Mega Thread Delist/Trade/Draft Supermegaultrathread - Who will we draft? edition

[Jandamarra]

McCartin
Petracca
Wright
Bradshaw
Lever
Durdin
Moor
Weller
Ahern
Laverde
Pickett

Each of these 11 players would be a legitimate top ten choice.

I believe we should just pick the player who slides to us whatever his size or position.

We would be naive to believe that we can turn our team into a premiership contender in just one draft so there is definitely an argument for taking the best available at our first pick.

Clearly there are other options with our 3rd, 4th and 5th picks.

You need to take list needs into account when drafting, especially with your first.
If your team lacks a midfield yet has good KPP, drafting another KPP who's only marginally better than a midfield prospect lacks strategic thinking. You constantly have to address your weaknesses IMO, and considering how your first pick is the best shot at getting a good player, it would be strange not to try and rectify list deficiencies.

 

[Tom Kerrigan]

Cockatoo.

 

[SpaceClef]

Abbott will be a rookie or #69 candidate.

/jack darling pre-draft thread

 

[maxrm]

McCartin
Petracca
Wright
Bradshaw
Lever
Durdin
Moore
Weller
Ahern
Laverde
Pickett

Each of these 11 players would be a legitimate top ten choice.

I believe we should just pick the player who slides to us whatever his size or position.

We would be naive to believe that we can turn our team into a premiership contender in just one draft so there is definitely an argument for taking the best available at our first pick.

Clearly there are other options with our 3rd, 4th and 5th picks.

Agreed although I would include Duggan and particularly Langford in top 10 discussions.
My preference (excluding those who will almost certainly be gone) would be;
1) Pickett (Likely to be gone)
2) Weller (Likely to be gone)
3) Duggan
4) Cockatoo
5) Langford (I expect he'll be taken top 10)
6) Blakely
7) Durdin
8) Ahern (Good chance to be gone)
9) De Goey

 

[Dark Sharks]

Agreed although I would include Duggan and particularly Langford in top 10 discussions.
My preference (excluding those who will almost certainly be gone) would be;
1) Pickett (Likely to be gone)
2) Weller (Likely to be gone)
3) Duggan
4) Cockatoo
5) Langford (I expect he'll be taken top 10)
6) Blakely
7) Durdin
8) Ahern (Good chance to be gone)
9) De Goey

Out of the 5 most likely available i'd go...

**** > Duggan > Durdin > Degoey > Blakely

 

[Eastern Rangers]

Yes. Abbott especially, gets a lot of love for somebody who hasn't done much IMO.

Perhaps. But you can see why everyone gets hard on for him.

Everyone was talking about Abbott going into the 2013 season and he just wasn't in the right place to put a big season together. Has so many of the right attributes and looks a better prospect now than he did in 2012.

 

[mattyc75]

Perhaps. But you can see why everyone gets hard on for him.

Everyone was talking about Abbott going into the 2013 season and he just wasn't in the right place to put a big season together. Has so many of the right attributes and looks a better prospect now than he did in 2012.

does he look better than Tunbridge?Obviously hard to compare seeing as tunners has been in the system for a while now

 

[SpaceClef]

Out of the 5 most likely available i'd go...

**** > Duggan > Durdin > Degoey > Blakely

I'd switch Duggan with Durdin, and Dego with Blakely

 

[Johnno22]

You need to take list needs into account when drafting, especially with your first.
If your team lacks a midfield yet has good KPP, drafting another KPP who's only marginally better than a midfield prospect lacks strategic thinking. You constantly have to address your weaknesses IMO, and considering how your first pick is the best shot at getting a good player, it would be strange not to try and rectify list deficiencies.

I disagree.

The top 10 picks is where you shop for your A Graders.

You would never ignore a Riewoldt or Jonathan Brown if favor of taking a "maybe" at stretch just to fill a need in that year.

The smart money is on best available with early picks. Richmond will never forget the Franklin/Tambling debacle.

Unless of course you choose a player of equal standing or rating to the player you may have overlooked.



Time enough to speculate with later picks.

 

[Keys]

I disagree.

The top 10 picks is where you shop for your A Graders.

You would never ignore a Riewoldt or Jonathan Brown if favor of taking a "maybe" at stretch just to fill a need in that year.

The smart money is on best available with early picks. Richmond will never forget the Franklin/Tambling debacle.

Unless of course you choose a player of equal standing or rating to the player you may have overlooked.



Time enough to speculate with later picks.

I agree with your point about best available over need but you picked a bad example to illustrate it. Tambling was considered best available at the time over Franklin - hawthorn deliberately chose KPPs in preference to best available that draft. Wallace couldn't pull himself harder that hawthorn went with roughead leaving rambling for the Tigers

Best available is fine provided that's what you actually do

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

I disagree.

The top 10 picks is where you shop for your A Graders.

You would never ignore a Riewoldt or Jonathan Brown if favor of taking a "maybe" at stretch just to fill a need in that year.

The smart money is on best available with early picks. Richmond will never forget the Franklin/Tambling debacle.

Unless of course you choose a player of equal standing or rating to the player you may have overlooked.



Time enough to speculate with later picks.

We have pick 11 if we had a top 5 pick maybe we would talk about best available if a wright or lever were there but at our pick we should take best mid

 

[Johnno22]

I agree with your point about best available over need but you picked a bad example to illustrate it. Tambling was considered best available at the time over Franklin - hawthorn deliberately chose KPPs in preference to best available that draft. Wallace couldn't pull himself harder that hawthorn went with roughead leaving rambling for the Tigers

Best available is fine provided that's what you actually do

Your right. I thought about that example after I posted and came to the same conclusion.

 

[SpaceClef]

We have pick 11 if we had a top 5 pick maybe we would talk about best available if a wright or lever were there but at our pick we should take best mid

This. Our pick isn't as incredible as we think it is. You are not guaranteed an A grader at pick 11 so you might as well bring needs into the equation.

It's not as if our needs are so niche that we will take someone completely from left field

 

[Masto]

does he look better than Tunbridge?Obviously hard to compare seeing as tunners has been in the system for a while now

Tunbridge probably isn't a bad comparison - impressive body and questionable footballer.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

does he look better than Tunbridge?Obviously hard to compare seeing as tunners has been in the system for a while now

Probably has greater scope for improvement and development. Doesn't get big numbers but his endurance base is worse.

Abbott is probably a better user by both hand and foot, marginally quicker and less prone to rushing with ball in hand.

 

[Seadog]

Probably has greater scope for improvement and development. Doesn't get big numbers but his endurance base is worse.

Abbott is probably a better user by both hand and foot, marginally quicker and less prone to rushing with ball in hand.

Watched Tuddy a bit playing junior footy and he had a lovely relaxed almost lazy kicking action, but they came off the boot sweetly.
Seems to have lost something in the translation when the pace has gone up. Looks like a rabbit in the spotlights. Pretty common I think for some young blokes to struggle with their skills when the pressure amps up. No way of knowing until they feel the heat of AFL.

 

[new breed]

Abbott did an ankle very badly toward the end of the season and I think needed surgery ,... so I reckon he could be cheaper again . If he fully recovers from that injury then he could be on our list in 2015 ... at a guess anyway and hopefully too .

 

[dajesmac]

Are there any genuinely decent KPP prospects beyond the second round? Specifically rucks and KPD's.

At the moment I have my hopes up for a Cockatoo and Miller double in the first two rounds but don't want to take 4 mids.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

Has anyone watched Adam Creepers highlights? Late to Rookie prospect but has a heap of upside after coming on strongly over the last twelve months. Has the right body shape to play on ball and his hands are probably good enough to do as well. He's a smoother mover who probably lacks the hurt factor to dominate on the outside as a third tall and would be touch and go as a pure KPP prospect.

 

[Keys]

With no real knowledge but just because

Pickett (dugggan if picket has gone)
Miller (or rainbow)
McGovern
Deluca

Rookie : loersch

 

[hungrytiger]

With no real knowledge but just because

Pickett (dugggan if picket has gone)
Miller (or rainbow)
McGovern
Deluca

Rookie : loersch

yea none pickett isnt coming. he wont be in reach of eagles

 

[Keys]

yea none pickett isnt coming. he wont be in reach of eagles

And here's me thinking the draft is still 4 weeks away. Silly sausage I am, didn't realise they'd started already

 

[joeyavalanche]

So many dreamers on here,
I have no doubt 95% of you are basing your recruitment assessments on YouTube videos,
Unless you've watched like 10+ games and actually had chats with these players, please understand that all this nonsense is miles off

 

[hungrytiger]

And here's me thinking the draft is still 4 weeks away. Silly sausage I am, didn't realise they'd started already

yea your right it is. but I know jarrod and spoke to him yesterday. no hope of eagles. gws most likely b4 gold coast. the bulldogs even a possibility. but gws his most likely destination.

 

[Keys]

yea your right it is. but I know jarrod and spoke to him yesterday. no hope of eagles. gws most likely b4 gold coast. the bulldogs even a possibility. but gws his most likely destination.

So we're no chance but the Bulldogs are a possibility with pick 26?

Anyhow I agree that gws are the most likely to take him