ClarkeM
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Midfielders who can run and Strong Defenders. Forward line looks ok atm and we have Egan, Dick and Rusling stll out. Rusling will be a star. Who are we eyeing in the draft?
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You don't think our ruck division needs a boost?
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Any ruckman drafted this year will be unlikely to have an impact until 2009 at the absolute earliest. That's why we also need to trade for one.
I think we'll take a mid with our first pick, because we're looking like having our first pick around no. 10 and a good mid could slide to us. If we take a ruckman at this pick, it will likely be Tom Bellchambers.
Then whatever we take with our first pick (ruck/mid) we do the opposite with our second. Our third pick should also be a mid, and Jaxon Barham could well be our fourth pick.
I'm assuming of course that MM ignores our ruck situation and doesn't trade our second or third round pick for Meesen/Moran/whoever.
As far as mids go, I would love Chris Masten, but he will likely be gone by then. Rhyce Palmer would be a good one, although has no right foot, and later in the draft (2nd round) I love the look of Veszpremi, who is hard and has elite footskills.
I think we'll take a mid with our first pick, because we're looking like having our first pick around no. 10 and a good mid could slide to us. If we take a ruckman at this pick, it will likely be Tom Bellchambers.
Then whatever we take with our first pick (ruck/mid) we do the opposite with our second. Our third pick should also be a mid, and Jaxon Barham could well be our fourth pick.
I'm assuming of course that MM ignores our ruck situation and doesn't trade our second or third round pick for Meesen/Moran/whoever.
As far as mids go, I would love Chris Masten, but he will likely be gone by then. Rhyce Palmer would be a good one, although has no right foot, and later in the draft (2nd round) I love the look of Veszpremi, who is hard and has elite footskills.
Realistically, do we trade a GOOD (not lonie/rusling) players and pick for a charman/seaby type or take a punt with pick 20ish and hope meeson doesnt turn out to be richards the second. They wont trade for 3rd round pick - No 8 draft who is 20yr old ruckman has not lost that much value yet.
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I understand what you're saying, but we won't get Charman or Seaby. It just won't happen. The price would be too high for MM.
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First round would go to a Ruckmen. No point in waiting if we have that chance. If that opppurtunity comes... we should Take it without question and then look at those midfielders. With Bryan gone and if Richards/Fraser gets injured.... Cloke and Rocca fill in leaving no forward line.
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There's probably a significant disparity between what the Pies BF board would do with a first round pick, and what MM/Hine would do with it.
I would be perfectly happy to take Bellchambers with our first pick, but we still need mids, and we'd still need a ruckman to help Josh for at least the next two seasons.
I would be perfectly happy to take Bellchambers with our first pick, but we still need mids, and we'd still need a ruckman to help Josh for at least the next two seasons.
hes 18 and plays for bendigo in the tac cup and yes chris's brother.
It all starts in the bounce,wherever it be,after a goal,after a ball in,after a stoppage.
Hence our priority is ruck,which Mickey Mouse has never rated as highly in his time at Pieland.
Get Seaby,offer up anyone of Davis,Lonie,Rocca.
He'll go top 10 unfortunately maybe top 5
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Mitchell Farmer?
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I don't think so - We drafted Nathan Brown at #10 overall last year, we have Harry O'Brien, Tyson Goldsack and Shannon Cox developing, and Jack Anthony, who seemed one of our best prospects last year, and will be back in full force next season. Not to mention that Presti and Jimmy probably have another year or two in them at least.
Maybe a Campbell Brown or Matthew Whelan-type small defender, but from "strong defender" I assumed that you meant a KP defender.
As far as I'm concerned, it's pretty much all midfielders. We need to draft a couple of strong bodied clearance specialists with a bias towards ones that aren't as slow as glaciers, and a couple of guys that know where to run and can deliver the ball accurately to the forwards.
People are doing a big time panic because of a loss where we were made to look slow, but as far as I'm concerned, if we get some of Pendlebury, Didak, Clarke, Rusling, Reid, Brown, Anthony, Cox, Egan, Dick and Wellingham into our side (none of those being too much of a stretch, given they have shown ability in varying levels) we would look a fair bit quicker, as all of those guys would have more toe than the players that they would replace in the senior side.
Definitely the type who could slide though - People suggested that Andrew Swallow was a first round lock, and potential Top 5 pick, and he ended up sliding to #43.
Granted, Swallow's success, coupled with that of similar players like Joel Selwood and Nathan Jones might indeed lock him up high, but stranger things have definitely happened than a guy like Masten sliding down the order a bit.
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Is he really going to be rucking effectively at AFL level at 196cm, though?
From everything I've seen from him, he doesn't have an amazing leap on him.
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I seriously have no idea about this draft. Usually I keep up to date with the potential draftees pretty extensively, especially in 2004 and 5 where we were having poor years however even last year when we were finals bound I kept up to date pretty reasonably.
Can anyone point out a good group of draftee profiles or a mock draft for this year (has Weever bought out a set of profiles yet?).
Yeah, Weaver has listed his leading draft prospects up to this point.
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=347430
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Yeah, he has. Wait on a sec, I'll find it.
EDIT: Never mind
Here's Weaver's take on Farmer:
EDIT: Never mind
Here's Weaver's take on Farmer:
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