We got a lucky break with Toumpas falling to No 4. Imagine if we had the first 3 picks in this draft, instead of GWS. They are crowing about the 20+ first round pickss now on their current list, but...maybe they didn't get the best players in this years draft.

It is possible the four best 18 yos in 2012 were unavailable. Jaeger O'meara and Brad Crouch went in the 2011 mini draft, while Joe Daniher and Jack Viney were father son selections.

I believe that in its creation, GWS deliberately picked a lineup that was noncompetitive for 2012 so they could secure the 1st round pick. They selected 4-6 young senior list guys (Scully, Ward, Davis, and Palmer) plus a bunch of mouldy oldies, instead of going for 16 out-of-contract players to make their list more competitive. Whitfield sounds like a very good player. He may not be the best for this year.

What a draft period!

Couldnt have been any better really.

We just got Selwood -Viney, Pendlebury -Toumpas, Jono Brown -Hogan, and Michael Long - Barry

You forgot to metion

Tony Lockett - Dawes

Ciryl Rioli - Byrnes

Wayne Carey - Pederson

Greg Williams - Rodan

I'm putting a $100 on a premiership win