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The 2014 AFL National Draft

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I wonder if people have a different opinion of Frawley now.

His value is going up.

The thing about losing him is not just losing a very good player (that's bad remember - you always complain about that), you are also hamstrung in Free Agency once again.

We won't want to go after players as it will dilute our probable Pick 3-5 compensation for Frawley.

I hope we keep him and he will be well paid - we don't have much talent to pay, so the talent we do have is overpaid. Deal with it.

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    Emma Quayle really does lead the way with coverage of potential draftees. Here's her take on what she considers to be an even draft pool in 2014: Why this year 's AFL draft looks the most even in years

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    For Melbourne it's not a great draft in terms of midfielders and its midfielders I still believe we need.

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    Peter Wright, McCartin and Durdin will be the top 3 i reckon

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    Really will depend on who holds the picks.

    I think Goddard is a very good chance for top 3.

    Wright, McCartin, Durdin...

    Goddard, Lever, Brayshaw, Smith...

    Petracca, Pickett, Weller, Lamb...

    Father-son picks in Moore & Waterman.

    And Heeney stood out to me as a "who the hell is that kid?!" type.

    It's a shame he's zoned to the Swans.

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    I've looked at this draft relatively closely and it's not a super draft.

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    I'd be happy with another one high pick for two mid first round picks or pick / player trade if we could work one out.

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    For Melbourne it's not a great draft in terms of midfielders and its midfielders I still believe we need.

    We will need another couple of good talls. This draft will provide, the midfield is on the way and we will add more to it.

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    We will need another couple of good talls. This draft will provide, the midfield is on the way and we will add more to it.

    I'm not being facetious but is it on its way Rjay? Perhaps I'm being greedy but wouldn't it be great to have our own Jaeger Omeara.

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    I'm not being facetious but is it on its way Rjay? Perhaps I'm being greedy but wouldn't it be great to have our own Jaeger Omeara.

    Would rather Tony Lockett. Because we have had such a poor midfield I can understand where you are coming from but with Tyson and Viney led by Jones, Vince and Cross...Salem to come, yes we are on our way. With half reasonable drafting from here on we will top that list up, it's the really good talls that are hard to get. This draft offers some good prospects.

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    Aside from Chip, we have no hulking KPD to tackle the big forwards, plus it will take a good 3-4 years for that player to be trained up and ready to take over from Chip.

    Our rucks are pretty thin. Spencer is basically the only one able to get on the park, Gawn is too busy talking in to a microphone and seems to be perpetually injured, whilst Jamar is almost a pensioner.

    Given that Clark has also retired, we are another KPF short. Again, they will need to take a couple of years to be physically ready to play the game on a consistent basis.

    As for our mids, well we need many more good one's coming in, but they are generally quicker to mature and the good ones are a dime a dozen compared to drafting quality talls.

    I'd try and bring in quality talls this draft, sign Chip so as to not be in a situation where we would want to maximise compensation, and try and bring in a quality mid via FA.

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    Who gives a shite. Give me a Joe bloggs that is strong, fit and committed to winning.

    Just look at our current crop of winners;

    Terlich

    McDonald

    Cross

    N&m jones

    Mckenzie

    Garland

    Dawes

    Tyson

    Vince

    Howe

    Jkh

    Spencer

    Jamar

    None are first round draft picks.

    Edited by tonatopia

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    Who gives a shite. Give me a Joe bloggs that is strong, fit and committed to winning.

    Just look at our current crop of winners;

    Terlich

    McDonald

    Cross

    N&m jones

    Mckenzie

    Garland

    Dawes

    Tyson

    Vince

    Howe

    Jkh

    Spencer

    Jamar

    None are first round draft picks.

    Early crow on a couple of these tonatopia

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    Who gives a shite. Give me a Joe bloggs that is strong, fit and committed to winning.

    Just look at our current crop of winners;

    Terlich

    McDonald

    Cross

    N&m jones

    Mckenzie

    Garland

    Dawes

    Tyson

    Vince

    Howe

    Jkh

    Spencer

    Jamar

    None are first round draft picks.

    N Jones (pick 12) and Tyson (pick 3) were both first round draft picks.

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    Tyson is a gun.

    Absolute gun.. We underrate Dommy T.

    This is basically his first year, he hasn't played much AFL football.

    Tyson is killing it, we haven't had a kid show this much - since god knows when.

    Dom Tyson is one player everyone is taking for granted, not just MFC supporters.

    I hear the media rave on about Kelly - given he is good, looks great - but they take D.Tyson for granted.

    This kid just racks em and stacks em - and will only get better.

    It is like Wines last year and Selwood in his first couple of years, they look ready made, so the media get complacent about their rate of improvement.

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    We have to remember also that next year we will likely add Trengove, Toumpas and Salem to our midfield. IMO we need some good key-position players to augment our forward and back lines!

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    Tyson is a gun.

    Absolute gun.. We underrate Dommy T.

    This is basically his first year, he hasn't played much AFL football.

    Tyson is killing it, we haven't had a kid show this much - since god knows when.

    Dom Tyson is one player everyone is taking for granted, not just MFC supporters.

    I hear the media rave on about Kelly - given he is good, looks great - but they take D.Tyson for granted.

    This kid just racks em and stacks em - and will only get better.

    It is like Wines last year and Selwood in his first couple of years, they look ready made, so the media get complacent about their rate of improvement.

    Been saying this since we picked him up, a great get and will be one of the top mids in the comp in the next few years. Not doing bad for 17 games.

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    We have to remember also that next year we will likely add Trengove, Toumpas and Salem to our midfield. IMO we need some good key-position players to augment our forward and back lines!

    Hogan will help a lot.. The addition of Garlard will sure up our backline.

    Atm we are playing without our best defender, I don't think our KP stocks are that bad.

    It is more of a case of having a full list up and running.

    We could do with a young forward though, no doubt.

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    N Jones (pick 12) and Tyson (pick 3) were both first round draft picks.

    I stand corrected

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    Hogan will help a lot.. The addition of Garlard will sure up our backline.

    Atm we are playing without our best defender, I don't think our KP stocks are that bad.

    It is more of a case of having a full list up and running.

    We could do with a young forward though, no doubt.

    Also need to look for one of the class young rucks in WA not yet established and throw a bit of cash at them. A bit like Mumford at Geelong.

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