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Was told this morning that potential draft choices will be kept very quiet. Don't expect any leaks.

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    Was told this morning that potential draft choices will be kept very quiet. Don't expect any leaks.

    Given that Collingwood (and Taylor's former boss, Derek Hine) have picks 6 and 10 (with only us and Brisbane having live picks in between), I would be surprised if we heard anything at all about who we might have our eyes on. We will just have to sit and wait.

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    Given that Collingwood (and Taylor's former boss, Derek Hine) have picks 6 and 10 (with only us and Brisbane having live picks in between), I would be surprised if we heard anything at all about who we might have our eyes on. We will just have to sit and wait.

    Will be interesting to see Emma Quale's draft prediction a few days before as she usually gets it spot on.

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    Here's my predicted top 10. My thinking is at some point over the next 10 or 20 years if I keep guessing at this kind of stuff I'll eventually get one right. When that happens I intend on offering this as proof of my incredible knowledge of underage footballers and the inner workings of all 18 AFL clubs.

    1. Boyd

    2. Bontempelli

    3. Kelly

    4. Aish

    5. Kolodjashnij

    6. Freeman

    7. Scharenberg

    8. McDonald

    9. Billings

    Cheers

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    Hmmm i'm predicting, and don't hold me to it but North will pick up McDonald at pic 8, hehehe

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    I'd be happy with Billings, Aish (if he slipped down to us), Freeman, Lennon or Sheed.

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    From everything I've read I will be very surprised if Coll DO NOT take Freeman.

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    From everything I've read I will be very surprised if Coll DO NOT take Freeman.

    I hope they don't, i have a funny feeling they will pick up Kolodashinj for pick 6.

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    Was told this morning that potential draft choices will be kept very quiet. Don't expect any leaks.

    Freeman is a lock at 9 if not taken previous. The rest I don't care but KK and Lennon would be nice if they slip through if no Freeman

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    Will be interesting to see Emma Quale's draft prediction a few days before as she usually gets it spot on.

    Quale has already indicated who she thinks we will draft at 9 ie Lennon, and a great choice he would be. She is one journalist who usually gets it right, because she doesn't guess. She bases it on ongoing conversations she has with all clubs and draws conclusions based on their thinking. You can be pretty sure that will be the case this time, and that includes who will be drafted in the preceding picks.

    Lennon, IMHO, would be a great get, and would be ready to go right away. Would complete a very successful trade period for us.

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    I'm saying our trade period could have been better had we traded for a bona fide star. We don't know who might have been available because Melbourne is was an undesirable destination. Let me put it another way. Had we been a Geelong or Coll wanting to trade a pick 2 we would have been attractive to a candidate like a Goddard last year. Being Melbourne our options were limited.

    So we might have been able to do better but realistically we did as well as we could have,

    Dave's not here.

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    I hope they don't, i have a funny feeling they will pick up Kolodashinj for pick 6.

    Think Kolodjashnij goes to GC at 5. I keep hearing Collingwood want Bontempelli at 6. Scharenberg's destination is the one that is hard to call.

    Think GWS will go with Kelly at 2 and Saints seem set on Billings. Will come down to Bulldogs, but we might see Scharenberg slide and be a bargain for someone.

    I reckon Brisbane may wait to see who slips down, but I see them as the real threat to take Freeman ahead of us.

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    but we might see Scharenberg slide and be a bargain for someone. e

    Hopefully the MFC - I'd take him at #1

    If clubs are going to pass on Scharenberg because they see him as a tweener then they are fools - he's the complete package.

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    Hopefully the MFC - I'd take him at #1

    If clubs are going to pass on Scharenberg because they see him as a tweener then they are fools - he's the complete package.

    Would be a massive coup. I'd rate him in the top 3 this year, and a walk up start into our best 22.

    Wonder if Collingwood would pounce & hope that Bontempelli slides to 10...they must have had someone in mind when they traded up to 6.

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    Would be a massive coup. I'd rate him in the top 3 this year, and a walk up start into our best 22.

    Wonder if Collingwood would pounce & hope that Bontempelli slides to 10...they must have had someone in mind when they traded up to 6.

    Always possible they're after a SA kid at p.6 - adding to there little SA stash from last year

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    The top few selections normally get leaked to the media in the days leading up to the draft and from there the Top 10 pretty much goes to script.

    For instance last year GWS pulled a surprise overlooking Toumpas and taking O'Rourke at 2 and Plowman at 3 but it was still known a few days out.

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    The top few selections normally get leaked to the media in the days leading up to the draft and from there the Top 10 pretty much goes to script.

    For instance last year GWS pulled a surprise overlooking Toumpas and taking O'Rourke at 2 and Plowman at 3 but it was still known a few days out.

    GWS's reluctancy to recruit kids from SA has been interesting. The big miss was Wingard.

    The early theory was that if they drafted kids in bunches from Victoria, it would be easier for them to buddy up and avoid homesickness.

    I suspect that they also realise that if a Vic kid goes home, there are more clubs to create a bidding war between.

    The issue can (increasingly) be when players nominate their preferred destination. This tends to screw the club that drafted them regardless of where they are from.

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    Here's my predicted top 10. My thinking is at some point over the next 10 or 20 years if I keep guessing at this kind of stuff I'll eventually get one right. When that happens I intend on offering this as proof of my incredible knowledge of underage footballers and the inner workings of all 18 AFL clubs.

    1. Boyd

    2. Bontempelli

    3. Kelly

    4. Aish

    5. Kolodjashnij

    6. Freeman

    7. Scharenberg

    8. McDonald

    9. Billings

    Cheers

    LOL & you've delivered us billings as well, great work goody. I hope your right.

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    Hopefully the MFC - I'd take him at #1

    If clubs are going to pass on Scharenberg because they see him as a tweener then they are fools - he's the complete package.

    Landsberger and Clark from HS have him going to Brisbane at 7, and Freeman to us.

    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/draft-experts-jay-clark-and-sam-landsberger-gives-their-predictions-ahead-of-the-afl-national-draft/story-fni5f22o-1226747756197

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    LOL & you've delivered us billings as well, great work goody. I hope your right.

    If you're going to pull stuff out of your arse then I figure you might as well make it worth your while. Billings would be fun to watch from the get go. He'd immediately add some silk around Clark, Hogan, Dawes in the forward 50 and we could then watch him blossom into an elite mid.

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    If you're going to pull stuff out of your arse then I figure you might as well make it worth your while. Billings would be fun to watch from the get go. He'd immediately add some silk around Clark, Hogan, Dawes in the forward 50 and we could then watch him blossom into an elite mid.

    Billings would be our best result.

    If he slipped to 9, trading 2 from Tyson and 9 was a stroke of genius.

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    They predicted Zak Jones to go Geelong with pick 16. Is he that good?

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    They predicted Zak Jones to go Geelong with pick 16. Is he that good?

    Runs all day, uses the ball well without being outstanding, finds the footy with relative ease and does all the one percenters. Sounds like a typical Geelong pick up. Like a Mitch Duncan who people might not rate as anything special coming through the system but shows he's a class AFL player for a kid. Wouldn't surprise if he went to Geelong and they need legitimate ball winning midfielders to go with their classy flankers.

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    Given his late season form, it's about right.

    Get the feeling with that he's one that will go in mid teens and in 5 years time will appear to have been a steal.

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    Geelong at 16 is too early for Jones.

    Maybe a rough diamond, but he's rough now.

    And only really a hard-at-it pacey HBF with average skills.

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