If bakes goes and picks WC,you can bet we will try and get there first pick,even if we have to give up next years first rounder as part of the deal.
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2024 Draft Thread
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Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide July extra: The 10 next best
AFL.com.au's draft guru Cal Twomey looks at the players who were unlucky to miss being in July's Phantom Form Guide
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There's a few players in that list I like.Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide July extra: The 10 next best
AFL.com.au's draft guru Cal Twomey looks at the players who were unlucky to miss being in July's Phantom Form Guide
O'Farrell is a big, tall solid marking kid with a good boot. Can play forward or back.
Bowman has a little bit of "something" as a tall hff. Big leap. Clarke is a beautiful kick of the football. Little bit of a Tom Brown clone.
Nicholls. Big upside with him. Maybe the best contested mark in the draft. Can play forward, back and pinch hit in the ruck. Kicking needs work.
Probably don't need a Bowman or Clarke but the other 2 would be handy.
If I was them I would. There midfield needs more speed and dynamism. They want to keep Rachele and Rankine forward if possible but having to rob Peter to pay Paul by moving them into the middle, they could still to it, but be real impact players in the middle with another classy quick mid. Whether we would do it, I'm not sure, that Pick 5 could slide right back and lose us against to the best mids when we are crying out for them.
I think the furthest we could drop back is 3. Now depending where Trainor is expected to go (and who to), potentially North may be willing to take that Pick 5 and something else to give up their 1st pick (which I think will be 3) and we end up with 3 and a future 1st for our Pick 1. The worry amongst that group is IMO St Kilda. Losing Battle, they may be tempted to go for a mid and then Trainor with the 2nd pick if Battles gets them Band 1 compo.
Looked at another way, imagine if FOS and Lalor had to go to St Kilda. Poor kids.
Provided both get a pick before 5 yes. The Battle pick is a given. I've said it a long way back , if they want they could lose battle and upgrade him with Trainor in exactly that role. But I reckon Saints go mid-mid at their two picks and they would be praying for Draper and Smith. Pace and zip for their plodding midfield.
Yes praying,
But it would take an omnipotent molly meldrum prophet god
To deliver.
I think jagga and draper go top 3?
I honestly have no idea this year who goes where. It's wide open.
There's talk from clubland that Murpgy Reid is in the mix for top 6, there's talk that Trainor is in some clubs top 3, it's so vareid.
Never seen a draft like it. St Kilda are at pick 4-5. They only need it to go Smillie, FOS and Trainor at they get Smith and Draper at 4 and 5.
Smilie does not go top 5
Hes fully fit and done little all year.
Bullied Lions Academy side?
I reckon the side that wants a big aggro mid takes Allen ahead of him
Agree its very open, and whilst that provides some potential great opportunities for sliders, it also could take the player you want off the table.
If the top 3 went Draper, Smith, FOS in whatever order, then Saints would be frustrated with that, as I suspect they would want at least 1 of those 3, as you say to add speed and dynamism to their plodding midfield. Wilson is the start of that change, now they need to add more. Less Seb Ross's, more Sid Drapers.
I think things might get a bit clearer the closer we get to the draft, but I can see Saints trading 1 of those picks higher, trying to get into the top 3, and guaranteeing themselves 1 of those 3 boys.
