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

 

[beside the seaside]

When's Twomeys next mock come out?

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

Player ratings 31-46

We have a pick in this range who would you pick?

If we don't take a tall earlier, Barrat could be an option here. Dodson possibly. I like Dettoli & Oliver, but think they get taken earlier.

 

[bakes10]

I feel like selecting our first two picks is very simple. Take whoever is available out of

O'Sullivan
Draper
Smith
Lalor
Langford
Smilie
Reid
Lindsay

Those are the top 8 mids excluding academy picks. We have picks 7 and 8. So get two of them

Makes too much sense! I’ll pretend this scenario doesn’t exist so that I can continue reading through 499 more pages of countless other scenarios over the next month (only for us to do exactly what you’ve said)

 

[TheJackal]

Player ratings 31-46

We have a pick in this range who would you pick?

If we get 2 of the top 6 mids, then Jack Ough followed by Cole, Lenny & mini Frankie we've killed it.

Whoever gets Ough has grabbed this year's Bont... there I said it

 

[RonDogsSainters]

All I can say is if we get sucked into another half back flanker I will spew. Regardless how good Travaglia is..

 

[MOLTEN GANGLANDS]

All I can say is if we get sucked into another half back flanker I will spew. Regardless how good Travaglia is..

yeah, if only we'd drafted ward/hobbs/chesser instead of that spud Nasiah...

 

[Tommy Wigs]

Player ratings 31-46

We have a pick in this range who would you pick?

We don’t need a Harry Oliver, but someone is going to get a good one.

I am so intrigued by Davis. Did so well against men and seems to be forgotten.

This is probably the place to get a KPD, but whether there is a genuine option that isn’t a bit too much like Cole in skill set is another thing. I suspect O’Farrell is a bit better than this and has slid with injuries.

 

[GYoung]

The Mongrel Punt Mock Draft has us taking Langford and Smilie

The Wolfman's 2024 Phantom Draft - V 2.0 - The Mongrel Punt

Phantom Draft time, and nobody knows the field as well as The Wolfman. Here are his picks ahead of the 2025 AFL Draft

themongrelpunt.com

 

[Miha]

The Mongrel Punt Mock Draft has us taking Langford and Smilie

The Wolfman's 2024 Phantom Draft - V 2.0 - The Mongrel Punt

Phantom Draft time, and nobody knows the field as well as The Wolfman. Here are his picks ahead of the 2025 AFL Draft

themongrelpunt.com

Yes please and thank you

 

[St Neil]

The North Melbourne draft thread has been illuminating.

As Significant has said, there's no guarantee that they will go for a key position player, and they indeed prefer to just grab the best available player at 2, which would be pretty disappointing. Frankly, I think that would be a dumb move from the kangaroos, but hey, it's their list, their future.

But it would leave us with no choice out of the top 6 midfielders. As far as key position players, a lot of them are still talking about grabbing the sliding Luke Trainor, who's from an intergenerational kangaroo family, but they still need to find that pick to get him with - At the moment, they don't have anything until pick 62 or something.

I don't know what they will do, but I wonder if SOS is considering pulling the trigger on a trade up to 2 with our 8 and 32.

I think it could be a reason why we might be considering splitting pick 8 on draft night.

If North drafts a mid with pick 2 then our pick 7 will land the last of the big 7 mids. Pick 8 then becomes the pivotal pick with the best of the rest to come.

Such a scenario would make pick 8 very valuable. I’d go shopping with a pick swap with either Richmond and GWS. Whoever offers the better deal.


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[Dard Ball Get]

The Mongrel Punt Mock Draft has us taking Langford and Smilie

The Wolfman's 2024 Phantom Draft - V 2.0 - The Mongrel Punt

Phantom Draft time, and nobody knows the field as well as The Wolfman. Here are his picks ahead of the 2025 AFL Draft

themongrelpunt.com

 

[Jay Beast]

It was actually 2.86 ....I think

The Hoff

 

[Dr Spaceman]

The Mongrel Punt Mock Draft has us taking Langford and Smilie

The Wolfman's 2024 Phantom Draft - V 2.0 - The Mongrel Punt

Phantom Draft time, and nobody knows the field as well as The Wolfman. Here are his picks ahead of the 2025 AFL Draft

themongrelpunt.com

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[Jay Beast]

Not sure if posted but super interesting on key elements of athletic profile.
Thinking Smilie v Langford

 

[BrutThough]

Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' October ranking

AFL.com.au's draft guru Cal Twomey delivers his fourth Phantom Form Guide ahead of the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft

www.afl.com.au

 

[stavro#4]

Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' October ranking

AFL.com.au's draft guru Cal Twomey delivers his fourth Phantom Form Guide ahead of the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft

www.afl.com.au

Murphy Reid absolutely holding up in his Form Guides.

Makes it interesting.

As is Tauru firmly being nestled into his top 10.

 

[BarkerFan]

Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' October ranking

AFL.com.au's draft guru Cal Twomey delivers his fourth Phantom Form Guide ahead of the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft

www.afl.com.au

honestly, any 2 of those first 9 (considering we end up at 8 and 9 after Ashcroft bid) look very promising... 8 are midfielers meaning we get 1 highly rated midfielder at pick 7 and then we can get either another midfielder or the flying viking, or get a great trade out of 8 if some other club loves the flying viking more than us.. or whoever is left at that stage

We really are in quite a nice spot, especially with those 2 picks back to back

 

[Significant]

Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' October ranking

AFL.com.au's draft guru Cal Twomey delivers his fourth Phantom Form Guide ahead of the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft

www.afl.com.au

Barrels check out Cal's latest Mock Draft. We get Smillie and Tauru!

 

[triggering bro]

Murphy Reid absolutely holding up in his Form Guides.

Makes it interesting.

As is Tauru firmly being nestled into his top 10.

The BF draft experts don’t rate Reid as nearly as high as Twomey. It’ll be interesting to see if Twomey’s phantom draft reflects his personal rankings.

 

[BrutThough]

honestly, any 2 of those first 9 (considering we end up at 8 and 9 after Ashcroft bid) look very promising... 8 are midfielers meaning we get 1 highly rated midfielder at pick 7 and then we can get either another midfielder or the flying viking, or get a great trade out of 8 if some other club loves the flying viking more than us.. or whoever is left at that stage

We really are in quite a nice spot, especially with those 2 picks back to back

Any of his first 12, except for Armstrong, would be a good haul for us.

But I cant get behind us using one of those picks on a key forward.

 

[sammm]

All I can say is if we get sucked into another half back flanker I will spew. Regardless how good Travaglia is..

pick 7 and 8 HBF i will not be happy either.

 

[stavro#4]

The BF draft experts don’t rate Reid as nearly as high as Twomey. It’ll be interesting to see if Twomey’s phantom draft reflects his personal rankings.

Whilst it won’t be how it plays out.

Twomeys form guides tend to reflect the opinion of recruiters. A few months ago when he first had Langford in his top 3 (or so) and then the wider football community wouldn’t shut up about him.

The fact Reid is still so high and Twomey still remarks that he is a top 5 chance is probably more the realistic view as opposed to the big footy posters who fall in love with highlights and attributes more than actual football capability.

 

[Significant]

Whilst it won’t be how it plays out.

Twomeys form guides tend to reflect the opinion of recruiters. A few months ago when he first had Langford in his top 3 (or so) and then the wider football community wouldn’t shut up about him.

The fact Reid is still so high and Twomey still remarks that he is a top 5 chance is probably more the realistic view as opposed to the big footy posters who fall in love with highlights and attributes more than actual football capability.

Makes me think the most divisive outcome for out picks may be whether we take both Langford and Smillie if they drop that far.

 

[stavro#4]

October 2023 Form Guide (Draft position)

Reid (1)
Walter (3)
Duursma (4)
Mckercher (2)
Watson (5)
Curtain (8)
Sanders (6)
Caddy (10)
Read (9)
O’Sullivan (11)

Windsor was listed at 11 (drafted 7)

Idea for accuracy and comparison. Tauru looks to represent Windsors rise from last seasons draft

Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' October ranking

 

[BrutThough]

October 2023 Form Guide (Draft position)

Reid (1)
Walter (3)
Duursma (4)
Mckercher (2)
Watson (5)
Curtain (8)
Sanders (6)
Caddy (10)
Read (9)
O’Sullivan (11)

Windsor was listed at 11 (drafted 7)

Idea for accuracy and comparison. Tauru looks to represent Windsors rise from last seasons draft

Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' October ranking

Looking at this list, it's hard to believe Wilson fell to pick 18. An absolute steal for us.