Universal Love Richmond Board 2023 AFL Phantom Draft | Starts 11/11/23| First in best dressed, all spots filled

[Tiger_Of_Old]

OK lets get this show on the road.

With pick 1 the Eagles select Harley Reid 187cm 85kg

 

[Ctl]

Is it possible for a mod to pin this post?

User	Picks	AFL Club	Player	Position	State	Club	Academy/FS
_RT_	1	West Coast	Harley Reid	Midfield	VIC	Bendigo Pioneers
Bid	2	Gold Coast	Jed Walter	Forward	QLD	Suns Academy	Yes
Grockadoc	3	North Melbourne	Colby Mckercher	Midfield	TAS	Launceston
Grockadoc	4	North Melbourne	Daniel Curtin	Defender	WA	Claremont
Wavvey	5	Hawthorn	Zane Duursma	Midfield	VIC	Gippsland Power
Bid	6	Gold Coast	Ethan Read	Ruck	QLD	Suns Academy	Yes
_RT_	7	Western Bulldogs	Rylee Sanders	Midfield	TAS	Sandringham Dragons
Tigerbob	8	Melbourne	Nick Watson	Forward	VIC	Eastern Rangers
guruisatiger	9	GWS	Ashton Moir	Forward	SA	Glenelg
Bid	10	Western Bulldogs	Jordan Croft	Forward	VIC	Calder Cannons	Yes
Bid	11	Gold Coast	Jake Rogers	Midfield	QLD	Suns Academy	Yes
Ctl	12	Geelong	Nate Caddy	Forward	VIC	Northern Knights
Tiger_Of_Old	13	Essendon	Darcy Wilson	Half Back	VIC	Murray Bushrangers
Tiger_Of_Old	14	Adelaide	Caleb Windsor	Midfield	VIC	Eastern Rangers
Tigerbob	15	Melbourne	Connor O’Sullivan	Defender	NSW	Murray Bushrangers
Wrenny	16	Sydney	James Leake	Defender	TAS	Launceston
Bid	17	Hawthorn	Will McCabe	Defense	SA	Central District	Yes
Danw0w	18	St Kilda	Lance Collard	Forward	WA	Subiaco
Tiger_Of_Old	19	Adelaide	Ollie Murphy	Defense	VIC	Sandringham Dragons
Grockadoc	20	North Melbourne	Koltyn Tholstrup	Midfield	WA	Subiaco
guruisatiger	21	GWS	Arie Schoenmaker	Midfield	TAS	Tasmania Devils
Grockadoc	22	North Melbourne	Taylor Goad	Ruck	SA	South Adelaide
Grockadoc	23	North Melbourne	Riley Hardeman	Midfield	WA	Swan Districts
guruisatiger	24	Collingwood	Zane Zakostelsky	Defense	WA	Claremont
Tiger_Of_Old	25	Adelaide	Charlie Edwards	Midfield	VIC	Sandringham Dragons
Wavvey	26	Carlton	Harry DeMattia	Midfield	VIC	Dandenong Stingrays
Danw0w	27	St Kilda	George Stevens	Midfield	VIC	GWV Rebels
Round 2
_RT_	28	West Coast	Mitch Edwards	Ruck	WA	Peel Thunder
Bid	29	Gold Coast	Will Graham	Midfield	QLD	Suns Academy
Bid	30	Sydney Swans	Caiden Cleary	Midfield	NSW	Sydney Swans
Ctl	31	Geelong	Angus Hastie	Defense	VIC	Geelong Falcons
Wavvey	32	Carlton	Tew Jiath	Defense	VIC	Gippsland Power
_RT_	33	Richmond	Archer Reid	Forward	VIC	Gippsland Power
Ctl	34	Brisbane Lions	Archie Roberts	Defense	VIC	Sandringham Dragons
Tiger_Of_Old	35	Essendon	Koen Sanchez	Forward	WA	East Fremantle
guruisatiger	36	Collingwood	Luke Lloyd	Forward	VIC	Sandringham Dragons
Ctl	37	Fremantle	Aiden O’Driscoll	Wing	WA	Perth
Tiger_Of_Old	38	Essendon	Cooper Simpson	Midfield	VIC	Dandenong Stingrays
_RT_	39	West Coast	Clay Hall	Midfield	WA	Peel Thunder
Ctl	40	Brisbane Lions	Phoenix Gothard	Forward	NSW	Murray Bushrangers
Danw0w	41	St Kilda	Will Dawson	KPD	VIC	Gippsland Power
_RT_	42	Richmond	Will Green	Ruck	VIC	Northern Knights
Tigerbob	43	Melbourne	Joel Freijah	Wing	VIC	GWV Rebels
guruisatiger	44	GWS	Shaun Mannagh	Forward	VIC	Werribee VFL
Round 3
Ctl	45	Fremantle	Sam Van Rooyen	Forward	WA	Claremont
Ctl	46	Brisbane Lions	Harvey Johnston	Midfield	VIC	Sandringham Dragons
Ctl	47	Brisbane Lions	Cam Nyko	Defense	VIC	Eastern Rangers

 

[Phar Ace]

I'm guessing it's irrelevant for this amount of fun, but you guys do know the Nominations are yet to close (this coming Monday)?

 

[Grockadoc]

Okay guys:

Pick 2: North Melbourne bid on Jed Walter. 194 cm, 97 kg KPF. GC Match.

 

[Grockadoc]

With Pick 3: North Melbourne select: Colby McKercher 182 cm, 76 kg MID.

Mckercher just seemed too good to pass up. His breakaway speed and dash from contests will fit in well with Wardlaw, Sheezel, LDU and his elite kicking sets him apart from the others. Clarko always values strong field kicking, and passing on arguably the best kick in the draft just doesn't seem right.

Others considered: Zane Duursma, Nick Watson, Dan Curtin.

 

[Grockadoc]

With Pick 4: North Melbourne select Daniel Curtin 197 cm 95 kg KPD/FWD

Probably the easiest selection in the draft besides Reid at 1 in my opinion. With Ben McKay

32

Ben Mckay

Age

27

Ht

202cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.5

2star

K

3.7

1star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.7

4star

MG

77.2

1star

D

7.5

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

88.5

2star

D

7.0

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

67.8

1star

on his way to the Bombers, it has left a significant hole in the Kangaroos key defensive stocks. Curtin is easily the best defender in this draft and will come ready to play round 1. There is some concern about him being away from WA, but Curtin arguably has the most upside of anyone in this draft. Curtin is Rance-like in the way he plays. A strong intercept marker, with very good athleticism, Curtin is also not afraid to take the game on, often utilising an elite sidestep to swing onto his left foot. Curtin is also versatile and has spent time up forward to some effect and has been been thrown through the middle with varying results. Overall, Curtin is arguably the most versatile and potentially the most upside of any player in this draft which makes it an easy pick for North here.

Others considered: Zane Duursma, Nick Watson, Ryley Sanders

 

[Grockadoc]

Wavvey you're up!

 

[Wrenny]

Any chance getting a stickied thread for selections?

 

[Wavvey]

With the 5th pick in the 2023 AFL Draft the Hawthorn Hawks select Zane Duursma from Vic Country.

To good to pass up. Had eyes all over Watson but Hawk fans would be pleased to land the best player avaliable.

(Ty Vickery goes up on stage to shake his hand and present the guernsey)

 

[Grockadoc]

Any chance getting a stickied thread for selections?

Will be updated in the OP.

 

[Grockadoc]

With the 5th pick in the 2023 AFL Draft the Hawthorn Hawks select Zane Duursma from Vic Country.

To good to pass up. Had eyes all over Watson but Hawk fans would be pleased to land the best player avaliable.

(Ty Vickery goes up on stage to shake his hand and present the guernsey)

Would be a tough call for Hawks recruiters in real life if this were to happen. Obviously Watson would be the ideal Breust replacement, but Duursma is just a freakish athlete.

 

[_RT_]

Bulldogs bid on Ethan Read at pick 6, which is matched.

With pick 7 the Dogs snap up Ryley Sanders 185cm 86kg Midfielder from Sandringham Dragons/Allies.

Some may look at this as a surprise pick given the talent still on the board, but given their midfield brigade is getting on in age with Libba 32 next year, Treloar 31, Macrae 30 & Bont 28, Sanders is a better fit for the Dogs than those other options. Sanders is a no nonsense midfielder, who is as capable winning his own footy at the contest as he is winning it in space and using it well. At the champs Sanders averaged 35 disposals 6 marks 81% efficiency 4 tackles & 5 clearances and across the season never went below 25 disposals, alongside Bailey Smith

6

Bailey Smith

Age

24

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

he gives the Dogs a solid foundation for their next generation midfield to be built around.

Other considered: Nick Watson, Nick Caddy

Tigerbob is up. It will be interesting to see which way he goes

 

[guruisatiger]

I'm next after bob
Can someone tag me
I'll be in and out all day

 

[Wrenny]

I'm next after bob
Can someone tag me
I'll be in and out all day

What's his name?

 

[guruisatiger]

What's his np

What's his name?

Ha ha ha

 

[_RT_]

Ctl surely 2 days since Tigerbob has been tagged and not even been online is good enough time to make the pick for him

 

[Ctl]

Ctl surely 2 days since Tigerbob has been tagged and not even been online is good enough time to make the pick for him

Yeh, I'll give Tigerbob until tomorrow, otherwise Melbourne will be allocated Nick Watson, the next highest ranked player on Cal Twomeys Phantom draft.

 

[Ctl]

Going forward users will have 24 hours to make their selection otherwise they'll be allocated the next highest ranked player according to Cal twomeys phantom draft, then post 30 picks according to the official big footy draft

 

[Grockadoc]

I'd gladly take the pick off him in a trade.

 

[guruisatiger]

Yeh, I'll give Tigerbob until tomorrow, otherwise Melbourne will be allocated Nick Watson, the next highest ranked player on Cal Twomeys Phantom draft.

No no no

 

[Wrenny]

Yeh, I'll give Tigerbob until tomorrow, otherwise Melbourne will be allocated Nick Watson, the next highest ranked player on Cal Twomeys Phantom draft.

That's who the Tiges were gonna get..

 

[guruisatiger]

That's who the Tiges were gonna get..

I want him next pic at the giants
Put him under Toby's guidance
He will develop into a megastar

 

[Tigerbob]

Sorry guys, Melbourne select Nick the Wizard Watson.

Probably not the outcome I personally wanted, would of liked on of Curtain or Sanders to fall but have to take Watson as next best on my list. Can be dynamic player for Melbourne, I worry about 170cm player taken this early but he’s had runs on the board.

 

[guruisatiger]

OK my pick next
At gws we pick up from south Australia
Ashton Moir
Super talented half forward, can kick 50 metres + on both feet
Very good on the lead, way to talented for us not to pick up,
We will pair him with our inspirational skipper Toby over summer training. He may or may not play games in 2024,but we are patient and thinking long term here, if he can play in 2024
A forward line of hoges ricci, toby 1 and toby 2 ,stormy and moir will be so exciting the crowds will come and we will have packed stadiums every week
GO GIANTS THERES A BIG BIG SOUND

 

[guruisatiger]

Bit surprised with my selection RT ??