Xhoquelin
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- Dec 4, 2016
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If you are a struggling club with the first pick, which will happen most of the time, targets of a pick#1 trade have to be an All Australian midfielder/key defender/key forward under 25 who suits your list profile, with Brodie Grundy as the exception as a ruckman OR a top 10 player in the league as a bare minimum IMO.
Patty Cripps, Marcus Bontempelli, Josh Kelly, Clayton Oliver(think it’s pretty clear he will be AA this year), Elliot Yeo, Tom Lynch, Brodie Grundy, Tom Mitchell is the caliber of players I’d be looking at. I’ve definitely missed some names, but the likes of Isaac Heeney(he will be worth pick#1 one day), Harris Andrews(perhaps an exception with his lauded leadership qualities and he’s a chance for AA anyway), Jesse Hogan, Dylan Shiel, Zach Merrett, Lachie Neale, Jaeger O Meara and others are not worth the number one pick IMO.
If you are a contending team like Collingwood and you had the number one pick you’d be silly not to chase a Zach Merrett if you specifically lacked outside runners with class. But I don’t think there are more than 25 players worth more than the number one pick.
Patty Cripps, Marcus Bontempelli, Josh Kelly, Clayton Oliver(think it’s pretty clear he will be AA this year), Elliot Yeo, Tom Lynch, Brodie Grundy, Tom Mitchell is the caliber of players I’d be looking at. I’ve definitely missed some names, but the likes of Isaac Heeney(he will be worth pick#1 one day), Harris Andrews(perhaps an exception with his lauded leadership qualities and he’s a chance for AA anyway), Jesse Hogan, Dylan Shiel, Zach Merrett, Lachie Neale, Jaeger O Meara and others are not worth the number one pick IMO.
If you are a contending team like Collingwood and you had the number one pick you’d be silly not to chase a Zach Merrett if you specifically lacked outside runners with class. But I don’t think there are more than 25 players worth more than the number one pick.