If the draft was now! top 10.

[Deefolt]

if the draft was now melbourne would get 1 and 2, 1 coz of priority and 2 coz we are wooden spooners

 

[Silvagnis]

I reckon the draft atm is:
1- Tom scully-Melb
2- John Butcher-Freo
3- Anthony Morabito-Melb
4- Jack Trengove-NM
5- Koby Stevens-Rich
6- Kane Lucas-WCE
7- Matthew Panos-SYD
8- Ben Cunnington- ESS
9- Gary Rohan-Haw
10- Jack Fitzpatrick-PA

Could Carlton get a player such Tapscott or Martin if we're lucky enough to have Sydney and Port pick talls?

Forget picking a key forward or defender if it's a reach.

Carlton needs a tough HFF or inside midfielder.

Tapscott on one flank and Yarran on the other flank...

Hawthorn will be cursing their bad luck if they miss the finals and draft Rohan.

 

[thejester]

Carlton needs a tough HFF or inside midfielder.

Surely you've got enough by now.

 

[Silvagnis]

Surely you've got enough by now.

I hope you're being sarcastic.

We don't have enough midfielders if the 29 year old Stevens and the 28 year old Scotland have been demoted to the VFL.

We could have done with a player similar to Paul Chapman against Collingwood.

Opposition fans could have made a case for the Cats picking Nathan Brown in the 2006 draft.

Scarlett, Harley and Milburn are getting on in years.

Egan is troubled by injury.

Should the Cats should have passed on Selwood because they had Prismall and enough midfielders?

Geelong picked Joel Selwood ahead of the best available talls because he was the best available footballer.

Unless there is a player who plays like Cam Mooney or Josh Kennedy, I hope we pass on a KPP if he lacks intensity and skill.

 

[C-Dog]

Is there any truth in the rumour Trent McKenzie (western jets) signed with the Gold Coast during the week?

Can confirm.

 

[The_JUDDERNAUT]

i agree

I reckon the draft atm is:
1- Tom scully-Melb
2- John Butcher-Freo
3- Anthony Morabito-Melb
4- Jack Trengove-NM
5- Koby Stevens-Rich
6- Kane Lucas-WCE
7- Matthew Panos-SYD
8- Ben Cumington- ESS
9- Gary Rohan-Haw
10- Jack Fitzpartick-PA

lol. with a surname like that he will have to go to collingwood. in all seriousness though i agree with most of that, though id swap Butcher and Trengove. i also rate Fitzpatrick higher than Cunnington but i suppose it depends on needs.

 

[wixism]

My Ladder Predictor order

1- Melbourne: Tom Scully
2- Melbourne: Jack Trengrove
3- Fremantle: Anthony Morabito
4- Richmond: John Butcher
5- Kangaroos: Koby Stevens
6- West Coast: Kane Lucas
7- Sydney: Gary Rohan
8- Essendon: Ben Cunnington
9- Hawthorn: Daniel Talia

 

[Knight Ryders]

The way that Trengove is carving up the SANFL atm, he won't go any lower than 3rd.

 

[__aria__]

would love to get trengove

very impressed with lucas too

staggered by the hype on morabito as it looks like he is an extremely poor kick

 

[Dogga79]

I know he earned All Australian honours, but can someone tell me a little about James Craig and where they think he sits in this years draft. Is he a worthy first rounder?

Being a local you would have to think he would be on either Port's or the Crows radar.

 

[Demons16]

1- Melbourne: Tom Scully
2- Melbourne: Jack Trengrove
3- Fremantle: John Butcher
4- Richmond: Anthony Morabito
5- Kangaroos: Gary Roahn
6- West Coast: Kane Lucas

also i think vardy to hawks, they need a ruckman

 

[markr]

9- Hawthorn: ?? what type of player are there looking at ??

Key defender is the pressing need, but anyone we drafted now wouldn't be ready for a few years, and we spent our first pick last year on one. With the lack of talls in this draft I wouldn't be surprised to see us attempt to trade for one. Otherwise perhaps draft some outside midfielders.

also i think vardy to hawks, they need a ruckman

Although our rucks are ordinary we currently have 4 young ruckmen developing on our list (on top of Taylor and Campbell). I don't think we'll be in a hurry to draft yet another one, particularly if Max Bailey gets through the rest of the year at Box Hill okay.

 

[Plugga]

I think Freo can actually win another 2 games & the Roos won't - so I see the draft order changing

PP 1 MELB - Scully
2 MELB - Butcher
3 ROOS - Morabito
4 FREO - Trengove
5 RICH - Lucas
6 WCE - Stevens

...though if Jetta plays well in finals for Swan Districts, it wouldn't surprise me if Eagles pick a smoky & collect him at Pick 6, as they need a small pacy crumbing forward

 

[bjlucas]

This is my top 10:
PP:Melb-Tom Scully
1:Melb-Jack Trengrove
2:Frem-Anthony Morabito
3:NM-John Butcher
4:WCE-Kane Lucas
5:Rich-Koby Stevens
6:Syd-Nathan Vardy
7A-Luke Tapscott
8:Ess-Ben Cunnington
9:Haw-Gary Rohan
10:Carl-Dustin Martin

Any Thoughts?

 

[Chris25]

Well here is my attempt at a first round draft, including priority picks to both Melbourne and Fremantle. After Collingwood, the draft was pretty difficult. And I really had no idea about the Bulldogs or Geelong....

PP Melbourne - Tom Scully
#1 Fremantle - Anthony Morabito
#2 Melbourne - Jack Trengove
#3 North Melbourne - John Butcher (some North supporters probably wont agree, and I realise that they need midfielders. But I'm not sold on their young tall forwards, and who knows what will happen with Tarrant and his shoulders)
#4 Richmond - Koby Stevens
#5 West Coast - Kane Lucas
#6 Sydney - Gary Rohan (Sydney already have a couple of tall forward options in White and Johnston, so by taking Rohan they will get themselves a flashy midfielder/possible cult figure, which shouldn't be discounted as being an important factor with West Sydney coming)
#7 Essendon - Ben Cunnington
#8 Hawthorn - Daniel Talia (this was the hardest selection, as Hawthorn could go for a tall defender or an outside midfielder. This might be a little high for Talia, but he would be the best KPD and in the end that's what I went for with Hawthorn and he should compliment Schoenmakers pretty well)
#9 Carlton - Dustin Martin
#10 Port Adelaide - Luke Tapscott
#11 Brisbane - Jack Fitzpatrick (I wouldn't be surprised to see Charman leave at the end of the season, and that would leave Brisbane with little in regards to talls/rucks. Leuenberger and Clark look the goods in the ruck and Henderson looks good down back. Fitzpatrick will give them a tall to develop either in the ruck or to take over from Bradshaw)
#12 Collingwood - Nathan Vardy (Leigh Brown has essentially been playing as the third ruck option at Collingwood this year.......enough said)
#13 Bulldogs - Jesse Crichton/Andrew Moore (what do the Bulldogs need? People always say talls, but with Grant and Cordy they should be pretty good in that regard)
#14 Adelaide - Roland Ah Chee (I have a feeling Adelaide fans will be pretty happy with this, and to be honest I was hoping he would last until Fremantle's second rounder)
#15 Geelong - Jordan Gysberts (I was initially thinking a tall, but Geelong picked up Brown with their first rounder last year and I'm not sure if there are any other tall defenders seriously in contention for a first round pick this year)
#16 St Kilda - Mitchell Duncan (I think the one thing the Saints might be lacking in is another small/medium sized forward, and although I'm a fan Gwilt probably wont be a long term option up forward)
PP Fremantle - Matthew Panos

 

[thejester]

I hope you're being sarcastic.

We don't have enough midfielders if the 29 year old Stevens and the 28 year old Scotland have been demoted to the VFL.

I would have thought that suggests the exact opposite.

We could have done with a player similar to Paul Chapman against Collingwood.

And? I hate to break this to you but you don't pull gun 27yr olds midway through the first round.

Opposition fans could have made a case for the Cats picking Nathan Brown in the 2006 draft.

Scarlett, Harley and Milburn are getting on in years.

Egan is troubled by injury.

Wtf?

Egan didn't do his foot until Round 22, 2007 and our backline - while older than the 99/01 group - was hardly old. Scarlett was still top three full backs in the competition and Egan was criminally underrated until his AA gong. We also ended up having four mature-aged bodies running around in the VFL for all of 07 -

Go back through the posts on BF and people were screaming for a midfielder with pace and an elite kick, in addition to a big forward (which we got through Hawkins).

Should the Cats should have passed on Selwood because they had Prismall and enough midfielders?

Geelong picked Joel Selwood ahead of the best available talls because he
was the best available footballer.

That'd be a compelling argument except for:

a) Joel Selwood's unique circumstances (ie obviously the best player in the draft by a country mile but with a big question mark over his knees)

and

b) we clearly didn't have enough midfielders - the other two players we took in the draft in addition to Hawkins were both midfielders (Djerrkura and Hogan) who, incidentally, fulfilled the desire for speed outlined above.

In 07 and 08 the circumstances you outlined did become more pressing and, guess what, we drafted a raft of KPPs to fill holes left by injury and delisting. IMO Geelong now have the spin of our next premiership tilt laid down...Carlton should take note.

Unless there is a player who plays like Cam Mooney or Josh Kennedy, I hope we pass on a KPP if he lacks intensity and skill.

Jesus, I'd be hoping our recruiting department passed any player who lacks intensity and skill.

 

[wixism]

Key defender is the pressing need, but anyone we drafted now wouldn't be ready for a few years, and we spent our first pick last year on one. With the lack of talls in this draft I wouldn't be surprised to see us attempt to trade for one. Otherwise perhaps draft some outside midfielders.
Although our rucks are ordinary we currently have 4 young ruckmen developing on our list (on top of Taylor and Campbell). I don't think we'll be in a hurry to draft yet another one, particularly if Max Bailey gets through the rest of the year at Box Hill okay.

ok Ive updated myne now

My Ladder Predictor order

1- Melbourne: Tom Scully
2- Melbourne: John Butcher
3- Fremantle: Anthony Morabito
4- Richmond: Jack Trengrove
5- Kangaroos: Koby Stevens
6- West Coast: Kane Lucas
7- Sydney: Gary Rohan
8- Essendon: Ben Cunnington
9- Hawthorn: ??

1- Melbourne: Tom Scully
2- Melbourne: Jack Trengrove
3- Fremantle: Anthony Morabito
4- Richmond: John Butcher
5- Kangaroos: Koby Stevens
6- West Coast: Kane Lucas
7- Sydney: Gary Rohan
8- Essendon: Ben Cunnington
9- Hawthorn: Daniel Talia

 

[Eastern Rangers]

6 WCE - Stevens

...though if Jetta plays well in finals for Swan Districts, it wouldn't surprise me if Eagles pick a smoky & collect him at Pick 6, as they need a small pacy crumbing forward

Although i rate Stevens, he is the last player Westcoast need.

 

[pinkus maximus]

staggered by the hype on morabito as it looks like he is an extremely poor kick

"extremely" is overstating it IMO. He's not an elite kick but it's not bad and will get better once he becomes used to kicking under pressure

IMO he is a much better prospect than Lucas. Lucas is so...bland. He is a bit of a Garrick Ibbotson clone IMO. Nice mover, great skills, but ultimately doesn't affect the outcome of a match. Morabito is a game changer and I think once he's fully developed he will be a match winner

 

[desie]

#3 North Melbourne - John Butcher (some North supporters probably wont agree, and I realise that they need midfielders. But I'm not sold on their young tall forwards, and who knows what will happen with Tarrant and his shoulders)

I don't see why anyone would disagree, we have got precisely two young tall forwards, Tarrant who's up to his fourth shoulder reconstruction, and O'Keeffe who has played all year in the VFL twos.

I think most North supporters are sick and tired of us playing either ruckmen (Hale) or natural key defenders (Petrie/Hansen) in our key forward posts.

 

[wadethompson]

Hard to see if melbourne are going to get a PP or not the only chance of them winning another game is against fremantle in round 20 at the mcg. If melbourne win that fremantle should end bottom but if melbourne lose they should get the PP

PP. Tom Scully- Melb
1. Jack Trengove-Melb
2. John butcher- Freo
3. Anthony Marabito- WC
4. Luke Taspcott- NM
5. Ben Cunnigton- Rich
6. Jack Fitzpatrick- Syd
7. Dustin Martin- Ess
8. Gary Rohan-Carl
9. Koby Stevens-Port
10. Daniel Talia-Haw
11. Andrew Moore-Brisb
12. Lewis Jetta-Adel
13. Kane Lucas-WB
14. Nathan Vardy-Coll
15. Matthew Panos-Gellong
16. Jordan Gysberts -Stk

I can See Talia getting picked up by essendon And i can see lewis jetta the overaged player going to Adelaide that is what they need a crumming forward.

 

[worsfold]

Burgans 16 most likey
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/82008/default.aspx

John Butcher (Vic Country/Gippsland Power)
Ben Cunnington (Vic Country/Geelong Falcons)
Jordan Gysberts (Vic Metro/Eastern Ranges)
Lewis Jetta (Western Australia/Swan Districts)
Kane Lucas (Western Australia/East Fremantle)
Dustin Martin (Vic Country/Bendigo Pioneers)
Andrew Moore (Vic Metro/Eastern Ranges)
Anthony Morabito (Western Australia/Peel Thunder)
Matthew Panos (South Australia/Norwood)
Gary Rohan (Vic Country/Geelong Falcons)
Tom Scully (Vic Metro/Dandenong Stingrays)
Koby Stevens (Vic Country/Gippsland Power)
Daniel Talia (Vic Metro/Calder Cannons)
Luke Tapscott (South Australia/North Adelaide)
Jack Trengove (South Australia/Sturt)
Nathan Vardy (Vic Country/Gippsland Power)

 

[monna]

I struggle to see why people consistently have WCE finishing below the Kangas. We play them over there in a couple of weeks, if Bulldogs, Port, Hawks and Bombers can't beat the Eagles at Subi, then i don't think the Kangas can either.

 

[worsfold]

North will struggle to beat Melb this week.

 

[Joshen]

North will struggle to beat Melb this week.

I agree Melbourne will be determined to reinforce the fact that they are NOT tanking and if they aren't then they'd be pretty pissed off at losing after the siren last week.