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THE 2018 AFL NATIONAL DRAFT

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23 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

My dog is offended.

Woof woof woooooof wof.

You will recognise that,Chook, as the apology your dog deserves. It's probably a Labradoodle or a Spoodle I'll bet !!!!!

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    2 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

    Woof woof woooooof wof.

    You will recognise that,Chook, as the apology your dog deserves. It's probably a Labradoodle or a Spoodle I'll bet !!!!!

    Thanks my bitzer produces a better product than was delivered tonight.

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    7 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

    Thanks my bitzer produces a better product than was delivered tonight.

    ... so doe's Bbo's maid,,, apparently.  I'll bet he being honed down right now, by that cantankerous grinder.

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    Some old mate on Mac sports radio this morning said a player, he wouldn't name for privacy reasons, had sent a medical "certificate" of some sort to non-Vic clubs which said he couldn't move interstate.

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    11 hours ago, buck_nekkid said:

    How is that Syd/wce action not draft tampering?  Park a second rounder at wce, so bundle lower picks, then trade it straight back after the lower picks have been used.  How is this fair or in the spirit of the draft?  I know it cost them a later round downgrade next year, but this means they get Blakey and a second rounder for peanuts.

    That no club bid on Blakely earlier to force them to use pick 24 allowed them to cash in.  We would have forced their hand earlier as we did with Mills and Heeney.

     

    It just shows the distortions the points based trading system creates.  Last night 3 Academy picks were matched:

    • Tarryn Thomas to North who started with 42, 47, 48, 49, 55, 58, 86
    • Nick Blakey to Sydney who started with  26, 33, 38, 39, 40, 70, 88 then traded out 26 before the opp bid and traded back in 24 after matching
    • Isaac Quaynor to Collingwood who started with 41, 44, 57, 59, 60, 93

    North and Collingwood have Academy players tipped to go in the top 10 picks tonight (as do GWS and WBD).  Colllingwood also have the highly touted F/S, Will Kelly.

    It is shocking that all these top players can go for 'junk' picks.

    Yesterday, I posted that trading of picks by clubs with 'Tied' players (either Academy or F/S) needs revamping, starting with the elimination of discounts for Academy players. 

    I really dislike Sydney's clever trading last night but I have greater disdain for the underlying system that allows clubs to trade out high picks for junk picks during the trade period or during live-trade.  And it will worsen in coming years as more Academy (and F/S) players come into the system.  The draft points system is no longer working effectively and needs to change.

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    18 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

    Some old mate on Mac sports radio this morning said a player, he wouldn't name for privacy reasons, had sent a medical "certificate" of some sort to non-Vic clubs which said he couldn't move interstate.

    Could be Bytel.  

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    1 hour ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Yesterday, I posted that trading of picks by clubs with 'Tied' players (either Academy or F/S) needs revamping, starting with the elimination of discounts for Academy players. 

    I really dislike Sydney's clever trading last night but I have greater disdain for the underlying system that allows clubs to trade out high picks for junk picks during the trade period or during live-trade.  And it will worsen in coming years as more Academy (and F/S) players come into the system.  The draft points system is no longer working effectively and needs to change.

    We may have a few F/S prospects coming through over the next 3 to 5 years. So change it after that!!!

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     Weren’t things scheduled to restart again 1.5 hours ago? ?

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    16 minutes ago, FireInTheBelly said:

    Put your hand up if you tipped us to get Tom Sparrow. I don't remember seeing anyone tip that.

    See our next pick James Jordan had a big first quarter in final but faded from there. Will fit right in with us.

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    29 minutes ago, old dee said:

    See our next pick James Jordan had a big first quarter in final but faded from there. Will fit right in with us.

    LoL keep up the good work ODee

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    Every player's description on the AFL draft tracker sounds like they ought to go pick 1.

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    25 minutes ago, FireInTheBelly said:

    Bet you didn't have Nietschke....

    I thought he'd passed, us buy.

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    2 minutes ago, ProDee said:

    Is that Phil Scully in the Giants bunker ?

    He created the bunker when he arrived.

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    DRAFT ORDER (Day 2 - AFL National Draft)

    END OF ROUND ONE

    23. Gold Coast Jez McLennan

    ROUND TWO

    24. Greater Western Sydney Ian Hill
    25. Sydney James Rowbottom 
    26. Western Bulldogs Rhylee West
    27. Melbourne Tom Sparrow 
    28. West Coast Xavier O’Neill 
    29. Collingwood Will Kelly
    30. Adelaide Will Hamill
    31. West Coast Luke Foley
    32. Fremantle Luke Valente
    33. Melbourne James Jordan 
    34. Greater Western Sydney Kieren Briggs
    35. West Coast Bailey Williams
    36. Brisbane Thomas Berry
    37. Western Bulldogs Laitham Vandermeer
    38. Essendon Irving Mosquito 
    39. West Coast Jarrod Cameron 
    40. Brisbane Tom Joyce
    41. St Kilda Jack Bytel
    42. Brisbane Connor McFadyen
    43. Richmond Jack Ross

    ROUND THREE

    44. Sydney Justin McInerney
    45. Western Bulldogs Ben Cavarra
    46. North Melbourne Curtis Taylor
    47. St Kilda Matthew Parker
    48. Geelong Ben Jarvis
    49. North Melbourne Bailey Scott
    50. Geelong Jacob Kennerley
    51. Sydney Zac Foot
    52. Hawthorn Jacob Koschitzke
    53. Melbourne Aaron Nietzchke
    54. St Kilda Nick Hind
    55.  Brisbane Noah Answorth

    ROUND FOUR

    56. Melbourne Marty Hore
    57. Fremantle Lachlan Shultz
    58 Richmond Fraser Turner
    59. Fremantle Brett Bewley
    60. Essendon Noah Gown
    61. Greater Western Sydney Connor Idun
    62. Richmond Luke English 
    63. Hawthorn Mathew Walker
    64. Adelaide Lachlan Sholl
    65. Geelong Darcy Fort
    66. Carlton Finbar O’Dwyer
    67. St Kilda Robert Young
    68. Geelong Jake Tarca
    69. North Melbourne Joel Crocker

    ROUND FIVE

    70. Carlton Ben Silvagni
    71. Gold Coast Caleb Graham
    72. Essendon Brayden Ham
    73. Port Adelaide Riley Grundy
    74. Geelong Oscar Brownless
    75. Melbourne Toby Bedford

    ROUND SIX AND BEYOND 

    76. Port Adelaide Boyd Woodcock 
    77. Collingwood Atu Bosenavulagi
    78. Western Bulldogs Will Hayes

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