Charlie Ballard looks a gun to me. Fantastic intercept defender
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Brett Daniels? Fogarty? Spargo?
Higgins gets a bad rap on here. He was a regular in his 1st year in a team that dominated. this year, in a pretty ordinary team he is averaging 15 disposals and a goal a game.
same goals, less disposals and more score involvements that Liam Ryan.
HIs numbers arent far off Dan Butlers last year.
all still recovering from brain surgery.
Yes, Higglet was and still is a handy player. Just because he chose to leave doesn't change that.
2018 National Draft Meeting -
The first nineteen picks offered a few stars. We were too good at football to get access to them.
NB From 2017 or even 2016 until now this was and is regarded as a superdraft.
The first nineteen picks offered a few stars. We were too good at football to get access to them.
NB From 2017 or even 2016 until now this was and is regarded as a superdraft.
1 | Sam Walsh | Carlton | |
2 | Jack Lukosius | Gold Coast | |
3 | Izak Rankine | Gold Coast | Free Agency compensation pick (Lynch) |
4 | Max King | St Kilda | |
5 | Connor Rozee | Port Adelaide | Traded from Brisbane Lions |
6 | Ben King | Gold Coast | Traded from Melb; received from Freo, Bris, Port, Freo |
7 | Bailey Smith | Western Bulldogs | |
8 | Tarryn Thomas | North Melbourne | Next Gen. Academy (Indigenous) - North matched Crows bid. |
9 | Chayce Jones | Adelaide | |
10 | Nick Blakey | Sydney | Academy selection |
11 | Jye Caldwell | GWS Giants | Traded from Essendon |
12 | Zak Butters | Port Adelaide | |
13 | Isaac Quaynor | Collingwood | Next Generation Academy selection (Ghanaian descent) |
14 | Jackson Hately | GWS Giants | Traded from Freo; received from Port, N.M. |
15 | Jordan Clark | Geelong | |
16 | Ned McHenry | Adelaide | Traded from Sydney |
17 | Sam Sturt | Fremantle | Traded from Greater Western Sydney |
18 | Xavier Duursma | Port Adelaide | Traded from Hawthorn |
19 | Liam Stocker | Carlton | Traded from Adelaide at the draft; received from Melbourne |
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After you look back on a few drafts you see that it's normal to bungle. All recruiters bungle. (Especially if they work for GCS. See hilarious above. BTW Matthew Clark was in love with Lukosius and Rankine. And both Kings after that.)
Getting a champion is the bit that sets one apart. But if there are none left it's smart to aim for one.
This draft vein is as weak as you will ever see as at July 2021. Bobby Hill? I like him. Vandermeer? He's ok. Jordan would play seniors for us and looks better than RCD at this stage.
I have to say that I think that RCD is close to the best prospect in this run. He's got upside. He plays midfield. Bobby Hill may prove better. And Jordan may go on with it. RCD third?
BTW I don't hate Rowbottom. Maybe he's third ATM.
Given the talent available I think RCD looks a perfectly respectable pick. And maybe he'll improve.
Getting a champion is the bit that sets one apart. But if there are none left it's smart to aim for one.
20 | Riley Collier-Dawkins | Richmond | |
21 | Ely Smith | Brisbane Lions | Traded from Collingwood |
22 | Xavier O'Halloran | GWS Giants | Traded from Freo; received from Bris, Suns, WCE |
23 | Jez McLennan | Gold Coast | Traded from West Coast at the draft; Free Agency compo pick (Lycett) |
24 | Bobby Hill | GWS Giants | Traded from Adelaide at the draft; received from Carlton |
25 | James Rowbottom | Sydney | Traded from West Coast at the draft; received from Gold Coast |
26 | Rhylee West | Western Bulldogs | Father–son selection (son of Scott West) |
27 | Tom Sparrow | Melbourne | Traded from Freo; received from Port, St k |
28 | Xavier O'Neill | West Coast | Traded from Gold Coast; received from Brisbane Lions |
29 | Will Kelly | Collingwood | Father–son selection (son of Craig Kelly) |
30 | Will Hamill | Adelaide | Traded from Greater Western Sydney; received from Fremantle |
31 | Luke Foley | West Coast | Traded from Sydney at the draft; received from Carl, W.B. |
32 | Luke Valente | Fremantle | Traded from W.Bulldogs at the draft; Free Agency compo pick (Dahlhaus) |
33 | James Jordon | Melbourne | Traded from St K; received from Syd, Carl, Adel |
34 | Kieren Briggs | GWS Giants | Academy selection |
35 | Bailey Williams | West Coast | Traded from Gold Coast at the draft; received from Essendon |
36 | Tom Berry | Brisbane Lions | Traded from Fremantle; received from Port Adelaide |
37 | Laitham Vandermeer | Western Bulldogs | Traded from Freo at the draft; received from North |
38 | Irving Mosquito | Essendon | Traded from GWS; N.G. Academy eligible for Hawthorn, but they passed. |
39 | Jarrod Cameron | West Coast | Next Generation Academy selection (Indigenous) |
40 | Tom Joyce | Brisbane Lions | Traded from Port Adelaide; received from Hawthorn |
41 | Jack Bytel | St Kilda | Traded from Melbourne |
42 | Connor McFadyen | Brisbane Lions | Academy selection |
This draft vein is as weak as you will ever see as at July 2021. Bobby Hill? I like him. Vandermeer? He's ok. Jordan would play seniors for us and looks better than RCD at this stage.
I have to say that I think that RCD is close to the best prospect in this run. He's got upside. He plays midfield. Bobby Hill may prove better. And Jordan may go on with it. RCD third?
BTW I don't hate Rowbottom. Maybe he's third ATM.
Given the talent available I think RCD looks a perfectly respectable pick. And maybe he'll improve.
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Brian Taylor was very excited about Mosquito but I think he’s been Morteined.
Ross looks alright in retrospect. He's a more than adequate athlete. Can get a kick. I guess we all like Hind ATM. But there is nothing special here.
43 | Jack Ross | Richmond | |
44 | Justin McInerney | Sydney | Traded from Adelaide; received from Carlton |
45 | Ben Cavarra | Western Bulldogs | Traded from Freo at the draft; received from GWS, Carl, Geel, Bris |
46 | Curtis Taylor | North Melbourne | Traded from Western Bulldogs at the draft |
47 | Matthew Parker | St Kilda | Traded from Melbourne; received from Adelaide |
48 | Ben Jarvis | Geelong | |
49 | Bailey Scott | North Melbourne | Father–son selection (son of Robert Scott) |
50 | Jacob Kennerley | Geelong | Traded from Collingwood; received from Sydney |
51 | Zac Foot | Sydney | |
52 | Jacob Koschitzke | Hawthorn | |
53 | Aaron Nietschke | Melbourne | |
54 | Nick Hind | St Kilda | Traded from N.M. at the draft; received from Freo, Bris, Geel, Rich |
55 | Noah Answerth | Brisbane Lions | Traded from Collingwood |
56 | Marty Hore | Melbourne | Traded from N.M.; received from Syd, Geel, Bris |
57 | Lachie *smile* | Fremantle | Traded from Western Bulldogs at the draft; received from Fremantle |
I prefer Fatberry for Adelaide, jb. And I like Tom Berry. He doesn't get much of it. Tough. Good values.
I like McInerney.
Worpel's no loss.
Our failures in 2013-2015 are coming home to roost now. Clarke wasn't the boss then but we're reviewing drafts so I'm putting it in here.
We have no one from the 2013 draft on our list - 26 years of age, prime. George Hewett drafted with the pick we traded for Hampson. Nank, Alex Pearce, J.Kolo, Barrass, Aliir, Ben Brown all taken before our next pick, Nathan Gordon. Byrne-Jones, Fantasia, Sicily, J.Hunt all drafted between Gordon and Sammy Lloyd.
No one remaining from our 2014 cohort apart from the rookies Short, Soldo and George - and Lambert who was of the 2009 class age-wise. We did well in that rookie draft but left a few on the table post-CEllis and Menadue picks.
In 2015 we got Rioli, Markov and Broad but we also traded out our second round picks of that year and the following to get the pick 19 to trade for Yarran. It was worth the risk for the quality and type of player, but a failure of intelligence not to know he was on the pipe. Tom Cole, Blake Hardwick, Bailey Williams (WB) the best of those taken between our traded 2015 second and Markov. Parfitt, Lipinski, Brennan Cox, Sean Darcy, Josh Rotham, Ratugolea, W.Rioli amongst those we could have drafted if we'd held onto our 2016 second for a year and traded that for Caddy instead of Gold Coast's.
Worpel's no loss.
Our failures in 2013-2015 are coming home to roost now. Clarke wasn't the boss then but we're reviewing drafts so I'm putting it in here.
We have no one from the 2013 draft on our list - 26 years of age, prime. George Hewett drafted with the pick we traded for Hampson. Nank, Alex Pearce, J.Kolo, Barrass, Aliir, Ben Brown all taken before our next pick, Nathan Gordon. Byrne-Jones, Fantasia, Sicily, J.Hunt all drafted between Gordon and Sammy Lloyd.
No one remaining from our 2014 cohort apart from the rookies Short, Soldo and George - and Lambert who was of the 2009 class age-wise. We did well in that rookie draft but left a few on the table post-CEllis and Menadue picks.
In 2015 we got Rioli, Markov and Broad but we also traded out our second round picks of that year and the following to get the pick 19 to trade for Yarran. It was worth the risk for the quality and type of player, but a failure of intelligence not to know he was on the pipe. Tom Cole, Blake Hardwick, Bailey Williams (WB) the best of those taken between our traded 2015 second and Markov. Parfitt, Lipinski, Brennan Cox, Sean Darcy, Josh Rotham, Ratugolea, W.Rioli amongst those we could have drafted if we'd held onto our 2016 second for a year and traded that for Caddy instead of Gold Coast's.
