough.

 

[Remboy]

Rekon Cole fell off when we picked up Barrat. Don't think the club expected to land both him and Tauru which shifted things.

Hof was like Biggie a few years back - Probably happy to rookie him but if he got a senior spot we'd let him go. Sounds like we had the Irish lad lined up in the event we didn't get either NGA kid.

Hope Elwood still gets a crack but, realistically, he's Baily Rice 2.0 and if he wasn't a father/son we wouldn't even be thinking about him.

Can't fault the list build overall. We've filled the depth chart across the board so competition for spots is going to be fierce!

Most of our draftees have played more than one position. Cole is full back and that’s all. They had a choice between Coke and Barrat and went for the latter.
If a mic had slipped through to our forest we might have taken Hoffman but once we took Travaglia he probably wasn’t needed. I’m glad he got picked up.
Elwood is a mid/forward, Rice was a small defender. I think Elwood’s got more going for him.

 

[hangdog]

So, with the recruitment of Eamon Armstrong today, our list of 44 is completed.
Primary list- 38
Cat A rookies-4, Camimiti, Crouch, Hall & McLennan
Cat B rookies-2, Armstrong & O'Connell

I have us with 42 players (assuming Crouch isn't coming back).

 

[Remboy]

Feel a bit bad for Cole, hope he gets rookied by someone else. Having your dream ripped out from under you after almost being a certainty to be drafted by someone in the lead up must be tough.

AFL footy is a tough gig. I still hope he signs with Sandy. He only needs to look at Wilkie to see that anything is possible.

 

[Armoooo]

Feel a bit bad for Cole, hope he gets rookied by someone else. Having your dream ripped out from under you after almost being a certainty to be drafted by someone in the lead up must be tough.

100%, would be shattering.

Reckon Collingwood will snap him up.

 

[L_W_P]

Elwood is a mid/forward, Rice was a small defender. I think Elwood’s got more going for him.

Yeah didn't mean functionally, as a player.

More that; If his name was Elwood Blues we probably wouldn't be wondering if he was getting a rookie deal or not.

 

[StCicatriz]

This should be more than enough compensation for us not picking a Sandy dud to take up one of our valuable list spots.

its not the club impacted. its the player.

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

I have us with 42 players (assuming Crouch isn't coming back).

Crouch is a contracted rookie, regardless of whether he plays or not.
Pretty sure with the upgrades of Heath & Sharman, our primary list is at 38.

 

[Yawkey way]

I always thought that Dawson was the Jar Jar Binks of the AFL world. Can't picture him with the grizzled bearded face and determined eyes.

Doing well Zac.

 

[Yawkey way]

its not the club impacted. its the player.

Which player would that be ?

 

[Yawkey way]

So do we any list spots or not ?

 

[botts]

I would rather pick up peckett than crouch.

 

[StCicatriz]

Which player would that be ?

you'd have to ask them. but if the expectation was set with the players that one of them would be picked up on the rookie list, only to then go away from it, it's not good.

 

[The Jack]

Yeah didn't mean functionally, as a player.

More that; If his name was Elwood Blues we probably wouldn't be wondering if he was getting a rookie deal or not.

Too busy putting the band back together!

 

[Sippa]

I would rather pick up peckett than crouch.

We don’t have a choice he’s contracted

 

[botts]

We don’t have a choice he’s contracted

Still, would rather just pay him out.

 

[Yawkey way]

you'd have to ask them. but if the expectation was set with the players that one of them would be picked up on the rookie list, only to then go away from it, it's not good.

I don’t think anyone who matters gives a rats to be honest. I’m sure how many times we have to go over the same ground, it’s a stupid idea with zero benefit to player or club. Anyone up to task doesn’t need it and we have no claim on them.

 

[stavro#4]

Max Knobel to the suns.

Wow

 

[akaifu]

Suns have stolen Max Knobel from Fremantle

Brad Crouch

5

Brad Crouch

Age

30

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

26.1

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

14.0

5star

M

2.7

3star

T

5.5

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

20.3

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

9.1

5star

M

1.5

2star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

21.6

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

4.2

5star

CL

2.6

5star

re-rookied