21st Century draft - full 22 edition

[Guardian Hawk]

 

[RUNVS]

I had been looking through old games, trying to jog my memory on players and I had decided to pick Brad Green

Brad Green

Age

43

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

10.3

4star

HB

5.9

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

7.2

2star

K

5.8

3star

HB

1.4

2star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.0

1star

G

1.4

5star

with my next pick literally 5 minutes ago

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Guardian Hawk.

You're up.

I've just selected JAY SCHULZ.

 

[PhoenixBonez]

I had been looking through old games, trying to jog my memory on players and I had decided to pick Brad Green with my next pick literally 5 minutes ago

Sounds like I made a good choice

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Simon Goodwin

Simon Goodwin

Age

47

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

8.8

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.4

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

and Jason Horne-Francis from South Adelaide. Not many players but what a return.

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Pick 262 - Windrunners - Brad Green

Kicked 350 goals across 254 games as a high half forward, providing a lead up target, crumbing option and plenty of grunt/forward pressure.
An especially pleasing number of goals considering he played much of his prime in a severely poorly performing Melbourne team.

Was renowned for his toughness and leadership, even going on to captain the Australian team against Ireland.

Unlucky not to make All Australian (did make the squad - but hardly any of these types of players make the team!) but was a club B&F winner.

FB: Enright - Weitering - Maxwell
HB: Sinclair - Talia - Goddard
C: Merrett - Mitchell- McCluggage
HF: Parker - Darling - B. Green
FF ? - Walker - ?
R: Gawn - Pendlebury - Thompson
B: ? - ? - ? - ?

RedmanWasHere you’re up

Some very good players to come out of the Mariners. I would have taken them all

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Guardian Hawk.

You're up.

I've just selected JAY SCHULZ.

Let me know if you're keen on trading Lukosius.

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Time for me to take 2 x AA Austinn "Aussie" Jones

FB - Prestigiacomo Smith
HB-Jones Lake Houli
C Cooney Priddis Kelly
HF Bell Lucas Robertson
F - Fevola Pickett
R Goodes Francou Brayshaw
Int - - - -
Sub -

Noooo...

One of the first names I wrote down at the start of the draft. Haven't picked him yet given the sheer depth of HBF'ers but considered at the pick I took Gaff for the wing instead. Had some consistency issues and retired early but was an absolute gun at times.

Was a massive favorite of mine as a kid/teen and one of the most popular players at my high school. Fast, dashing, took the game on - was great to watch!

Was going to be the first player I took based on my like for him moreso than a strict resume/output based decision

(Might even post the goal he kicked in the '97 GF)

Here's 4 of his finest, with the '97 GF the last one )

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Let me know if you're keen on trading Lukosius.

Yeah not happening.

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Yeah not happening.

ok. I just saw you had a lot of talls in there.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

ok. I just saw you had a lot of talls in there.

Funny you say that because I was concerned I was going short.

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Funny you say that because I was concerned I was going short.

1.93
1.91
1.95
2.04
1.79
1.79

I guess in terms of that 6'6+ you've got marginally 2.

I think I was looking at their game style. Schulz was always a lead up player probably a Jack Riewoldt clone. Lukosius to me is like Oscar Allen type forward, could be a Jeremy Cameron type.

Then you have McKay AND Bradshaw.

Anyway I think I've got a player in mind.

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Hawthorn wanted to pick a player who can defend the high-quality opposition smalls our opponents have.

We considered a few for this pick, noting some good ones have gone (Nick Smith, Dane Rampe

24

Dane Rampe

Age

34

Ht

187cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.5

4star

MG

358.8

5star

D

14.1

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.1

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

284.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.4

4star

, Nick Vlastuin

1

Nick Vlastuin

Age

30

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.7

4star

MG

269.3

4star

D

13.3

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

4.3

3star

M

4.9

5star

T

1.8

3star

MG

257.6

4star

D

20.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

8.8

5star

M

7.4

5star

T

2.8

5star

, Brad Sheppard, Sean Dempster

Sean Dempster

Age

40

Ht

191cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

8.3

3star

HB

4.9

4star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.3

4star

MG

204.6

3star

No current season stats available

D

9.2

3star

K

4.8

2star

HB

4.4

4star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.6

4star

, etc.)

These guys tend to be underrated players so are harder to find through the usual methods (awards, etc).

A few I considered are Neville Jetta

39

Neville Jetta

Age

34

Ht

180cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.7

3star

K

6.3

2star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.2

3star

T

3.2

5star

MG

141.3

2star

D

7.0

1star

K

2.8

1star

HB

4.3

3star

M

1.3

1star

T

1.5

2star

MG

64.0

1star

D

11.0

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.8

4star

(underrated as a shut down player), Michael Hibberd

14

Michael Hibberd

Age

34

Ht

186cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.4

5star

K

13.1

5star

HB

8.3

5star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

326.6

4star

D

16.8

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

6.8

4star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.4

2star

MG

326.6

5star

D

19.2

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

5.6

5star

T

2.0

4star

(similar), Stiffy Johncock and perhaps with some club bias, Ben Stratton and Blake Hardwick

15

Blake Hardwick

Age

27

Ht

183cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.8

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.1

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.7

4star

MG

264.7

4star

D

13.8

3star

K

9.8

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.7

3star

MG

264.7

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.4

4star

.

In the end, I've chosen someone whose defensive capabilities go a little unnoticed sometimes but he is actually very good at shutting out opposition smalls BUT also adds plenty of offensive drive as well, with dash, running bounces and clever kicks.

Hawthorn selects......Adam Saad

42

Adam Saad

Age

30

Ht

178cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.5

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.7

4star

MG

349.1

5star

D

20.7

5star

K

12.0

5star

HB

8.7

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.4

3star

MG

388.3

5star

D

17.6

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.2

3star

.

whatwhatsaywhat

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Hawthorn wanted to pick a player who can defend the high-quality opposition smalls our opponents have.

We considered a few for this pick, noting some good ones have gone (Nick Smith, Dane Rampe, Nick Vlastuin, Brad Sheppard, Sean Dempster, etc.)

These guys tend to be underrated players so are harder to find through the usual methods (awards, etc).

A few I considered are Neville Jetta (underrated as a shut down player), Michael Hibberd (similar), Stiffy Johncock and perhaps with some club bias, Ben Stratton and Blake Hardwick.

In the end, I've chosen someone whose defensive capabilities go a little unnoticed sometimes but he is actually very good at shutting out opposition smalls BUT also adds plenty of offensive drive as well, with dash, running bounces and clever kicks.

Hawthorn selects......Adam Saad.

whatwhatsaywhat

Seriously HAWK, you've just mentioned a player on my list and now everyone knows about him. He was a well kept secret. Thanks mate.

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Seriously HAWK, you've just mentioned a player on my list and now everyone knows about him. He was a well kept secret. Thanks mate.

Sorry!

After I've whinged about it all thread too!

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Sorry!

After I've whinged about it all thread too!

HAHA, I've mentioned players myself so it's in jest. I just mentioned a forward.

 

[whatwhatsaywhat]

he's been mentioned a couple of times in this thread and has yet to been picked, but he gives me another super speedy outside type who can also go forward, AND played a heap of games on ball as well, but for starters... daniel wells, that wing spot is yours

B: ? - Steven May

1

Steven May

Age

32

Ht

193cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

10.5

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

307.3

4star

D

15.5

4star

K

12.1

5star

HB

3.4

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

0.5

1star

MG

378.4

5star

D

12.4

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

- Jake Lever

8

Jake Lever

Age

28

Ht

194cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

4.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.3

3star

MG

242.0

4star

D

9.6

2star

K

6.5

3star

HB

3.1

2star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

2star

MG

145.4

3star

D

16.0

4star

K

11.0

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

6.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

189.8

4star

HB: Luke Hodge - Chris Tarrant

Chris Tarrant

Age

43

Ht

193cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.2

3star

K

8.3

3star

HB

3.9

3star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

3.2

1star

K

2.6

1star

HB

0.6

1star

M

1.2

2star

T

1.8

4star

- Kade Simpson

6

Kade Simpson

Age

40

Ht

183cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

14.0

5star

HB

7.3

5star

M

5.7

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

409.0

5star

D

16.3

4star

K

11.9

5star

HB

4.4

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

0.8

1star

MG

258.6

4star

D

2.0

1star

K

1.2

1star

HB

0.8

1star

M

0.8

1star

T

1.6

4star

C: Daniel Wells

Daniel Wells

Age

39

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.3

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

7.5

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

10.6

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

3star

- Sam Walsh

18

Sam Walsh

Age

24

Ht

184cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.1

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

5.1

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

3.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

26.2

5star

K

15.4

5star

HB

10.8

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

4.8

5star

- Peter Burgoyne

Peter Burgoyne

Age

46

Ht

183cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.6

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

7.1

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

15.0

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

0.8

3star

HF: Kane Lambert

23

Kane Lambert

Age

32

Ht

178cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.7

5star

K

9.5

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

3.5

5star

G

0.6

4star

D

17.3

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.6

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.1

4star

G

0.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.2

3star

- Cameron Mooney

Cameron Mooney

Age

44

Ht

195cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.5

3star

K

8.2

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

5.8

5star

T

1.1

3star

G

1.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

3.6

1star

K

2.4

1star

HB

1.2

2star

M

0.8

1star

T

0.2

3star

G

0.0

1star

- James McDonald
F: ? - Tom Lynch - Aaron Davey
Foll: Todd Goldstein

17

Todd Goldstein

Age

36

Ht

201cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

5.7

2star

HB

7.5

5star

CL

3.1

5star

HO

32.5

5star

D

16.7

4star

K

9.3

4star

HB

7.4

4star

CL

7.0

5star

HO

32.9

5star

D

5.2

2star

K

2.6

1star

HB

2.6

3star

HO

10.0

5star

- Jordan Lewis

Jordan Lewis

Age

38

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.5

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

11.5

5star

M

5.5

5star

T

2.7

4star

MG

310.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

15.0

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

8.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.8

5star

- Jack Viney

7

Jack Viney

Age

30

Ht

179cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.1

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

12.6

5star

M

2.8

3star

T

5.7

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

21.8

5star

K

10.3

4star

HB

11.5

5star

M

2.5

3star

T

4.5

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

13.4

4star

K

8.6

4star

HB

4.8

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

I/c: ? - ? - ? - ?

 

[RUNVS]

Sphynx

 

[whatwhatsaywhat]

yr up, Sphynx

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Sphynx I'm looking forward to your pick

 

[Mr Meow]

Hi Sphynx hope you're having a nice day.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Somebody is Sphynxing over their pick.

 

[MarcMaverick]

Sphynx

yr up, Sphynx

Both of your Avatars look like they could have convo.

 

[RUNVS]

Both of your Avatars look like they could have convo.

Yeah but his is just an angry old man, mine is an out of touch old man who doesn't mind sending hundreds of thousands of people to their deaths using outdated military tactics

 

[ArdentEagle]

he's been mentioned a couple of times in this thread and has yet to been picked, but he gives me another super speedy outside type who can also go forward, AND played a heap of games on ball as well, but for starters... daniel wells, that wing spot is yours

B: ? - Steven May - Jake Lever
HB: Luke Hodge - Chris Tarrant - Kade Simpson
C: Daniel Wells - Sam Walsh - Peter Burgoyne
HF: Kane Lambert - Cameron Mooney - James McDonald
F: ? - Tom Lynch - Aaron Davey
Foll: Todd Goldstein - Jordan Lewis - Jack Viney
I/c: ? - ? - ? - ?

Great pick up.
I very nearly picked him up but just went Westhoff for my structure

 

[Lingsface]

Thanks. Shannon Grant was the missing piece. My only concern, maybe I'm overthinking it is my two tall defenders. I think they're great but they aren't as good as Scarlo. I think you're realistically defending 3 talls. The third is usually a 1.95m tall third man up. I think Howe has good smarts and awareness for ball tracking and provides a quality third man up defender, and don't undestimate Birchall to defend either. Hurn is a solid choice too. My last defender I'm not entirely sure what I want now that Kade Simpson is gone. I'd like to experiment with Ballard but he's still a way to go.

Yeah I thought about Beau Waters but didn’t realise till I checked how little amount of games he played. Bryce Gibbs might be ok off a half back flank.