Analysis Western Bulldogs 2024 Mock Draft

[Dav1d]

Once the trade period has concluded and all picks are finalised we can move into the mock draft.

Post here for interest and I’ll add you to the list. Rules for the mock draft will also go here and the list of the players selected will be found in a post below

CaptainMurphy - Essendon & GWS
goodcop badcop Adelaide/Hawthorn
weltschmerz - Western Bulldogs
Mojorisin - Carlton
Munnez - Brisbane/Fremantle
TiAn_ - Richmond
DiamondDogs8 - St Kilda
Deadly Darcy - Gold Coast & Sydney
Hoges64 - North Melbourne/Geelong
Charlie Bucket Collingwood/Melbourne
Mofra - Port Adelaide
Dav1d - West Coast

Let me know if I’ve missed anyone, thanks

1. Richmond - Sam Lalor
2. Brisbane - (match) Levi Ashcroft
3. Richmond - Finn O’Sullivan
4. Carlton - Sid Draper
5. Gold Coast - (match) Leo Lombard
6. Adelaide - Jagga Smith
7. Melbourne - Josh Smillie
8. North Melbourne - Alix Tauru
9. St Kilda - Harvey Langford
10. Essendon - (match) Isaac Kako

11. St Kilda - Tobie Travaglia
12. Melbourne - Harry Armstrong
13. Richmond - Bo Allan
14. North Melbourne - Murphy Reid
15. Brisbane - (match) Sam Marshall
16. West Coast - Taj Hotton
17. Port Adelaide - Joe Berry
18. Fremantle - Xavier Lindsay
19. GWS - Oliver Hannaford
20. GWS - Jobe Shanahan

21. Western Bulldogs - Jesse Dattoli
22. Richmond - Hamish Davis
23. Sydney - Luke Trainor
24. Richmond - Jack Whitlock
25. GWS - Harry Oliver
26. Sydney - Jonty Faul
27. Richmond - Matt Whitlock
28. Richmond - Tom Gross
29 Western Bulldogs - Cooper Hynes
30 GWS - Angus Clarke


31 Port Adelaide - James Barrat
32 Fremantle - Malakai Champion
33 St Kilda - Kayle Gerreyn
34 Hawthorn - Harry O’Farrell
35 Western Bulldogs - Christian Moraes
36 Port Adelaide - Alex Dodson
37 Sydney - (match) Joel Cochran
38. St Kilda - (match) Adrian Cole
39. West Coast - Lachie Jacques
40. Carlton - Noah Mraz


41. Essendon - Luke Urquhart
42. Essendon - Archer Day-Wicks
43 Essendon - Tom Sims
44 Carlton - (match) Ben Camporeale
45. Western Bulldogs - Sam Davidson
46 Port Adelaide - Jasper Alger
47 Collingwood - Hugh Boxhall
48 Essendon PASS
49 Geelong - Logan Smith
50 Collingwood - Charlie Nichols

51. Adelaide - (match) Tyler Welsh
52. West Coast - Clancy Dennis
53 Geelong - Jack Ough
54 Collingwood - Ollie Warburton
55 Sydney - Josh Murphy
56 North Melbourne - Bailey McKenzie
57 Geelong - Xavier Ivisic
58 Fremantle - Josh Dolan
59 Essendon PASS
60 Carlton - Cody Angove

61 Hawthorn - Lennox Hofmann
62 Carlton - Lucas Camporeale
63 West Coast - Riley Bice
64 GWS PASS
65 Geelong - Nathaniel Sulzberger
66 Gold Coast - Rhys Unwin
67 Hawthorn PASS
68 Carlton PASS
69 Sydney PASS
70 Gold Coast - Floyd Burmeister

ROUND 5
71 Richmond PASS
72 North Melbourne PASS
73 West Coast PASS
74 Adelaide PASS
75 Melbourne
76 Gold Coast PASS
77 St Kilda maybe pass?
78 Fremantle PASS
79 Collingwood PASS
80 Carlton PASS
81 Western Bulldogs Luca Greggo
82 Geelong PASS
83 Port Adelaide PASS
84 Brisbane Gabriel Stumpf

ROUND 6
85 Melbourne PASS
86 St Kilda PASS
87 Essendon PASS
88 Western Bulldogs PASS
89 Brisbane Zane Cochrane

 

[Dav1d]

PLAYER SUMMARIES
West Coast

16. West Coast - Taj Hotton
39. West Coast - Lachie Jacques
52. West Coast - Clancy Dennis
63 West Coast - Riley Bice

Across my picks I’ve gone with three players in the backline, one been the mature aged recruit in Bice. I’m not sure if Bice does go in the national draft but I still believe he’s a good fit for the Eagles for both his experience as well his leadership.
Lachie Jacques would have two strong mentors with Bice taken in this draft and Duggan already at the Eagles. Jacques has some nice athleticism and solid skills with the ball in hand and I am hoping that his ability to win more contested possessions improves as he puts on size.

Clancy Dennis plays like a maniac, throwing his body up for marks and into packs with complete disregard for his safety. He doesn’t hesitate with any of his decision making and as a key defender he is a decent user of the footy. He plays a very close checking style on his direct opponent but has also shown moments where he can peel off for an intercept mark. He’s my third favourite key defender in this draft after Trainor & Tauru so to get him where I did. I am super happy.
Hotton is the excitement machine of this draft bunch and with Gibney + Reid gives the Eagles another nimble player that’s able to create opportunities not only for himself but for his teammates. He’s another skinny one but unlike Jacques he has shown on more occasions that he has no trouble winning his own ball.

If not for the ACL and he’d played the full year through, there’s no doubt in my mind he was going top 10 so to get him at the pick 16 feels like a bargain.

 

[weltschmerz]

Sure, I'm in and will pick for whoever. Richmond would be fun

 

[Dav1d]

Sure, I'm in and will pick for whoever. Richmond would be fun

Oh I’ll randomly generate it once the numbers fill out a bit, might have a few of us with a couple teams. Depending on the interest.

 

[TiAn_]

Full disclosure, I haven’t followed the draft anywhere near as closely as years gone by, but I’d enjoy doing a bit of research and having a crack at this. Lock me in.

 

[DiamondDogs8]

Count me in, such an even and exciting crop of prospects this year. Some real value to be had in the second round especially.

 

[Mojorisin]

When are we hoping to start Dav1d

 

[Dav1d]

When are we hoping to start Dav1d

I’m thinking Wednesday we can go ahead and get started, list the teams for each user & let them think about who they’ll be taking/nominating etc.

 

[Hoges64]

I'd be happy to participate, but I'm only semi au fait with this crop...

Happy to do the required reading though.

 

[Charlie Bucket]

I’m in if a spots available

 

[Mofra]

I'm also in if there are teams left

 

[Dav1d]

all spots are now locked up because I’ll attach teams with picks later in the draft to other teams so people aren’t bored sitting around waiting for a pick in the 50+ range

 

[Dav1d]

Sorry if you’re not a fan of your teams guys
& damn you weltschmerz

 

[weltschmerz]

Hell yeah

 

[Dav1d]

TiAn_ you get Richmond which means you’ll be up first
Hoges64 second with North

 

[Hoges64]

TiAn_ you get Richmond which means you’ll be up first
Hoges64 second with North

Wow, LOLNorf only has 2 and 62?????

 

[weltschmerz]

Wow, LOLNorf only has 2 and 62?????

Traded their second and third picks for Daniel and Parker

 

[Dav1d]

Wow, LOLNorf only has 2 and 62?????

Yeah there’s a few saying they’ll live trade with Richmond on the night for say pick 6 and a later first

I was thinking about whether to allow this in the mock draft or if that would just make it drag for too long

 

[Mofra]

Port Adelaide.
Gee that Kane Cornes is a fair impartial football media personality and David Koch is an attractive man who isn't annoying at all.

 

[DiamondDogs8]

I’ve stepped into the shoes of a Saints supporter for about 0.2 seconds and I’ve already checked myself into the nearest mental health facility.

 

[bobs head soup]

I’ve stepped into the shoes of a Saints supporter for about 0.2 seconds and I’ve already checked myself into the nearest mental health facility.

Truly taking one for the team there DD8.

Not all heroes wear capes

 

[TiAn_]

TiAn_ you get Richmond which means you’ll be up first
Hoges64 second with North

Oof, bit of pressure here

 

[Dav1d]

Oof, bit of pressure here

You could always flip a coin if it’s between two players

 

[Ash1337]

Yeah there’s a few saying they’ll live trade with Richmond on the night for say pick 6 and a later first

I was thinking about whether to allow this in the mock draft or if that would just make it drag for too long

Might have to do a small draft pick swap period before the mock draft.

 

[Dav1d]

TiAn_ & Hoges64
Did you want to do a pick swap?
We can wait until after the first pick