21st century Mock Draft

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RUNVS

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So this is my thinking. I am thinking this could be an all encompassing 21st century mock draft. This is we line up every player drafted in the 21st century as an 18 year old, knowing the players they became and we decide who goes where.

For the draft order I am thinking the current ladder

So

Pick 1 - North Melbourne
Pick 2 - Richmond
Pick 3 - West Coast
Pick 4 - Adelaide
Pick 5 - St Kilda
Pick 6 - Brisbane
Pick 7 - Hawthorn
Pick 8 - Western Bulldogs
Pick 9 - Melbourne
Pick 10 - Gold Coast
Pick 11 - GWS
Pick 12 - Fremantle
Pick 13 - Collingwood
Pick 14 - Geelong
Pick 15 - Port Adelaide
Pick 16 - Essendon
Pick 17 - Carlton
Pick 18 - Sydney

and so on for 3 rounds.

The rules are to treat this like an actual mock draft, so pick the player who is either best available or best suits your list.

So my general idea is people will nominate a club they want to pick for, and hopefully we get enough people who want to participate so we don't have any double ups. I hope to go for 3 rounds but we will see how it goes.

Now the rule here is that you are only able to pick players who were drafted in the 2000 draft or later, I know technically 2000 is not the 21st century but these players would have only started playing in 2001 which is the 21st century. I have also made some lists of players who have won the All Australian at least 3 times, but also included some other awards too, but by no means do you only need to select from the list.

You are also free to nominate someone who has been retired for 5 years, or if you feel really confident, happy to include a player who is only in their second year, if you believe they have enough talent to be ahead of more established players. For instance it would not surprise me if Nick Daicos or Harley Reid end up in the first or second rounds despite having very little experience compared to a lot of players on this list.

So here we go

Key Forwards
8 – Lance Franklin | 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
5 - Tom Hawkins | 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
5 - Nick Riewoldt | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014
3 - Jeremy Cameron | 2013, 2019, 2022
3 - Josh Kennedy | 2015, 2016, 2017
3 - Jack Riewoldt | 2010, 2015, 2018

Key Defenders
5 - Alex Rance | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
4 - Jeremy McGovern | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Ruckmen
6 - Dean Cox | 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
6 - Max Gawn | 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
4 - Aaron Sandilands | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014
3 - Nick Naitanui | 2012, 2020, 2021

Midfielder
8 – Gary Ablett Jr. | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
8 – Patrick Dangerfield | 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
6 - Chris Judd | 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
6 - Joel Selwood | 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
6 - Scott Pendlebury | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019
5 - Dane Swan | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
5 - Marcus Bontempelli | 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
4 - Dustin Martin | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
4 - Christian Petracca | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
3 - Clayton Oliver | 2018, 2021, 2022
3 - Patrick Cripps | 2018, 2019, 2022
3 - Travis Boak | 2013, 2014, 2020
3 - Josh Kennedy | 2012, 2014, 2016
3 - Sam Mitchell | 2011, 2013, 2015

Other Defenders
5 - Tom Stewart | 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
3 - Luke Hodge | 2005, 2008, 2010

Other Forwards
4 - Cyril Rioli | 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
3 - Eddie Betts | 2015, 2016, 2017
3 - Tom Greene | 2016, 2021, 2023
3 - Robby Grey | 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018

Coleman Medal
4 - Lance Franklin | 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017
3 - Jack Riewoldt | 2010, 2012, 2018
2 - Josh Kennedy | 2015, 2016
2 - Charlie Curnow | 2022, 2023
1 - Tom Hawkins | 2021
1 - Jeremy Carmeron | 2019
1 - Jarryd Roughead | 2013

Norm Smith Medal
3 - Dustin Martin | 2017, 2019, 2020
2 - Luke Hodge | 2008, 2014

Brownlow Medal
2 - Gary Ablett Jnr | 2009, 2013
2 - Nate Fyfe | 2015, 2019
2 - Lachie Neale | 2020, 2023
2 - Chris Judd | 2004, 2010

If I have missed anyone who has 3 All Australians or more feel very free to tell me.

For anyone who wants to refresh their memories

en.wikipedia.org

All-Australian team - Wikipedia

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List of Brownlow Medal winners - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

Norm Smith Medal - Wikipedia

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North Melbourne Sphynx
Richmond reggie
West Coast ArdentEagle
Adelaide eth-dog
St Kilda Mr Meow
Brisbane eth-dog
Hawthorn Guardian Hawk
Western Bulldogs PhoenixBonez
Melbourne MarcMaverick
Gold Coast WilloTree
GWS boncer34
Fremantle Purple7x08_24
Collingwood Fadge
Geelong Lingsface
Port Adelaide whatwhatsaywhat
Essendon RedmanWasHere
Carlton MC Bad Genius
Sydney theasian

If anyone wants to be assigned a specific team please say so. Lets see if this works :p

and so far

Pick 1 - North Melbourne - Lance Franklin
Pick 2 - Richmond - Gary Ablett Jnr
Pick 3 - West Coast - Max Gawn
Pick 4 - Adelaide - Chris Judd
Pick 5 - St Kilda - Patrick Dangerfield
Pick 6 - Brisbane - Dean Cox
Pick 7 - Hawthorn - Nick Riewoldt
Pick 8 - Western Bulldogs - Marcus Bontempelli
Pick 9 - Melbourne - Dustin Martin
Pick 10 - Gold Coast - Josh Kennedy (KPF)
Pick 11 - GWS - Alex Rance
Pick 12 - Fremantle - Charlie Curnow
Pick 13 - Collingwood - Joel Selwood
Pick 14 - Geelong - Nate Fyfe
Pick 15 - Port Adelaide - Tom Stewart
Pick 16 - Essendon - Mark Coughlan
Pick 17 - Carlton - Aaron Sandilands
Pick 18 - Sydney - Brian Lake

Round 2
Pick 19 - North Melbourne - Scott Pendlebury
Pick 20 - Richmond - Jeremy Cameron
Pick 21 - West Coast - Luke Hodge
Pick 22 - Adelaide - Brodie Grundy
Pick 23 - St Kilda - Dane Swan
Pick 24 - Brisbane - Harry Taylor
Pick 25 - Hawthorn - Christian Petracca
Pick 26 - Western Bulldogs - Jeremy McGovern
Pick 27 - Melbourne - Jack Riewoldt
Pick 28 - Gold Coast - Shannon Hurn
Pick 29 - GWS - Jaryd Roughead
Pick 30 - Fremantle - Brendon Goddard
Pick 31 - Collingwood - Tom Hawkins
Pick 32 - Geelong- Zach Merrett
Pick 33 - Port Adelaide - Tom Lynch
Pick 34 - Essendon - Ben McEvoy
Pick 35 - Carlton - Stephen Milne
Pick 36 - Sydney - Taylor Walker

Round 3
Pick 37 - North Melboune - Steve Johnson
Pick 38 - Richmond - Nic Naitanui
Pick 39 - West Coast - Cyril Rioli
Pick 40 - Adelaide - Michael Hurley
Pick 41 - St Kilda - Toby Greene
Pick 42 - Brisbane - Andrew Mackie
Pick 43 - Hawthorn - Harris Andrews
Pick 44 - Western Bulldogs - Eddie Betts
Pick 45 - Melbourne - Lachie Neale
Pick 46 - Gold Coast - Harley Reid
Pick 47 - GWS - Nick Daicos
Pick 48 - Fremantle - Leigh Montagna
Pick 49 - Collingwood - Jacob Weitering
Pick 50 - Geelong - Daniel Kerr
Pick 51 - Port Adelaide - Kysaiah Pickett
Pick 52 - Essendon - Drew Petrie
Pick 53 - Carlton - Nick Blakey
Pick 54 - Sydney - Sam Mitchell

Round 4
Pick 55 - North Melbourne - Darcy Moore
Pick 56 - Richmond - Jimmy Bartel
Pick 57 - West Coast - Patrick Cripps
Pick 58 - Adelaide - Luke Breust
Pick 59 - St Kilda - Shaun Burgoyne
Pick 60 - Brisbane - Steele Sidebottom
Pick 61 - Hawthorn - Steven May
Pick 62 - Western Bulldogs - Josh Gibson
Pick 63 - Melbourne - Mark Blitcavs
Pick 64 - Gold Coast - Michael Walters
Pick 65 - GWS - Bradley Hill
Pick 66 - Fremantle - Izak Rankine
Pick 67 - Collingwood - Josh Kennedy (mid)
Pick 68 - Geelong - Joe Daniher
Pick 69 - Port Adelaide - Clayton Oliver
Pick 70 - Essendon - Daniel Talia
Pick 71 - Carlton - Sam Taylor
Pick 72 - Sydney - Robbie Gray
 
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RUNVS said:
I am personally against it as I simply don't know enough about that era. I mean don't get me wrong, I can name the A+ players, and even the A players, but after that it gets a bit more difficult as I didn't watch much of the era, meaning I couldn't really make many informed choices. Would mean after the stars of the 90's were taken I would have to stick to the 2000's since those are the players I know better.
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I'm happy with either. If it is anyone who played AFL in the 2000s it opens the door to a heap of superstars that weren't available in this comp because it was limited to those who were drafted in the 2000s so maybe that's enough?
 
reggie said:
I'm happy with either. If it is anyone who played AFL in the 2000s it opens the door to a heap of superstars that weren't available in this comp because it was limited to those who were drafted in the 2000s so maybe that's enough?
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Yes. Would prefer it to be opened to anyone who played in the 2000s. Then we can select players like Carey , SOS and Robert Harvey etc
 
reggie said:
I'm happy with either. If it is anyone who played AFL in the 2000s it opens the door to a heap of superstars that weren't available in this comp because it was limited to those who were drafted in the 2000s so maybe that's enough?
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Has to be within reason though as someone like Lockett played in the 2000's, but no one could say he was at his best in the 2000's.

What about going to the 1995 draft as I feel like a lot of players who were drafted in 1994 or 1995 would be considered "21st Century" players since they likely began hitting their peak in the 21st Century.
 

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RUNVS said:
Has to be within reason though as someone like Lockett played in the 2000's, but no one could say he was at his best in the 2000's.

What about going to the 1995 draft as I feel like a lot of players who were drafted in 1994 or 1995 would be considered "21st Century" players since they likely began hitting their peak in the 21st Century.
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Yeah I was actually thinking something like this, if we made it "last 30 years" then '94 drafts onwards would essentially mean you can include player's who dominated the actual 2000s - and ones where their career peaks were in that decade rather than the 90s.
 
Mr Meow said:
Yeah I was actually thinking something like this, if we made it "last 30 years" then '94 drafts onwards would essentially mean you can include player's who dominated the actual 2000s - and ones where their career peaks were in that decade rather than the 90s.
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Means guys like Lloyd, Pavlich, Goodes, Hall, Power, Cornes, Black will all be available, and someone picking for Geelong can select Nick Davis :p
 
Only just joining this discussion now but had already worked out this morning my plan to go with 1995 debut for many of the reasons discussed in this thread - so happy to see that we are thinking on similar lines. Have posted the new thread for people to confirm their intended participation :)
 
Guardian Hawk said:
Only just joining this discussion now but had already worked out this morning my plan to go with 1995 debut for many of the reasons discussed in this thread - so happy to see that we are thinking on similar lines. Have posted the new thread for people to confirm their intended participation :)
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ah no. That excludes one of my all time fav players who played prominently throughout the 2000s
 

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Interested to see how Lingsface's reconfiguration of the Cats line up compares to mine (2028 edition, so excluding current 30+ players):

FB: Kolo O'Sullivan Mullin
HB: Humphries J.Henry Zuthrie
C: Dempsey Fyfe Holmes
HF: Miers Daniher Close
FF: O.Henry Neale Stengle
FOL: SDK Kerr Merrett
IC: Bruhn Bowes Mannagh Clark
 
I could have justified passing on Rankine for an elite half back flanker now that I look at our team. Just for better structure.

FB: Heath Chapman | Alex Pearce | Brennan Cox
HB: Luke Ryan | Brendon Godard | Jordan Clark

C: Leigh Montagna | Nat Fyfe | Hayden Young

HF: Izak Rankine | Sam Switowski | Michael Frederick
FF: Josh Treacy | Charlie Curnow | Jye Amiss

FOL: Luke Jackson | Caleb Serong | Andrew Brayshaw

Interchange: Sean Darcy, Jaeger O’Meara, Michael Walters, James Aish
 
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tossing it up between two here, but i'm going to plump for the midfielder who is able to come in and impact immediately, dishing it out to the smooth movers in butters and rozee, and taking a lot of the coalface heat of horne-francis

it's gotta be three-time all oztrayan, premiership player and a four-time winner of the bluey truscott, in clayton oliver, who will ease out the loss of boak and lesser output from wines as the premium inside player in the side

last pick for RedmanWasHere is up

:pear: +3 best 23 for this weekend...

B: Bergman - Zerk-Thatcher - Stewart
HB: Evans - Aliir - Houston
C: Boak - Wines - Drew
HF: Byrne-Jones - Georgiades - Rozee
F: Dixon - Lynch - Pickett
Foll: Sweet - Horne-Francis - Butters
I/c: Burgoyne - Evans - Oliver - Rioli
Sub: Mead
Emerg: Ratugolea - Lord - Williams

not behd
 
Mr Meow said:
Interested to see how Lingsface's reconfiguration of the Cats line up compares to mine (2028 edition, so excluding current 30+ players):

FB: Kolo O'Sullivan Mullin
HB: Humphries J.Henry Zuthrie
C: Dempsey Fyfe Holmes
HF: Miers Daniher Close
FF: O.Henry Neale Stengle
FOL: SDK Kerr Merrett
IC: Bruhn Bowes Mannagh Clark
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Premierships galore!
 
whatwhatsaywhat said:
tossing it up between two here, but i'm going to plump for the midfielder who is able to come in and impact immediately, dishing it out to the smooth movers in butters and rozee, and taking a lot of the coalface heat of horne-francis

it's gotta be three-time all oztrayan, premiership player and a four-time winner of the bluey truscott, in clayton oliver, who will ease out the loss of boak and lesser output from wines as the premium inside player in the side

last pick for RedmanWasHere is up

:pear: +3 best 23 for this weekend...

B: Bergman - Zerk-Thatcher - Stewart
HB: Evans - Aliir - Houston
C: Boak - Wines - Drew
HF: Byrne-Jones - Georgiades - Rozee
F: Dixon - Lynch - Pickett
Foll: Sweet - Horne-Francis - Butters
I/c: Burgoyne - Evans - Oliver - Rioli
Sub: Mead
Emerg: Ratugolea - Lord - Williams

not behd
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Marshall ahead of Dixon and Lord (I suspect you forgot him)
Mead ahead of Francis Evans, and Farrell is a major playmaker so I'd think he needs to slot in somewhere
 
whatwhatsaywhat said:
tossing it up between two here, but i'm going to plump for the midfielder who is able to come in and impact immediately, dishing it out to the smooth movers in butters and rozee, and taking a lot of the coalface heat of horne-francis

it's gotta be three-time all oztrayan, premiership player and a four-time winner of the bluey truscott, in clayton oliver, who will ease out the loss of boak and lesser output from wines as the premium inside player in the side

last pick for RedmanWasHere is up

:pear: +3 best 23 for this weekend...

B: Bergman - Zerk-Thatcher - Stewart
HB: Evans - Aliir - Houston
C: Boak - Wines - Drew
HF: Byrne-Jones - Georgiades - Rozee
F: Dixon - Lynch - Pickett
Foll: Sweet - Horne-Francis - Butters
I/c: Burgoyne - Evans - Oliver - Rioli
Sub: Mead
Emerg: Ratugolea - Lord - Williams

not behd
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Sorry, they just aren't winning a flag with BZT at full back (I know he's been a bit better recently, but still)! Talia or Rutten, alongside Stewart (Farrell comes in too), and I think there's a premiership worthy defence.
 
Nope.

2 selections after mine.

I've got my mid.
I've also got my ruckman and forward.

Now for my backman.

I was thinking of medium but I'm going tall.

Pick 70: Daniel Talia.
 

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