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

 

[bakes10]

Travaglia, Allan, Lindsay, Hotton all flankers only with some potential to play mid one day. We already have Mclennan, Hastie, Shoenmaker, O’Donnell, Hoffman (to be drafted), as long as we avoid them and stick to either genuine mids and key position/rucks, then all good.

Nah mate, Lindsay is a full-time mid. Lightly framed but he's Macrae 2.0

 

[Armoooo]

Feels like the only way we take Reid is if we get a teens pick. Unlikely at 8 given the talk around other names

Reckon you're right.

I don't know why, I'm just not keen on Trav.

I reckon our first goes to Draper/Reid/Smillie/Tarau for sure, if we can't get two of those blokes I think my next two would be Reid then Allan.

 

[Holy Hunter Clark]

Feels like the only way we take Reid is if we get a teens pick. Unlikely at 8 given the talk around other names

He could be the one we target with the trade in the teens if we grab Travaglia/Allan/Lindsay at 8. Still think Reid at 8 would be better though.

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[akaifu]

Before anyone claims Travaglia on Wednesday, I claimed him in June so he is off-limits

 

[akaifu]

Reckon you're right.

I don't know why, I'm just not keen on Trav.

I reckon our first goes to Draper/Reid/Smillie/Tarau for sure, if we can't get two of those blokes I think my next two would be Reid then Allan.

I am a Travaglia connoisseur

I’m a bit sus on his kicking (can be coached as it’s more decision making than execution) but everything else in his game is so appealing. His competitiveness makes me think he’s a safe bet to move into the mids

 

[akaifu]

Nah mate, Lindsay is a full-time mid. Lightly framed but he's Macrae 2.0

I think he is more a taller Gulden rather than a shorter Macrae

Doesn’t have the clearance/contest ability of Macrae but has the run and carry of Gulden and inside/outside balance

 

[Yass03]

I'm far from sold on Travaglia. If a Draper slid to 7 on Wednesday id be hoping we have Allan there at 8 or split. I like the idea of Lindsay but I'm slightly worried he's just gonna turn into another Billings.

 

[Linton Street Saint]

I am a Travaglia connoisseur

I’m a bit sus on his kicking (can be coached as it’s more decision making than execution) but everything else in his game is so appealing. His competitiveness makes me think he’s a safe bet to move into the mids

Competitiveness does not make a mid, it's just one attribute. We HAVE to stop taking flankers with our top end draft picks praying they become elite midfielders. It's truly about as St Kilda as it gets at this stage.

We have to have learnt our lesson by now, please

 

[SaintersUnite]

I don’t want to create mass boner alerts for this board.

But Twomey just said there is a chance - albeit unlikely that Bo Allan goes at 6 and we get 2 of Langford Draper or Smillie at 7 & 8.

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[XhazzafootyX]

We’d be ****ing mad to trade back. Don’t get many top ten picks often

 

[akaifu]

Competitiveness does not make a mid, it's just one attribute. We HAVE to stop taking flankers with our top end draft picks praying they become elite midfielders. It's truly about as St Kilda as it gets at this stage.

We have to have learnt our lesson by now, please

Who are you taking then? Reid? He’s not even in the conversation anymore at 8

 

[Joffaboy]

I am a Travaglia connoisseur

I’m a bit sus on his kicking (can be coached as it’s more decision making than execution) but everything else in his game is so appealing. His competitiveness makes me think he’s a safe bet to move into the mids

If going off Misson said about suiting for games style he and Lindsay would be box seat for pick 8
Slider pick 7 one of those two p8

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[Mowman]

Before anyone claims Travaglia on Wednesday, I claimed him in June so he is off-limits

 

[luca77]

I thought everyone here wanted Murphy Reid at 8? What happened?

I was all for Tauru/Reid, but now there appears likely to be a slider and no Tauru, I'm on Slider/Allan.
Rewatched some Allan highlights and I think there's a pretty awesome ceiling there. And with Macrae and Slider joining Pou and Steele I think we can take our time with him learning the mid craft.

 

[Dard Ball Get]

Before anyone claims Travaglia on Wednesday, I claimed him in June so he is off-limits

There’s only a few embarrassingly lacking in self awareness enough to lay claim to anything, you’re pretty safe

 

[phantom13]

The sheer volume of grown men "claiming" 17 year old boys in this thread is deeply unsettling.

 

[True Blue Saint]

Random question about FS/zones.

If we have a FS prospect that is zoned to another club under the rubbish rules as they stand - which takes precedence? I.E. does the FS club get 1st dibs or the Academy club?

 

[sufficientintent]

I was all for Tauru/Reid, but now there appears likely to be a slider and no Tauru, I'm on Slider/Allan.
Rewatched some Allan highlights and I think there's a pretty awesome ceiling there. And with Macrae and Slider joining Pou and Steele I think we can take our time with him learning the mid craft.

Allan could be the next Elliot Yeo but he could also be the next Sam Gilbert. Smillie also has a huge upside but also huge possibility to bust

Taking Smillie and Allan at 7 & 8 is just about the riskiest play we could make in that scenario

 

[stavro#4]

Random question about FS/zones.

If we have a FS prospect that is zoned to another club under the rubbish rules as they stand - which takes precedence? I.E. does the FS club get 1st dibs or the Academy club?

Player choice.

See Jeff Whites son who is tied to the suns zone

 

[sufficientintent]

Random question about FS/zones.

If we have a FS prospect that is zoned to another club under the rubbish rules as they stand - which takes precedence? I.E. does the FS club get 1st dibs or the Academy club?

All what the player nominates. Nick Blakey is a good example - could have been F/S to North OR Brisbane, but was part of the Swans academy and chose them

 

[True Blue Saint]

Thanks for the answers stavro#4 and sufficientintent

Would be absolutely stoked if we ended up with one of Langford/Draper & Reid/Travaglia

 

[jimmytigs]

any update on time of twomey mock draft?

 

[akaifu]

I’d say it was meant to be a joke but that’d only trigger the boomers even more

 

[Holy Hunter Clark]

The sheer volume of grown men "claiming" 17 year old boys in this thread is deeply unsettling.

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[True Blue Saint]

Wait until you hear about nerds like me that play Football Manager and brag about the latest 17yo wonderkid from Serbia or Ecuador or insert random country here that they've discovered