AFL NATIONAL DRAFT - Pick 9

[Dees2014 2,377]

As much as I like him, I've reconciled that Lennon is a risk when we need a pure explosive mid for balance.

It's Freeman for me, from Salem and then Sheed.

Comparisons to Tenace are off the mark.

He could run all day, but was outside and couldn't find or kick the footy.

Freeman will be an inside mid who gets to the drop of the ball and uses his athleticism to get to one stoppage after another, then break out of congestion, not line-breaking on the HBF.

Scharenberg's potential availability is a game-changer. I'd be surprised to see him slide that far.

Billings no chance to get to us.

I want nothing to do with a project like Bontempelli.

I think Aish will slide, but not far enough for us to have the chance.

Salem to be the safest bet, but Freeman more suited to our needs.

I tend to agree Machsy. I had been favouring Lennon for pick 9, but I have been convinced by looking at the available videos and reading opinion of people who should know, that Freeman would be perfect for us. Sort of a cross between (from my vintage) Greg Healey and Ricky Jackson (from the 1988 GF side), or more recently of Aaron Davey (in his prime) and Maloney (hopefully without the attitude, although I think I may have developed an "attitude" if I had to play under Neeld). Either way, I think he would add real grunt and speed to our mids, and complement what is looking like quite a promising ruck division. He and Viney together I think would be quite a sight.

Edited November 14, 2013 by Dees2014

[CBDees 3,167]

Why don't we take Nathan's bother: we could do a lot worse?

[Nasher 33,617]

Why don't we take Nathan's bother: we could do a lot worse?

Whether or not we could do worse is not the question.

[Deemotivated 550]

Why don't we take Nathan's bother: we could do a lot worse?

After reading that the stingrays had to pull him from warm ups toward the end of the year so other players didn't get hurt I'm warming to him!!

9 is probably a bit too high but time will tell.

[Machsy 2,858]

Why don't we take Nathan's bother: we could do a lot worse?

Worst. Suggestion. Ever.

[Deestroy All 14,266]

Worst. Suggestion. Ever.

Pickett Fence called, wanted to remind you of his pick 2 for Mitch Robinson suggestion.

[Lil_red_fire_engine 11,262]

Freeman or Acres for me unless Sharenberg or Billings slide which must be unlikely. Salem did nothing for me in the championships and although some of highlights look good a 17 possession average as a midfielder is worrying.

[CBDees 3,167]

Actually the more I think about drafting Zac the more I warm to the idea. Initially, like most posters, I thought we should target the best "Midfileder" available, whether that be Freeman, Salem, Sheed etc and somebody who has the body to play Round 1 2014 would be a help. Then I thought that the person that we draft should be the person who we would least like to play against (viz. the Wines vs. Toumpas philosophy)! I have now settled on the idea that we should recruit the person that we want on our team rather than the opposition's, a subtle difference but the idea of having the Jones Brothers tearing up the midfield excites me!

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-10-20/zak-jones

[Lil_red_fire_engine 11,262]

If Zac's last name wasn't Jones none of these discussions would be occurring,

[Bring-Back-Powell 15,038]

After reading that the stingrays had to pull him from warm ups toward the end of the year so other players didn't get hurt I'm warming to him!!

9 is probably a bit too high but time will tell.

I personally wouldn't spend pick 9 on Zac Jones, but for all we know he could end up being the best player in the draft.

[GrandOld 367]

If Zac's last name wasn't Jones none of these discussions would be occurring,

if his first name was Jack we would take him

[rjay 25,197]

if his first name was Jack we would take him

...or Irwin.

[hardtack 10,683]

...or Irwin.

...or Jim (just don't let him near the drink bottles)

... or George (it might be a good year for the Demons as long as the bottle doesn't let him down)

[beelzebub 23,384]

Gee....do I take the Lambo...yeah the Lambo.....no, no ...no.... the Ferrari...yeahh lets get a Ferrari......no they live in the shops.... A Porsche...now we're talking... Good ol Ferdinands pleasure beasts.....oooh I dunno...a bit teutonic... wheres the flair.. ..Jag...Jag... JAG...purrrfect....ooh yeah lets get me one of those cats... ...ooh lookey lookey a Vantage... ...Bond... James.. seriously sick wheels ...but maybe some simpler grunt....the Shelby !! ... nupp the Lambo.. ..nupp... oooh which one...which one !!

Wtf cares...

we'll be fine

[rpfc 28,832]

That's not how it is, BB.

There are 5 cars on the lot and one maybe two of them is the porsche, another two are solid toyotas and there is one made out of cheese and doesn't have an engine.

[dazzledavey36 55,453]

I'm now bracing myself at the prospect that Freeman will not last till 9 if all reports are true.

Said a while ago Brisbane will be our biggest threat and looks like they will nab him at 7..

[Thrice 216]

I'm now bracing myself at the prospect that Freeman will not last till 9 if all reports are true.

Said a while ago Brisbane will be our biggest threat and looks like they will nab him at 7..

That probably means that Scharenberg will still be there.

Daylight robbery.

[Nasher 33,617]

That's not how it is, BB.

There are 5 cars on the lot and one maybe two of them is the porsche, another two are solid toyotas and there is one made out of cheese and doesn't have an engine.

And they're all under a tarp so you can't tell which is which.

[Grimes is Great 183]

If scharenberg & freeman are gone take sheed.

[Goodvibes 3,596]

Freeman or Acres for me unless Sharenberg or Billings slide which must be unlikely. Salem did nothing for me in the championships and although some of highlights look good a 17 possession average as a midfielder is worrying.

That sums up my position pretty well BRFE. I'd love Scharenberg or Billings to slide but doubt that will happen. I've been on the Freeman bandwagon for some time but feel he's the kind of pick up that will go one of two ways. Either his pace and inside ball winning skills will translate to the AFL and he'll become a star or he'll be a bust. Can't see him playing 100 - 150 solid games. Acres was my pick for the MFC competition. Not quite sure why but he's had me interested for quite some time. Tall, versatile and skilled. Good combination. Anyway, I've actually committed to going to the draft so I get to tick another thing off my nerdy footy experience bucket list!

[rpfc 28,832]

And they're all under a tarp so you can't tell which is which.

Usually.

Although I swear I have heard "we'll have the cheese car please" come out of the mouth of Melbourne recruiters once or twice...

[Red and Blue realist 2,058]

So the talk is now that Scharenberg has feet issue's, which is why we flew him over to get checked out. Not sure if that means he'll slide to us, or even past us, but whenever there's talk of a reasonable prospect being injured it's always followed with the names Judd and Selwood who of course fell because of injury concerns.

Not at all saying he'll be anywhere near that good, they just always highlight those who slid because of injury who go onto be stars, I'd prefer if they also mentioned those who came in with some concerns and then never made it, so we could have some ideas that clubs are either very good or lucky when it comes at rehabing the young guys to become good players.

Source is the Hun

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/star-draft-prospect-matthew-scharenberg-could-slide-down-the-order-as-it-emerges-he-is-battling-feet-injuries/story-fni5f22o-1226761380277

[samcantstandya 1,067]

As much as I like him, I've reconciled that Lennon is a risk when we need a pure explosive mid for balance.

It's Freeman for me, from Salem and then Sheed.

Comparisons to Tenace are off the mark.

He could run all day, but was outside and couldn't find or kick the footy.

Freeman will be an inside mid who gets to the drop of the ball and uses his athleticism to get to one stoppage after another, then break out of congestion, not line-breaking on the HBF.

Scharenberg's potential availability is a game-changer. I'd be surprised to see him slide that far.

Billings no chance to get to us.

I want nothing to do with a project like Bontempelli.

I think Aish will slide, but not far enough for us to have the chance.

Salem to be the safest bet, but Freeman more suited to our needs.

I'd take Scharenberg if available even if he has stress fracture in his feet. He is the prototype midfielder going forward. Otherwise if Aish is there or Salem. Freeman's disposal worries me.

[Yeats8 21]

It's amazing how the draft selections change towards the last week. All of a sudden we could have Aishe and Sharenberg to choose from!

[bing181 9,333]

It's amazing how the draft selections change towards the last week. All of a sudden we could have Aishe and Sharenberg to choose from!

Reports (from reading the press etc.) are that we're not particularly interested in Aish, as we're after inside players. One of the reasons we were prepared to drop from 2 to 9, and why there are starting to be mutterings that Aish could fall to Collingwood.