Analysis 2024 National Draft

[LemmingMaster]

Sunday relaxing day and I thought I would put out some names and a rough ranking. This is with a Carlton focus, very unsure about where our picks will end up. The Campo boys I feel we may get cheaper than we initially thought years ago. B Campo might be worth considering matching a bid from pick 25 onwards, anything before that, it might be worth skipping.

1. Ashcroft
2. Draper
3. Lalor
4. Lombard
5. Reid
6. Smith
7. Langford
8. FOS
9. Lindsay
10. Travaglia
11. Hannaford
12. Berry
13. Marshall
14. Tauru
15. Smillie
16. Hotton
17. Davis
18. Dattoli
19. Kako
20. Dodson
21. Armstrong
22. Trainor
23. Allan
24. Hynes
25. J Whitlock
26. M Whitlock
27. Shanahan
28. Anderson
29. Ough
30. Gross

 

[macky99]

Sunday relaxing day and I thought I would put out some names and a rough ranking. This is with a Carlton focus, very unsure about where our picks will end up. The Campo boys I feel we may get cheaper than we initially thought years ago. B Campo might be worth considering matching a bid from pick 25 onwards, anything before that, it might be worth skipping.

1. Ashcroft
2. Draper
3. Lalor
4. Lombard
5. Reid
6. Smith
7. Langford
8. FOS
9. Lindsay
10. Travaglia
11. Hannaford
12. Berry
13. Marshall
14. Tauru
15. Smillie
16. Hotton
17. Davis
18. Dattoli
19. Kako
20. Dodson
21. Armstrong
22. Trainor
23. Allan
24. Hynes
25. J Whitlock
26. M Whitlock
27. Shanahan
28. Anderson
29. Ough
30. Gross

Highly doubt Smillie would be outside 10.
Also expect Trainor to be 10-15 he will too good to pass up slipping that far, long term key defender.
Also Armstrong would expect to be top 8, he won't slip to 21.

 

[Ninja Worrier]

Highly doubt Smillie would be outside 10.
Also expect Trainor to be 10-15 he will too good to pass up slipping that far, long term key defender.
Also Armstrong would expect to be top 8, he won't slip to 21.

It's a list for CFC not a mock draft.....nice effort LM

 

[LemmingMaster]

Highly doubt Smillie would be outside 10.
Also expect Trainor to be 10-15 he will too good to pass up slipping that far, long term key defender.
Also Armstrong would expect to be top 8, he won't slip to 21.

If I am recruiting for Carlton, then Smillie drops out of the top 10. Trainor with a combination of head knocks and not being a massive pressing need, he would also drop to where I placed him with regards to Carlton drafting.
Armstrong, another player that if those other 20 names are taken and he happens to fall to our pick then he is too good to pass up. We have Curnow and McKay on our list, Armstrong is also not a pressing need.

 

[Ninja Worrier]

Noticed we drafted Bevan Smillie in 1991 from North Ringwood, now 50 y old.....any relation to Josh? Unfortunately Bevan was only 100 games short for FS

 

[carlton_99]

Noticed we drafted Bevan Smillie in 1991 from North Ringwood, now 50 y old.....any relation to Josh? Unfortunately Bevan was only 100 games short for FS

Yeh it's his son

 

[BigFrizz36]

Noticed we drafted Bevan Smillie in 1991 from North Ringwood, now 50 y old.....any relation to Josh? Unfortunately Bevan was only 100 games short for FS

He's the guy that Shane Crawford told
us about on the front bar this year. Our scout went to watch Crawf play a game (assuming Assumption college) and he kicked 12 goals on Smillie. Come draft might we selected Smillie not Crawford.

Shane does neglect to say that he was gone long before our 1st pick and that we took Smillie in the 70's. It's a good story though.

 

[ianh]

Bevan is Josh's son? How old was he when we drafted him?

 

[BigFrizz36]

Bevan is Josh's son? How old was he when we drafted him?

We drafted him in 1991 which is 33 years ago.

 

[teagueyubeauty]

He's the guy that Shane Crawford told
us about on the front bar this year. Our scout went to watch Crawf play a game (assuming Assumption college) and he kicked 12 goals on Smillie. Come draft might we selected Smillie not Crawford.

Shane does neglect to say that he was gone long before our 1st pick and that we took Smillie in the 70's. It's a good story though.

Sheesh, he must have been absolutely amazing in the other games ShaneO watched.

12 goals against in one game and he still got picked

ShaneO was our best at finding nuggets in the weeds, wasn’t that good at picking near the top of the draft


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[BigFrizz36]

Sheesh, he must have been absolutely amazing in the other games ShaneO watched.

12 goals against in one game and he still got picked

ShaneO was our best at finding nuggets in the weeds, wasn’t that good at picking near the top of the draft


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Crawford was the best from that draft easily from memory. Our first pick was Matty Hogg who was close to next best and a premiership player for us.

 

[carlton_99]

To those who follow the under 18s closely are there players in the top 20 that can realistically play straight away in 2025 that fill positions of need (i.e., small forward, outside midfielder with pace/skills and key defender)? Or are these more likely players that will need a year or two to break in.

 

[TerryWallet]

I hope EP's mail is as accurate as in the past.

If we can add 12 to 11 in THIS draft, that is ideal imo. Each draft is unique. In some drafts, 11 and 12 can be so so picks. In THIS draft i think 11 and 12 are Premium Picks.

Those picks, along with 2 Campo's and Walker should consolidate our list going into the Tassie draft and hopefully near future drafts with only high teens picks.

If Voss, and the new fitness boss are any good, they've got enough cattle. Voss must put faith into some youth. Not peg them as passengers, but actually invest faith in them. Fitness boss sounds good , and sans the perenially injured delistees, should have us back in working shape next year.

Gotta take advantage of our slip up this year landing us 11. 11 and 12 would be fantastic for our list. Happy to be low level players in trade week to score big at THIS draft.

 

[bradfisher14]

To those who follow the under 18s closely are there players in the top 20 that can realistically play straight away in 2025 that fill positions of need (i.e., small forward, outside midfielder with pace/skills and key defender)? Or are these more likely players that will need a year or two to break in.

I reckon all but the key position types will have an impact on their teams next season.

 

[carlton_99]

I reckon all but the key position types will have an impact on their teams next season.

Thanks mate - probably an obvious question. All for hitting the draft hard but just want to be confident that the players can have a pretty immediate impact. As much as we want to build sustained success it is still important that we are looking to make the most of our current window.

 

[LemmingMaster]

I hope EP's mail is as accurate as in the past.

If we can add 12 to 11 in THIS draft, that is ideal imo. Each draft is unique. In some drafts, 11 and 12 can be so so picks. In THIS draft i think 11 and 12 are Premium Picks.

Those picks, along with 2 Campo's and Walker should consolidate our list going into the Tassie draft and hopefully near future drafts with only high teens picks.

If Voss, and the new fitness boss are any good, they've got enough cattle. Voss must put faith into some youth. Not peg them as passengers, but actually invest faith in them. Fitness boss sounds good , and sans the perenially injured delistees, should have us back in working shape next year.

Gotta take advantage of our slip up this year landing us 11. 11 and 12 would be fantastic for our list. Happy to be low level players in trade week to score big at THIS draft.

How did he say we're getting our hands on pick 12?

 

[TerryWallet]

How did he say we're getting our hands on pick 12?

Future First. I suppose with the added capital coming from any one of, or combo of Owies, Kennedy or 31.

 

[GT619]

I hope EP's mail is as accurate as in the past.

If we can add 12 to 11 in THIS draft, that is ideal imo. Each draft is unique. In some drafts, 11 and 12 can be so so picks. In THIS draft i think 11 and 12 are Premium Picks.

Those picks, along with 2 Campo's and Walker should consolidate our list going into the Tassie draft and hopefully near future drafts with only high teens picks.

If Voss, and the new fitness boss are any good, they've got enough cattle. Voss must put faith into some youth. Not peg them as passengers, but actually invest faith in them. Fitness boss sounds good , and sans the perenially injured delistees, should have us back in working shape next year.

Gotta take advantage of our slip up this year landing us 11. 11 and 12 would be fantastic for our list. Happy to be low level players in trade week to score big at THIS draft.

sounds like we know who we want at 11 and potentially 12

 

[GoBlues!]

Thanks mate - probably an obvious question. All for hitting the draft hard but just want to be confident that the players can have a pretty immediate impact. As much as we want to build sustained success it is still important that we are looking to make the most of our current window.

The youth will replace the likes of Martin, Marchbank, Cuners who frankly were contributing sfa to our current window.

 

[Juice030103]

Great to have Eric back. Hope what he says is the mostly likely scenario is what eventuates. I rate Ben campo very highly so adding two other first rounders to this haul would give us 3 exciting young players of the future which is what we desperately need


if we were to acquire two firsts this year, I would be stunned if one of those picks wasn’t used on berry, seems an obvious need. I’d like to think the other pick is also someone who is quick or at least not slow

 

[CCurnow3votes]

Unfortunately there is a McGuane. But he's got nothing on Cody

I didn’t see Cody in the juniors game before the GF. Was he injured?

 

[tarczonandjane]

Unfortunately there is a McGuane. But he's got nothing on Cody

Mick didn’t play enough games with us to get him as father son?

 

[Coona Blues]

I didn’t see Cody in the juniors game before the GF. Was he injured?

A year younger, not eligible.

 

[DangerousD]

The youth will replace the likes of Martin, Marchbank, Cuners who frankly were contributing sfa to our current window.

Good way of putting it, but then you need to replace the players you trade with other role players.

If we trade any of Owies, Kennedy, Carrol and Young, we need AFL ready replacements

 

[Ninja Worrier]

A hypothetical for the draft gurus...if we secure 12 from GC and have the list spots....come 12 there is a player on the board that the swans really like.....do you do 12 for 18&19 (and whatever other pick swaps) and if so who do you eye off with those picks?