Rookie Draft

[Obeanie1]

They only used 6 of their 8 picks and 2 of those are 2 of the most speculative players I have ever seen. I would have thought they would target Myles Sewell experienced types.

Players they could strongly develop and get up and running to be ahead of the curve by 2013, but then I guess they have next years draft to do that as well???

We must all be missing something with Myles Sewell.

He's been overlooked now by several hundred draft picks and two new expansion teams. Given the success of Barlow and other mature rookies we are all asking.

How come?

 

[Special Agent Utah]

We must all be missing something with Myles Sewell.

He's been overlooked now by several hundred draft picks and two new expansion teams. Given the success of Barlow and other mature rookies we are all asking.

How come?

Body size must be the reason IMO.

Have seen quite a bit of him and he is an out and out star at the VFL level. Cant believe GWS didnt pick him up.

 

[rhinowce]

I wonder if the great man with small arms got picked up today..

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

And I agree with him, actually its a bit of a Eagles trait for a while that we don't play / draft small crumbing forwards who can't really play elsewhere.

Frodo Matera was probably the only one and he was an absolute gun.

But was still a bit of a finals flop.

I'm very happy we avoided the temptation to stock up on small forwards for a second year in a row. They're nice to have, but they don't win premierships.

 

[eagles rule]

happy with the psd of wilson looks ready to play and the rookies 2 marking fwds in Hamp and Mcgovern who apparently can play in 5 positions ,houlihan will be given this yr to force his way back to senior list.

 

[ziad]

Surprised we didn't look at more mature rookies (Phillips, Ninyette, Yu, Blackwell), and especially disappointed we didn't get Blight or Notte.

I was notte supprised. I would have been shocked if we took notte (did he even nominate?)

 

[PRANKSTER666]

I suppose the real question is what do you call genuine?

There are certainly a number of guys on those two lists that are not what I would consider genuine.

Besides the fact Cox is a ruckman, he couldn't take a contested mark against a witches cone...

A number of those players have also been transformed into forwards because of this squad imbalance, Strijk and Hams are two that appear flexible enough to handle the new forward roles.

But my point being the lack of recruiting genuine small/medium forwards, with picks worth a damn.

And people wonder why we have never have a functioning forward line...

 

[FAITH]

If Hansen Had agreed to retire we wouldn't of delisted houlihan then we could of got milera with our first pick

Blame Big Red

It was destiny mate. Hes a huge crows fan and the type of player we are desperate for.

 

[WCEforeverman]

And I agree with him, actually its a bit of a Eagles trait for a while that we don't play / draft small crumbing forwards who can't really play elsewhere.

Frodo Matera was probably the only one and he was an absolute gun.

Tony Evans could run through the midfield, same with Chris Lewis.

Armstrong I suppose was one dimentional but then again he racked up big posessions playing mid in the WAFL and he wasn't going to displace Kerr, Cousins or Judd from our midfield.

So do any other past Eagle small forwards stand out?

OK. It sounded like you were disagreeing with him.

 

[Truckosaurus]

I was notte supprised. I would have been shocked if we took notte (did he even nominate?)

No he did notte.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

No he did notte.

Yeah he did

http://psrdrafttracker.afl.com.au/

Check the full nomination list

 

[greennick]

What the hell is the training squad list draft at the end of the rookie draft?

 

[kane249]

What the hell is the training squad list draft at the end of the rookie draft?

The what now?

 

[Patron]

Happy with wilson . Really surprised and dissapointed to not pick up andreoli though. Fills a need and to my belief and i believe most others is a higher rated player than hamp. Never even heard of the ruckman before woulda prefered chalwell but i cant really judge on that one.

 

[Truckosaurus]

Yeah he did

http://psrdrafttracker.afl.com.au/

Check the full nomination list

You mean BigFooty lied to me? My world is shattering.

 

[greennick]

The what now?

Exactly. Only Richmond and Hawthorn had picks. WTF??

Is this for their VFL teams? Does this give them any preference to get them on their main lists??

Why are we not doing this???

 

[Marlin01]

Yeah he did

http://psrdrafttracker.afl.com.au/

Check the full nomination list

Thanks for the link TFS. For those that don't already know, you can view a 2-minute vid of Anton Hamp in his player profile. He reminds me a little of Walker from Adelaide.

 

[Wirra for PM]

Does Hamp have the potential to play forward and back? Sounds like he's pacy and flexible enough to play a utility role, would be handy to have another person capable of playing as a tall defender on the list.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Exactly. Only Richmond and Hawthorn had picks. WTF??

Is this for their VFL teams? Does this give them any preference to get them on their main lists??

Why are we not doing this???

Teams who have a vacant spot on the rookie list can add a player from their training squad (the "permission to train" list) next year. Not sure of the exact time, but it's around the NAB cup

 

[Double the Fist]

Teams who have a vacant spot on the rookie list can add a player from their training squad (the "permission to train" list) next year. Not sure of the exact time, but it's around the NAB cup

Your all cute and sensible now youre a mod Fivey!

 

[greennick]

Teams who have a vacant spot on the rookie list can add a player from their training squad (the "permission to train" list) next year. Not sure of the exact time, but it's around the NAB cup

So, you can leave one rookie spot open, then take 3/4 training squad members. Then upgrade the training squad member to the rookie squad. So, it is some sort of a rookie squad for the rookie squad. Seems like a good idea to me. Though only if you would have been using the final round rookie pick.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

So, you can leave one rookie spot open, then take 3/4 training squad members. Then upgrade the training squad member to the rookie squad. So, it is some sort of a rookie squad for the rookie squad. Seems like a good idea to me. Though only if you would have been using the final round rookie pick.

Pretty much spot on

You leave a rookie spot open.

You then have a mini-rookie draft where you select 3 players.

Those 3 players then fight it out over summer and can play in the pre-season games. The club then needs to decide on which player they will take between the nab cup grand final and Rd 1

 

[Ghossein]

McGovern is a good pick up . I have watched the Claremont colts and Jeremy has played well. I dont see him as a AFL ruckman but he is a KPP. In the second semi C v EF he did a number on Chalwell. McGovern is very strong in the air and has sticky fingers.

 

[Ochre]

I can see McGovern making 4, maybe 5 AAs. Not sure he has a B&F in him though.

Boy do I look dumb now

 

[ioppolo]

im callin it early broome will never play afl.

Or Broome could be the next Jurrah, Wonna, Dick...

really? i feel more like weedon will be the fail and broome the success.....

Reading shit from 2010 is certainly fun with hindsight.