To be honest, the thought of taking Weideman at 3 and the best available mid at 7 wouldn't bother me.

I don't know which would have me more pleased, a Parish/Curnow double or a Weideman/Oliver double.

As a pure forward i'd have Weideman over Curnow, as Weideman is physical and more of a natural FF (allowing Hogan to roam as he pleases as CHF). As a pure mid, i'd have Oliver just about= to Parish. I'd say Parish has better skill, versatility and more runs on the board, but Oliver is a physical beast with a thirst for contact.

Edited November 17, 201510 yr by Demon Disciple

My mate who works at the Falcons isn't sure of Curnow as much as others, says there are plenty of other better mids before him in the competition that he saw first hand or have been informed about from others in the industry and he just isn't sold on him as much as them. Says Parish is an absolute gun though, which i have posted about on here already, a few times.

Take all of this as you will.

Was just listening to the podcast on the AFL website. I switched it off after Carlton's 2nd pick but it went...

1. Weietering - Carl

2. Schache - Bris

3. Mills - Syd

4. Parish - Melb

5. Hopper - GWS

6. Kennedy - GWS

7. Francis - Ess

8. Weideman - Ess

9. Oliver - GCS

10. Curnow - Melb

11. Milera - Carl

Curnow and Parish would be an amazing result for us.

Thoughts?

Please excuse my ignorance....

but i thought we had pick 3 and 7?? why did they give us pick 10 on the podcast?

Please excuse my ignorance....

but i thought we had pick 3 and 7?? why did they give us pick 10 on the podcast?

The academy bids slot in at the point in the draft where someone bids on them. All other bids are shuffled downwards. It has a slight effect on the price of later academy picks, but no real impact on the actual picks.

The academy bids slot in at the point in the draft where someone bids on them. All other bids are shuffled downwards. It has a slight effect on the price of later academy picks, but no real impact on the actual picks.

Ah, Ok, I understand now.

thanks!

I don't know why they did a needs based draft.

They should've just drafted their best players with some consideration to types that clubs usually prefer. In fact if they had gone head to head with a pick each for the top 20 that would've been better.

Twomey's phantom draft will be interesting. Right now it sounds like he's struggling for info big time.

I think the main reason that he's struggling is that our first pick will shape the draft, and it seems as though we aren't leaking. It's a nice change.

They have us missing Oliver which would be disastrous

Oli, don't take this the wrong way, but you don't seem like a lucky guy.

I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you.

My mate who works at the Falcons isn't sure of Curnow as much as others, says there are plenty of other better mids before him in the competition that he saw first hand ...

Take all of this as you will.

I don't doubt that.

But I doubt we'd be drafting him as a mid.

Oli, don't take this the wrong way, but you don't seem like a lucky guy.

I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you.

I'm not usually but persistence usually prevails

I'm not usually but persistence usually prevails

You along with Stuie annoy me to no end but I am with you with regards to Oliver.

I'm not usually but persistence usually prevails

I'm sure that Taylor & Viney will be picking based on the opinions of who shouts the loudest on an internet forum

Edited November 17, 201510 yr by Good Times Grimes

I'm sure that Taylor & Viney will be picking based on the opinions of who shouts the loudest on an internet forum

It would have helped Prendergast, thankfully Taylor knows what he is doing.

Not sure anything would have really helped BP....he was deaf to all logics

Prestia is still coming home remember.

I wouldn't be putting the house on that, not yet anyway.

It would have helped Prendergast, thankfully Taylor knows what he is doing.

If Prendergast payed attention to forums we wouldn't have gone into the hole we did

If Prendergast payed attention to forums we wouldn't have gone into the hole we did

This forum almost unanimously had Scully *Trengove and Morabito as 1,2,3...be thankful we got something big in return for Scully (and Phil) and avoided Morabito's unfortunate luck. I thought he was paying attention...

*still hope

we need at least one tall forward so if its going to be used on our number 3 pick then Weiderman is the most likely candidate, if its our number 10 then probably McKay.

That would mean our number 3 used on a mid would possibly be parish or Curnow, or taking a mid with our no 10 pick would be Curnow or oliver.

I would be happy with any of those combinations.

Yes we need forwards...but a draftee fwd wont impact for 2-3 years likely.. Other options can present or already exist in that time frame.